Reading Time: 4 minutes1968. Three thousand students occupy the London School of Economics, in the most significant act of protest in a generation. 2023. Two friends and flatmates try to work out what radical change means today, searching through archives,…
Reading Time: 4 minutesTheatre-Rites with Agudo Dance Company, have created an exciting new production as part of London Borough of Culture in Croydon. Journey of a Refugee is a powerful and moving theatre production that explores the journey and arrival of a refugee and the universal theme of people searching for a place they can call home. Journey of a Refugee will be a beautiful blend of puppetry and performance for both school and family audiences and will be supported by a comprehensive workshop programme. Journey of a Refugee is showing at Stanley Arts, London, from 3 – 18 February.
Dr Sue Buckmaster is the director of Journey of a Refugee, the Artistic Director of Theatre-Rites, a puppetry expert, and the fifth generation of theatre practitioners in her family.
Reading Time: 4 minutesFirst performed in 1904, Chekhov’s last play The Cherry Orchard is a masterpiece of theatrical tragicomedy, examining a society on the brink of collapse, as the past and future collide. The family’s estate is to be sold,…
Reading Time: 3 minutesJade Anouka’s debut play is a raw and honest exploration of love, loss, and self-discovery. The play tells the story of a woman grappling with the end of her marriage and the beginning of a new chapter…
Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter a three and a half year run on Emmerdale was came to a close with a fictional car crash, actress Louise Marwood started to design a real life car crash of her own – spiralling into…
Reading Time: 4 minutesSolastalgia, created by Polish born, London-based choreographer Kasia Witek, is a new dance performance that responds to the climate emergency that we face today, fostering emotional resilience, hope, and a sense of togetherness in both performers and audiences. Solastalgia explores the wide range of emotions that the climate crisis evokes, questioning our perception of nature as ‘other’.
Reading Time: 3 minutesRachel Seirian is currently performing as swing in the production Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World, in the UK tour. Seirian trained at Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts. Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World…
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe sat down with Richard Marsh, writer and performer of Yippee Ki Yay, the Die-Hard parody that met rave reviews at Edinburgh Fringe 2023.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe sat down with Anna Mitchell who plays Eleven, Nancy and Robin in Stranger Sings coming to Southwark Playhouse from 13 Dec.
Reading Time: 4 minutesMałgorzata Dzierżon is a choreographer, dance teacher and producer. She has performed with, among others, Rambert, Gothenburg Ballet and Royal Danish Ballet and made guest appearances with Wayne McGregor and the Ballet Boyz. She has received nominations…