Carmel ThomasonThe Quays Duck Race returns this Easter to raise money for children’s health charity MedEquip4Kids. We talk to the charity’s Hayden Cowap to find out more: Great to hear the duck race is back after a two year gap. For those who haven’t been...
Do you hear the people sing? Yes, I do. And I hear them cry – there are even nose-blowing sobs to the left of me. I also hear the roar of approval with thunderous applause that sees the whole auditorium on its feet as soon the stage goes black. This...
Paul ThomasonIt may have been going for more than five decades but you will not see a more vibrant show this year than the current touring production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Given its popularity and longevity it is hard now to imagine...
Martin ThomassonIt was a very smart move of Tim Firth to adapt his 1998 TV comedy, Neville’s Island, for the stage in 2013. It has rarely – if ever – been out of production since. It looks like being another smart move for him to realise (or be...
Old Etonian, Eric Blair – better known to us as George Orwell – walked-the-walk rather more determinedly than most bourgeois left-leaning artists and intellectuals. His early works of social criticism (Down and Out in Paris and London...
Niamh MelodyMiray Sidhom is a brilliant storyteller. That becomes increasingly clear throughout this production of The Bread We Break at Contact Theatre. She captures the essence of Egypt through clever projections behind her set and through the incredible live...
You know a performance has hit the right note when a 10-year-old spontaneously throws his hands in the air in time with the performers and says: “That looks fun!” And it is. Even if you can’t immediately put a name to the tune, you will likely...
Georgina WellsCommissioned by Sadlers Wells and created pre-pandemic, Alexander Whitley’s Overflow is only now touring the UK. Inspired by humankind’s relationship with digital technology and its impact on our lives, this charged and highly contemporary work has...
Writer Alison Carr wanted to create something that audiences don’t just sit and watch – they become part of it. The result was The Last Quiz Night On Earth – a quiz night AND the world is about to end. She talks to Quays Life about...
Hollie Harding is the first composer to create an immersive spatial performance using bone-conducting technology. She talks to Quays Life about her new work Melting, Shifting, Liquid World being performed at Stoller Hall. Composer Hollie Harding Can...