Reviews

On March 21st, 2023

Review: Turn It Out with Tiler Peck & Friends- ‘Colourful and light-hearted, classical and emotive, vibrant and experimental’-Sadler’s Wells 9-11 March

Colourful and light-hearted, classical and emotive, vibrant and experimental, the variety of themes that form the four-part ballet dance series ‘Turn it Out with Tiler Peck & Friends’, makes t...

On March 20th, 2023

Review: Mike Nelson: Extinction Beckons – ‘A gallery turned into an apocalyptic wasteland’-Hayward Gallery, until 7 May

A gallery turned into an apocalyptic wasteland – Mike Nelson: Extinction Beckons, currently on view at the Hayward Gallery, is a stimulating and thought-provoking exhibition that invites the vie...

On March 14th, 2023

Review: Standing At the Sky’s Edge-‘This new musical is a striking reminder of the power of community’-National Theatre until 25 March

Entertaining and emotive: the National Theatre hosts Standing at the Sky’s Edge, a musical spanning 60 turbulent years of British history. Directed by Robert Hastie, the production has won a ple...

On March 10th, 2023

Review: Beyond The Streets London – ‘Captures monumental moments from the world of graffiti, street art and more’- Saatchi Gallery, until 9 May

Beyond the Streets, now on display across all three floors at the Saatchi Gallery, is a vibrant exhibition, featuring the works of over 100 contemporary street artists, street art history, fashion, an...

On March 9th, 2023

Review: Graceland – ‘Intense, emotive, funny’- Royal Court Theatre, until 11 March

Graceland sees Sabrina Wu expertly deliver an unfaltering 75-minute monologue at the Royal Court Theatre.    Wu plays Nina, a young woman who shares her story almost directly to the audience. Fr...

On March 7th, 2023

Review: Akedah-‘Two sisters pushing each other to the edge’ – Hampstead Theatre until 18th March

‘Akedah’ by Michael John O’Neill, Directed by Lucy Morrison   At once fascinating, amusing and mesmerising, Akedah balances weighty topics, sharp humour and intense character st...

On March 6th, 2023

Review: Phaedra-a new play by Simon Stone after Euripides, Seneca and Racine-National Theatre until 8 April

Simon Stone catapults his tragic, eponymous protagonist some two and a half millennia forward to the open plan home of a socially liberal middle class London family. Dads in expensive lycra, expensive...

On March 2nd, 2023

Review: Peter Doig-The Morgan Stanley Exhibition at Courtauld Gallery until 29 May

Large scale paintings; textured, vibrant and full of life. The Morgan Stanley Exhibition: Peter Doig, which recently opened at Courtauld Gallery, shows a small collection of works by the esteemed pain...

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