Barbican Centre
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Reviews
Review: Prayers for a Hungry Ghost, The Barbican
An utterly bewitching, superbly executed production that invites us into the liminal space where the living and the dead crossover.
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Interviews
Interview: Taking trans talent to the top
Jamie Hale and CN Lester talk Transpose: Subverse at Barbican Pit
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Review: Change Tempo, The Barbican
A mismatched double-bill of dance demonstrating great talent but with mixed results.
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Review: Krapp’s Last Tape, Barbican Centre
A meticulously articulate evocation of meaninglessness, with a superb performance that hypnotises and wearies in equal measure.
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Review: When the cloud catches colours, Barbican Centre
A poignant verbatim piece about queer ageing, which captures the fragility of belonging and the enduring search for safety.
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Review: Teatro La Plaza: Hamlet, Barbican Centre
Put aside traditional expectations of a production of Hamlet and be surprised, amused and very moved by this homage to…
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Interviews
Interview: Breaking boundaries in Queer East Festival
This spring, writer and director Chng Yi Kai brings When the cloud catches colours to The Pit, Barbican, as part…
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Puppetry
Review: Five Lines, Barbican Centre
A technically superbly executed production that has space and times for a little more human drama.
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West End/ SOLT venues
Review: Not a Word, Barbican Centre
A wordless reflection that through mud and music screams of subjugated humanity, the true wealth that extreme poverty discloses, and…
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Review: Plexus Polaire – Moby Dick, Barbican Centre
Spectacular puppetry brings Ahab’s mad quest for vengeance to life.
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