Reviews

On June 10th, 2025

Review: Thick and Tight: Natural Behaviour – A spectacular night of expression that is both moving and hilarious – Battersea Arts Centre 3-7 June, Lowry 10-11 June

Thick and Tight, a dance theatre company led by Daniel Hay-Gordon and El Perry, dissect identity and nature in this magnificent collection of performances. It poses the question of what is so unnatura...

On May 14th, 2025

Review: Tragedy in the Quiet Places: Barney Norris’s Reimagination of Lorca’s ‘Blood Wedding’ – Omnibus Theatre, until 24 May

Barney Norris’s adaptation of Federico García Lorca’s Blood Wedding relocates the searing Spanish tragedy to a small village in North Wiltshire, bringing its themes of fate, longing and repressio...

On May 8th, 2025

Riefenstahl: A Posthumous Exploration and Exposé of a Director’s Life in Selective Focus – In UK and Irish Cinemas, 9 May

Few figures in film history provoke as much discomfort or debate as Leni Riefenstahl. A pioneering director often celebrated for her technical innovation- also remembered for the propaganda she made i...

On May 1st, 2025

Review: Shamik Chakrabarti delivers an outstanding debut show with Despite Appearances – Soho Theatre, until 3 May

Keep your eyes peeled for the emerging comedian Shamik Chakrabarti. With his dry wit and delightfully awkward charm, he makes his international debut an unforgettable night. Chakrabarti knows how to c...

On April 14th, 2025

Review: A curation of well-loved ‘Cats In Cartoons’ – The Cartoon Museum – Until 7 September

All over social media, cats are creatures of entertainment and humour, being the faces of adorable memes. But before social media, these loveable and entertaining feline characters were enjoyed throug...

On April 4th, 2025

Review: Anselm Kiefer: Early Works-Kiefer’s commitment to confronting Nazism encourages the viewer not to turn a blind eye-Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, until 15 June

The towering German artist, Anselm Kiefer, has worked continuously throughout his career to interrogate the socio-political history of Germany and the political ideology of fascism. From embodying and...

On March 28th, 2025

Review: Four Mothers: A Witty and Deeply Human Look at Identity, Loss and the Strength in Community – in UK and Irish cinemas 4th April 

Four Mothers follows Edward (James McArdle), a writer trying to juggle his upcoming career success with the responsibility of caring for his elderly mother, Alma (Fionnula Flanagan). His plans are dis...

On March 26th, 2025

Review: ‘Paradise Lost (Lies Unopened Beside Me)’ – Divine Failures: Ben Duke and Sharif Afifi’s Re-imaginings of Milton’s Epic, Battersea Arts Centre, until 5 April

How can God create a perfect world when he himself is fraught with the same flaws, vices and uncertainties as his postlapsarian creations? ‘Paradise Lost (lies unopened beside me)’ dismant...