This exhibition of Jewish Londoners and their role in shaping global style speaks to the moment. At 59 Brick Lane, in the borough of Tower Hamlets, East London, stands the Jamme Masjid Mosque. Established by Bengali migrants in 1976, the mosque is today the place of worship for the largest concentration of Bangladeshi Muslims in […]
The Magic of Terry Pratchett at the Bloomsbury Theatre
From Edinburgh to London – a Comic Lecture on Terry Pratchett Critics have often dismissed the fantasy genre as not real literature. The Guardian’s art critic Jonathan Jones described Terry Pratchett’s books as ‘more entertainment than art’, and said that ‘Pratchett is so low on my list of books to read before I die that […]
Biscuits for Breakfast – Hampstead Theatre Downstairs
The world premiere of Gareth Farr’s new play is an intimate and alarming story of food poverty in Britain. Biscuits for Breakfast has one overarching message: people in Britain are starving. While not didactic, Gareth Farr’s new play must be taken as a call to action – to donate one’s time, money, and resources and, […]
Blackout Songs at the Hampstead Theatre
A Main House Return for Award-Nominated Blackout Songs After a sold-out run at the Hampstead Theatre Downstairs and an Olivier Award nomination, Blackout Songs returns for a run in the Main House. Blackout Songs is a carefully constructed jigsaw puzzle depicting the dangers of alcoholism and co-dependency. It provides the audience with multiple versions of […]
Hungry at the Soho Theatre
The Soho Theatre presents Hungry, from Paines Plough Hungry, originally presented as part of the Roundabout 2021 season as a Paines Plough and Belgrade Theatre Production, is now showing at the Soho Theatre Upstairs. Hungry has a new cast member and is on a new stage, but Chris Bush’s writing (Pericles, A Declaration from the […]
The Fellowship at Hampstead Theatre
Roy Williams’ new play is a creative and moving study of black identity in modern Britain. The Fellowship is a new play, debuting at Hampstead Theatre, about the relationships between generations. Often tense and constantly struggling to align visions of the world and black identity, the relationships between three generations of British West Indians in […]
Camp Siegfried at The Old Vic review
Bess Wohl’s new play is a poignant story of the seductive power of hateful ideologies. Camp Siegfried at The Old Vic is a disturbing tale of young love in a Nazi summer camp in 1938 Long Island. Bess Wohl’s coming of age story takes place in front of the dark backdrop of Fascist ideology, made […]