Moses KabungaNuclear Future is an austere call to arms. It takes as its base the insecurities of its lead (and only) actor Astrid, played adroitly by Leda Douglas. She stands solitary on stage flanked by two white panels exploding towards the audience, as if...
Martin ThomassonIn a 1994 article entitled, “Discussing the Undiscussable”, New Yorker critic, Arlene Croce, explained her refusal to review a piece by choreographer, Bill T. Jones by accusing him of presenting ‘victim art’. Jones’s show, Still/Here, employed...
Carmel ThomasonIf Pam Adams, author of best-selling children’s book ‘There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly’, was still alive, she would have been 100-years-old this year. Adams lived to be a real old lady, aged 91, and her stories have proved timeless. Based...
Diane ParkesSouth African choreographer Dada Masilo’s Giselle brings the ballet into the 21st century. The Soweto-born choreographer and dancer has taken the classic favourite and thoroughly shaken it up so audiences can anticipate the unexpected. The original...
Steve TimmsDirector William Friedkin is often portrayed as an erratic genius. He’s made some amazing films (The French Connection, To Live and Die in LA) and some outright turkeys (Jade, The Guardian). But the film which most people associate with his name is...
South African choreographer and dancer, Dada Masilo brings her unique interpretation of Giselle to the Lowry as part of a UK tour organised by Dance Consortium, a group committed to showcasing the best international dance from across the globe. Dada...
Gemma FinkillHansel and Gretel is the well-known classic fairy tale of two children who get lost in a wood and take refuge in a cottage where all is not quite as it first appears. Here, kids are still centre stage in the narrative. But for anyone expecting to...
Lorraine Worsley-CarterLorraine Worsley-Carter goes mad for Malta No one ever told me that Valletta, Malta’s capital, is so cool! We chose Valletta, voted 2018’s Capital of Culture, for another 48-hour escapade into another culture. Some might assume that, because of...
Brian DonaldsonFollowing his return to the Edinburgh Fringe after six long years, comedian Nick Helm is back on tour to remind the world of what they’ve been missing. He talks to Brian Donaldson: Always a man who likes an incendiary show title, Phoenix From The...
Canadian stand-up Stewart Francis has embarked on an epic tour of the UK and Ireland. But this is no ordinary tour, for it is, sadly, his very last – well, as a stand-up comedian anyway. He talks to Brian Donaldson: First the sad news. Into The...