In Showdown, Upswing turns the TV talent-show format on its head, mixing circus spectacle with sharp reflections on ambition, risk, and control. Showdown This is it: the final of the competition to decide the new face of circus arts. Six contenders remain, battling it out in a series of challenges to determine the champion. Sound […]
Another expansive Tate Britain exhibition, The 80s: Photographing Britain focuses a political lens on this crucial decade in modern British history. The Eternal Torture of Exhibition Schedules That’s a dramatic title now, isn’t it? Good to write something attention-grabbing every now and then. And frankly my list of exhibitions, many of which are in the […]
William Kentridge’s film Oh to Believe in Another World creates a subversively complex emotional landscape to accompany Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10 in E Minor. Oh to Believe in Another World As I’ve established before, I’m no expert in classical music. In fact, I’m sometimes woefully unable to distinguish my Tchaikovsky from my Camille Saint-Saëns when it […]
A small but interesting exhibition featuring some new donations to the Queer Britain collection, Jimmy Somerville and Bronski Beat is well worth a look if you’re in the King’s Cross cultural quarter. Jimmy Somerville and Bronski Beat It’s not all that long since I last visited Queer Britain — you can read about that visit […]
A last minute excursion to the Royal Academy exhibition Brasil! Brasil! The Birth of Modernism introduces me to some new artists. But does it all hang together? Brasil! Brasil! The Birth of Modernism Art lovers who follow the Salterton Arts Review may have noticed there has not been a lot of art content in recent […]
SOIR NOIR is a stylish evening of song and storytelling that channels intimate American soirees with wit, warmth, and a contemporary flair. SOIR NOIR at The Crazy Coqs The almost inexhaustible number of venues in London is one of its enduring wonders. There’s always somewhere you haven’t quite been yet, or some corner of culture […]
The meeting of two women in a London train station has all the energy and mystery of quantum physics in this queer reworking of Simon Stephens’ Heisenberg. Heisenberg Formulated by the German physicist and Nobel laureate Werner Heisenberg in 1927, the uncertainty principle states that we cannot know both the position and speed of a […]
Sisters is a rare revival of a play by David Storey, as a reunion of two sisters reveals much beneath the surface. Sisters Have you ever asked yourself what A Streetcar Named Desire would be like if it were set not in New Orleans but, say, Wakefield? If so, I have good news for you. […]
An exhibition at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery gives insight into the city’s Groundbreakers, a pair of pioneering female artists and the city’s vibrant art community. An Exhibition Under the Spotlight My last post was an introduction to the Dunedin Public Art Gallery. Not an introduction for me – I actually worked there for a […]
Everyone’s Worried About Eve is a sharp, pop-culture-infused solo show that explores grief and neurodivergence with humour and heart. Everyone’s Worried About Eve Two new (to me) pub theatres for this week, as we check out the Bread & Roses Theatre in Clapham. Perhaps I should look into running that pub theatre guide after all? […]
