REVIEW: Cirqulation:Heritage
Reading Time: 2 minutesA fun and intimate night of quality circus acts
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REVIEW: Shamik Chakrabarti, Despite Appearances
Reading Time: 3 minutesCombining observational comedy with storytelling, Shamik Chakrabarti’s Despite Appearances at Soho Theatre is both engaging and personal.
REVIEW: Gladiator in Concert
Reading Time: 2 minutesFor its special 25th anniversary, Gladiator returned to the big screen, presented in association with CineConcerts, this five-time Academy Award-winning film came to the Royal Albert Hall for a screening with live orchestra, performed by the world-renowned Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra and Philharmonia Chorus.
REVIEW: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Reading Time: 2 minutesCinematic masterpiece accompanied by stunning live orchestra The Royal Albert Hall’s latest Films in Concert series presents Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, a martial arts epic directed by Ang Lee and originally released in 2000. Hailed as a…
REVIEW: Living With The Dead
Reading Time: 3 minutesOutstanding reflection of life meeting death “Six in total. Four for the flames, one for me, and one witness cremation…busy. Alright, let’s get started.” Thus begins “Living With The Dead”, written by Cosette Bolt, and directed by…
REVIEW: When the cloud catches colours
Reading Time: 2 minutesA charming work of political theatre representing Singapore at London’s Queer East Festival When the cloud catches colours is a work of documentary-style verbatim theatre fromplaywright Chng Yi Kai. As a part of the Queer East Festival,…
REVIEW: Romeo and Juliet
Reading Time: 3 minutesA production that feels like a relevant and thoughtful conversation between Shakespeare’s world and ours. Walking into Hackney Empire for this new take on Romeo and Juliet, I could tell straight away this was not going to…
REVIEW: Ghosts
Reading Time: 2 minutesAn Ibsen classic reworked into a blazing melodrama First staged in 1882, Henrik Ibsen’s Ghosts was banned, panned and poorly received. A play that covered incest, syphilis and illegitimate children was shocking to audiences at the time, but not…
REVIEW: Scenes with girls
Reading Time: 2 minutesT. Regina Theatre Co’s Scenes with girls is a fascinatingly frustrating work of modern theatre. Mariam Battye’s original play is a unique exploration of love and identity under the strain of society's expectations.
REVIEW: Burnt Toast
Reading Time: 2 minutesFrom Norwegian experimental theatre-makers Susie Wang, Burnt Toast combines reality and surreal horror to create an experience that challenges the boundaries of human nature.