The Ugly Noo Noo: Astounding cricket capers remain contemporary
There were probably few, if any, people who, when they gave The Ugly Noo Noo a standing ovation in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, thought it could be even … Read More
Category: Theatre
Aïo: Looking for a thread
Putting on a show requiring audience participation is risky. For a start, there needs to be a large enough audience, as well as a crowd that joins in, preferably slightly … Read More
Dog Rose barks up the right tree
She’s a sassy young one. Bit of a bitch actually. To her mom at least, not her dad. But we discover she has her reasons. Her friends we don’t meet. … Read More
Lara Foot’s Othello revamp reroutes the question of barbarity
Although Shakespeare’s plays are hilarious, tragic, insightful, and ridiculous – sometimes in one text – they are today often better read than watched. Odd, perhaps, given they were made to … Read More
The astonishing, heartbreaking beauty of Cion: Requiem of Ravel’s Boléro
“Imagine a song….that gives voice to people’s anger….The anger precedes the song…but the song precedes the people…The voice must be sung into existence, so the song precedes speech, clears the … Read More