Bad decisions – we’ve all made them. Often the worst of them come when we are angry, or sad, when we act with pure emotion and not a thought for the consequences. Never is this more true than when we are young, before life experience teaches us the skills to …
“Lord”, it’s a word and a title with undoubtedly strong associations. Of power, of reverence, of subservience, of devotion. But placed on the head of a paranoid schizophrenic, heir to an Earldom? It’s enough to strike terror, inspire delirious laughter, and shake up the lives of everyone who must bow …
Have you ever walked down rows of bookshelves, and imagined the characters they contain stepping from the pages? Have you brushed your fingers along their spines, and imagined their stories permeating through your fingertips? Have you ever dreamed of being locked overnight in a library, and hearing their voices whisper …
In poet Jackie Hagan’s latest show, the title itself is a warning and the opening five minutes of This is not a Safe Space a series of caveats and disclaimers, at the core of which is this: talking about class is not easy, and nor is it quiet, polite or ‘safe’. It’s …
There is surely no better way to break apart and bust taboos, than to unpack them, loud and proud, in a public space, and there can be no greater thrill than to make work that leads this conversation. Is it the responsibility of theatre to do this? And is it …
Dementia. Whether we are at an age where we fear it for ourselves, or whether we fear it for the sake of our loved ones, dementia has a foreboding, threatening presence in the lives of millions of families. Whether you have read in the headlines that diagnosis is on the …
I was recently invited on board with Ja? Theatre Company as producer for their inaugural production, /Sylvia\. Ja? Theatre Company is a newly established theatre company founded by Dutch director Anne Mulleners and Norwegian Actor/ Dramaturge Melissa Syversen. Their ambition? To find ways to mix and adapt European theatre traditions, mainly focused …
‘Conquest’, the debut production from female-led Pear Shaped Theatre, is a subversive and delightfully NOT straight-faced-and-deadly-serious take on what it is to be a young woman and a feminist. Writer Katie Carden has stuck the difficult balance between tough-talking and comedy, with… Cupcakes. Literally. She’s pelted that boundary with cupcakes. But …
Ja? theatre company formed in 2017 as a partnership between director Anne Mulleners and dramatrug Melissa Syversen, who met studying dramaturgy at Royal Central School of Drama the previous year. Anne is a Dutch director and has worked as a SM and AD on several productions including Sweet Like Chocolate, Boy by Tristan …
Full Disclosure Theatre are a theatre company committed to exploring LGBTQ+ narratives. Made up of Artistic Directors Chris Davis and Sam Luffman, who met training on the StoneCrabs Young Directors Programme 2016/2017, they produce and direct passionate and challenging new work with a queer element On the 11th of February they …
