If you can’t get to Chandigarh, the Gallery of Everything’s current exhibition A Summer of Gods and Goddesses is the next best place to discover the work of Nek Chand Saini. Nek Chand Saini and the Rock Garden of Chandigarh When I visited the V&A’s exhibition on Tropical Modernism recently, one story stood out. Sure, […]
Of Prophets & Purpose is a refreshingly different sort of theatrical work. Staged in a church and combining William Blake’s mystical revelations with a Chicken Little adventure, you may find yourself wondering if you’re about to pass through the doors of perception and into… the arms of Rintrah? Of Prophets & Purpose What if someone […]
Suzie Depreli brings original music and humour to Rules Schmules: How to be Jew-ISH. Catch it as part of the Camden Fringe before it heads to Edinburgh. Rules Schmules Sometimes a very simple premise is all it takes, if you can execute it well. Such is broadly the case with Rules Schmules: How to be […]
When It Happens to You is a remarkable piece of writing on now at Park Theatre in its European debut. Content warning: please read the information here. Further support and guidance is available via the same link. A Theatrical Memoir When it happens to you. When an event of immense significance occurs, and worms its […]
Scena Theatre’s stage version of Kafka’s short story Report to an Academy leaves plenty of food for thought. Report to an Academy It’s the story of an ape. An ape, more specifically, who has learned to act as humans do. His name is Red Peter, and he has been invited to give a report to […]
A tender tale of love and grief, I Love You, Now What? draws on personal experience to convey a message of hope. I Love You, Now What? The only certainties in life are death and taxes. So the saying goes. One is a necessary inconvenience. The other can turn your entire existence upside down. But […]
John Steinbeck’s epic Dust Bowl novel The Grapes of Wrath gets a solid National Theatre treatment with a US theatrical pedigree. A critical story for us to reflect on as we respond to increased economic and climate migration. The Grapes of Wrath Firstly I would like to implore you, if you have never read The […]
A trip into South East London is an opportunity – for now – to feel the burn of righteous anger by visiting the Museum of Neoliberalism. Um… What is Neoliberalism? Living in South East London makes it easier for me to visit certain museums and heritage sites. I really enjoyed the Migration Museum in Lewisham, […]
Kalabanté Productions’ Afrique en Cirque is a showcase for Guinean culture as well as for the company’s impressive circus skills. Afrique en Cirque Wow. Just wow. I came out of Afrique en Cirque last night energised by a joyous, high octane, contemporary circus performance, a grin on my face and my hands tired from clapping. The company, […]
Thor the Walrus takes a satirical approach to inaction over the climate emergency, by charting the voyage of one hungry walrus to English shores. Thor the Walrus “How could I resist a climate change walrus comedy?” I said. And it’s true, Thor the Walrus is pretty irresistible. On at Clapham’s Omnibus Theatre for a short […]
