11+ hour, 52+ min ago   (197+ words) Review by Chris Omaweng One woman, one journey, two operas… The Seven Deadly Sins, with music by Kurt Weill and libretto by Bertolt Brecht, is a biting and sharp-edged satire of ambition and self-betrayal, set to a score steeped in…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (289+ words) Like Shange’s work, Night City uses a small group of actors to tell big stories, employing song, music, powerful lighting, sound design and costume. The difference is that while the costumes for colored girls are awash with colour, those in…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (151+ words) Going between various townspeople, including the mayor, an older woman who was somewhat stereotypically set in her ways, and the person of the show’s title who claims they saw Bigfoot destroy their dog without eating it, there’s much to ponder…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (150+ words) Review by Chris Omaweng “There are no small parts. Only weak children.” Miss June teaches baby ballet in a crumbling village hall, drilling good-toes-naughty-toes into a generation of tiny dancers while her own dreams of greatness quietly rot. But when…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (322+ words) Tam Williams’ imaginative production is being staged in the Grand Saloon Bar of Theatre Royal Drury Lane, rather smarter than the station buffet would have been, but suiting the production very well as the 60-strong audience sit around the large…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (193+ words) The show’s title might suggest a horror story, and in many respects, it is, complete with head-spinning straight out of The Exorcist, though overall, it is far more comical than frightening, especially with gags being delivered as rapidly as they…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (768+ words) If the Spice Girls and Westlife had formed a supergroup, developed an inflated sense of their own importance and embarked on a farewell tour nobody entirely believed was their farewell tour, the result might look something like FUCCBOIS: Live in…...

3+ week, 5+ hour ago   (123+ words) An often mischievous storyline told by a performance artist whose Edinburgh Fringe debut is a resounding success. Review by Chris Omaweng When anonymous trolls move beyond misogyny, celebrities lurk in your DMs and dating apps, and real-world relationships disintegrate, how…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (242+ words) The story takes place during the Crusades (1096 – 1291): the story of love, redemption and war featuring Rinaldo who is laying siege to Jerusalem. He is in love with Almirena, but Armida, the Queen of Damacus is also a sorceress and plots…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (63+ words) Review by Chris Omaweng Angel/Virgin – Amaia Naima Anguinaga Connie/Crone – Lesley Ewen Paige/Mother – Katie Hurley Created by Katie Hurley and Sarah Hehir Written by Sarah Hehir Director – Ursula Martinez Dramaturg – Dr Frank Peschier Movement Director – Nevena Stojkov Composer…...