FEATURE: A fireside chat with London City Ballet Artistic Director, Christopher Marney
Reading Time: 3 minutesChristopher Marney discusses the company’s origins, its triumphant return and what to expect from its new programme.
Category Interview
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Lucy Foley
Reading Time: 4 minutesWe sat down for an exclusive interview with Lucy Foley whose debut play Flat 2 is part of Wandsworth Arts Fringe - running in The Putney Arches at St Mary's on 17th June and 18th June.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Valeria Perboni and William Eley
Reading Time: 5 minutesWe sat down for an exclusive interview with Valeria Perboni and William Eley from Opera Greenwich whose production of The Magic Flute runs at Greenwich Theatre London from 20th - 22nd June.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Ewan Wardrop
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe sat down with Ewan Wardrop, actor, dancer and multi-instrumentalist who began his career performing as a ballet dancer in Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake on Broadway.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Daljit Nagra and Liz Berry
Reading Time: 3 minutesPoetry By Heart, founded in 2012 by former Poet Laureate Andrew Motion and Dr Julie Blake, is a national poetry recitation competition open to all schools and colleges in England. This year, over 128,000 young people chose, memorised, and performed a poem they love.
Finalists compete at the Grand Finale at Shakespeare’s Globe on 7 July, with 40 finalists in the Classic category and 15 schools in Freestyle, celebrating creativity and inclusion. Three schools will receive special awards.
Judges include poets Daljit Nagra, Patience Agbabi, Liz Berry, Valerie Bloom, Glyn Maxwell, and Jean Sprackland. We sat down with judges Daljit Nagra and Liz Berry.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Joumana Mourad
Reading Time: 5 minutesIJAD Dance today announces the line-up for its Open Online Theatre Festival of live hybrid performing arts: OOTFest25 (UN)SEEN, taking place at Riverside Studios in London and online on Open Online Theatre from Thursday 5 – Sunday 8 June 2025. Interview with Artistic Director Joumana Mourad.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Rosie Ward and Ursula Early
Reading Time: 3 minutesAs You Like It follows the success of last year’s Much Ado About Nothing and the company’s Offie Award-nominated A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Romeo & Juliet. This joyful, family-friendly outdoor production blends contemporary London culture with the Bard’s wit, romance, and secret identities.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Kelsey Norris
Reading Time: 5 minutesWe sat down for an exclusive interview with Kelsey Norris whose new play The Witchfinder premieres at McQueen's Theatre June 6-8th. The Witchfinder is an original historical drama based on the true story of England's deadliest witch hunt.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Kaveh Rahnama
Reading Time: 7 minutesWe sat down for an exclusive interview with Kaveh Rahnama who is not only a host but performing as part of The Flying Bazazi Brothers, at Jacksons Lane's 50th birthday celebration on Saturday 28th June.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Shaboom!
Reading Time: 3 minutesIN CONVERSATION WITH: Shaboom!