This September on the BBC, come meet the inspiring people who’ve shaped our modern world in Icons, pick up more shopping tips and tricks with Steph and Alex in Shop Well For Less (Series 2), and join Aidan Turner as he challenges the establishment once again in Poldark (Series 5). BBC Earth Icons In 1899 there were no cars or planes, women didn’t have the vote and the … Continue reading Television Time: BBC Shows September 2019
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
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
Blurring the lines of good and evil as Killing Eve dives ever deeper into the complicated relationship between Eve and Villanelle. In the finale of Killing Eve Season 1, viewers were left shocked as MI6 agent Eve Polastri (Sandra Oh) delivered a near-fatal wound to beautiful assassin Villanelle (Jodie Comer), in a shocker that cemented the series as one of the most exciting new shows on television. … Continue reading Television Time: BBC’s Killing Eve Season 2 (Review)
After leaving Villanelle for dead with a stab wound inflicted by Eve herself, the shocking Season 1 finale of critically-acclaimed BBC America series Killing Eve left viewers stunned and wanting more. As we stated in our Season 1 review, the core relationship between Villanelle and Eve is the strongest aspect of the show, and without a doubt, that seems set to be about to be pushed even … Continue reading Television Time: BBC’s Killing Eve Season 2 (Preview)
EDINBURGH – Bryony Kimmings has been presented with the inaugural Popcorn Group Writing Award in association with the Pleasance Theatre for her show I’m a Phoenix, Bitch. Celebrating writing excellence at the Fringe, the Award platforms writers and artists that ignite and challenge the status quo with the most fearless and topical piece of new writing. For her win, Kimmings received a cash prize of £2,500 … Continue reading Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2019: Bryony Kimmings wins inaugural Popcorn Group Writing Award for I’m a Phoenix, Bitch
Obsession is a dangerous thing. From its title alone, Killing Eve sounds like your cut and dried thriller series, with a veritable female assassin and an MI6 agent caught in a dangerous cat-and-mouse game attempting to outwit each other. But there’s good reason why this show has received as many awards and as much critical acclaim as it has. Written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge (of Fleabag fame), Killing Eve is a genre-defying … Continue reading Television Time: BBC’s Killing Eve Season 1 (Review)
LONDON – Tackling the devastating effects of poverty and the lack of opportunities faced by so many in Britain, Jade City follows two friends struggling with the pressures of everyday life in modern Belfast. Inspired by a city full of heart that is straining under the weight of decades of political and social unrest, Alice Malseed brings to life the mental health issues faced by the … Continue reading In London’s (Off) West End 2019: Jade City at The Bunker
LONDON – Theatre Centre, the UK’s leading producer and pioneer for thought provoking theatre in schools, is excited to tour the world premiere of The Border by Afsaneh Gray, winner of the 2018 Brian Way Award. This outrageous Brechtian parable highlighting the absurdity of borders will tour extensively to both schools and theatres to engage audiences across the country in an urgent national conversation. Developed … Continue reading Touring the UK 2019: Afsaneh Gray’s The Border by Theatre Centre
LONDON – Based on the true story of Irene Danner-Storm, The Escape Act – A Holocaust Memoir tells the riveting and powerful story of a Jewish acrobat who hid in a German circus during WWII to escape the concentration camps. Hard-hitting and inspiring, this historically researched and poignant one woman theatre and puppetry production embarks on a UK tour this autumn. The production follows Irene’s … Continue reading Touring the UK 2019: The Escape Act – A Holocaust Memoir
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