Inspired by Femi Elufowoju Jr’s personal mission to visit all 54 African nations before his 60th birthday, 54.60 AFRICA follows 11 friends who take on the same challenge. Their goal is to show the world that Africa is a continent to be celebrated, not overlooked. Through encounters with locals, dance, song and the snapping of selfies to…
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EVITA by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, directed by Jamie Lloyd. ★★★★★
Bursting my fringe theatre bubble for the night, I ventured to the London Palladium to catch Jamie Lloyd’s reimagining of EVITA, feeling excited about what to expect as I’d never seen the musical before! Even though the show was new to me, I visited the Evita Museum in Buenos Aires last year and was already intrigued by…
RADIANT BOY: A HAUNTING by Nancy Netherwood.
In the The Little theatre at Southwark Playhouse, Tomás Palmer’s curtained box set conceals a domestic interior, effectively immersing us in the intimate, confined setting of the story about to unfold. As the play begins, Renée Lamb circles the space barefoot, singing with an eerie presence that immediately unsettles. When the curtains are drawn, we…
OVERSHARE by Eleanor Hill.
Based on her real experiences of live-streaming a breakdown during the pandemic, Eleanor Hill reconstructs and examines this time in OVERSHARE, inviting us into the chaos of her mental state. As we enter the space, we step into the intimate, messy world of Hill’s bedroom – a brilliantly designed set by Constance Villemot that mirrors…
IN OTHER WORDS by Matthew Seager. ★★★★★
We first meet Arthur (Matthew Seager) sitting in a chair, deep in the later stages of Alzheimer’s disease. At his feet, his wife Jane (Lydia White) hugs his legs in a silent embrace – a poignant image that we will later return to. From there, we flash back to the couple’s first meeting with Arthur…
WATER PARTY by Mimi Collins. ★★★★★
Produced by Bespoke Plays, this production is technically a rehearsed reading, but you’d hardly know it. True to their style, Bespoke creates the experience of a fully staged performance, complete with props, set design and a cast that know their lines so well it feels seamless and polished. We open on a couple, Celeste (Caroline…
OPENING LINES… Interview with Mimi Collins – Writer & Director of WATER PARTY.
Say hello to my new interview series… OPENING LINES – your backstage pass to the minds of today’s new playwrights!
CONVERSATIONS AFTER SEX by Mark O’Halloran and Ye You Productions at the Park Theatre. ★★★★
We sit surrounding a bed placed at the centre of the stage – a constant focal point throughout the shifting scenes of CONVERSATIONS AFTER SEX. Our introduction is immediately intimate – two half naked strangers, fresh from a one night stand, exchange small talk as they search for their clothes. Their awkward pleasantries reveal more…
National Theatre takes centre stage with a new season!
I might be a day (fashionably) late but the National Theatre has announced its next chapter and it’s looking v exciting indeed! Under the new direction of Indhu Rubasingham, this first programme is, in the words of NT, ‘about heritage and renewal, inspired by our rich past and shaking up our future. Boldly disrupted classics…
THE BRIGHTENING AIR by Conor McPherson.
Set in 1980s rural Ireland, THE BRIGHTENING AIR brings a fractured family together, where the past hangs thick in the air and the future feels uncertain. On the family farm, Billie (Rosie Sheehy) and her brother Stephen (Brian Gleeson) work the land and keep the house running. Their sister-in-law, Lydia (Hannah Morrish), though estranged from…
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