REVIEW: Merce Cunningham Forever (BIPED and Beach Birds)
Reading Time: 2 minutesPresented as part of the Dance Reflections Festival, Lyon Opera Ballet boldly paired two of Cunningham’s major works: Beach Birds and BIPED.
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REVIEW: What If They Ate The Baby
Reading Time: 2 minutesNew York City-based Theatrical duo Xhloe and Natasha have arrived at Soho Theatre with a double bill of shows: What If They Ate The Baby and A Letter To Lyndon B Johnson or God: Whoever Reads This First, performing on alternating nights. What If They Ate The Baby is an experimental thrill that considers the falsehood of the perfect image of the doting housewife of 1950s-esque suburbia.
REVIEW: Sisyphean Quick Fix
Reading Time: 2 minutesSisyphean Quick Fix is a well-organised and creative two-hander, a comedy-drama about sisterhood and alcoholism.
REVIEW: Gr oo ve
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs part of the Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival, gr oo ve arrived at Sadler’s Wells as one of the more quietly intense pieces in the programme—a stark, slow-burning solo that left a lasting imprint.
REVIEW: Die Zauberflöte
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Royal Academy Opera's Die Zauberflöte, directed by Jamie Manton, assembles an audacious blend of gifted musicians and performers, all set against a backdrop of mesmerising, ethereal lights that seem to defy gravity, navigating us through the unfolding drama.
REVIEW: Dulcé Sloan
Reading Time: 2 minutesComedian Dulcé Sloan made her United Kingdom debut at the Soho Theatre focused on her own family’s chaotic dynamics
REVIEW: Dear England
Reading Time: 2 minutesJames Graham’s Dear England follows football manager Gareth Southgate (played by Gwilym Lee) as he maneuvres the national team through several international tournaments leading up to the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
REVIEW: Pride and Prejudice (sort of)
Reading Time: 3 minutesIsobel McArthur’s Olivier award-winning attempt is hot off a successful run in the
West End for its inaugural UK tour, making a stop at the Lowry in Salford.
REVIEW: Paradise Lost (lies unopened beside me)
Reading Time: 2 minutesCrafted by Ben Duke with his award-winning dance company Lost Dog, this original performance is brought back to life after ten years to take the Battersea Arts Centre’s Council Chambers by storm in a flurry of hellfire.
REVIEW: Concrete Voids
Reading Time: 2 minutesConcrete Voids marks the debut of an ambitious new series of commissioned works designed to push the boundaries of performance art and sound.