Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Arcola’s seventeenth festival of genre-stretching opera kicked off with a delightfully accessible piece that not only took its audience on a four-century journey through the forest but also embodied the best bits of an oft-inaccessible art form
Reading Time: 2 minutesPlucky Culprit’s The Girl with the Enamel Eyes offers a reworking of the Coppélia ballet that feels both ambitious and somewhat confused in its execution. Framed as a one-act musical, the show attempts to blend satire, horror, and comedy but never quite settles into a cohesive tone or structure.
Reading Time: 2 minutesPrecarious Theatre’s One Hundred Percent is dark, interesting and full of energy. What initially drew me to this play was its concept: an embittered, failed actor confronts the examiner who once gave him a perfect score in…
Reading Time: 2 minutesGhostly encounters leading to self-discovery are well-trodden ground, but they don’t usually take place at Angel tube station.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAt the heart of Get Happy, a new one-man show at the Omnibus Theatre, lies a relatable quest for contentment in the bustling big city. Our protagonist, a gay man in his late twenties, finds his world nudged off-kilter when his best friend and housemate announces their engagement.
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E. M. Delafield, is now best known for the comic classic The Diary of a Provincial Lady, which has never been out of print since it was first published in 1931. She was also a successful playwright, with productions in the West End, on Broadway and on the radio.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA thoughtful attempt to harmonise Shakespeare with global voices– ambitious in spirit, if not always in execution Some people, especially younger generations, occasionally question the relevance ofShakespeare today, particularly his influence beyond the UK and his resonance…
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Company of Trees, written by Jane Bodie, digs into the harsh realities of high school drama.
Reading Time: 2 minutes This play was performed by Abbey Grange Academy from Leeds, written by Satinder Chohan. This mystic tale, adapted from an ancient Indian myth, Manu and the Fish, follows the story of Mia and her sister Halima who are recent refugees.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA Most Pressing Issue - A play by Tim Harris in partnership with Matt Williams A dark satirical comedy that follows four prison workers battling a fire with anything but water.