‘Beauty buried in pain’ Greeted by an IV bag, hospital screens and unbelievably the smell of antiseptic (psychosomatic perhaps?), something hints that Hopes & Fears is not a happy-clappy experience. Death, love, betrayal, family obligation and terminal illness are all explored, yet with a score based on Claude Debussy, beauty is found buried within pain. Two different women’s experiences with cancer ...
‘Fondness for rambling’ “Willkommen! Madame and monsieur, ladies and gents”. Under the glowering sky we are dragged back to the Weimer Republic and the act of resistance. But the real question is, are we? William Ludwig, looking a little like a very stylish Uncle Fester has a defined stage presence. Eyes wide, and expansive gestures he dives straight into his evening of song ...
‘A riotously good show’ Reminiscent of the Italian piazzas where the style of commedia dell’arte spawned 500 years ago, the new spiegeltent of the Arcola Theatre restages the 18th-century classic, The Game of Love and Chance. Royalty, romance, and the classic rotating doors promise an evening of high class and earthy humour. Pierre de Marivaux’s 1730s play is hustled (rather uncomfortably) into ...