Travis Alabanza's participatory BURGERZ confronts gendered repression, structural complicity and the way they've learnt to effectively process trauma - with piercing writing, an impassioned central performance and a tricksy and intelligent structure. London-based performance artist Travis Alabanza's …
Piecing together the drug-fuelled ups and downs of one of music's most loved enigmas, Vika Bull raises the roof of the Cadogan Hall with an electrifying performance in At Last: The Etta James Story. While she was …
A rough-and-ready musical with talented musicians and humour aplenty, what Say My Name! lacks in its execution is made up for by pure irreverence. AMC's Breaking Bad is roughly 62 hours of family turmoil, violence and …
Adapted for stage by Jenny King, Bram Stoker's Dracula contains all your vampire clichés but failed to quench my thirst for a particularly original take. In the month of Halloween, Bram Stoker's Dracula seems a timely opportunity to …
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 …
Gracefool Collective’s This Really Is Too Much comprises four extremely talented young women with incredible energy, delivering complex socio-political gendered subplots through an innovative style of spoken word, physical theatre and dance. But is the …
With a tour de force of a singing trio, witty lyrics and a fabulous shoe collection, Liberty Rides Forth! may not have the production values of a West End musical - but it's certainly got heart …
Mythic reimagines Persephone's story with beautiful songs, heartwarming harmonies and a show-stealing ensemble - but many characters amount to little more than stereotypes and the show's ending doesn't feel entirely thought-through. You’ll have come across the …
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 …
Anna Nicholson has true talent for improvisation and facilitating audience participation - which is where the fast-paced, energetic and enjoyable Woman of the Year really holds its own. The Space is a great choice of venue for …
The King's Head Theatre's powerful and engaging modern re-imagining of Verdi's La Traviata is performed with remarkable passion and discipline. I haven't seen many operas in my time, so admittedly don't have a lot to compare the …
Focusing on the engrained and authoritarian structures that perpetuate the practice of FGM, the topic at the heart of Gloria Williams' Bullet Hole is heartbreaking and vital - but the script lacks the dramatic arc necessary …