REVIEW: The Pianist
Reading Time: 2 minutesWładysław Szpilman, the Polish-Jewish composer and Holocaust survivor whose memoir sits at the centre of this new movie-to-musical adaptation of The Pianist, never wrote a musical.
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REVIEW: The Banality of Evil: Hannah Arendt, France 1940
Reading Time: 3 minutes“A courageous attempt to Arendt through Brechtian techniques” In May 1940, three German Jewish women are arrested at Camp Gurs in France: Hannah Arendt the political thinker, Charlotte Salomon the artist, and Eva Daube the communist. Drawing…
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Julia Pascal
Reading Time: 3 minutesBlending satire, physical theatre and cabaret, The Banality of Evil draws on archival research and testimony to reveal forgotten histories of women caught between exile, imprisonment and survival. At its centre is a pivotal moment in the…
REVIEW: Miss Saigon
Reading Time: 3 minutesMiss Saigon has arrived at the King's Theatre, Glasgow, and it has not done so quietly. Boublil and Schönberg's landmark musical, following the romance between American GI Chris and young Vietnamese woman Kim against the devastation of the fall of Saigon, remains one of the most emotionally unrelenting works in the canon.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Chiara Sparkes
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe sat down for an exclusive interview with Chiara Sparkes, who is playing Maggie Wallace in 'Stand and Deliver: the Lee Jeans Sit-In', telling the remarkable true story of the landmark industrial action when the Greenock Lee Jeans factory workers staged a 7 month long sit-in in 1981, fighting to keep their jobs.
REVIEW: Krapp’s Last Tape/ Godot’s To-Do List
Reading Time: 3 minutesKrapp’s Last Tape by Samuel Beckett starring Gary Oldman/ Godot's To-Do List by Leo Simpe-Asante at Royal Court Theatre five star review
REVIEW: A Mirrored Monet
Reading Time: 3 minutesA Mirrored Monet is a new musical by composer/lyricist/dramatist Carmel Owen stars Jeff Shankley (Starlight Express, Cats) as Monet and Dean John-Wilson (Your Lie in April: The Musical, The King and I) as Young Monet.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Eva Feiler
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe sat down with Eva Feiler for a quick chat about her upcoming performance in Dear Jack, Dear Louise at Arcola Theatre.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Preston Nyman
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe sat down with Preston Nyman for a quick chat about his upcoming performance in Dear Jack, Dear Louise at Arcola Theatre.
REVIEW: Witches Corner
Reading Time: 2 minutesA wild, witchy blend of past and present feminist struggle.