SNAP! post-show video and photos: A new musical decades in the making
A Q&A first for me last night at the King's Head: an onstage raffle to open post-show proceedings for David O'Brien's SNAP! as part of a benefit performance in aid of the International Students House, where David began his London life more than 50 years ago.
Blood Wedding post-show video and photos: Barney Norris imbues Lorca with English humour and myth
Barney Norris' darkly comic reworking of Lorca's 1932 Spanish classic premiered in 2020 at Salisbury Playhouse, near the real-life village hall where his version of the disastrous nuptials occurs. It now gets its London premiere at Clapham's Omnibus Theatre.
Supersonic Man post-show video and photos: Who wants to live forever… as a human cyborg?
"Who knew terminal illness could be such fun?" But fun it is in writer/director Chris Burgess' world premiere musical Supersonic Man, inspired by the true story of a man who tries to fight a terminal illness with technology.
The Last Days of Liz Truss? post-show video and photos: The night the lettuce lost
While a lettuce famously outlasted Liz Truss' 49-day tenure as Prime Minister, Emma Wilkinson Wright easily outperformed the prop iceberg in Oxia Theatre's hit, The Last Days of Liz Truss?, at the White Bear Theatre.
Mrs President post-show video and photos: How should Mary Todd Lincoln be remembered?
It’s hard to imagine a woman whose life was more defined by grief and loss than Mary Todd Lincoln, as I discovered thanks to American multi-disciplinary artist John Ransom Phillips’ intriguing new play.
The Value of Names post-show video and photos: What are the consequences of ‘un-American’ activities?
At the height of the Red Scare in the US, Congress’ House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) targeted Hollywood as a hub of subversive Communist activity and held high-profile hearings that pressured artists to testify about their politics and “name names”.
And If The Surface Tension Breaks post-show video and photos: Celebrating the end of the world
How will the world end? And how will you spend your final moments just before it happens? That's the setting for Proforca Theatre's latest world premiere play, And If The Surface Tension Breaks.
Firebird post-show video and photos: Back in the USSR with a true-life forbidden love story
On a Soviet Air Force Base in occupied Estonia in the 1970s, a conscripted private falls in love with a young maverick fighter pilot. The true-life love story that enraged Vladimir Putin now gets its stage premiere at London's King's Head Theatre.
Belly of the Beast post-show video and photos: Do schools demand conformity?
One of the most sobering statistics in Belly of the Beast's programme note comes from The School Report 2017: 84% of trans students, including non-binary individuals, self harmed, and 45% attempted suicide.
Myrninerest post-show Q&A photos: Who was Madge Gill and what is her legacy?
Stop what you’re doing and Google Madge Gill right now. This fascinating woman and self-taught artist, the subject of the sixth in James Kenworth’s Newham Plays series, is worthy of your time.
