I reviewed this double bill for Everything Theatre: Part of the GOlive Dance and Performance Festival at the Lion and Unicorn Theatre, it took me a little while to understand the rationale behind pairing these acts by Thick and Tight (Daniel Hay-Gordon and Eleanor Perry) and 70/30 Split (Lydia Cottrell and Sophie Unwin). As the … Continue reading
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Thick and Tight and 70/30 Split, The Lion & Unicorn Theatre – Review for Everything Theatre
I reviewed this double bill for Everything Theatre: Part of the GOlive Dance and Performance Festival at the Lion and Unicorn Theatre, it took me a little while to understand the rationale behind pairing these acts by Thick and Tight (Daniel Hay-Gordon and Eleanor Perry) and 70/30 Split (Lydia Cottrell and Sophie Unwin). As the … Continue reading
Sizzling: Bryan Batt’s Batt on a Hot Tin Roof at Crazy Coqs
Repost: with One Stop Arts closing, I migrated this review here. Have you ever wanted to be propelled back to an era of long white gloves and cigarette holders? Coiffed hairdos, dinner jackets, highballs poured from silver cocktail shakers? Plush banquettes with little round tables that have candles on them? Then, my friend, the Crazy Coqs is for … Continue reading
Sizzling: Bryan Batt’s Batt on a Hot Tin Roof at Crazy Coqs
Repost: with One Stop Arts closing, I migrated this review here. Have you ever wanted to be propelled back to an era of long white gloves and cigarette holders? Coiffed hairdos, dinner jackets, highballs poured from silver cocktail shakers? Plush banquettes with little round tables that have candles on them? Then, my friend, the Crazy Coqs is for … Continue reading
Still on the Shelf: Shelf Life: Lotta Quizeen’s ABC of Home Management at Battersea Arts Centre
Repost: with One Stop Arts closing, I migrated this review here. Katie Richardson’s Lotta Quizeen is a charming pastiche of several female TV cooking show presenters. Shelf Life features some fun ribald interactive party games but ultimately struggles to keep its energy up. At the Battersea Arts Centre. Before entering Lotta Quizeen’s Guide to Managing the … Continue reading
Still on the Shelf: Shelf Life: Lotta Quizeen’s ABC of Home Management at Battersea Arts Centre
Repost: with One Stop Arts closing, I migrated this review here. Katie Richardson’s Lotta Quizeen is a charming pastiche of several female TV cooking show presenters. Shelf Life features some fun ribald interactive party games but ultimately struggles to keep its energy up. At the Battersea Arts Centre. Before entering Lotta Quizeen’s Guide to Managing the … Continue reading
Lights up on Dickie Beau: Blackouts at Soho Theatre
Repost: with One Stop Arts closing, I migrated this review here. At the Soho Theatre, Dickie Beau evokes beautiful and dangerous pictures of two of our most famous screen idols, Marilyn Monroe and Judy Garland. This production asks us to revisit our memories of these larger-than-life figures and tear back the curtain – or slap on … Continue reading
Lights up on Dickie Beau: Blackouts at Soho Theatre
Repost: with One Stop Arts closing, I migrated this review here. At the Soho Theatre, Dickie Beau evokes beautiful and dangerous pictures of two of our most famous screen idols, Marilyn Monroe and Judy Garland. This production asks us to revisit our memories of these larger-than-life figures and tear back the curtain – or slap on … Continue reading
The Literary Cabaret
Once again, the Bloomsbury Festival rolled around and brightened my life. The highlight this time was The Literary Cabaret last night at Senate House, hosted by Helen Smith (who, you may recall, I wrote about for The Writers’ Guild.) We were treated to an evening of song, wine, and superb reading, which I think you … Continue reading
In a Merry Hour: Caitlin E McDonald 