Les Misérables (28/6/16)

Since catching it on the West End and Broadway, I dreamed a dream that one day, I’d be watching Les Misérables on our very own shores, like my parents did 20 years back. Now, that day has come and we were more than excited to get a chance to catch it at last. Les Misérables is eternally on the London stage for good reason – … Continue reading Les Misérables (28/6/16)

Hotel by W!ld Rice [2/7/16]

Hotels are strange places. They’re transitory, temporal spaces for people to live, many of which happen to be foreigners in a new country. People come and go, and leave traces of the past behind the same rooms that get cleaned up each day, in an almost spectral manner. Each room contains a rich history. W!ld Rice’s epic Hotel traces the hundred year history of a … Continue reading Hotel by W!ld Rice [2/7/16]

Figs by Make Space Theatre (1/7/16)

Figs, in Judaism, are thought to be the fruit of knowledge that Adam and Eve ate from in the Bible (and not apples), and so brings to mind images of sin, life and knowledge. In Figs, there is in fact, no specific mention of figs at all. In fact, the characters even end up eating pears onstage, which begs the question of its title. There is however, … Continue reading Figs by Make Space Theatre (1/7/16)