Underbelly Festival Southbank 2019: An Interview with Elizabeth Simoens, Lead Game Designer of Fire Hazard Games’ 80 Days

LONDON – It’s hard to deny the draw of games. After all, who doesn’t want to launch themselves into a little challenge and have fun while they’re at it? It’s no wonder then that in recent years, everything from Escape Room-style games to massive immersive-style games have taken the world by storm, giving us more control, more hands-on action and more real world interactions in our … Continue reading Underbelly Festival Southbank 2019: An Interview with Elizabeth Simoens, Lead Game Designer of Fire Hazard Games’ 80 Days

Preview: Urinetown – The Musical by Pangdemonium

Following their mid-year production of original play This is What Happens to Pretty Girls, Pangdemonium rounds off the year with one heck of a splash with multiple-award winning musical satire Urinetown.  Gleefully taking the piss out of politicians, populism, “people power”, capitalism, corporate corruption, and musicals themselves, local audience members may find more than a passing similarity to home as Pangdemonium immerses them in a fictitious “most expensive city … Continue reading Preview: Urinetown – The Musical by Pangdemonium

M1 Patch! 2019: PROJECT Utopia《望眼吾托邦》 by The Theatre Practice (Review)

The Practice Space becomes a lab to experiment and play with the concept of ‘Utopia’. English writer Thomas Moore was the first person to write about utopias, or an imaginary perfect world. Can such a place exist in real life, or is it doomed to forever be a land of fiction? With The Theatre Practice’s PROJECT Utopia, five international artists then come together to distil that question … Continue reading M1 Patch! 2019: PROJECT Utopia《望眼吾托邦》 by The Theatre Practice (Review)

In London’s (Off) West End 2019: The Merchant of Venice by Poetic Justice Productions, with Wolf-Sister Productions

‘If it will feed nothing else, it will feed my revenge.’   LONDON –  The Bard’s classic tale of money, love and revenge gets a staging at the Drayton Arms Theatre this October. Antonio, a merchant, needs a loan. His friend, Bassanio, needs a rich wife in order to clear his debts. Portia, a wealthy heiress, is reduced to a prize that men must gamble for. … Continue reading In London’s (Off) West End 2019: The Merchant of Venice by Poetic Justice Productions, with Wolf-Sister Productions

Touring the UK 2019: Nuclear Future by Gameshow Theatre

LONDON –  From the award-winning Gameshow, Nuclear Future is a shattering new play about the dangerous potential which sits quietly in bunkers across the globe. As the apocalyptic impact of a nuclear disaster regains a foothold in public conversation, this show presents this threat on a more human scale. How do we explain to our children that we use the same energy that created the universe, … Continue reading Touring the UK 2019: Nuclear Future by Gameshow Theatre

Preview: a line could be crossed and you would cease to be by Intercultural Theatre Institute

Following their devised production The Peculiar Tra La back in March, the newest graduating cohort of the Intercultural Theatre Institute (ITI) are back this September with yet another brand new play for their second production of the year. Created by Australian playwright Andrew Sutherland, a line could be crossed and you would slowly cease to be plays at the Drama Centre Black Box from 5th to 7th September, … Continue reading Preview: a line could be crossed and you would cease to be by Intercultural Theatre Institute

In London’s West End 2019: Sh!t-Faced Showtime presents A Pissedmas Carol at Leicester Square Theatre

LONDON –  They’ve done Shakespeare, they’ve done musicals – now let Magnificent Bastard give Christmas the Sh!t-Faced treatment. God bless us, every one! Combining cast members from the hilarious Sh!t-faced Showtime and Sh!t-faced Shakespeare for the first time ever, A Pissedmas Carol is the all singing, all drinking alternative Christmas knees-up you never knew you wanted. Parodying Dickens’ Yuletide classic A Christmas Carol, see miserly Scrooge and … Continue reading In London’s West End 2019: Sh!t-Faced Showtime presents A Pissedmas Carol at Leicester Square Theatre

In London’s (Off) West End 2019: We Anchor in Hope at The Bunker

LONDON –  From the award-winning Anna Jordan, written between the Brexit vote and Trump’s Presidential victory, We Anchor in Hope captures a moment of deep uncertainty in recent history and the characters’ lives when local pub, The Anchor, closes for good. Chaos is in the air, and yet life goes on. For the duration of the play’s run The Bunker will become The Anchor – transformed … Continue reading In London’s (Off) West End 2019: We Anchor in Hope at The Bunker

Preview: NUS Centre For the Arts Presents The Last Gap and The Golden Record 3.0

The Bicentennial celebrations never let up, and this year, the NUS Centre for the Arts (CFA) is commemorating it with two brand new FREE to attend productions from two exciting artists – award-winning theatre director Edith Podesta and up-and-coming artist Sean Cham. Staged at NUS itself, with these programmes, the CFA sought to commission new works that dealt with concepts of identity that go beyond the … Continue reading Preview: NUS Centre For the Arts Presents The Last Gap and The Golden Record 3.0

M1 Patch! 2019: A Dog’s House《野良犬之家》by M.O.V.E. Theatre (Review)

Cycles of abuse can be a real bitch to break out of in this harrowing, pitch black play. It’s not often that you leave a play feeling utterly corrupted by how dark it is, and if any company has done it, it’s Taiwan’s M.O.V.E. Theatre. Directed by Fu Hong-Zheng and written by Lin Meng-Huan, A Dog’s House is pitch black in tone, as we enter the home of … Continue reading M1 Patch! 2019: A Dog’s House《野良犬之家》by M.O.V.E. Theatre (Review)