Original Impact last impressed us with their creative production of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night at the Blue Elephant theatre, and returns this June with some all new works of writing in a single night with Tit for Tat On June 29th and 30th, Original Impact will present a grand total of seven thought-provoking new plays with Tit for Tat. You’ll get to check out Will Langley’s The Watch – a play … Continue reading Preview: Tit for Tat by Original Impact
Get set for a sizzling summer that’s set to be hotter than ever with Parisian-inspired cabaret troupe The Black Cat Cabaret. Hailed as purveyors of the best of modern cabaret, The Black Cat cabaret have experimented and trained themselves in a myriad of forms for any audience – whether you want the most sacred of acts or a profane experience. The Black Cat Cabaret will be a … Continue reading Underbelly Festival 2017: The Black Cat Cabaret
A Southbank regular now, Miss Polly Rae returns to the Underbelly Festival this summer to present her critically acclaimed revue Between the Sheets! Famed for bringing burlesque to the London West End with her stints in The Hurly Burly Show and subsequent reign at the iconic Hippodrome Casino with the Soho Burlesque Club, Miss Polly Rae’s 21st century burlesque show has only one goal in mind: tantalize thrill-seekers with … Continue reading Underbelly Festival 2017: Miss Polly Rae – Between the Sheets
As we gear up for National Day coming in a few months, here’s a reminder that it’s not the only thing to be celebrating this August, as yet another national treasure will be making its way back to the stage – Presented by the Singapore Repertory Theatre, Forbidden City the Musical will be making a triumphant return to the Esplanade, starring Kit Chan in the lead role … Continue reading Forbidden City 2017: An Interview with Sebastian Tan and Benjamin Chow
The very first London Food Month Night Market kicked off last night to a smashing start! Long queues trailed from food trucks while roving entertainment weaved in and out the crowds while funky beats from resident DJs played from the speakers and visitors sipped specially designed cocktails under colourful umbrellas, as well as creative eating and drinking areas ranging from brightly coloured telephone booths to … Continue reading Night Market: A Gastronomical Gathering of London’s Global Food Masters
Shot almost entirely in black and white, Dying Laughing is surprisingly serious for a documentary about comedians. Dying Laughing takes most of the major comedians in the business today, sits them down, and interviews them about what it truly means to be a comedian and the nature of their craft. As Chris Rock puts it in the opening shots, comedians are the ‘last philosophers’, and Dying Laughing breaks down the art … Continue reading Review: Dying Laughing dir. Lloyd Stanton & Paul Toogood
The Old Vic has really been spoiling its theatre patrons with its latest station. Having started the year with Daniel Radcliffe in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, they’re at it again with casting movie stars with Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ John Boyega in the title role of their new production of Woyzeck. An unfinished play by German playwright Georg Buchner in 1836, writer Jack Thorne (Harry Potter and the Cursed … Continue reading Review: Woyzeck at the Old Vic
Fine vendors and entertainment galore that’ll get your feet tapping as visitors eat and drink late into the night. Love London’s infinite food markets and endless selection of eateries? The London Evening Standard has launched the inaugural London Food Month this June to commemorate just that! London Food Month is a month-long, city-wide experience that celebrates the capital’s diverse and of course, scrumptious food scene. With … Continue reading Night Market: Celebrating the World’s Culinary Capital At The Inaugural London Food Month
There’s always been something inherently heroic about a narrative of pastoral beauty and the encroaching enemies of construction and progress. The Shepherd, written and directed by Jonathan Cenzual Burley, is a fine, beautifully shot manifestation of that, and a stellar example of an exercise in cinematic pacing. The Shepherd opens with a gorgeous ten-minute sequence of the Spanish countryside, seen through the eyes of middle-aged shepherd and protagonist Anselmo (Miguel Martin), as … Continue reading Review: The Shepherd (El Pastor) dir. Jonathan Cenzual Burley
No need to whine this summer as all your wine needs are met by Drink Up London’s spectacular week long wine festival. We promised ourselves we’d have a Dry January this year, but this being London, everything went straight out the window the moment 2017 rolled around. Summer looks no less sober with Drink Up London’s fourth edition of the annual London Wine Week. Taking place … Continue reading Get Your Grape On at London Wine Week 2017
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