Review: Ready or Not Ready or Not is a doozy, as Skyler White might say, and lord knows she is an expert in family nightmares. This darkly charming horror/thriller is … Read More
Theatre Review: Rouge, at the Underbelly Festival
Review: Rouge Rouge is not for the kiddies – they do spell that out on the poster – unless you want your little ones to rethink unicorns and get aroused … Read More
Album Review: Years to Burn
Review: Years to Burn I was lucky enough to see Calexico stomp through ninety minutes of live genius last year at London’s Shepherds Bush O2 venue, promoting their album The … Read More
August at the Soho Theatre
August: Soho Theatre One of my favourite venues in London is hosting one of my favourite comics, and her husband. Natasha Leggero (Another Period, Burning Love, and lots more) and … Read More
Theatre Review: Captain Corelli’s Mandolin
Captain Corelli’s Mandolin Corelli finally hits the stage. Did you read the book Captain Corelli’s Mandolin? Millions worldwide did and I remember seeing it clutched in the hands of a … Read More
Book Review: The Liar’s Room, Simon Lelic
Review: The Liar’s Room After a two-page opening that couldn’t be more attention grabbing, The Liar’s Room jumps back a bit to start our story in a therapist’s office; two … Read More
Twelfth Night at the Rose Playhouse
Twelfth Night Much has been made – even here at PCB, and by me, of the not so recent trend of staging a Shakespeare play in a modern or quirky … Read More
Review: A Simple Space, Underbelly Festival
A Simple Space Every once in a while when in the audience watching something amazingly cool, there comes a little slip up. The singer misses a note, the second serve … Read More
VAULT Festival 2019 Wrap Up, Awards
VAULT Festival 2019 The VAULT Festival 2019 has wrapped, and if you UK residents or visitors didn’t get a chance to stop in, really, next year, you must. This collection … Read More
Book Review: Dream Sequence
Dream Sequence Get to know an obsessive fan (wait, can we immediately substitute “stalker” if they are just dreaming away…?) and wonder what makes them tick in Adam Foulds’ new … Read More
Theatre Review: Richard II
Richard II Seems very few theatre companies, anywhere in the world, present Shakespeare the way audiences would have enjoyed it back in the day – openair theatre, local white men, … Read More
Theatre Review: Rattled
Review: Rattled Rachel Harper is a force of nature in Rattled. Barely taking a breath, Harper performs an intense and personal monologue as Emma, a young woman we meet having … Read More
Review: Richard III at Temple Church
Richard III Antic Disposition’s Richard III at London’s Temple Church Is it fair to give extra credit to a theatre production based on the venue at which it is held? … Read More
Theatre Review: Greyscale
Review: Greyscale Immersive theatre can take many forms – buy a ticket and you might find yourself at Tony and Tina’s Wedding, dressed to the nines at an Italian-American extravaganza … Read More