by Hannah Kane | Jan 26, 2016 | Culture
Deep underneath Waterloo station lies a dark, tangled network of abandoned tunnels. Tomorrow the subterranean venue opens to the public for the fourth annual VAULT Festival, a celebration of the UK’s most subversive theatre, independent film, comedy, music and...
by Julie Reid | Apr 27, 2015 | Culture
Economic instability, political dissatisfaction, uncertainty over whether your vote will count – welcome to the issues of the day, circa 1647. A nobleman sits at the banqueting table of King Charles I and enquires about a servant’s sick child. We all suffer, he...
by Hannah Kane | Feb 20, 2015 | Culture
Julie Reid gets happy…in a tortured sort of way David Beames (Willie) and Juliet Stevenson (Winnie) in Happy Days at the Young Vic. Photo by Johan Persson The Young Vic’s new production opens with Winnie, a middle-aged woman, buried in the ground up to her...
by Hannah Kane | Jul 17, 2014 | Culture
Reasons To Go: 1. New Acting Talent Samantha Colley makes her professional stage debut at The Old Vic with a haunting yet fierce portrayal of the formidable Abigail Williams, holding her own opposite Richard Armitage and gripping the audience in the palm of her...
by Hannah Kane | Jul 11, 2014 | Culture
Vampires, ear-licking, drag queen best friends and 70’s marching band uniforms: Emily Beeson joins Canadian dance rock’n’rollers The Wet Secrets for coffee at the Tate Modern… The Wet Secrets aren’t your typical rock’n’roll...
by Hannah Kane | May 16, 2014 | Culture
As the RSC’s Hilary Mantel adaptations hit London this year, we talk to the actress making waves as one of history’s best-known mistresses… Lydia Leonard is a force to be reckoned with. Having evoked the spirit of Greek Tragedy on stage as Polyxena...
by Hannah Kane | Dec 5, 2013 | Culture
★★★☆☆ Henry V, Act 4, Scene 7. The King of England, engaged in the midst of a bloody battle with France, strides onto the stage with his nobles in tow, having just discovered that, against all codes of military conduct, the French troops have murdered the group of...
