‘Oh god why are we singing’ Everyone’s favourite 1888 Welsh church-cum-hedonistic-nightclub-cum-theatre-space-cum-downstairs jazz venue plays host to what should be a pertinent evening of theatrical nuptials. “Should be” being the operative statement. In 2015 two convicted criminals, Mikhail Gallatinov and Marc Goodwin married in a civil ceremony in Full Sutton prison in East Yorkshire. Despite bringing no practical change to their ...
‘A lonely one-handers’ A high energy interpretation of a deeply personal history, this story is warped by intimate contact and left me, as a spectator on the outside, confused. We are all a tapestry of stories and secrets. Unwinding that in front of a live audience has in the past proved a theatrical gold mine. The personal history on the ...
‘Sinking in a pool of molasses’ Under the cavernous dome of the old Welsh Chapel on Shaftesbury Avenue, we dive into the passion project of Inna Dulerayn. It’s a building that has been chameleonic in its uses during its lifetime. Originally a church, it became a famous 1980s club, then a Walkabout, it is now an artist centre under the guise ...