REVIEW: Talking People (25th June)
Reading Time: 2 minutesOn stage is a couple deeply in love. They seem to have it all—fulfilling careers, a stable relationship, even dreams of starting a family.
Category ★★★★½
REVIEW: Man’s Best Friend
Reading Time: 3 minutesMan’s Best Friend does not shy away from the pandemic. It is, in fact, a show borne out of, and framed by, the pandemic.
REVIEW: Royal Ballet School (Next Generation Festival)
Reading Time: 2 minutes Its latest offering, part of the Next Generation Festival, showcased emerging British dance talent from both White Lodge and the Upper School.
REVIEW: This Bitter Earth
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis Bitter Earth at the Soho Theatre, is written by Harrison David Rivers and offers a compelling and deeply human experience, skillfully weaving an imperfectly perfect romance with vital discussions on activism and the intersection of queerness and blackness.
REVIEW: Fight For America!
Reading Time: 2 minutesI wasn’t sure what to expect walking into Fight for America, the idea of playing a tabletop roleplaying game based on the January 6th riots.
REVIEW: Twelfth Night
Reading Time: 2 minutesTwelfth Night by William Shakespeare was performed by BMH Productions at the Oxford Castle as part of Oxford’s Summer Shakespeare Festival.
REVIEW: Natural Behaviour
Reading Time: 2 minutesBefore I watched Natural Behaviour, I had read nothing about it and assumed it would be a comedy of sorts. A satire about misfits attempting to find their place in this strange, pretentious world.
REVIEW: The Watch
Reading Time: 2 minutesCo-produced by Bomb Factory Theatre and Chris Edge and directed by Merle Wheldon, The Watch, a new piece by Isabella Waldron, is currently premiering at The Glitch in South London.
REVIEW: The Jazz Cafe – Nicola Benedetti
Reading Time: 2 minutesViolin virtuosa: Nicola Benedetti is a magnificent maestra that brings classical chamber pieces well and truly into the modern music scene
REVIEW: A Festival of Korean Dance: Ham:beth
Reading Time: 2 minutesPlaying as part of The Place’s Festival of Korean Dance, choreographer Jae-duk Kim brings high energy work with a very British inspiration. The all-male troupe of performers that make up Kim’s company Modern Table inhabit the energy and madness of Shakespeare’s titular antiheroes Hamlet and Macbeth — hence, Ham:beth.