Preview: Old Joe’s Fish and Chill by be•wilder

New theatre company be•wilder consists of international artists and graduates of RADA’s MA theatre programme, and are proud to present their debut production inspired by Brexit and the refugee crisis: Old Joe’s Fish ‘n’ Chill.  Set in a once glorious, all-inclusive club famous for its fish and chips, Old Joe’s has since been hit by a terrorist attack, left for dead. Yet it remains the only … Continue reading Preview: Old Joe’s Fish and Chill by be•wilder

Review: Whisper House at The Other Palace Theatre

Following the runaway success of the Tony Award winning Spring Awakening was never going to be an easy task, but that is the burden that Whisper House bears. Duncan Sheik’s next musical is considerably shorter and much more contained, with just a cast of six in its two act duration. Whisper House is a somewhat experimental musical. For one thing, its subject matter is a little unexpected – a … Continue reading Review: Whisper House at The Other Palace Theatre

Preview: The Buried Moon at the Rose Playhouse

The Rose Playhouse, the London Bankside’s first Tudor theatre, is proud to present the world premiere of Laura Turner’s The Buried Moon! Directed by Almeida Theatre Resident Director Jake Smith, The Buried Moon reimagines two characters from Shakespeare’s final play – Miranda and Caliban from The Tempest.  Set in the Lincolnshire fens which is said to have inspired Caliban, a young woman struggling to relate to her father after her … Continue reading Preview: The Buried Moon at the Rose Playhouse

Review: Twelfth Night by Original Impact

“If music be the food of love, play on.” The immortal lines mark the beginning of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, and in Original Impact’s latest production at the Blue Elephant Theatre, have never rang more true. Director Sam Dunstan’s take on the classic tale of crossdressing and mistaken identity is given a distinctly teenage makeover here, with the play opening to the tropical beats of Ed Sheeran’s ‘Shape of You’ … Continue reading Review: Twelfth Night by Original Impact

Preview: Twelfth Night by Original Impact

Original Impact is proud to present the latest playful take on Shakespeare’s classic cross-dressing comedy – Twelfth Night! Directed by Sam Dustan, Twelfth Night recounts the events after a horrific storm separates brother and sister, leaving Viola in an unknown land and needing to protect herself….by dressing up as a man?! Bubbling with energy and youthfulness, expect a multimedia production with live music, bold physicality and sharp comedy, … Continue reading Preview: Twelfth Night by Original Impact

Review: Resilience dir. James Redford

How much impact does your childhood really have on you? Plenty, as Resilience, a short but effective film tracing the relationship between childhood trauma and its lasting health impacts well into adulthood proves. More than ten years ago, Dr Robert Anda and Dr Vincent Felitti discovered their patients experiencing various behavioural, weight gain and heart disease issues all had things in common – histories of exposure … Continue reading Review: Resilience dir. James Redford

Preview: The Performance/Just Lose It

We fell in love with Fringe type shows this year, and with the summer season hot on our heels, there’s no better, brighter time to be alive than at upcoming fringe festivals such as the Wandsworth Fringe and Brighton Fringe, where Iain Gibbons, last seen as a doctor in Rounds at the Blue Elephant Theatre, will be performing his solo show The Performance. And on 10 May, Bric A … Continue reading Preview: The Performance/Just Lose It

Review: The Philanthropist at Trafalgar Studios

Written as a response to and subversion of Moliere’s The Misanthrope, Christopher Hampton’s hit 1970 comedy takes place in an alternate England, where outside the confines of a small, unnamed university town, mayhem ensues when the Prime Minister and his cabinet have been assassinated, gunned down in Parliament and the top English writers are slowly being murdered one at a time. But none of this quite affects … Continue reading Review: The Philanthropist at Trafalgar Studios

Review: Fabergé – A Life Of Its Own dir. Patrick Mark

In the second film in a week we’re covering about Russian art, we’re once again transported back in time to St Petersburg. This time around though, we’re focusing on the glory days of the imperial family, when jeweler Carl Fabergé created some of the most iconic, intricate pieces of art, still revered for their craftsmanship and value even today. Patrick Mark’s documentary examines the impact … Continue reading Review: Fabergé – A Life Of Its Own dir. Patrick Mark

Review: Mission Control – The Unsung Heroes of Apollo dir. David Fairhead

Houston, we have a problem. These lines have been echoed endlessly and we all know what happened to the astronauts on the Apollo missions through the power of Hollywood, but perhaps given less of a spotlight are the men who work tirelessly on the ground to guide Earth’s finest safely home. David Fairhead’s simple but effective documentary Mission Control is a chance for the men who worked … Continue reading Review: Mission Control – The Unsung Heroes of Apollo dir. David Fairhead