Economics and ballet sound like a strange pairing, but come together beautifully in The Standard of Living, a play about John Maynard Keynes. The Standard of Living The Urban Geographer was the one who spotted and booked The Standard of Living. It combines two things he really enjoys – economics, and stage performances by Rory […]
Queer Britain’s first immersive exhibition is Ian Giles’ Everyone Involved, which looks back at the early days of the gay liberation movement. Gay is Good There is a little bit of gay in everyone todaySo why not let it out?That’s what we sayGay is natural, gay is good, gay is wonderfulGay people should all come […]
Billy Bones breaks all the conventions to fit Every Ghost Story Ever into a convenient hour-long show. Every Ghost Story Ever Billy Bones (Billy Morton) starts the show by managing our expectations. It’s not really going to be every ghost story ever. We’d be here all night! But what this show is is quite an […]
Tilda Swinton, Bunny Christie and Stephen Unwin return to Manfred Karge’s Man to Man, almost 40 years after first making a splash with it. Man to Man The thing with theatre is, it’s live, right? You can see a filmed version of it, but it’s not quite the same. Otherwise, you either see it or […]
A stylish production of The Master Builder, directed by Mehmet Ergen, melds strong performances with striking design. The Master Builder This was my first time seeing Henrik Ibsen’s The Master Builder. And I have to say, I think Desmond MacCarthy’s erstwhile summary of it as the tragedy of an “elderly architect who falls off his scaffold while trying […]
Darkly comedic, full of noughties hits, and instantly recognisable to anyone who’s ever had a customer service job, Sort Sol Theatre Company’s How Am I Doing Today? is a real treat. How Am I Doing Today? ‘Tis the season! Not quite that season yet. Halloween season. Having been to my first spooky theatre event of […]
I get my hands on one of the National Trust’s hottest tickets, for one of it’s most unusual properties: 575 Wandsworth Road. 575 Wandsworth Road Today’s post is but a little one. I would love to show you around 575 Wandsworth Road, but the National Trust (probably quite rightly) have a no photos policy inside, […]
October is the perfect time for the Lion & Unicorn Theatre to stage Uncle Monty’s Antique Shop, an anthology of psychological horror shorts, part of the theatre’s Here | For season. Uncle Monty’s Antique Shop I love a bit of spooky theatre around Halloween, and my favourite kind is in the uncanny/psychological horror. I’m not […]
Our final stop in France (this time around) is le Bioparc de Doué-la-Fontaine, a charming zoo in the unique setting of a former quarry. We’re Going to the Zoo Bioparc We’ve had a busy old time in France. Starting in Nantes, we rode an elephant (sort of) at les Machines de l’île, and did some […]
Europe’s largest Japanese garden is an unexpected discovery in this corner of France. Summer is not the best time to see it from a botanical point of view, but a cosplay-themed day is a great way to welcome new visitors to the park. A Japanese Garden in the Maine-et-Loire In recent days, you’ve come on […]
