Reading Time: 4 minutesWe sat down with Eva Sampson, director and Co-Founder of How It Ended, about her inclusive approach to family theatre, and the importance of making theatre feel as accessible in all senses to diverse audiences.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Traverse Theatre has released a report highlighting the success of Class Act on Tour, which engaged over 400 young people in creative education across Scotland. The initiative included 257 workshops, leading to 149 original works and significant increases in student confidence about creative writing and theatre knowledge. The program's legacy is anchored by The Jotter, a resource library for ongoing arts education.
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Arts Centre, Hounslow is hosting its smash-hit, annual pantomime, from Thursday 28th November until Monday 30th December 2024. Now celebrating its 10th year of professional pantomime, Robin Hood is The Arts Centre’s largest production to date. We sat down with Jonathan who plays Will Scarlett in Robin Hood.
Reading Time: 5 minutesIn a flash of modern warfare, a mother loses her child, igniting a powerful one-woman journey through every iconic character in The Trojan Women. This reimagining of the world’s first anti-war play, originally staged in Athens in 415 BC as Euripides' protest against the Peloponnesian War, combines intense drama with uplifting and comedic physical theatre at its best. With world politics as they currently stand, this 2000 year old story reflects a world all too familiar!
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe spoke with Tatenda Matsvai who reprises the role of Alice in Brixton House's Alice in Wonderland.
Reading Time: 2 minutesTheatre Paradok's original double entendre production, The End of the Line (written and directed by Alice Humphries) packs comedy, existentialism, political commentary and mawkishness into one hour. A colourful and uplifting dance sequence midway through the production, which had the full audience engaged and singing along, is a testament to Humphries script writing talent and a well orchestrated ensemble cast.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“Sharp, relatable and effortlessly funny.” Lianna Holston, our protagonist, was recently rejected by ACE for a global visa to stay in the UK, with her comedic work assessed as part of a collective rather than her own.…
Reading Time: 2 minutesSh!t Theatre are a long-running theatrical duo who have been putting on shows together now for over a decade to much critical acclaim. This was, however, my first time seeing a Sh!t Theatre show, and it has me kicking myself that I have missed out on years of seeing their shows. This show intertwines storytelling with folk songs and encourages audience participation (but no one is forced to so do not fear). It tells the story of the duo attending a folk sing around in a pub in Yorkshire which then gets firebombed a week later. It also acts as a bit of an introduction into the world of folk music and a lot of the meaning behind it, and it is also a devastating and impactful work on the topic of death and grief.
Reading Time: 2 minutesStruggling to keep a boyfriend (Joshua Gibbs) who wants her, a friend (Laura Kent) who gets her and a mother (Yiqian Shao) who is supportive. Naomi is stuck. With nowhere to turn, she finds herself buying online, this gives her comfort and thus begins her shopping addiction. The more she buys, the better she feels about her lonely life.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“Your most horrifying experience of direct address for 85 minutes” Devised and performed by Cathy Naden and Seke Chimutengwende and directed by Tim Etchells, If All Else Fails brings the curtain down on Forced Entertainment’s 40th anniversary celebrations.…