Photo Flash: First Look at the National's SMALL ISLAND
by Julie Musbach
- Apr 26, 2019
Andrea Levy's epic, Orange Prize-winning novel bursts into new life on the Olivier Stage. A company of 40 tell a story which journeys from Jamaica to Britain through the Second World War to 1948, the year the HMT Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury.
BWW Review: AND THE REST OF ME FLOATS, Bush Theatre
by Charlie Wilks
- Feb 27, 2019
Seven performers individually enter the space and stare. They stare at us for a long while. One of them speaks; then another and so on. They continue this pattern, mixing it up with movement sequences, songs and direct address. It's all systems go in Outbox Theatre's vibrant production, which takes gender and deconstructs it, allowing an investigation into its themes and contexts to take place.
Talawa Theatre Company To Bring Rave To Theatre With RUN IT BACK
by Stephi Wild
- Jul 30, 2018
Run It Back is a powerful, exciting, immersive new show from Talawa Theatre Company. Directed by movement director Coral Messam. Run It Back brings rave to theatre, exploring how Black British music liberates, connects and divides while fighting to stay alive in the face of disappearing spaces and changing legislation. Run It Back features dance, physical theatre and a live DJ set from award-winning DJ Conrad Kira to ignite the action.