A NEW CHAPTER FOR ODETS’ CLASSIC:

by Tsitsi Tsopotsa - March 10, 2025

The intimate Studio A at Dalston's Arcola Theatre provides the perfect backdrop for Dear Martin a psychological drama exploring mental health, manipulation and reversed gender dynamics. The converted textile factory, with its exposed brick walls and wooden floors, creates an atmospheric setting that...

by Franco Milazzo - March 09, 2025

It may have lacked the star power seen in previous shows but the Royal Albert Hall’s latest entry in their Films In Concert events was a night punctuated by laughter, tears and raw emotion. ...

by Kat Mokrynski - March 10, 2025

Rachel Fairburn: Side Eye is, as one might expect from the title, a bit of a judgmental show. Walking into the Leicester Square Theatre, audience members are greeted by a table that is filled with seven brightly-painted mannequin heads, each with their own expression of judgment on their faces....

by Vikki Jane Vile - March 08, 2025

Natalia Osipova is not a dancer who likes to play by the rules. A dancer who never felt she fitted the mould of a perfect ballerina growing up in Russia where being long-limbed and tall was the expectation. These days, she’s a much loved Principal of the Royal Ballet, she only does the things she wa...

by Matthew Paluch - March 10, 2025

Galas aren't always the easiest of watches; endless pas de deux with bravado at the forefront of proceedings. That said - some rosters are too good to pass on…hence why I attended the Ballet Icons Gala 2025 at the London Coliseum on March 9th. ...

by Aliya Al-Hassan - March 10, 2025

The global movement and charity WOW (Women of the World) is now in its 15th year. To mark the occasion, WOW held a special evening to celebrate International Women's Day on Saturday 8 March....

by Kat Mokrynski - March 10, 2025

What do you do when you have mental health struggles? Do you take a day off from work and sleep it off? Do you go out for a fun night out with friends? Or do you book a flight to Thailand? If you chose the third option, you might find you have quite a lot in common with Kemah Bob, as her show, Kemah...

by Aliya Al-Hassan - March 08, 2025

Sex, power, gender and class: August Strindberg's Miss Julie may have first been performed in 1889, but its themes live on. In Laura Lomas's vivid reimagining of the play, The House Party, a seemingly happy event becomes the chaotic centre for a night where misogyny and the insidious creep of social...

by Aliya Al-Hassan - March 07, 2025

Cate Blanchett and Tom Burke make their return to the stage in Thomas Ostermeier's new production of Chekhov’s The Seagull. What did the critics think?...

by Gary Naylor - March 06, 2025

A radical reworking from its German director and co-adaptor that misses as much as it hits...