Stage
The Trial – Kafka’s play comes to Hackney
Adaptation of Kafka’s The Trial sees audience members hotfoot around East London
Read MoreWatt – a charged performance
A stage adaptation of Samuel Beckett’s second novel Watt opens this month at the Barbican
Read MoreProphesy – prophets and loss of love
A young Paris and Helen of Troy are lead characters in Prophesy, a play intent on going against the theatrical grain
Read MoreMare Rider – review
Arcola co-founder Leyla Nazli’s new play has echoes of The Master and Margarita’s magical realism
Read MoreLeyla Nazli – juggling myth and reality
Leyla Nazli manages to write plays about mythical creatures whilst simultaneously helping to run the Arcola Theatre
Read MoreThe Master and Margarita – review
Mikhail Bulgakov’s ‘unstageable’ masterpiece at the Barbican
Read MoreStaging the ‘unstageable’ – The Master and Margarita
The Master and Margarita returns for a second stint at the Barbican
Read MoreMeet Susie McKenna – Hackney Empire’s pantotime queen
Dick Whittington and His Cat is this year’s pantomime at the Hackney Empire. The Hackney Citizen talks to the show’s writer and director, Susie McKenna
Read MoreDead On Her Feet – review
Arcola Theatre, until 3 November 2012
Read MoreCaucasian Chalk Circle – review
Marxist playwright’s famous work seems quite at home in Shoreditch Church
Read MoreBinoche stars in Strindberg’s Mademoiselle Julie
The hottest tickets in town this month are for the Barbican’s blockbuster Mademoiselle Julie
Read MoreCarousel- review
Opera North’s Carousel is an enjoyable, if hardly revolutionary version of the classic musical
Read MoreReasons to be cheerful
Disabled-led company Graeae’s profile is on the rise after a string of successful productions in 2012, with more to come
Read MoreTrailblazers – Queens of TV Comedy at Hackney Empire
A celebration of female comedy stars of UK television who managed to earn their own shows
Read MoreGrimeborn 2012 – an alternative festival of opera
This year, the Arcola’s unconventional musical theatre and opera festival will be held in the Tent
Read MoreFair grounds for a musical – Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel
The Hackney Citizen discovers a Rodgers and Hammerstein show at the Barbican
Read MoreFireWater – preview
Sunday 22 July 2012, Rosemary Branch Theatre
Read MoreDesdemona – an untold story
Mali’s Rokia Traoré adds her unique talents to a new production at the Barbican, giving voice to one of Shakespeare’s neglected characters
Read MoreBitch! Dyke! Faghag! Whore! – review
Arcola Tent, Dalston. Until Sunday 22 July 2012
Read MoreStephen K Amos to compère GayExtravaganza at Hackney Empire
Have a gay ol’ time as the Hackney Empire celebrates the best of LGBT comedy
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