Reading Time: 2 minutesUntil Spring Comes, written by Chen Tao Shen and directed by Shuyi Alice Wang, tells the story of an actor in rehearsal for a production of the myth of Phaethon after going through a surgery that leaves her with a colostomy bag.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen Max (Rob Pomfret) stumbles upon a universal cure, he firmly believes it should be freely accessible to everyone, for the good of humanity
Reading Time: 3 minutesAmerica at war. Cracks showing within the Presidential cabinet. Families divided. A familiar scene is set before us, as we enter the world of 1864 Civil War America. Lincoln is at the helm and his Secretary of the Treasury, Salmon P. Chase is gunning for his seat with his daughter Kate acting the driving force behind the scenes. The ‘most celebrated yet overlooked women of 19th-century America,’ as Our American Queen champions her.
Reading Time: 3 minutesFOC IT UP! is the Femmes of Colour Comedy Club, with a guaranteed (thank goodness) ‘no cis white men’ policy. The club was created and hosted by the brilliantly bold Kemah Bob (she/they), a queer black US comedian with an infectious energy and a genuine desire to uplift comedians of marginalised backgrounds.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOpening last night at the Emerald Theatre, a venue new to me, was the Van Morrison Alumni Band: a tribute act to the beloved musician’s greatest hits (I’m aware the word beloved suggests a posthumous tribute but Van Morrison remains alive).
Reading Time: 2 minutesAn exceptional debut from the Mycelium Theatre Company I hated science at school. For whatever reason, it was the one subject I could never get my head around. Subsequently, I was not sure what to expect going…
Reading Time: 7 minutesWe sat down for a quick chat with Lotte, ahead of the upcoming concert at Kings Place on January 17th, Aurora Orchestra: Memory. How do you approach creating programmes that span everything from early music to experimental…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTwo of the most influential performers working today will lead a major new London revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George, with Jonathan Bailey and Ariana Grande announced to star when the production opens at the Barbican Centre in Summer 2027.
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe sat down with Sadiq talking about Tell Me,a visceral fusion of circus, dance and theatre tackling HIV stigma. What first made you want to create Tell Me? The first thing that made me want to make this…
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe sat down with Anamika Srivastava (co-writer/actor), Arista Abbabatulla (director) and Pallavi Kumar (co-writer), to speak about their new show Ghost Grandma. The work is a comedy that paints an authentic portrait of South Asian culture and intergenerational familial relationships.