Reading Time: 3 minutesVancouver’s Ballet BC is back in London on 20th & 21st May to begin an eight-venue Dance Consortium tour. The company is presenting a double bill of Crystal Pite’s Frontier and Johan Inger’s PASSING. We sat down with Artistic Director Medhi Walerski to discuss the production coming to the UK.
Reading Time: 2 minutesLindsay Posner’s revival of Terence Rattigan’s The Deep Blue Sea is a production of restraint and delicacy. It doesn’t reach for theatrical fireworks, nor does it attempt to modernise or reframe the 1952 setting.
Reading Time: 2 minutesLove You More is a celebration of childhood - in particular, teenage fandom and the relationship between a mother and daughter. Written by, produced by, and starring Sarah O’Dell, based on the love she shared with her mother, the play is filled with goofy comedy and bittersweet nostalgia.
Reading Time: 2 minutesDance is such an interesting medium: without any words, it is possible to create an atmosphere and an image that sticks with an audience, and that’s exactly what Dance Is Not For Us did.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLondon’s most flamboyant and theatrical hotspot, The Phoenix Arts Club, is pulling out all the sequinned stops for its Eurovision Grande Finale Screening & Cabaret Show—an annual spectacle that’s as iconic as the contest itself.
Reading Time: 5 minutesWe had a conversation with Ibi Kontein, a Nigerian playwright, director and founder of Sabi Arts, a theatre production company committed to telling bold, human-centered stories that reflect the lived realities of Nigerians, particularly young people and woman. Kontein created Dear Applicant, a satirical and emotional play about the harsh, often absurd journey of trying to find a job in the system.
Reading Time: 2 minutesPun-filled and fun-filled: there are few better ways to spend your evening with this terrifically executed spy romp
Reading Time: 2 minutesA Story Poignantly Bleeds the Personal and Political in a War-Torn Identity
Reading Time: 2 minutesA Journey Through Motion and Meaning
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe sat down for an exclusive interview with Artistic Director and conductor Josh Asokan ahead of Odyssey Ensemble's London Debut at Kings Place on 24th May. Odyssey Ensemble is the UK’s first professional musical collective dedicated to sharing real-life stories of asylum-seekers and refugees in their own words.