Pros: Visual alchemy – the production design and Grand Hall setting combined to create delightful thematic echoes that enhanced the whole experience. Cons: With so much going on visually and sonically, the text felt unnecessarily wordy sometimes. At last summer’s Edinburgh Fringe, I was sad to miss Adam in its first triumphantly sold out run, but now I’m glad I had to wait. From Egypt to Glasgow, from Woman to Man – seeing this global transgender odyssey in the newly ...
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Interview: Director/Choreographer Tony Adigun on ‘Fagin’s Twist’
Director/choreographer Tony Adigun tells us more about the contemporary hip hop piece 'Fagin's Twist' before it embarks on a UK tour.
Read More »Hear Me Howl, Old Red Lion Theatre – Review
Pros: Alice Pitt-Carter’s energetic portrayal as she rips through a 70 minute performance with ease. Cons: A slightly uneven plot doesn’t quite deliver the pay-off that is so richly deserved. Whenever I’m handed earplugs prior to a show I feel a curious mix of fear and excitement. Fear because I’m reminded of Idol Berserker at the Barbican (which involved earplugs, plastic ponchos and cling film: believe me that’s all you need to know); but also excitement because it means I’m ...
Read More »I Will Miss You When You’re Gone, Hen and Chickens Theatre – Review
Pros: Worth watching, if just to see some of the more complex scenes played out. Cons: It could do with shortening by ten minutes or so. New, international London-based theatre company Starbound Theatre brings its tale of grief and ghosts to the cosy Hen and Chickens Theatre Bar above an Angel boozer. The troupe – whose brand is focused on identity – tackles the topic with plenty of dramatic irony, and even a Roomba robot to boot. Young Celeste, played ...
Read More »Haymarket, The Actor’s Church Covent Garden – Review
Pros: The performance of Cassiopeia Berkeley-Agyepong. Cons: Uncomfortable benches resulted in noisy fidgeting which made it difficult to hear. This Folk musical tells the story of the Haymarket Affair, an incident at a gathering of striking workers in May 1886, at Haymarket Square, Chicago, USA. What started as a peaceful rally to support strikers demanding an eight hour day, ended up with a number of police and strikers being killed when a bomb was thrown into the police line. The police, in ...
Read More »Play Something, Drayton Arms Theatre – Review
A charming little play that can't help but make you laugh and smile with the familiarity it will bring to mind, but it feels like it needs a little more body.
Read More »Cabaret and Children’s Theatre Converge in ‘Princess Charming’
Spun Glass Theatre Artistic Director Jessica Cheetham shares how 'Princess Charming' combines cabaret and children's theatre to get families talking about gender identity and stereotyping.
Read More »A Haunted Existence, The Island, Bristol – Review
An ambitious and historically vital multimedia play that deals with the micro and macro effects of being a gay man in 1954 and beyond.
Read More »The Woods, Royal Court Theatre – Review
Dazzling effects coupled with a fine cast make this stylish production stand out even more.
Read More »Thriller Live, Lyric Theatre – Review
This energetic tribute to the King of Pop will have you dancing in your seat while wondering what happened to the actual Michael Jackson.
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