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National Theatre Review: 'Ballet Shoes' Soars Above the Stage

Gillian Choy

Dec 123 min read

National Theatre Review: 'Ballet Shoes' Soars Above the Stage

The stellar performances from everyone in the cast are everything: moving, humorous, and uplifting.

'If you think this is weird, just look at yourselves': Reviewing A Night of Charles Mingus at the Barbican

Tori Taylor

Sep 263 min read

'If you think this is weird, just look at yourselves': Reviewing A Night of Charles Mingus at the Barbican

The Barbican Theatre offered a glimpse into a future of immersive theatre that the world is ready for.

Celebrating An Oft-Overlooked Genre: Reviewing 'Crazy Smooth: In My Body' at the Southbank Centre

Faye Elder

Jul 202 min read

Celebrating An Oft-Overlooked Genre: Reviewing 'Crazy Smooth: In My Body' at the Southbank Centre

Moments of vulnerability offer personal accounts of the problems that embroil a dance career: ageing, motherhood, and injury.

Immersive Theatre and Found Spaces: 'Still Lives' at the Old Waiting Room, Peckham Rye Station

Faye Elder

Jul 92 min read

Immersive Theatre and Found Spaces: 'Still Lives' at the Old Waiting Room, Peckham Rye Station

Still Lives, adapted from a 1930’s play by Noel Coward and later inspiring the film Brief Encounter, is intertwined with another of Coward’s

Do You Ever Feel Like A Fish Out of Water?: Reviewing 'Birthday Fish' at Wandsworth Arts Fringe Festival

Georgia Gibson

Jun 254 min read

Do You Ever Feel Like A Fish Out of Water?: Reviewing 'Birthday Fish' at Wandsworth Arts Fringe Festival

Try to picture a hangover after a big night out or a hectic house party; you're laying on your bedroom floor while the world spins,...

'A Streetcar Named Desire' by Scottish Ballet Review: A Mesmerising Take on a Classic

Faye Elder

May 174 min read

'A Streetcar Named Desire' by Scottish Ballet Review: A Mesmerising Take on a Classic

★★★★★ On May 16th, the Sadler’s Wells theatre stage was graced with the Scottish Ballet for their opening night performance of ‘A...

Reviewing 'The Mongol Khan': A Visually Stunning, Theatrical Spectacle

Vaishnavi Reddy

Dec 14, 20233 min read

Reviewing 'The Mongol Khan': A Visually Stunning, Theatrical Spectacle

Lkhagvasuren Bavuu’s three-act tragedy The State Without a Seal is luridly and deftly brought to life in Hero Baatar’s stage adaptation...

A New Kind of Kathak - Reviewing 'Aunusthan' by the Pagrav Dance Company

Sorcha Drumm

Nov 7, 20234 min read

A New Kind of Kathak - Reviewing 'Aunusthan' by the Pagrav Dance Company

The warm buzz upon entering the Place Theatre created an atmospheric contrast with the early November chill outside. Little girls,...

'Kattam Katti': Celebrating India's Uttarayan Kite Festival at Sadler's Wells

Eunmin Na

Nov 20, 20212 min read

'Kattam Katti': Celebrating India's Uttarayan Kite Festival at Sadler's Wells

Uttarayan is a famous kite festival that takes place in Gujarat, a state in North India. Every year, people of all ages, gender, religion...

'The Great Tamer', Dimitris Papaioannou (Dance Umbrella) - Sadler’s Wells Theatre

Audrey Lemarchand

Oct 17, 20183 min read

'The Great Tamer', Dimitris Papaioannou (Dance Umbrella) - Sadler’s Wells Theatre

While painting at the Athens School of Fine Arts; Dimitris Papaioannou was performing at the same time both as a dancer and as an actor....

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