Reading Time: 3 minutesHarmlessly jovial. Allegra will make you laugh (and occasionally cringe) “Some people do cocaine, I do cabaret. It’s odd that it’s the latter that offends people” is what Allegra declares in defence of her irrepressible urge to break…
Reading Time: 2 minutesSecond Speaker, a new play by Nathan Chu, gradually opens out into an examination of the prison education system and the value of learning in environments designed for containment rather than growth.
Reading Time: 3 minutesDescribed as a Sunday Service of black queer excellence, Spirituals makes queerness holy through beautiful vocals and a strong stage presence.
Reading Time: 2 minutesLights, narration, action! Cured premieres in the Liverpool Royal Court with a statement on misogyny that sets the tone for the rest of the show.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn Albatross by Martha Loader, in the Menagerie Theatre Company’s production, the eponymous stuffed bird is a gift from Martin (Patrick Morris) to his new girlfriend Eve (Agnes Lillis), whose kitchen the play is set in.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA classic forbidden love story told through a blend of country folk songs and power-house rock anthems.
Reading Time: 3 minutes'A thoroughly worthwhile evening'
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Drayton Arms in South Kensington is where the audience settled in for Debt Meat, a promising dystopia with a fiendish premise – a world where human flesh is the only form of currency.
Reading Time: 3 minutesDesign and directing is incredible, but despite great moments, the different elements don’t gel with each other
Reading Time: 3 minutesIndicts the expectation that dignity is for sale and explores the line between demeaning and empowering work under late-stage capitalism”