A comical, yet analytical living room drama

get yourself down to Arcola Outside

Flavourless drama about art and country living

The Canary and the Crow is a stunning examination of what it’s like to be black in a very white environment.

Hunger never quite brings its challenging source material to life.

The story of the original rebel girl

A powerful and thought-provoking play

I love the metaphor at the heart of The Glass Menagerie. Laura, the daughter of the play, overwhelmed by the expectations of the world, treats her collection of tiny glass animals with such care lest they break. To stage this play, the metaphor must radiate through every facet of its production. Laura’s anxiety threatens the security of her family, should she not find a husband. Her mother Amanda’s desperation to micro-manage her life maintains a familial tension that holds the ...

It’s tricky to keep preconceptions at bay when you know that the plot and style of a film has been a winning combination. The 2006 film that is the basis of Little Miss Sunshine, which starred Abigail Breslin as the determined young pageant contestant, Olive, was adorned with awards. The epic plight of the Hoover family on their 500-mile journey to get Olive to her pageant in time shaped its legacy: an audacious comedy that portrayed a joyful, and moving, ...

An alluring premise involving mental health, art and terrorism, but one that is never fully explored.