REVIEW: Party Season

Reading Time: 2 minutesAn entertaining comedy that gives a very honest take on modern parenting

Reading Time: 2 minutesAn entertaining comedy that gives a very honest take on modern parenting

Reading Time: 2 minutesBoth hilarious and emotionally vulnerable, “I’m Not Being Funny” asks: is laughter really the best medicine?

Reading Time: 3 minutesA narrative of access, science made public, digestible, porous that was engaging and entertaining. Science in a Changing World: A conversation for the next 200 years is a one night, public panel convened at UCL’s Bloomsbury Theatre…

Reading Time: 3 minutesMartyr Theatre Company provide a humorous, engaging story in the form of Fandemonium. A tale of teenage obsession and rebellion, the period setting does nothing to prevent it from feeling like a relatable piece of theatre about loving something, or someone, so much that it consumes you.

Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s one of the most popular operas of all time and has one of Mozart’s most iconic scores, and the Scottish Opera’s production more than does it justice.

Reading Time: 3 minutesBears Bears Bears marks the latest production from Divided Culture Co, a company continuing to champion new writing and emerging creatives. Winner of the 2025 DCC Playwriting Prize, Natalie Beech’s debut play arrives at the Contact Theatre with loads of confidence, blending horror, dark comedy and performance art into something that feels chaotic in a very deliberate way.

Reading Time: 2 minutesA grimy, glittering spiral into vanity, delusion and emotional decay, played with thrilling intensity There is something deeply chaotic about Philip Ridley’s The Fastest Clock in the Universe, and that chaos feels surprisingly at home in 2026.…

Reading Time: 2 minutesWho doesn’t enjoy drama at a dinner party? When you’re not involved, of course. Unfortunately for the guests at this particular dinner, everyone becomes involved in one way or another, with disturbing, hilarious and dark consequences.

Reading Time: 2 minutesA tense interplay of power, oppression, and privilege made to shine by two
incredible performances.

Reading Time: 3 minutesEmotionally intelligent, visually assured, and anchored by outstanding performances