REVIEW: Vera; Or The Nihilists
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen we think of Oscar Wilde, it’s Earnest, Dorian Gray, An Ideal Husband that spring first to mind – works that cemented him as one of the most influential writers to ever live.
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IN CONVERSATION WITH: Alex Constantinidi and Mathilda Parker-Craig
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe sat down for an exclusive interview with Alex Constantinidi, playwright behind Doomscroll Till I Die, and producer, Mathilda Parker-Craig, running at the Pleasance Theatre from 23-27th September.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Atri Banerjee and David Finnigan
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Gate theatre presents the European premiere of David Finnigan’s Scenes from the Climate Era. Four performers take us through a dizzying series of vignettes, packed with humour and heart, all tackling the biggest story of our time. Directed by Atri Banerjee this is an unflinchingly raw, funny and honest look at how the conversations around the climate crisis shape our everyday lives, our communities and the biological world around us.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Lucy Pearman
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe sat down with Lucy Pearman to talk about Lunatic. Lucy has just come off a sell-out Edinburgh Fringe with Lunartic, which was met with strong critical acclaim and multiple award nominations, including a nomination for The Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality. Lucy will be performing at Soho Theatre from 29th Sept – 4th October. Tickets available HERE.
REVIEW: The Land of the Living
Reading Time: 2 minutesa wonderful showcase of talent, both known and emerging
REVIEW: The Lady From The Sea
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Lady From The Sea at the Bridge Theatre is a stunning lesson in directing, stagecraft, adaptation, and design.
REVIEW: Brown Girl Noise
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe show offers a rich and diverse portrayal of British South Asian women in a contemporary context. The play is woven with energy, driven by a cast of distinct characters and talented actors that offer unique insights to the stage.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Alexandra Viktoria
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe spoke with Alexandra Viktoria about They Do Not Seek Good From Good, a play bringing post-Soviet Podolsk to the London stage, exploring identity, intergenerational conflict, and the enduring pull between tradition and progress. What drew you to…
REVIEW: How to be a Dancer in Seventy-two Thousand Easy Lessons
Reading Time: 2 minutesThere’s a sly misdirection in the title: you expect a didactical session, a how-to lesson. What Michael Keegan-Dolan offers instead is a memoir in motion, a life distilled into rhythm, anecdote and image. Over eighty minutes the show moves like story: intimate, rough-edged, and stitched together with unexpected tenderness.
REVIEW: The Poltergeist
Reading Time: 3 minutesThere’s a very unique kind of intimacy in Philip Ridley’s one-person plays: the kind that pushes its blade right up to theatre’s jugular and cheekily threatens to bleed it dry if you don’t follow it through to the end.