Preview: Alice’s Adventures Underground by Les Enfants Terribles

Olivier nominated production and smash hit Alice’s Adventures Underground returns to The Vaults for a whopping five month run this April! Produced by Les Enfants Terribles an ebp in association with Creature of London, Alice’s Adventures Underground was originally conceived to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Lewis Carroll’s classic novel of the same name. With over 100,000 audience members in 2015 and a 2016 Olivier Award nomination for Best … Continue reading Preview: Alice’s Adventures Underground by Les Enfants Terribles

Review: Oyster Boy by Haste Theatre

All female theatre company Haste Theatre presents Oyster Boy, an adaptation of Tim Burton’s short story of the same name. Expanding on the original story with additional characters and a lighter plot, the show takes place in an anchronistic Coney Island, where bathing suits are aplenty and Italian gelato salesmen roam the beaches. Oyster Boy follows the tale of one such salesman, Jim Gelati (Valeria Compagnoni) … Continue reading Review: Oyster Boy by Haste Theatre

[Review] VAULT Festival 2017: Eyeballs, Stardoors and Dragons [2/3/17]

In our final set of reviews for the 2017 VAULT Festival, we meet some seriously quirky characters with Stephanie Morin-Robert’s cycloptic yet emotional comedy Blindside, celebrate the joy of scifi with Project2’s Improvised Science Fiction, and a how to guide on combating the satanic panic with Carrie Marx in B.A.D.D. (Bothered About Dungeons and Dragons): Blindside by Stephanie Morin-Robert Stephanie Morin-Robert seems like a pretty … Continue reading [Review] VAULT Festival 2017: Eyeballs, Stardoors and Dragons [2/3/17]

Review: The Art of The Brick – DC Superheroes

Love Lego? Love DC comics? Then you’ll absolutely love The Art of The Brick: DC Super Heroes. Famous brick-artist Nathan Sawaya returns to his craft with an all new show that makes its way to London’s South Bank, following a hugely successful run in Madrid and nicely coincides with the release of the recent Lego Batman Movie. In DC Super Heroes, Sawaya takes inspiration from DC Comics’ … Continue reading Review: The Art of The Brick – DC Superheroes

[Review] VAULT Festival 2017: Men With Issues (1/3/17)

In the FINAL week of the 2017 VAULT Festival, we caught three one man shows, all of which coincidentally revolved around men with, well, issues (but then again who doesn’t?) – a gambling addict who loses his job in All of Me, a man who struggles to form a human relationship in Maisie Says She Loves Me, and a man who grew up with racism … Continue reading [Review] VAULT Festival 2017: Men With Issues (1/3/17)

VAULT Festival: Final Week Previews Part 2 (1-5 March)

Here’s part 2 of our final week picks of the week for the 2017 VAULT Festival. Reviews to come later this week, and be sure to check out the other shows playing as well! Blindside by Stephanie Morin-Robert Don’t be afraid to laugh at Stephanie Morin-Robert’s show about living with a glass eye after a retinoblastoma. Her story is not looking for pity, and your … Continue reading VAULT Festival: Final Week Previews Part 2 (1-5 March)

VAULT Festival 2017: Final Week Previews Part 1 (1-5 March)

We’ve now reached the final week of the annual VAULT Festival, and it’s been a blast doing coverage of the festival and seeing all the exciting shows. But it’s not over yet, and there’s still plenty of amazing shows playing in the first week of March! All of Me by Anything Other Theatre Company Loner Gareth (not by his own admission) has recently been fired … Continue reading VAULT Festival 2017: Final Week Previews Part 1 (1-5 March)

[Review] VAULT Festival 2017: You Having Olaf? by Joseph Cullen (26/2/17)

Joseph Cullen is a bit of a madman. Armed with an English Literature degree and an assortment of children’s party tricks, the artistic director of Over The Limit’s solo show comes fully equipped with all the tools to make you laugh at one man’s crusade against the children of the world, and shockingly, you might find yourself rooting for his cause too. Still suffering from … Continue reading [Review] VAULT Festival 2017: You Having Olaf? by Joseph Cullen (26/2/17)

Preview: Blue Elephant Theatre March Season

Located in Southeast London, the Blue Elephant Theatre seeks to produce new works across all genres in the performing arts, from physical theatre to dance, to nurturing new writers and reviving classics. This March, they’re bringing in two fringe-type works from up and coming companies Haste Theatre and Resuscitate Theatre, both playing for a limited time. Oyster Boy by Haste Theatre All-female theatre troupe Haste … Continue reading Preview: Blue Elephant Theatre March Season

VAULT Festival 2017: Dancing MPs, Cornish Heists and Extraterrestrial Sketches (24/2/17)

We continue our coverage of the VAULT Festival this week with three shows – Yann Allsopp’s dance-without-dance show The End of Dance, Marietta Kirkbride’s scintillating script about the battle against gentrification in The Long Trick and Gemma Arrowsmith’s love letter to our blue planet in Earthling: The End of Dance by Yann Allsopp The premise of The End of Dance is straightforward enough – in fictional Britain, a bill totaling … Continue reading VAULT Festival 2017: Dancing MPs, Cornish Heists and Extraterrestrial Sketches (24/2/17)