IN CONVERSATION WITH: Janie Dee
Reading Time: 4 minutesWe sat down with Janie to talk about her play Beautiful World Cabaret, a series of cabaret shows at Charing Cross Theatre in London.
Category Theatre
REVIEW: The Boy With Wings
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Boy with Wings, adapted from Lenny Henry’s beloved children’s book, soars onto the stage with heart, humor, and a whole lot of magic. We follow 12-year-old Tunde (a brilliant Adiel Boboye), a kid weighed down by nightmares, schoolyard bullies, and the mysterious absence of his father.
REVIEW: The Company of Trees
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Company of Trees, written by Jane Bodie, digs into the harsh realities of high school drama.
REVIEW: Alex Kealy: The Fear
Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter a sell-out Edinburgh Fringe run, Alex Kealy brought his new show “The Fear” to Soho Theatre. Regarded as one of the most exciting emerging comedians, Alex has supported major acts, including Jack Dee and Shaparak Khorsandi, and hosts his podcast “Gigs Pigs” along with Ivo Graham.
REVIEW: Mia and The Fish
Reading Time: 2 minutes This play was performed by Abbey Grange Academy from Leeds, written by Satinder Chohan. This mystic tale, adapted from an ancient Indian myth, Manu and the Fish, follows the story of Mia and her sister Halima who are recent refugees.
REVIEW: The Three Musketeers
Reading Time: 2 minutesAlex Thomas’s new adaptation for Dumas’ ‘The Three Musketeers’ is in a word: joyful. We’ve had our share in the UK of gritty re-imaginings and block-buster productions. But here we have something with some real soul to it.
REVIEW: Talking People (25th June)
Reading Time: 2 minutesOn stage is a couple deeply in love. They seem to have it all—fulfilling careers, a stable relationship, even dreams of starting a family.
REVIEW: The Croft
Reading Time: 2 minutesAli Milles’ chilling thriller “The Croft” is a story of many elements - part Scottish folklore, part real-life history, part family drama, combined with love, grief, violence, hatred, and ripples of consequences from past decisions.
REVIEW: Man’s Best Friend
Reading Time: 3 minutesMan’s Best Friend does not shy away from the pandemic. It is, in fact, a show borne out of, and framed by, the pandemic.
REVIEW: Love (and Other Languages)
Reading Time: 3 minutesA house full of women — past and present — grapples with grief, identity, and the weight of inherited expectations in Love (and Other Languages), a new queer play by Raffaella Sero.