Reading Time: 2 minutesEuripides’ Bacchae premiered in 405 B.C, winning first place in the City Dionysia drama competition. In the two millennia that have followed, the play has been reimagined countless times, in countless different iterations. This particular adaptation brought to life by Company of Wolves interprets the show as a one man monologue, adapted and performed by Ewan Downie.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe time is finally here: the doors of the long-awaited Soho Theatre Walthamstow are open. And on arrival, the space itself is a spectacle. With the trademark palette of the much-loved venue on Dean Street, this brand-new big sibling looks like it belongs in the West End.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhatever its sci-fi thriller marketing might suggest, at its heart The Murmuration of Starlings is a gentle exploration of memory loss, with The Predator representing dementia’s creeping influence.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhat better way to spend the joy of world book day surrounded by fellow book and theatre lovers. Matilda, The Roahl Dahl classic reimagined by the Royal Shakespeare Company, has been a staple in London's West End for over a decade now, and returning to Edinburgh for the first time since 2019 the Scottish folk have welcomed it back with open arms.
Reading Time: 2 minutesFreshers’ week is a great setting for comedy: new identities, awkward friendships, and the chaos of young adulthood colliding for the first time. The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret, written by George Ryder and Brodie Husband and presented by Linnet Theatre at the Jack Studio Theatre, taps into this world with a playful and recognisable energy that initially feels both warm and authentic.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWritten and directed by LeCoq and RADA trained Tommaso Giacomin, The Uncontainable Nausea of Alec Baldwin is labelled an ‘absurdist, existential examination… marinating in the violence, complicity and paradox of modern life’.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWalking into the Studio at The Other Palace to take our seats, Emma Wilkinson Wright was already on stage, as Liz Truss, hard at work at her ministerial desk.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe year-round Edinburgh theatre scene has had a resurgence in absurdism. Theatre practitioners are experimenting and audiences are invested, while critics continue to flail at its mere presence. This is an exciting backdrop, one filled with potential, for Gutter Theatre’s debut production of Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
Reading Time: 2 minutesInspector Morse: House of Ghosts attempts to escape its TV roots on the Festival Theatre stage Inspector Morse has occupied a distinctive place in British culture for decades, beginning with Colin Dexter’s novels and reaching iconic status…
Reading Time: 4 minutesWe sat down for a quick chat with zack mennell about their upcoming project. Common Host, described as a weekend gathering situating ancient folk customs such as mumming in new relation to the post-industrial landscapes of London,…