Soho theatre, LondonMcGrath is smart and sardonic about the after-effects of British imperialism in Africa – even if she’s just skimming the surfaceThe Berlin Conference of 1884, the legacy of Hugh Trevor-Roper and the religious practices of Kenya’s Wa…
Continue ReadingLondon PalladiumChris and Rosie Ramsey’s material about their married life is jolly enough, but a five-minute advertorial is rather less soIt has 65m downloads and counting. It claims the record for the biggest live podcast audience ever. It sold out t…
Continue ReadingRoyal and Derngate, Northampton The spiritual comedian’s lofty aspirations make way for funny riffs on fatherhood and lockdown in a self-ridiculing setAre we here for laughs, or spiritual healing? Both, Russell Brand seems to think, apologising for the…
Continue ReadingAfter months of uncertainty and being told to retrain, I got my chance to act at a beautiful and iconic theatre. Fair bit of pressure not to be rubbish …It’s difficult to describe the feelings of jubilation, guilt, disbelief, confusion, gratitude and f…
Continue ReadingAs social distancing disappears at UK arts venues, artists and audiences who need to shield are uncertain of the futurePerformers and audiences who are clinically extremely vulnerable (CEV) are being shut out of the arts due to a lack of ongoing safety…
Continue ReadingLondon Wonderground, Earls Court, LondonJarred Christmas’s human cartoon antics and Hobbit’s virtuoso microphone skills jolly the crowd along – but the show wasn’t as interactive as billedSome kids see a show with their parents then reflect eruditely, …
Continue ReadingAssembly Festival Garden, CoventryOlivia Miller dazzles in this tart and punky solo show, which reimagines the Tudor monarch as an in-yer-face Gen-Z teenYou might consider the fraught life of Mary Tudor, England’s first queen, for a long time before th…
Continue ReadingAssembly Festival Garden, CoventryOlivia Miller dazzles in this tart and punky solo show, which reimagines the Tudor monarch as an in-yer-face Gen-Z teenYou might consider the fraught life of Mary Tudor, England’s first queen, for a long time before th…
Continue ReadingCush Jumbo tackles the troubled prince, Jessie Buckley and Eddie Redmayne head for 30s Berlin, while standup favourites and dance spectaculars burst back on the stage Continue reading…
Continue ReadingCush Jumbo tackles the troubled prince, Jessie Buckley and Eddie Redmayne head for 30s Berlin, while standup favourites and dance spectaculars burst back on the stage Continue reading…
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