Robyn Orlin had her first encounter with the rickshaw drivers of Durban at the young age of five or six, an experience that left such a deep impression on her that she later sought to learn more about their fate. Rickshaws were first introduced to Durban in 1892…
Read MoreThings are not going well for the protagonist of KAREN. The show opens as she is unceremoniously dumped by her boyfriend of four years, Joe, on a birthday trip to Alton Towers. Unexpected heartbreak as she’s halfway through eating a calippo and dressed in a pac-a-mac is just the beginning - as Joe starts dating her office nemesis, Karen…
Read MoreTOZI, derived from the affectionate Venetian slang for “a close-knit group of friends,” is the brainchild of an Italian trio that met while opening Shoreditch House under the Soho House Group. In 2013, Chef Maurilio Molteni, fresh from his time as Head Chef at Shoreditch House and developing the menu at Cecconi’s, opened the first TOZI restaurant in London…
Read MorePioneering choreographer Merce Cunningham’s work will “forever” be revered. The Van Cleef & Arpels Dance Reflections festival has brought two of his works back to life performed by the Lyon Opera Ballet at Sadlers’ Wells…
Read MoreBorn in 1937 in what is now West Bengal, Arpita Singh is one of India’s pioneering post-independence artists. Remembering marks her first institutional solo exhibition outside India, featuring key works from her prolific six-decade long career…
Read MoreThere were two compelling reasons to attend this performance: the venue itself and the cutting-edge artist collective known as (LA) HORDE. Sadler’s Wells’ newest state-of-the-art venue is a welcome addition to Stratford, boasting rehearsal studios…
Read MoreThe lights come up on a pseudo-court room scene: a table jostling with microphones, a jug of water and an uncomfortable looking metal fold out chair are exposed by an interrogative spotlight…
Read MoreAfter 18 successful years at Edinburgh Fringe, The Big Bite Size Show arrives in London for the first time at The Pleasance Theatre, no less. A gem of a place for fringe theatre in London…
Read MoreThe legacy company of the pioneering American choreographer Trisha Brown opened the Van Cleef & Arpels Dance Reflections Festival at Sadler’s Wells with a striking performance…
Read MoreAn important exhibition has opened at the National Gallery co-organised with the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Mayor of Siena, Nicoletta Fabio was in attendance on opening day to mark the exhibitions significance. Normally a major exhibition would take two to three years to come to fruition, in this instance, it has been in the making for eight year…
Read MoreLeigh Bowery (1961-1994) packed more into his brief life than most would manage in two lifetimes. He passed away from an AIDS-related illness in 1994, at the age of just 33….
Read Morebabirye bukilwa’s debut play is an unflinching expose of psychosis and manic depression, and the impact it can have on our relationships, love and identity…
Read MoreThe timing of this exhibition could not be better. At the end of a long winter, and egging on London’s reluctant spring, the Saatchi Gallery brings us FLOWERS in full bloom…
Read MoreSOIL is an exhibition with earnest intentions but also a forward-thinking approach. Soil underpins all life on Earth, and while scientists have studied it for centuries, our understanding is still in its infancy…
Read Morebabirye bukilwa’s debut play is an unflinching expose of psychosis and manic depression, and the impact it can have on our relationships, love and identity…
Read MoreBrasil! Brasil! is an extensive look at ten important artists in a major new exhibition at the Royal Academy featuring feature over 130 works from the 1910s to the 1970s…
Read MoreThis award-winning investigative drama, written and directed by Jamie Armitage (co-director of SIX: The Musical), has arrived at London’s Hampstead Theatre for a 5-week run after a sold-out debut at the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Inspired by real events, the gripping play follows D.C. Ruth Palmer (Rosie Sheehy)…
Read MoreWhat happens when we create our own version of the story? Looking for Giants is a play about the inner workings of our mind. Writer Cesca Echlin lifts the lid on what goes on inside our heads…
Read MoreTuckshop’s Peter Pan pantomime is from Christopher Clegg the creator of Death Drop, Cool Rider, Gals Aloud and written by Gareth Joyner (A Christmas Carole, Dick Whittington)…
Read MoreWritten and directed by the 2023 and 2019 OFFIE Winner and 2023 British Panto Award winner Andrew Pollard the cast includes the voices of Dame Judi Dench who’s recognisable and soothing voice provide the narration, Miriam Margoylesis the Evil Stepmother and Sue Pollard is the Swan…
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