REVIEW: Saving Mozart
Reading Time: 2 minutesA show about a musical genius with some moments of musical theatre genius of its own Saving Mozart, a new musical written by Charli Eglinton, tells the story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart from his time as a…
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REVIEW: Faustine: A Dissertation. A Confession. A Mental Breakdown
Reading Time: 2 minutesAll bark and no bite, risky but predicatable A musical spiral into madness as an PhD student makes a deal with the devil for ground academic success, sounds like a chaotic, exciting and horrifying examination of academic…
REVIEW: SUNK INTO THE EARTH
Reading Time: 2 minutesA gripping play that deserves a bigger stage Premiering this year on the Camden Fringe, Sunk Into The Earth is an original play written by Charlotte Ritter about murder, sisterly bonds and the lengths we go for…
REVIEW: Grease: The Immersive Movie Musical
Reading Time: 2 minutesSecret Cinema have done it again! Grease: The Immersive Movie Musical, running until September 7th at Evolution London in Battersea Park, is a full throttle reimagining of the 1978 film.
REVIEW: HOLST’S THE PLANETS
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs I sat listening to the London Philharmonic Orchestra deftly make its way from Judith Weir’s leafy “Forest” (1995) to Rachmaninoff’s “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op.43” (1934), and then finally to the titular event of the evening, I wondered why I continue to be so drawn to this seven-movement orchestral suite about planets.
REVIEW: Float
Reading Time: 2 minutesFloat, from F-Bomb Theatre, is an autobiographical play from writer and performer Indra Wilson, enveloping the topic of pregnancy loss in a tale of an astronaut, whose solo mission is not one destined for success.
REVIEW: Daniel McKeon: Boyboss
Reading Time: 2 minutesDaniel McKeon’s debut hour “Boyboss” takes the form of a seminar loosely based on how to fail in the best way, and to successfully reach the title of ‘Boyboss’.
REVIEW: Sauna Boy
Reading Time: < 1 minute“Sauna Boy” is a bold and engaging one-man show that explores queer identity, sex, and survival through the lens of a young gay man working in a London sauna. Danny Boy, a struggling actor turned sauna manager, guides the audience through his unexpected workplace journey with humour, honesty, and emotional depth.
REVIEW: Bound By The Wind
Reading Time: 2 minutesBlending video games and theatre with a script heavy on feminist and discourse, Bound by the Wind is a deeply ambitious production that strike serious questions of freedom, authorship, and mythic identity.
REVIEW: Ghost from a Perfect Place
Reading Time: 3 minutesCellar Door Theatre are taking us back to the heyday of what critic Alex Sierz once termed ‘in-yer-face’ theatre: a mode of bare-knuckle, confrontational performance that’s resolutely out of vogue on the Fringe circuit at the moment – to its detriment, some might say.