Reading Time: 2 minutesA production lacking in surety which could do with more character definition Chris Salt’s new play Fell, with Edgeways Productions, presents the story of a Cumbrian schoolboy, outsider and Elvis Costello fan Lyle, who finds himself teaming up with…
Reading Time: 3 minutesMaking our way into the generously sized pub theatre Upstairs at the Gatehouse in North London, the audience were met with Jazz Age tunes, as the world of this Chekhovian-inspired play, written and directed by Mark Giesser began to be created. I sat admiring the beautifully painted set, which illustrated a pier that would create the backdrop for the meeting place of unlikely lovers Ann Dennis (played by Beth Burrows) and Damien Granville (played by Richard Lynson).
Reading Time: 2 minutesExploring the angst and anxiety of first loves and the end of childhood that comes with going to Uni, The Verge of Forever depicts the journey of two young adults, Leo (Finlay McKillop– covering for Novello) and Marie (Scarlett Ayers) in the development of their relationship and their taking of those first tentative steps towards adulthood.
Reading Time: 3 minutesINVASION! is being put on as part of Camden Fringe and is created by the Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society (CUMTS), with the show being written and directed by Jonathan Powell and Jasper Robin, and composed by Lily Blundell. CUMTS can lay claim to being the original home of the worldwide smash hit that is SIX the Musical, however this show fails to live up to those lofty heights.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe story and viewpoint feels important - with the media becoming more powerful than ever, the impact of that cycle of abuse is becoming more insidious and reflecting that through the medium of theatre is exactly what we should be doing.
Reading Time: 2 minutes‘Disruption’ seems to be the hot-button word when depicting tech geniuses battling the establishment...
Reading Time: 3 minutesJali is a one man show, written, performed, and directed by Oliver Twist. A refugee from Rwanda who ends up resettling in Australia and gaining Australian citizenship. The show was first performed in Australia and was nominated for a number of awards including “Best Newcomer” and “Best Independent Production” at the Sydney Theatre Awards and also received rave reviews with 5 stars from OUT in Perth and 4 stars from the Sydney Morning herald. I am not one to be contrarian for the sake of it, but I did not leave this show with such a positive opinion.
Reading Time: 2 minutesTaking It Back, writen by Dijah-Zahra, was a very relevant play about the appropriation of African culture by European countries and tackles the artefacts that, despite numerous appeals and negotiations, remain on British soil.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTotally Trucked is a one-woman show written and performed by Katie Damer. It’s a deeply personal story following Katie through her teenage years, growing up as a teenager in Manchester and her experiences moving to London for drama school.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWay back in 2019, Coleen Rooney started the fire that was Vardy v Rooney when she pointed the finger at Rebekah Vardy for leaking her private Instagram posts to the tabloids.