In J’Ouvert, London’s Notting Hill Carnival has been brought to life on the West End stage with an impressive cast of four women. Yasmin Joseph’s show meaningfully captures the reality of the carnival experience in twenty-first century London whilst remaining undeniably fun. Under the direction of Rebekah Murrell, it bursts with colour, music and joy; [...]
No, the show’s provocative title is not clickbait. When Cleo (Leanne Henlon), a dark-skinned Black woman, learns that Kylie Jenner has been announced as a ‘self-made billionaire’, she is outraged. To express this anger, Cleo describes in darkly comic detail via an anonymous Twitter account the various ways in which she’d like to kill the [...]
I was kindly invited to review Death of a Black Man for londontheatre.co.uk. You can read the review by clicking the link below. https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/reviews/the-death-of-a-black-man-hampstead-theatre Photo Credit: Marc Brenner
Since March this year, my blog post from 2018 called “Break Up Tunes for Broadway Fans with a Broken Heart ” has gone from practically no views to being one of the most read articles on my blog. I imagine that this unexpected rise in popularity is linked unfortunately with the rise in breakups this [...]
In the new digital play, Fission, Lex (Hiftu Quasem) and Jack (Geraint Rhys) grieve the loss of their father at his wake. Tensions are high as the siblings reveal their differing ideas for where their father’s ashes should be scattered. Will the father’s soul find peace on the mountains or is his more natural home [...]
I was very kindly invited to review Nine Lives for LondonTheatre.co.uk as a guest writer. This was the first live performance I've seen since March earlier this year and so as you can imagine I thrilled to be in a theatre again. You can read the review by clicking the link below. Thanks again to [...]
What a year 2020 has been. I attempted to summarise all the global events which have happened within the first six months of this year but it’s too many to list. I won’t pretend that we’re all suffering in equal measure as that’s clearly not the case. When you hear about the challenges facing key [...]
Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu, winner of the 2019 JMK Award, is an engaging and ambitious artist. In this interview, Tristan and I talk about his experience with directing ‘Little Baby Jesus’ and the passion and creativity that went into staging one of his all-time favourite plays. Since this interview took place, the world of theatre has changed. [...]
In my spare time, I can usually either be found at the theatre or writing about it. Now that sadly all of theatreland has gone dark following the covid-19 outbreak, I’ve flocked to YouTube to find some solace there. No, I’m not watching cat videos, or those ones where things blow up. Quite simply I’m [...]
Sam McLaughlin and Zoe Templeman-Young, inspired by their first-hand experiences of being carers, have devised a stirring piece of verbatim theatre called ‘Take Care’. This seeks to share the unheard voices of those who have caring responsibilities in the UK. The production features real life stories taken from approximately 70 interview sessions, all performed by [...]
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