Can a show that blends the different skills of a famous choreographer, composer and fashion designer work? In this production, the crème de la crème of their respective fields, Holly Blakey, Mica Levi and Andreas Kronthaler (for Vivienne Westwood), collaborate, the question is will it create a masterpiece or a hot mess? This is what I wanted to be answered ...

William Shakespeare’s little known and last project (in collaboration with John Fletcher) has been rather forgotten by the theatre-going public, debated by academics but left on the shelf to gather dust. Excluded from most Shakespeare festivals and uncredited for a long time, this play does not give us the classic grander, that say The Tempest does. But within this quiet ...

Did you ever want to watch 3 incredibly complex operas slimmed down into 35-minute slots? Simplified beyond all rhyme and reason? No? Well neither did I! Pamela Tan-Nicholson’s vanity project TriOperas takes the shows we know and love and picks them clean to the very bones, creating a comic, bland remnant in their place like a discarded banana peel at ...

Theatre is at its best when it has a link to reality. Instead of existing in a world of smoke and mirrors, theatre can be a force for great change and therapy, and with a tie to human experience, it can breathe fresh air into an old art form. Stroke Odysseys is a fascinating example of how theatre can really provide ...

An explosion of silliness in a world that has become too cynical, A Sockful of Custard is a celebration of the influential post-war comedian the late Spike Milligan on his one-hundredth birthday. With a clear love for the subject, a flare for his signature foolery, and childlike spirit, Jeremy Stockwell and Chris Larner give us an insight into the man ...

So, you thought the 80s were all power ballads and big hair? Well…. you were partly right, but Chess proves that along with the shoulder pads and chiffon, there was a bubbling undercurrent to the period that was not quite so flashy. Chess’s opening night was a spectacle, as we crushed into the glittering London Coliseum for a revival of ...

Sometimes a piece of theatre can aim too high, extending its hands out far beyond its actual reach, trying for something admirably complex but ultimately unattainable. Unfortunately, this is Spit Ends, a piece that tries to tread the line between tragedy and comedy, a piece that attempts the Love Actually style fractured storyline, a piece that strains to make the ...

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be stranded in a garden with someone you find vaguely irritating while only surviving on a diet of onions and temptation? Well look no further, delve into the dark and twisted world of The Garden. In this comic Waiting for Godot style retelling of the story of Adam and Eve, we ...

The quote “namaste, bitches” encapsulates Thirsty! for me. In a cold, slightly dusty underground theatre in Waterloo – the Vaults – we as an audience were warmed, tickled and blasted by a personality larger than life and a voice that could topple mountains. Mixing comedy, cabaret and plenty of vodka in a large martini glass, this is entertainment in its ...