Latitude Festival 2018 – Sunshine in Suffolk: What better way to head off to the Latitude Festival for the weekend than in a guaranteed heat wave, normally a bit of rarity in this country so it is great to be able to make the most of it. Arriving on Friday afternoon at Latitude’s lush fields […]
IMPERIUM at The Gielgud Theatre
The Royal Shakespeare Company’s Production of Imperium: Based on Robert Harris’ Cicero Trilogy and adapted for the stage by Mike Poulton (Wolf Hall) as two three-part plays, IMPERIUM is newly transferred to London following a sold-out run at the Swan Theatre in Stratford-Upon-Avon. The play is really The West Wing in togas telling the story […]
Strictly Ballroom at the Piccadilly Theatre
Get your dancing shoes on…. In 1992, Baz Luhrmann released the film Strictly Ballroom, which went on to become a worldwide cult classic. He took the part of Scott Hastings, a maverick young and talented Ballroom dancer who wants follow his heart and break conventions and the rigid autocracy of the Australian Dance Federation, but […]
Mood Music at the Old Vic with dinner at The Delaunay
Mood Music Review: Recently opened at The Old Vic, Mood Music is a powerful analysis of the gender and power relations in the music industry. Written by Joe Penhall, it charts the emotional and legal wranglings between a young, female musician and an older, male music producer. Cat (Seána Kerslake) is an aspiring singer-songwriter who […]
Absolute Hell at the National Theatre
Review of Absolute Hell, National Theatre, London Southbank: Rodney Ackland’s Absolute Hell was originally titled ‘The Pink Room’ and was first produced in 1952; it was met with a resounding slating from the critics. In 1988 it was revised and revived at the Orange Tree Theatre to much more acclaim and went on to be […]
The CHAMÄLEON Theatre in Berlin presents FINALE
A night out in Berlin with CHAMÄLEON Theatre: The CHAMÄLEON Theatre is tucked away in one of the beautiful courtyards in the Hackesche Höfe area in the heart of East Berlin in wonderful Art Deco building, which was built in 1902. The area was inhabited by the artistic community after the wall came down and has […]
Cathy by Cardboard Citizens at the Soho Theatre
Cathy – Soho Theatre London: Cathy is brought to the stage fifty years after Ken Loach and Jeremy Sandford’s groundbreaking seminal TV drama Cathy Come Home was broadcast on the BBC, a programme that shocked the nation with its brutal realism and its account of one family’s tragic descent into homelessness. This year is the […]
The Ferryman at The Gielgud Theatre
London, West-End Theatre – The Ferryman: Writer Jez Butterworth has made a career out of the darker side of Britishness – from 2009’s Royal Court hit ‘Jerusalem’, a coke-fuelled romp through a village fete, to ‘Britannia’ – a new Sky TV show featuring mud-covered Celts chanting and wearing interesting wigs. Throw in a couple of […]
John at the National Theatre
A Mesmerising Staging of John at The National Theatre: Talented American playwright Annie Baker brings her writing back to the National Theatre after her previous success with the mesmerising, award-winning play The Flick in 2016. James Macdonald’s production of John is set in a bed and breakfast in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania situated close to the site […]
Arming the World – London theatrical protest
Arming the World through Theatre The news cycles in Britain have been dominated in recent times by Brexit, Trump, and nuclear war in North Korea. It is therefore perhaps unsurprising that British complicity in a regional war in the Arabian Peninsula has not been at the forefront of the minds of the British public. Nevertheless, […]