REVIEW: LOOKING FOR GIANTS
Reading Time: 2 minutesLooking for Giants holds promise, but has yet to pull new wisdom from the depths of pain it plumbs. As much as Looking For Giants —- a one-woman show playing at the King’s Head Theatre after a…
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REVIEW: Belly of the Beast
Reading Time: 2 minutesA compelling, thoughtful exploration of the inadequacies of our binary education system ‘Belly of the Beast’ presents the tender story of YoungMartha and NowMartha, two versions of one person traversing the challenges of a binary system they…
REVIEW: Perfect Dead Girls
Reading Time: 2 minutesPart primary school disco, part Hunger Games In Perfect Dead Girls, a new performance co-created by its cast, Elizabeth Robbins and Chelsea Grace, with movement direction by Steph Austin, we enter a liminal space between life and…
REVIEW: Carousel: A Theatre Show
Reading Time: 2 minutesA tender, hilarious hour that’s part stand-up, part heartfelt memoir—raw, relatable, and irresistibly real. Ivo Graham’s Carousel does not feel far removed from a tight 1-hour stand up set. Except sadder. Matched, however, by humour! And that’s…
REVIEW: Fresh Mountain Air
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Drayton Arms theatre is a cosy space which sits above a lively and lavish pub. Quite contrasting to the atmosphere downstairs, it housed Michael Eichler’s bleak and desolate play ‘Fresh Mountain Air’.
REVIEW: Emergence Festival: Short Film Triple Bill
Reading Time: 3 minutes‘What is the future of ... film?’ Given a small budget, graduating MFA artists attempt to answer this ‘provocation’ by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in a yearly festival, Emergence.
REVIEW: Narcissistic Reflections on a Queer Childhood
Reading Time: 2 minutesFloppy-haired and charismatic, Kit Ford waltzes onto stage in their promising London debut to the tune of “Funky Town”. Introducing this one-person show, Ford wryly explains that it does exactly what it says on the tin: an exploration of their own life growing up queer.
REVIEW: La Manékine
Reading Time: 2 minutesLa Manékine, based on the Brothers Grimm short story The Girl Without Hands, tells the chilling tale of a young girl who is mistakenly sold off to the Devil by her father.
REVIEW: Jonny Woo – Suburbia
Reading Time: 2 minutesCabaret king Jonny Woo captivates audiences with his dazzling one-man show, Jonny Woo: Suburbia.
REVIEW: Revenge: After the Levoyah
Reading Time: 2 minutesDirected by Emma Jude Harris (Stage's Fringe Five 2024), Revenge: After the Levoyah is an exciting, fast-paced, incredibly funny, yet refreshingly thoughtful piece of new theatre. Nick Cassembaum’s (Fringe First winner and Popcorn Writer's Award nominee) script spits and crackles with chutzpah, unpacking different ways to be Jewish in the UK following the pre-pandemic furore surrounding the Labour party.