A meditative exhibition in a storied museum space, Janetka Platun’s On the Art of Teeth is a thought-provoking intersection between medicine, art and technology. On the Art of Teeth Unfortunately for me, every time I think I should stop scrolling so much on social media, I come across something I wouldn’t otherwise have known about […]
A light-hearted, musical adaptation of the classic vampire tale, Dracapella promises to be an entertaining, non-traditional seasonal show. But does it deliver? Dracapella Dracula, in its original form by Bram Stoker, is an intriguing work. It’s late for Gothic horror, first published in 1897. It has modern flourishes that seem somehow out of place: a […]
The tale of the Snow Queen and its lessons of friendship and understanding takes shape for young audiences at The Albany in Deptford. A great Christmas theatre pick for families. The Snow Queen Icon Theatre’s The Snow Queen is a charming family production, full of the warm glow that people look for at this time […]
Mountains and Seas – Song of Today 山海 · 今日之歌 is a new multidisciplinary work co-produced by Kakilang. A visually impressive if somewhat impenetrable world of ancient creatures becomes a tool to confront the challenges we face today. Mountains and Seas – Song of Today Despite the frequency with which I go to evening performances of one kind […]
The V&A’s latest blockbuster exhibition Marie Antoinette Style focuses on the queen’s lasting impact on fashion, design and art. Are there no more pressing lessons to learn from this stylish queen? Marie Antoinette Style It was a tale of two very different exhibitions when I was last at the V&A. Design and Disability took steps […]
Carlotta and Cecilia dream of life as Broadway stars in La Bella Bimba! Will they make it, or will 1920s New York be too harsh a place for these two Italian girls? La Bella Bimba! I wrote when I saw Crownless last week that it was my last Voila! Theatre Festival outing for the year. […]
Townsend Theatre Productions revive We Are The Lions, Mr Manager! ahead of the 50th anniversary of the Grunwick dispute in Willesden, North London. The Story of the Grunwick Strike Last night’s theatre outing was a double discovery – of Sands Films Studio as a venue, and of the story of Jayaben Desai and the Grunwick […]
Abdelwahab, a one-off performance at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, explores the music and legacy of father of modern Egyptian music Mohamed Abdelwahab. Abdelwahab at Theatre Royal Drury Lane I had a wonderfully London-y day on Sunday. I went to the National Gallery and saw highlights from the Kröller-Müller Collection (post coming soon). Followed by […]
Crownless puts a new spin on Hamlet, incorporating text from the original and from feminist writers. Clever and fast-paced, this is a worthwhile watch. Crownless I’ve written previously about how I feel I’ve seen enough Hamlets now. He is paralysed by inaction. He’s not nice to Ophelia (or pretty much anyone). We get it.* This […]
Duccio Baldasseroni invites us right into the psyche of a “professional actor and writer” in SOLO. SOLO SOLO is a somewhat idiosyncratic piece, but I found myself drawn to it. On now at the Barons Court Theatre as part of Voila! Theatre Festival, it sits in a space between theatre and exercise, where the performer […]
