Reading Time: 2 minutesWe sat down with Martina Perfetto, Artistic Director of Varna International Ballet which comes to the UK in the new year, visiting 20 venues from 2 January – 5 March 2025, with beloved classics Swan Lake, The Nutcracker and Romeo and Juliet. Martina will perform Odette/Odile in Swan Lake, Marie (Clara) in The Nutcracker and Juliet in Romeo and Juliet.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe sat down with Daniela Dimova, Artistic Director of Varna International Ballet which comes to the UK in the new year, visiting 20 venues from 2 January – 5 March 2025, with beloved classics Swan Lake, The Nutcracker and Romeo and Juliet.
Reading Time: 3 minutesMegan Jenkins discusses her musical comedy, BILL, about Milton William Cooper, a controversial figure in American conspiracy theories. The play combines humor and serious themes, exploring Cooper's legacy and influence on modern politics. It employs various musical styles and aims to entertain while prompting reflection on conspiracy narratives.
Reading Time: 3 minutesCressida Brown, director of Cutting the Tightrope at Arcola Theatre, discusses the importance of political expression in art amid rising censorship. Inspired by UK actions surrounding Palestine, she emphasizes the need for artistic dissent, fearing repercussions for creators. The theatre's courage to host such works represents a vital stand against suppression in today's climate.
Reading Time: 2 minutesEleanor Tindall discusses her play Tender, which explores modern relationships and identity through characters Ivy and Ash. The play incorporates surreal elements and reflects on themes of emotional separation. Tindall emphasizes the importance of collaboration in her creative process, noting how the director and team enriched her original vision.
Reading Time: 4 minutesJosh Maughan is an award winning director, writer, and actor. Josh creates theatre that dismantles and reshapes worlds of queerness, politics, religion, and identity. Josh created his one man show ‘Nice Jewish Boy’ in 2022 which went…
Reading Time: 4 minutesWe sat down with Eva Sampson, director and Co-Founder of How It Ended, about her inclusive approach to family theatre, and the importance of making theatre feel as accessible in all senses to diverse audiences.
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Arts Centre, Hounslow is hosting its smash-hit, annual pantomime, from Thursday 28th November until Monday 30th December 2024. Now celebrating its 10th year of professional pantomime, Robin Hood is The Arts Centre’s largest production to date. We sat down with Jonathan who plays Will Scarlett in Robin Hood.
Reading Time: 3 minutesAcolyte is an Edinburgh-based poetic and psychedelic ensemble, founded in 2018. Described by The Skinny as a ‘supergroup’, Acolyte is made up of bassist Ruairidh Morrison (The Dark Jokes, The Microband), with synth and backing vocals from Gloria Black (Maranta), percussionist Daniel Hill and fronted by award-winning poet and spoken-word artist, Iona Lee. Acolyte fuse soundscapes with storytelling, hypnotic loops, harmonic depth and existential motifs to create truly unique performances and a genre-defying sound.
Reading Time: 5 minutesIn a flash of modern warfare, a mother loses her child, igniting a powerful one-woman journey through every iconic character in The Trojan Women. This reimagining of the world’s first anti-war play, originally staged in Athens in 415 BC as Euripides' protest against the Peloponnesian War, combines intense drama with uplifting and comedic physical theatre at its best. With world politics as they currently stand, this 2000 year old story reflects a world all too familiar!