This month's interview is with Grace Chapman – co-artistic director of NOVAE theatre and the writer of Don't Look Away, an investigation into our collective response to the international refugee crisis. Nominated for the Adopt …
I was lucky to catch up with Travis Alabanza this week – an emerging queer artist that I've had the pleasure of watching in Scottee's Putting Words In Your Mouth, Belonging (a Chats Palace event, again hosted by …
This week, I caught up with Georgie Staight - joint artistic director of Flux Theatre and the director of Chutney (a 'pitch black comedy' which opens at the Bunker Theatre next month). Flux are behind some super …
I've been fortunate enough to see 110 shows over the past six months (list here). I feel like it's been a remarkable year for London; we've been treated to a steady stream of international work that's more-or-less consistently …
I was lucky enough to review CONSUMABLES last year (review here). It was "punchy, nuanced and an appropriately uncomfortable look at the desire and perils of connection". A genuinely excellent LGBT+ offering - and one of my Fringe …
Today, Jan 1st 2018, marks our first birthday. We collectively managed to review 96 shows last year - spanning theatre, cabaret, circus and dance. I'm really bloody proud of that. Writing constructively (and with sensitivity) …
Debut Opera has been on our radars for over a year, and is definitely a company worth keeping an eye on. A platform for the UK's finest fresh-faced opera talent, they aim to bridge the …
It's 1st July. We're halfway through 2017 already. Shit. It's an opportunity, though, to do a quick round-up of theatre highlights so far. So I'll do just that.. I've been fortunate enough to see 98 shows …
If you're taking a show up to Edinburgh this summer, listen up. Application for the Drayton Arms Theatre's annual EDDIES awards have just opened, and I think it's definitely worth a shot. The Drayton Arms is …
Coming to London after an international tour, Sarah Tullamore’s London-Paris-Roam! returns to its roots as the chanteuse performs her one-woman musical about a “woman of a certain age” clearing away the clutter and working out …
Theatrical powerhouse and stalwart London performance space The King’s Head Theatre has achieved incredible heights in its nearly 50 year life as a London pub theatre. Its next show, 90's parody musical 2 Become 1, …
I was lucky/sad/unsociable enough to go to the theatre 174 times in 2016 (list here, in case anyone cares). Here's my top 10 shows, plus 10 that *almost* made the cut and 10 that absolutely didn't. If you're wondering what's wrong …