Category political

REVIEW: The Architect

Photography by David Levene

Reading Time: 3 minutesConceived and written to commemorate 30 years since the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence, the 18 year old South East Londoner who himself dreamt of a future in architecture, The Architect and The Architect’s Dream – two adjoined yet separate productions from The Actor’s Touring Company and Greenwich+Docklands International Festival – takes us on a curated journey from Deptford to Woolwich tracing as it goes the various quotidian lives and loves and dramas and conversations of a regular Black family.

REVIEW: NEST

JMA Photography

Reading Time: 3 minutesAn interesting display of talent, creativity, and commitment was showcased by the National Youth Theatre in a production of NEST, which occurred in a 355-hectare nature park. The story takes place in the year 2050, on the grounds of St Aidan's RSPB Nature Park in Leeds, where climate change has had disastrous consequences for the flora and fauna of our planet. As a result, bird watchers have no birds to watch, politicians are committed to the idea of net 0, and people are considering flying to Mars as a way to save themselves.

REVIEW: Cell Outs

Reading Time: 4 minutesPrison chatter, the sound of officers communicating via their radios and cell doors closing rings through the speakers. Troup and Church seem bored or fed-up, but begrudgingly scan the audience as if we are the prisoners that they just need to watch over for a few more minutes before finally getting to clock-out after a long shift.