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REVIEW: Care

Reading Time: 3 minutesFor the better part of a decade, I worked in care homes. Until this show, I had never seen anything which portrays the experience so accurately, and with such depth of emotion. So often the experience of care work is hidden, an experience we hope we never have to go through. Care homes are places out of sight and mind, until there’s no choice but to cross the threshold. Care is an unflinching, raw look at that world, and what it is like for all sides of the journey; resident, carer, child, grandchild.

REVIEW: Farm Fatale

Reading Time: 3 minutesA gently absurd ecofable where out-of-work scarecrows run a DIY radio station post-apocalypse.

REVIEW: Garden Party Cabaret

Reading Time: 2 minutesSurreal and deeply chaotic immersive cabaret that lacks any narrative clarity. There’s a fine line between immersive theatre and feeling like you’ve accidentally wandered into someone else’s extremely chaotic afterparty at 2am. Canal Café Theatre’s Garden Party –…

FEATURE: Stage One 50th Anniversary

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe afternoon began as guests arrived at the historic Theatre Royal Drury Lane, stepping into the breathtaking beauty of the Grand Saloon. The room immediately set a sophisticated tone, filled with natural light that spilled over…

FEATURE: TravFest 2026 

Reading Time: 3 minutesWe attended TravFest 2026’s opening ceremony on the 13th of May and spoke with many of the creatives occupying the Trav this Fringe, and it is easy to see how & why the Trav continues to maintain…