An exploration of Black motherhood, societal, familial and personal pressures, Brenda’s Got A Baby raises important issues but struggles to bring them to life. Brenda’s Got A Baby I was looking forward to my first trip to New Diorama Theatre’s HQ. This bold and creative venue incubated the wonderful Operation Mincemeat, and also took the […]
A well-curated and somewhat delayed exhibition at Tate Modern, Philip Guston is a journey into abstraction and back again. Content warning: contains discussion of racism and violence. Philip Guston I love an exhibition on an artist I know little about. I also love a bit of drama. And so I was happy to finally have […]
Lynn Nottage’s play Clyde’s picks up where Sweat, also staged at the Donmar Warehouse in 2018, left off. Life in the margins of society, but with a sense of hope, hard-earned pride and camaraderie nonetheless. Clyde’s It’s not even remotely possible to see every play in London, but sometimes I wish I could go back […]
This new VR experience transports visitors to Ancient Egypt, showing just how far virtual reality technology has come. Horizon Of Khufu: Journey In Ancient Egypt I really can’t resist a bit of virtual reality. In the last few years I’ve seen VR theatre, opera, immersive art experiences (like this, this or this), games, and even […]
Haruki Murakami’s 1999 novel Sputnik Sweetheart comes to the Arcola stage, with all its ambiguity, loneliness and longing. Sputnik Sweetheart The novels of Haruki Murakami are not easy ones to stage. Ambiguous, with frequently charismatic yet unreliable narrators, and other worlds as metaphorical plot devices. I’ve read other works by the author, but not Sputnik […]
A world premiere in Hornchurch as Killing Jack takes the stage, reclaiming the stories of the five women whose lives have been overshadowed by their deaths in the autumn of 1888. Content warning: contains references to (sexual) violence, death and grief. Killing Jack Whitechapel, 1888. Five murders take place from September to November. All women, […]
A large-scale exhibition of the work of Frans Hals at the National Gallery is an opportunity to get to know the full range of this talented Dutch painter. Frans Hals At The National Gallery I was at first a little surprised to read that this exhibition at the National Gallery was the first of Hals’ […]
Sam Steiner’s play Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons comes to the Royal Opera House stage as new dance-theatre work The Limit. What will a new medium bring to the story? Find out below. The Limit I saw Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons last year in the West End: a play which started life as a […]
Spooky thrills and laughs: it’s time for another pre-Halloween treat in the form of The Nag’s Head, brought to London’s Park Theatre by Make it Beautiful Theatre Company. The Nag’s Head ‘Tis the season and all that. OK, not quite that season yet, we have the spooky season of Halloween first. And an evening of […]
The Tate co-organised exhibition Radical Landscapes moves to the William Morris Gallery, bringing with it new connections and meaning. Radical Landscapes Landscapes are not neutral. This is the central thesis of Radical Landscapes. Instead, the exhibition suggests, landscapes are a contested space in life as in art. Radical Landscapes is all about how we view, […]
