A revival of the Royal Opera House’s 2005 production of Rossini’s beloved comic opera The Barber of Seville is a delight from start to finish. The Barber Of Seville As a relative opera novice, it took me a moment to get my head around how the operatic Figaros are related. I knew The Barber of […]
A second excursion to No. 20 Arts in Islington yields up After Before, a group show bringing together eight visually impactful artists. After Before A few months after my first visit to No. 20 Arts just off Islington’s Upper Street, I am back to see their latest offering. You may recall that on my last […]
A West End production of a play that started out as a 2015 Edinburgh Fringe hit, Sam Steiner’s Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons works in this new context with a few caveats. Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons First of all, please forgive me if I choose to call this play Lemons for the sake of […]
A wordless one-woman play by Part of the Main, All by Myself takes a bleakly comic look at a social media influencer facing the end of the world. All By Myself My second outing to VAULT Festival for 2023 was to see All By Myself, a wordless play for a single actor from theatre company […]
The week that marks the 60th anniversary of the death of Sylvia Plath is a moment to celebrate both her brilliance and her struggles in this creative and informative theatre-meets-lecture-meets-poetry-reading format. Back For Another Installment Of Dead Poets Live It’s quite remarkable to think that I was last at Wilton’s to see Dead Poets Live […]
Back for the final edition of the London International Mime Festival, with a range of performances from dance to puppetry to silent films brought to life. London International Mime Festival 2023 I am very sad to say that 2023 marks the final edition of the London International Mime Festival. It has been going since 1977 […]
Plenty to see at the at the Photographers’ Gallery, from early photographic works from the Solander Collection to cutting edge AI works by Aarati Akkapeddi via Manx photographer Chris Killip. More From The Photographers’ Gallery It’s been a while since we’ve been to the Photographers’ Gallery, but for some reason I seem to consistently come […]
Anne-Marie Sophie’s clever work The Ballerina is finally on at VAULT Festival, prompting us to question our perceptions and our moral compass. The Ballerina The coming together of writing, direction and acting in Khaos Theatre’s The Ballerina, on until 5 February at VAULT Festival, is truly something to behold. Anne-Marie Sophie is a multi-talented individual […]
A survey of four female painters working in Germany at the start of the last century, Making Modernism leaves me pondering the dilemma of female artists then and now. Making Modernism A few days on from seeing this exhibition at the Royal Academy, I have yet to unpick my thoughts and decide what to make […]
An innovative approach to rethinking Hamlet presents its own challenges for the ensemble cast of the Lazarus Theatre Company. Hamlet, Lazarus Theatre Company Style The last time I saw Hamlet I was saying how I’m at a stage where I’m looking for productions that are a bit different. Hamlet is often a star vehicle, with […]
