REVIEW: Shiraz
Reading Time: 2 minutesStaging a dance tribute to this controversial festival, as Armin Hokmi has done, is in itself a bold gesture deserving of praise.
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REVIEW: Possum Trot
Reading Time: 2 minutes“Possum Trot is a small story told with sincerity, humour, and real heart.” There’s something about the Tabard Theatre that always makes me glad to slip into someone else’s story for a while. The space is compact…
REVIEW: Music at Oxford: 90 Years of Arvo Pär
Reading Time: 2 minutes“This wasn’t just a birthday concert. It was a powerful tribute, beautifully performed, thoughtfully curated, and deeply moving” Walking into the Sheldonian Theatre on Tuesday 11 November, I knew little about Arvo Pärt beyond the fact that…
REVIEW: Porn Play
Reading Time: 2 minutes“More cerebral than visceral, the performances and visuals elevate a promising script that builds up to an unsatisfying climax.” This is not a play about porn. This is a play about addiction, grief and misogyny. Ani (played…
REVIEW: The League of Improv – With Guest Comedian Lou Sanders
Reading Time: 2 minutesA quick-fire evening of comedy based on details from the audience’s lives The League of Improv’s shows bring a celebrity host together with their small troupe of improvisers to create off-the-cuff scenes inspired (albeit very loosely) by…
REVIEW: Handle With Care
Reading Time: 2 minutesA profound experience of shared presence Handle with Care was created by Ontroerend Goed, a boundary-pushing theatre ensemble from Belgium. Known for works like The Smile Off Your Face and Once and For All, they have once…
REVIEW: Old Fat Fuck Up
Reading Time: 2 minutesIntimate, personal and a accurate dive into our shared experiences as humans This piece’s entire power sits in its title. It’s an intimate show about the human condition and the experience of many men, the collision of…
REVIEW: Tina:The Musical
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe cast just keeps on burning Caitlin Todd-Petrie Making its UK and Ireland tour debut, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical arrived at the Edinburgh Playhouse this week, and what a phenomenal show it is. From start to…
REVIEW: Opera North: La Bohème
Reading Time: 3 minutesA universally resonant revival of a timeless classic Puccini’s ‘La Bohème’ – one of the most well-known and frequently performed works in the entire operatic repertoire – is the latest production by Opera North to grace the…
REVIEW: Music at Oxford: 90 years of Arvo Part – Merton College Choir and Britten Sinfonia
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis wasn’t just a birthday concert. It was a powerful tribute, beautifully performed, thoughtfully curated, and deeply moving Walking into the Sheldonian Theatre on Tuesday 11 November, I knew little about Arvo Pärt beyond the fact that…