REVIEW: L’incoronazione di Poppea
Reading Time: 2 minutesAdapted for the Arcola Theatre’s Grimeborn Festival, Marcio De Silva’s production of Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea is a dark and sensual delight.
Category ★★★★☆
REVIEW: Freud’s Last Session
Reading Time: 3 minutesFreud’s Last Session promises debates on love, sex, and religion, and it certainly delivers - with more besides. Mark St. Germain’s writing, complemented by Peter Darney’s direction, weaves smartly through each new subject so that you only realise you’re somewhere new once you’re already there.
Peaky Blinders: The Rise at The Garrison, Camden Stables Market
Reading Time: 3 minutesImmersive Everywhere’s new show Peaky Blinders: The Rise, directed by Tom Maller and written by Katie Lyons, is housed in a converted horse hospital in the heart of Camden Stables Market.
REVIEW: Impromptu Shakespeare
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWith improv becoming more and more popular as an art form, creatives are pushed to find ever engaging ways to evolve the trope. This time it's a cast of quick thinking Shakespeare buffs who have taken on the challenge.
REVIEW: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, St Paul’s Church
Reading Time: 2 minutesA joyously silly romp that captures the spirit of the Bard whilst opening it up to new audiences.
REVIEW: 9 Circles
Reading Time: 3 minutes9 Circles is a sharp, critical and observant based-on-a-true-story work from House of Cards writer Bill Cain
REVIEW: Rapture
Reading Time: 3 minutesRapture, written and directed by Sophie Leydon, tells the story of 3 queer friends, Rosy, Tommy, and Kit, who are each dealing with their own new and previous traumas which test the bonds of their chosen family.
REVIEW: Shakespeare in the Squares
Reading Time: 3 minutesShakespeare in the Squares returns after a two year hiatus with a series of enchanting open air performances of The Tempest.
REVIEW: A Doll’s House, Part 2
Reading Time: 3 minutesA Doll's House Part 2 now looks to build on the legacy of Ibsen's original, examining the universal issue of a woman's identity within a male-dominated society.
REVIEW: A False Servant
Reading Time: 2 minutesA gloriously funny romp; witty, quick paced with sexual tension galore. Lizzy Watts is a sensation.