FEATURE: Scene Change
Reading Time: 6 minutesBallet classics can contain beloved dance and music – but also outdated cultural stereotypes. Can we reimagine them? Phil Chan offers a sound solution to problematic music.
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REVIEW: Mind Mangler: Member of the Tragic Circle
Reading Time: 2 minutesMind Mangler: Member of the Tragic Circle at the Apollo Theatre, is inspired by a character originally seen in the Magic Goes Wrong show, curated by Mischief Comedy, forming from a group of LAMDA students who took their shows to Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Their series of performances have taken the West End by storm for just over ten years.
REVIEW: Assembly Hall
Reading Time: 2 minutesCrystal Pite endeavours to ponder upon this query together with her dancing ensemble Kidd Pivot, coming back to UK with her latest Assembly Hall, a story she co-creates with Kidd Pivot's resident playwright Jonathon Young. It elaborates a group of medieval re-enactors who come for their annual meeting in their local community hall, a set ingeniously designed by Jay Gower Taylor, where a shabby basketball racket stands high and lonely, a nostalgic reminder of the old days when people spend plenty of time in communal spaces and being with others. The group faces a pivotal decision: to dissolve or not, decided by their vote. As the narrative unfolds, the awakening of a knight from the past blurs the lines between the real and the medieval re-enactment, rolling the story into turmoil, chaos, and the knight's eventual demise — foreshadowed in the beginning.
REVIEW: Metamorphosis
Reading Time: 2 minutesMetamorphosis at Camden People’s Theatre, devised and curated by Nina Rosaline Brostrøm, invites us into the telling of cyclical life on Earth with transformative eye-catching costumes. Exhibited here, we watch three small stories of transformation and literal metamorphosis through physical theatre, ambient music and movement.
REVIEW: The Lonely Londoners
Reading Time: 3 minutesRoy Williams’ familiar eloquence when writing characterful monologues, and his raw commentary on England are evident in his new adaptation of Sam Selvon’s classic novella ‘The Lonely Londoners’.
FEATURE: Barrowland Ballet’s Chunky Jewellery
Reading Time: 2 minutesLeading contemporary dance company Barrowland Ballet present the world premiere of new production, Chunky Jewellery across International Women’s Day and Mother’s Day.
FEATURE: English National Ballet’s Giselle comes to Liverpool Empire in October 2024
Reading Time: 2 minutesEnglish National Ballet has announced plans for its 75th Season - and Liverpool Empire have announced that they'll be welcoming Mary Skeaping's Giselle is coming to Liverpool from October 23rd-26th 2024.
In Conversation with: Maryam Garad
Reading Time: 3 minutesMaryam Garad is a British/Somali playwright and actor from London. Her debut play Reparations was shortlisted for the Mustapha Matura award.
REVIEW: Ragnarok
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis international production by Tortoise in a Nutshell in co- production with Nordland Visual Theatre and in association with MacRobert Arts Centre, took to the Traverse Theatre’s stage to tell the mythical tale of Ragnarok with a Scottish twist as part of the Manipulate Festival.
In conversation with Empower In Motion Producers: Ross Freddie Ray & Henry Dowden
Reading Time: 5 minutesWe sat down with Ross Freddie Ray and Henry Dowden who with the support of many people and organisations are pulling together an extraordinary event to celebrate the power of inclusivity and raise funds for ChildrenToday charity.