REVIEW: Man’s Best Friend
Reading Time: 3 minutesMan’s Best Friend does not shy away from the pandemic. It is, in fact, a show borne out of, and framed by, the pandemic.
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REVIEW: Love (and Other Languages)
Reading Time: 3 minutesA house full of women — past and present — grapples with grief, identity, and the weight of inherited expectations in Love (and Other Languages), a new queer play by Raffaella Sero.
REVIEW: Royal Ballet School (Next Generation Festival)
Reading Time: 2 minutes Its latest offering, part of the Next Generation Festival, showcased emerging British dance talent from both White Lodge and the Upper School.
REVIEW: This Bitter Earth
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis Bitter Earth at the Soho Theatre, is written by Harrison David Rivers and offers a compelling and deeply human experience, skillfully weaving an imperfectly perfect romance with vital discussions on activism and the intersection of queerness and blackness.
REVIEW: Fight For America!
Reading Time: 2 minutesI wasn’t sure what to expect walking into Fight for America, the idea of playing a tabletop roleplaying game based on the January 6th riots.
REVIEW: Remythed
Reading Time: 2 minutes‘Remythed’ opened, and the five cast members immediately put the audience at ease with a few jokes and introductions.
REVIEW: Ravers
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe all remember what it was like to be a teenager: constant self-awareness, self-importance, self-doubt, self-love, self-centeredness, and a relentless urge for self-exploration.
REVIEW: 4.48 Psychosis
Reading Time: 2 minutesA pioneer of ‘in-yer-face theatre’, Sarah Kane was known for awaking at 4.48am in a depressed state to write her plays, typically exploring themes of pain and torture, love and desire. Her final play, 4.48 Psychosis has been described as ‘a 75-minute suicide note’, as it debuted at Royal Court Theatre over a year after she hung herself.
REVIEW: Talking People (23rd June)
Reading Time: 2 minutesTalking People at the Bush Theatre is a fairly new innovation: a series of improvised evenings amongst a few actors, and their director, Richard Vincent. The genius behind this is Elinah Saleh Franck, the producer.
REVIEW: Twelfth Night
Reading Time: 2 minutesTwelfth Night by William Shakespeare was performed by BMH Productions at the Oxford Castle as part of Oxford’s Summer Shakespeare Festival.