Art, history, and women’s stories intersect in Women of the RNLI at the National Maritime Museum, marking the charity’s 200th anniversary. 200 Years of the RNLI This year, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) turns 200. That’s 200 years of saving lives at sea. Think of the changes during that time: from wooden rowboats heading […]
Performance art meets issue-led theatre in High Steaks, as ELOINA empowers herself and her audience by dispelling myth, secrecy and shame and celebrating labia in all their glorious forms. Content warning: we’re going to talk about labia and vulvas a lot, and the show involves nudity and discussion of surgery, labia shaming but also body […]
A new play by Gail Louw, The Girl in the Green Jumper tells the story of Renske Mann’s life with artist Cyril Mann and is paired with an exhibition of his work at Piano Nobile. An Artistic/Theatrical Two-For-One Last night I had a unique experience which brought together the two main threads of the Salterton […]
Rob Burbidge’s Barons Court Theatre debut is Still Life With Onions, a story of human connection against the odds directed by Amalia Kontesi. Still Life With Onions On a particularly dreary London winter’s day it seemed appropriate to head to the Barons Court Theatre to see Still Life With Onions, a play centred on people […]
A free exhibition at Two Temple Place, The Glass Heart explores 170 years of glassmaking in the UK. The Glass Heart On a recent walk along the Victoria Embankment I stopped in a whim at Two Temple Place. Or not quite a whim: I decided it would be a lovely thing to show the friend […]
After runs in LA and at the Edinburgh Fringe, June Carryl’s BLUE brings an interesting perspective on contemporary American society to London audiences. BLUE It’s interesting sometimes, thinking about the dialogue between plays that you see. On consecutive nights this week I’ve seen For Black Boys… by Ryan Calais Cameron, and then BLUE, a work […]
Ryan Calais Cameron’s hit play For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy makes a triumphant return to the West End with an all new cast. Content Warning: includes discussion of suicidal thoughts, violence, and trauma. For Black Boys… Thank goodness for second chances. Or fourth chances, as is the […]
Lola-Rose Maxwell and Charlie Kemp achieve feats of theatre and comedy for Arcola audiences: making up a play entirely on the spot for their viewing pleasure in The Improvised Play! The Improvised Play The premise here is simple. In fact, the title says it all. After a first run in 2022 at the Royal Court, […]
This latest offering from a pared-down Spymonkey team tackles Ancient Greek comedy, as well as some introspective soul-searching. Spymonkey Does The Frogs Wasn’t I just talking recently about the joys of very unexpected theatre? Oh yes, I was. So I don’t think it will surprise you to learn that I enjoyed my first Spymonkey production […]
China Plate bring their “sneakily informative” work A Family Business to Clapham’s Omnibus Theatre, opening up a thought-provoking conversation about the ever-present threat of nuclear weapons. A Family Business Do you know what the effect of a smallish nuclear weapon landing in Clapham would be? I now do. Chris Thorpe’s A Family Business is theatre […]
