Reading Time: 3 minutesA fascinating kitchen-sink drama interrogating race, class, and assimilation In the aspirational neighbourhood of Stillwater, a mysterious shack has sprung up, clashing with the cul-de-sac’s uniform new-builds. Its owners are nowhere to be seen, and the neighbours…
Reading Time: 2 minutesLooking for Giants holds promise, but has yet to pull new wisdom from the depths of pain it plumbs. As much as Looking For Giants —- a one-woman show playing at the King’s Head Theatre after a…
Reading Time: 2 minutes“A varied and rousing showcase of modern classics” The performance tonight begins with Samuel Barber’s Essay No.2, a piece which itself startsstrong and forward with percussion, then goes on to rise and fall intermittently before swellingwith the…
Reading Time: 2 minutesA compelling, thoughtful exploration of the inadequacies of our binary education system ‘Belly of the Beast’ presents the tender story of YoungMartha and NowMartha, two versions of one person traversing the challenges of a binary system they…
Reading Time: 2 minutesPart primary school disco, part Hunger Games In Perfect Dead Girls, a new performance co-created by its cast, Elizabeth Robbins and Chelsea Grace, with movement direction by Steph Austin, we enter a liminal space between life and…
Reading Time: 2 minutesA tender, hilarious hour that’s part stand-up, part heartfelt memoir—raw, relatable, and irresistibly real. Ivo Graham’s Carousel does not feel far removed from a tight 1-hour stand up set. Except sadder. Matched, however, by humour! And that’s…
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Drayton Arms theatre is a cosy space which sits above a lively and lavish pub. Quite contrasting to the atmosphere downstairs, it housed Michael Eichler’s bleak and desolate play ‘Fresh Mountain Air’.
Reading Time: 3 minutes‘What is the future of ... film?’ Given a small budget, graduating MFA artists attempt to answer this ‘provocation’ by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in a yearly festival, Emergence.
Reading Time: 2 minutesConsidered a representation of the highest achievement in romantic ballet, various versions of Giselle populate the repertoire lists of ballet companies worldwide. Commissioned by English National Ballet in 1953, this Mary Skeaping version restores many original scenes, creating a cohesive version that effectively stitches together the two disparate halves of this ballet.
Reading Time: 2 minutesFloppy-haired and charismatic, Kit Ford waltzes onto stage in their promising London debut to the tune of “Funky Town”. Introducing this one-person show, Ford wryly explains that it does exactly what it says on the tin: an exploration of their own life growing up queer.