Long gone are the days in which we expect student events coverage to be exclusively comprised of budget club nights. Here are the best of cultural events for students in early 2015. I like to think that we’ve all moved past that. Students – and those at the top London […]

It is not uncommon to be in an audience, waiting in rapt attention for the start of a theatre performance, hoping to be taken into a new world for a few hours. What is less common is to be backstage, waiting for your cue to brush aside the curtains and […]

Review of Coriolanus at Donmar Warehouse, London, 30/01/2014 On the 30th of January, Coriolanus broadcast live around the world from the Donmar Warehouse in London. The Shakespearean play is one of the least known amongst his work, and scepticism has haunted many views surrounding the play as to how the dramatic […]

I kind of missed out on the KT Tunstall thing when she was really big, though she is still a very much recognised name and obviously has more than enough pull to sell out the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane.  But then, her demographic is a very mixed bag.  On […]

It’s that time of year again when acrobats, foodies and comedians all unite to make the Edinburgh Festivals better than ever. Any and every festival to tickle your fancy will be playing in various venues all across Edinburgh but what festivals are the best picks? From free festivals to award-winning ones, […]

It’s a normal Sunday evening in the West End of London. The actors and dancers of London’s theatres are quietly practicing their lines and pirouettes. The theatres are in darkness. It is the one non-glitzy night of the week when we can all take our makeup off and put on […]

Darkness surrounds the stage. A door slams. A rocking chair swings. The Woman In Black, one of the West End’s longest running plays, keeps notching up frightened but enthusiastic fans. No wonder that the play, based on Susan Hill’s novel, has been lasting for so long. The austere setting (two […]

A theatre is photographed mid demolition. It’s a terrible loss to the arts. It’s the end of an icon. It’s just awful… or is it? Statements like this could be easily forgiven if one does some light homework on the producer of this image. The photographer, Rjuyi Miyamoto, has risen […]