Category ★★★½☆

REVIEW: The Immortal Henrietta Lacks

Reading Time: 2 minutesAs part of Theatre Peckham's "Young Gifted and Black" season, a series of work celebrating young Black talent, Larry Coke’s thought-provoking production explores the life of Henrietta Lacks in the days leading up to her diagnosis of cervical cancer. The play is a musical reimagining of her life, set primarily in the time of racial segregation in America and aims to humanise Henrietta by exploring her relationships and the connections that shaped her.

REVIEW: Peaky Blinders: Rambert

PEAKY BLINDERS by Knight, , Writer - Steven Knight, Choreographer and Director - Benoit Swan Pouffer, Music - Roman Gianarthur, Designer - Moi Tran, Lighting - Natasha Chivers, Costumes - Richard Gellar, Rambert, 2022, Credit: Johan Persson/

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe doors leading into Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre are papered with advice of being “under new management, by order of the Peaky Blinders”, and inside, staff are wearing the unmistakable flat cap uniform immortalised in the eponymous BBC drama series. The Redemption of Thomas Shelby, a stage adaptation by Rambert Dance, leans heavy on the appeal of the source material from the outset.

REVIEW: Re-INCARNATION

A scene from Lagos Street Scene from Re: INCARNATION by QDance Company @ Queen Elizabeth Hall. (Opening 11-09-2024) ©Tristram Kenton 09-24 (3 Raveley Street, LONDON NW5 2HX TEL 0207 267 5550 Mob 07973 617 355)email: tristram@tristramkenton.com

Reading Time: 2 minutesChoreographed by Qudus Onikeku and presented by Dance Consortium, Re:INCARNATION endeavours to bring about Nigerian culture and the vibrance of Lagos - the metropolis of West Africa - to the UK audience.

REVIEW: Have You Met Stan?

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe black box studio at the Burton Taylor Theatre was an intimate and atmospheric backdrop to this brand-new musical, making its debut at the Oxford’s Offbeat Festival. Soundtracked by a fantastic live band (Georgia Ayew on drums, Jennie Beard on bass and writer-composer Bart Thiede on keys), the show follows the relationship between Séan from Ireland (Liam McGrath) and Stan from Poland (Cam Gray), as they navigate their way through the complexities of EU migration, religious upbringing and LGBTQI+ identities.