Stage
Politrix – stage review: disillusioned youth and Westminster politics
An educational trip to the Houses of Parliament only serves to further alienate a group of inner-city youngsters in Politrix
Read MoreBlack Theatre Live to shake up Macbeth
Shakespeare’s classic undergoes a cross-cultural makeover
Read MorePhilip Ridley: 'You cannot predict what’s going to cause outrage'
Playwright Philip Ridley talks about his new play Radiant Vermin, moving house – and why his provocateur reputation is undeserved
Read MoreHarry Potter star debuts his solo show at the Arcola
Harry Melling’s Peddling is about a pedlar boy trudging the doorsteps of the wealthy trying to make sense of life
Read MoreAntigone – stage review: new script makes for slanging mismatch
Roy Williams’ adaptation of Antigone at Stratford East places the play in a gangland setting
Read MoreThe Mikvah Project – stage review: 'dissecting stereotypes and clichés'
Erotically-charged new play The Mikvah Project at The Yard Theatre explores Jewish faith and the boundaries of love
Read MoreHackney actor is a headstrong heroine as Antigone
Savannah Gordon-Liburd talks about playing Antigone, theatre for young people – and her plans for the future.
Read MoreHappy Ending at the Arcola – stage review
Terminal cancer is the subject of new musical Happy Ending
Read MoreKay Adshead: 'I never thought I would be seeing women shot in the street for wanting an education'
Playwright Kay Adshead talks about giving a generation of forgotten, ignored and deleted women protesters a voice in her play The Singing Stones
Read MoreThe Singing Stones – stage review: 'reflecting a familiar feeling of impotence'
The Singing Stones carries an important message about the plight of women during the Arab Spring but suffers from a lack of structure
Read MoreVanity Bites Back: the quick witted clown cookery show about anorexia
Comedian Helen Duff is an eccentric cookery show host in a one-woman stage comedy tackling the taboo subject of anorexia
Read MoreSex Workers Opera: raising marginalised voices and challenging sterotypes
Escorts, strippers and webcam performers are among the cast of Arcola production opening next week
Read MoreLondon International Mime Festival comes to East London this month
An eclectic range of productions at this year’s festival includes puppeteer Basil Twist and light, inspired by the Edward Snowden leaks
Read MoreStage review: Henry IV Part 1 and 2 at the Barbican
The Royal Shakespeare Company delivers Henry IV Parts I and II in all its traditional glory
Read MoreThe Story Project review: mixing topless selfies, witch-hunting and Rumpole of the Bailey
Ten tiny plays crammed into an evening’s entertainment make up The Story Project at the Arcola
Read MoreBilly the kid review: panto hoedown
Acting the goat is encouraged down at the Rosemary B-ranch for panto-western Billy The Kid
Read MoreSleeping Booty!
More panto records will be smashed as the the creators of the critically acclaimed Dick!, are back with yet another fithy and festive frolic.. The Evil Mangelina (Dusty O), is wreaking havoc over our precious, perverted pantoland with an unruly and slippery iron fist … Together with her randy but downtrodden sidekick ‘Tit-bit’, they preside…
Read MoreThe Realness review – musical tackles problems facing prison leavers
Energetic performances by a cast of care-leavers and ex-offenders make new musical The Realness a Christmas cracker
Read MoreStink Foot review: A sticky situation at the Yard Theatre
Greek tragedy gets a messy revisionist twist in Stink Foot
Read MoreMother Goose review: a dame good show at Hackney Empire!
Clive Rowe and Sharon D. Clarke return to the cast for the Hackney Empire panto
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