REVIEW: Sea Shanties
Reading Time: 2 minutesSea Shanties was a one-off performance at The Southbank Centre
Category ★★★½☆
REVIEW: Solem Quartet & Alice Zawadzki: Different Trains
Reading Time: 2 minutesThere is a certain might in music, the way it fills the space, that elusive moment of resonance in a room of strangers. As part of the Memory Unwrapped series at King’s Place, Solem Quartet shows us music in all its might. T
REVIEW: Hung Dance’s Push and Pull
Reading Time: 2 minutesfinely controlled Push and Pull by Taiwanese choreographer Lai Hung-chung is a piece intends to explore resilience and connection through an encounter between two dancers, Lee Kuan-ling and Lu Ying-chieh, inspired by the principles of Tai Chi and…
REVIEW: Shallowspace Cryotech Feverdream
Reading Time: 4 minutesShallowspace Cryotech Feverdream, the new Trans Sci-Fi body horror play from Elastic Fantastic is an original, insightful and distinctly queer journey into the future.
REVIEW: The Unfortunate Adventures of Pierrot
Reading Time: 3 minutesFrancesca Masini’s The Unfortunate Adventures of Pierrot, presented by The Travelling Players at Omnibus Theatre, is a modern take on a much older form of theatre: Commedia dell’arte.
REVIEW: F*ckboy at Camden People’s Theatre
Reading Time: 2 minutesPart night train confession, part club-night fever dream, F*ckboy navigates dysphoria with sharp humour and sincerity. A performer leans casually against a dark stage wall under purple and blue lighting, wearing a black outfit with fishnet tights and chunky…
REVIEW: The Trials at the Tron Theatre
Reading Time: 2 minutes“An intriguing commentary on revenge and justice” From the outset, the premise of The Trials, written by Dawn King and directed by Joanna Bowman, was fascinating. Twelve children picked for jury duty forced to determine the fates…
REVIEW: The Beekeeper in Aleppo
Reading Time: 2 minutesA powerful story of exile Written by Cristy Lefteri, The Beekeeper of Aleppo explores diasporic trauma during the Syrian civil war. It follows Nuri, a beekeeper from Aleppo (Adam Sina), and his wife Afra (Farah Saffari), an artist losing…
REVIEW: The Importance of Being Earnest
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe paradigm of Wildean comedy, “The Importance of Being Earnest”, By Oscar Wilde, is “a trivial play for serious people”. The play follows characters, richly saturated with eccentricity, and their romantic ramblings within the rigidly ritualistic Victorian upper class.
REVIEW: First Woman
Reading Time: 3 minutesSam Hickman’s First Woman is an inventive blend of stand-up comedy and live music, built around a simple but unusual concept: comedy performed with a harp.