REVIEW: Something About England
Reading Time: 2 minutesSomething About England, named after the 1980 song by The Clash, is an informative, funny, and deeply emotional one-man play.
Category poetry
REVIEW: SpitNights – Poetry Meets Improv Jazz @ The Space Symposium Hall
Reading Time: 2 minutesSetting to improvised music the words of a wonderful lineup of poets, SpitNights are on a mission to increase poetry’s audience and have become the fastest growing poetry event in the UK.
REVIEW: Venus and Adonis
Reading Time: 3 minutesAn imaginative and visually exquisite reimagining of Shakespeare’s Venus & Adonis, where masterful puppetry, music and narration transform poetry into unforgettable theatre. Some productions make you wonder why we don’t see Shakespeare staged this way more often.…
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Anna Jordan
Reading Time: 5 minutesWhen you write poetry it’s all up to you. Sometimes that’s a joy. Sometimes it’s terrifying.
REVIEW: Full English
Reading Time: 2 minutesFunny, thoughtful, and unexpectedly moving, Full English is a love letter to the quirks and power of English language. At Barons Court Theatre, Full English promised not bacon and eggs, but a feast of words served up…
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Ben Kidd, Bush Moukarzel, and Zoë McWhinney
Reading Time: 5 minutesWorld-renowned theatre company Dead Centre make their Royal Court debut, collaborating with Sign Language poet Zoë McWhinney. Told through a mix of spoken English, British Sign Language (BSL), creative captioning and silence, Deaf Republic brings together an ensemble of deaf and hearing actors, aerial performers, puppetry, live cinema and poetry.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Toby Thompson
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe caught up with writer and performer Toby Thompson to hear more about his poetic take on the beloved classic The Little Prince, which is heading to Pleasance Courtyard this August.