LONDON – With nine years of history behind it, the Wandsworth Arts Fringe returns once more this May to bring over 170 shows in over 55 venues across the borough. Taking place from May 4th to 20th, each and every nook and cranny in Wandsworth will be transformed into a performance space, and audiences can expect an eclectic mix of theatre, circus, music, outdoor arts, dance … Continue reading Preview: Wandsworth Arts Fringe 2018
LONDON – After the success of Phil Charles’ The Black Eye Club andDoc Andersen-Bloomfield’s Little Did I Know, The Bread & Roses Theatre will be presenting the final instalment of their 2016/17 Playwriting Award season this May with Lydia Rynne’s The Buzz. In The Buzz, Rynne tackles the pitfalls of success head on as audiences watch the fall of ex-TV personality Kyla, whose fame has rapidly given way to the next … Continue reading Preview: The Buzz at the Bread and Roses Theatre (London)
Multiple Tony Award winning musical Fun Home makes its ways to British shores at last, the the Young Vic gears up for an all new production this June! Directed by Sam Gold in his Young Vic debut, Fun Home is adapted by Lisa Kron from artist Alison Bechdel’s (yes, she of the Bechdel Test) autobiographical graphic novel of the same name. The original book, officially referred to … Continue reading Preview: Fun Home at the Young Vic
In the National Theatre’s stellar touring production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, actor Joshua Jenkins leads the cast as fifteen year old Christopher Boone. A graduate from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Joshua’s role as “a mathematician with some behavioural difficulties” is both physically and emotionally demanding, and an unusual one amongst theatre protagonists in that his character … Continue reading The Curious Incident of the Dog In The Night-Time: An Interview with Joshua Jenkins
Style reigns supreme in this technically brilliant adaptation of Mark Haddon’s breakthrough novel. In National Theatre’s The Curious Incident of the Dog In The Night-Time, three pieces of chalk are used in every single performance, with two spares on standby. Adrian Sutton’s opening music is counts out a 2-3-5-7 rhythm based off prime number sequences. 115 props are used in the show. Each actor playing Christopher has … Continue reading Review: National Theatre’s The Curious Incident of The Dog In The Night-Time by The National Theatre
Located midway between Norway and Iceland, the Faroe Islands are a sight to behold, and home to a glorious history of folklore and hunting. Inhabited by only about 50,000 people, Mike Day’s documentary The Islands and the Whales takes a close look at how climate change has irrevocably changed the islanders’ lives, forcing them to abandon old habits and face new problems. The Faroe Islands are jawdroppingly … Continue reading Review: The Islands and the Whales dir. Mike Day
Hirokazu Kore-eda is best known as a master of the intimate Japanese family drama, with slow burns of films like Nobody Knows and After The Storm. In his latest outing, The Third Murder changes up the formula a little, focusing instead on a legal thriller that has as many twists and turns as a typical film noir. Directed and written by Kore-eda himself, The Third Murder opens on a brief crime scene … Continue reading Review: The Third Murder dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
From a foreigner’s perspective, there’s a unique quality to certain Britflicks that take their charm to the next level. In Simon Aboud’s This Beautiful Fantastic, that charm is milked for all its worth and appeals utterly to audience members hungry for the quintessentially twee indie film missing in their life. Throughout its runtime, This Beautiful Fantastic appears to continually try to outdo itself with its weirdness, beginning … Continue reading Review: This Beautiful Fantastic dir. Simon Aboud
LONDON – Joyous Gard made a stunning debut at the 2017 VAULT Festival with the award-winning Crocodile, and this year will be returning to the festival with a vengeance, with not one but three all new shows running between February and March. They’ve expanded their team to include some all new collaborators, and with VAULT, celebrate new writing and more promising new voices in theatre. Read about them … Continue reading VAULT Festival 2018: Award-winning Joyous Gard Brings In Three New Shows (Preview)
The stunning Moonlight may have taken all the thunder as Best Picture at the Academy Awards back in 2017, but writer Tarell Alvin McCraney is set to continue making waves in January with an all new staging of his play The Brothers Size. Directed by the acclaimed Bijan Sheibani, The Brothers Size follows two African-American brothers Ogun and Oshoosi after a spell in prison, reuniting through the power of … Continue reading Preview: The Brothers Size by Young Vic and Actors Touring Company
