REVIEW: Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas

Reading Time: 3 minutes“Exceptionally exquisite vocals elevated by innovative staging underneath a British icon.”

Reading Time: 3 minutes“Exceptionally exquisite vocals elevated by innovative staging underneath a British icon.”

Reading Time: 3 minutesA masterclass in spontaneous theatre

Reading Time: 3 minutesA show deserving of the standing ovation!

Reading Time: 3 minutesFor the better part of a decade, I worked in care homes. Until this show, I had never seen anything which portrays the experience so accurately, and with such depth of emotion. So often the experience of care work is hidden, an experience we hope we never have to go through. Care homes are places out of sight and mind, until there’s no choice but to cross the threshold. Care is an unflinching, raw look at that world, and what it is like for all sides of the journey; resident, carer, child, grandchild.

Reading Time: 2 minutesNeon-Infused and Hilarious: Fleshments Triumphs with an 80s ‘Dream’ Fleshments’ production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at The Glitch Theatre in Waterloo is a high-energy triumph. Stripping Shakespeare’s classic comedy down to a punchy one-hour runtime, this…

Reading Time: 2 minutesA conversation between the favourite couple of creative people and criers. With work being nearly complete on their chapel, Keith and Marj embark on a tour, telling all from their backstories, to how they met and even…

Reading Time: 3 minutesIf you can’t see the genuine article, Vicky Jackson is the next best thing! Being a tribute act is no easy feat for any performer. They are, by nature of what they do, constantly compared to who…

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe girls' bathroom has had something of a moment in the theatre lately, and it's not hard to see why.

Reading Time: 2 minutesAt once meditative and deeply visceral, the double bill presented by 99 Art Company at The Place unfolded less like a conventional evening of dance and more like a carefully constructed ceremony of memory, grief and endurance.

Reading Time: 2 minutesAs ever when seeing this iteration of the ‘International’ Scottish Chamber Orchestra, from the first note to the last, these players are flawless. They have shown time and again this season just how talented a group they are, and they close the season in the same fashion, while tackling some challenging compositions.