by Cindy Marcolina - March 11, 2026
The best of Irish playwriting lands at the Barbican in an exciting project. An audience of one steps into a booth blindly for a play they don’t get to choose. Six five-minute one-act shows penned by Enda Walsh, Marina Carr, Mark O’Rowe, Joy Nesbitt, Louise O’Neill and Katie Holly are offered o...
by Aliya Al-Hassan - March 11, 2026
Christy Lefteri’s 2019 bestseller The Beekeeper of Aleppo is both a powerful and poetic story about the refugee experience. Her story of Nuri and his wife Afra's escape from Syria to England was inspired by time Lefteri spent working in a refugee camp in Athens. Syria may currently be seen as le...
by Clementine Scott - March 10, 2026
Sarah McGuinness is best known for her work producing whimsical indie documentaries about the standup comedian Eddie Izzard; in her one-woman show, though, there are only passing references to this. To put a finger on what the show is about is no easy task, because it’s a confused jumble of autofi...
by Clementine Scott - March 10, 2026
Park Theatre’s latest double bill presents two recent works from an emerging writer, both centring average queer London lives, and the lengths we’ll go to to present the versions of ourselves we want the world to see. Both are somewhat overblown in their execution, but at their best they are ima...
by Franco Milazzo - March 09, 2026
At the Menier Chocolate Factory, the revival of Ryan Craig’s The Holy Rosenbergs arrives with the weight of history attached to it. When it first appeared at the National Theatre’s Cottesloe Theatre in 2011, it was a sharp entry into a conversation about Jewish identity, family loyalty and moder...
by Cindy Marcolina - March 10, 2026
In spite of being one of the most difficult genres to stage, horror theatre is having its moment. The Woman in Black might have closed at the Fortune three years ago (almost to the day!), but the success of Paranormal Activity at the Ambassadors is proof that audiences are hungry for some spooky dra...
by Clementine Scott - March 07, 2026
When it premiered at Soho Theatre in 2012, Blink was a whimsical oddity, an ode to two eccentric loners falling in love. In 2026, it takes on a darker tone, with the subtitle “a parasocial love story” foreshadowing things to come....
by Gary Naylor - March 08, 2026
Musical set in the late 1950s with a strong message for today...
by Clementine Scott - March 06, 2026
Her name may not be widely known today, but Sister Rosetta Tharpe’s musical legacy is felt down the decades. George Brant’s play about her relationship with gospel singer Marie Knight is retelling not just a woman’s life, but the birth of an entire new genre....
by Christiana Rose - March 07, 2026
A revival marking twenty years of a remarkable education initiative, Playing Shakespeare with Deutsche Bank: Romeo and Juliet at Shakespeare’s Globe demonstrates accessible theatre at its very best. Directed by Lucy Cuthbertson, this fast paced ninety minute production captures the essence of Shak...
Past Shows
Virtuosic string quartet Vulva Voce present the music and stories of women across the centuries, from Renaissance madrigals to African-American Romanticism and contemporary classical. Brand...
Mela Guitar Quartet take their name from the Sanskrit word for ‘festival’ - they celebrate the possibilities created by four world-leading classical guitarists in one...
Curated and led by violinist Bridget O’Donnell and bassist Misha Mullov-Abbado, Songs for the Earth is a fusion of folk, jazz and classical music, inspired by our...
The Third Culture Collective collaborate with Tamil-British singer Ashnaa in Dalston's iconic live music venue, The Jago.From nineteenth-century Germany to modern India, the Third Culture...
Afla Sackey brings his signature style of afrojazz, rhythm-driven funk, and dance-inducing afrobeat fusion to The Jago, followed by a set of funk, disco, and African-infused...
Trumpeter Aaron Akugbo and Harpist Milo Harper present a new collaboration in iconic Dalston live music venue, The Jago.For their debut performance as a duo,...
Kabantu are an award-winning folk-fusion collective from Manchester. Kabantu means "of the people" - stemming from the South African philosophy of Ubuntu: "I am who...
Supported by nkoda. Recommended by Classic FM, Gramophone Magazine, and BBC Radio 3.Genre-defying virtuoso cellist Abel Selaocoe embarks on an exploration of baroque and contemporary...
Legendary bassist Shez Raja blends East with West at The Jago Dalston, combining euphoric jazz, thundering funk, ancient ragas, and intoxicating grooves.Shez is famed for...
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