REVIEW: Moby Dick
Reading Time: 3 minutesA mesmerising ode to the eerie, uncanny, and oceanic
Category Updates
IN CONVERSATION WITH the team behind Lovers’ Vows at Jack Studio Theatre
Reading Time: 3 minutesFirst performed in 1798, this play is the work of trailblazing actress and writer Elizabeth Inchbald. It was the hit of the season at Covent Garden. Jane Austen knew the play and Lovers’ Vows featured in her novel Mansfield Park, where it was…
REVIEW: Singin’ in the rain
Reading Time: 3 minutesA charming take on a classic brought to life with a modern twist! This week Edinburgh Univerity Savoy Opera Group (Eusog) tackles the classic musical “Singing in the rain”. A well known favourite brought to life in…
REVIEW: Not A Word
Reading Time: 4 minutesBrú Theatre’s latest production NOT A WORD nobly and originally unearths an oft-forgotten detail in Irish immigrant history, but its lack of clarity unfortunately mutes its central message. Brú Theatre’s latest production NOT A WORD nobly and…
REVIEW:Calamity Jane
Reading Time: 2 minutesCarrie Hope Fletcher shines in energetic revival of 1961 musical. I’ll admit that I was largely unfamiliar with Fein, Park and Hanmer’s musical, which follows the misadventures of gun-slinging Calamity Jane in Deadwood City. So I was…
REVIEW: Łukasz Twarkowski: The Employees
Reading Time: 2 minutesA hardcore tech and aesthetic art installation experience absent of something exciting and new. Adapted from Olga Ravn’s 2021 Booker-shortlisted sci-fi novel, The Employees marks Polish theatre director Łukasz Twarkowski’s UK debut. Little doubt, featuring hallmarks of…
REVIEW: Last Rites
Reading Time: 2 minutesA deeply moving and grounded play developed by the multi-award-winning physical theatre company, Ad Infinitum. Last Rites is a deeply moving and grounded play developed by the multi-award-winning physical theatre company, Ad Infinitum. The play sensitively raised…
REVIEW: Belly of the Beast
Reading Time: 2 minutesA compelling, thoughtful exploration of the inadequacies of our binary education system ‘Belly of the Beast’ presents the tender story of YoungMartha and NowMartha, two versions of one person traversing the challenges of a binary system they…
REVIEW: Carousel: A Theatre Show
Reading Time: 2 minutesA tender, hilarious hour that’s part stand-up, part heartfelt memoir—raw, relatable, and irresistibly real. Ivo Graham’s Carousel does not feel far removed from a tight 1-hour stand up set. Except sadder. Matched, however, by humour! And that’s…
IN CONVERSATION WITH:Peter Florence
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Conversation is a series of weekly conversations exploring the biggest topics of the day from global conflict to the climate crisis with Britain’s leading thinkers, scientists, philosophers, historians, war correspondents and writers.