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“Claustrophobia of a corner shop” – The Amber Trap – Theatre 503
Under the fluorescent lighting stacking tins of soup, early 20-something Katie feels at home. The songs on the radio change but the customers don’t, and Hope is there to tease her, juggle fruit and...
“Dizzying heights” – Banff Mountain Film Festival – Wimbledon Theatre
The theatre is not a place you would normally associate with the great outdoors, but from January through to May 2019 Banff Mountain Film Festival has been transforming UK theatres into an enclave of...
“Expertly timed” – It’s Not a Sprint – Vault
Ever felt like you were stumbling through life rather than running it? Living in London can feel like a sprint sometimes, barging up and down escalators and chasing pay cheques whilst trying to hold family and friends, a...
“Painful but ultimately hopeful” – I Run – Vault
Grief is something that we must all experience at some point in our lives, but that fact alone does not in any way prepare us for it.
When a father loses his 6-year-old daughter to...
“Intelligent and witty” – Holly Morgan is a Witch, Get Her! – Vault Festival
It’s not easy to write a comedy about something as un-funny as the torture and persecution of thousands of women, Holly Morgan acknowledges sagely, and yet, she does a bewitching job of it.
If you’ve...
“Disquieting, edge-of-your-seat stuff” – The Apologists – Vault Festival
When was the last time you apologised? Accidentally brushing someone awkwardly on the tube? Getting held up at work perhaps, and leaving a friend waiting?
But have you ever had to apologise for something big?...
“The conviction is there… but the execution is messy” – Birthright – Vault
In this unorthodox tale of a pilgrimage (of-sorts) to Israel by two young, Jewish 20-somethings, questions of faith, identity and the nature of religion exchange blows. Like faith itself, in Birthright the conviction is...
“Ugly and anger inducing” – Call Me Fury – Vault
The Salem witch trials of late 17th century America are infamous. In just a little over a year, more than 200 people were accused in the states of Massachusetts and Connecticut alone. Nineteen of...
“Punchy, episodic drama” – Kicking All the Boxes – Vault Festival
When it comes to boxes, would you rather be ticking them, or kicking them? What if when faced with your future, you kick it in the head?
In this punchy, episodic drama, Irish kickboxing junior-champ...
“Rip up the history books” – WOMANS (Like Romans but with a W) –...
Cast your mind back momentarily to your school history lessons... who writes history, children? The winners, that's right. And if history has taught us anything, the winners were almost always powerful men. Good thing...
