I reviewed Another F*cking Variety Show for Everything Theatre: I confess I am extremely partial to the Wonderground’s beautiful Spiegeltent. Every time I walk into those lush red velvet surroundings I instantly want to run away with the circus. Any show benefits from such a transporting atmosphere and Lili La Scala’s Another F*cking Variety Show is no … Continue reading
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Another F*cking Variety Show: Review for Everything Theatre
I reviewed Another F*cking Variety Show for Everything Theatre: I confess I am extremely partial to the Wonderground’s beautiful Spiegeltent. Every time I walk into those lush red velvet surroundings I instantly want to run away with the circus. Any show benefits from such a transporting atmosphere and Lili La Scala’s Another F*cking Variety Show is no … Continue reading
The Dinner Party Revisited: Review for Everything Theatre
I reviewed The Dinner Party Revisited for Everything Theatre: My experience of Katherine Araniello’s The Dinner Party Revisited, part of the Southbank Centre’s Unlimited Festival, is completely coloured by the fact that I get seated next to a Very Important Artist. The moment she finds out I am there to review the show, she very charmingly … Continue reading
The Dinner Party Revisited: Review for Everything Theatre
I reviewed The Dinner Party Revisited for Everything Theatre: My experience of Katherine Araniello’s The Dinner Party Revisited, part of the Southbank Centre’s Unlimited Festival, is completely coloured by the fact that I get seated next to a Very Important Artist. The moment she finds out I am there to review the show, she very charmingly … Continue reading
The Apple
It is hot in London, hot-hot. Everywhere I walk are lobster-faced people, limbs sticky with sweat. Yesterday I walked home in the afternoon from Sunday lunch. I had walked there in the sun over Tower Bridge, mid-tourist season, the bridge clogged with hesitating crowds all wanting the same photo in the same spot, distracted by … Continue reading
Limbo at the Wonderground
On a whim I decided this evening to go see Limbo, the headline circus show at the London Wonderground Festival. (Don’t get me wrong, I was definitely going to go at some point, but I just didn’t want to wait anymore.) So the first thing that happened was, I had a barbecue sandwich from one … Continue reading
Fitzrovia Radio and Cantina
It being the last weekend of the London Wonderground festival, I thought I would stock myself up until next season by going to two shows one after the other. The delectable Fitzrovia Radio Hour, upon whom I have written many times before, were first with a new show fresh from the Edinburgh Fringe. I was … Continue reading
A Day on the South Bank
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest 0 About two weeks ago I decided to give myself an early birthday present by heading out to see a play. London is a good place for that sort of thing. Nothing ventured, nothing gained, I thought as I walked towards the great hulking form … Continue reading