When I hear about adaptations in the theatre world, I usually envision seeing them in a West End theatre. This has been my only exposure to them in the past. This made me quite excited to see how the Golden Goose Theatre, a pub theatre in Camberwell, was going to put on George Orwell’s Animal Farm. At first, I noticed that there were no animal costumes being used by the cast, this makes a lot of sense given that the original material is a book where the animals’ looks weren’t necessarily … [Read more...]

It’s well known that nowadays quite a lot of women enjoy playing video games. But I have not heard much about how they fit into the gaming community. In Sluts with Consoles, Alice Robb and Alice Flynn put on a show that explores exactly that. In a meta video game-like setting, we are introduced to Player 1 and Player 2. Player 1 played by Robb, and Player 2 played by Flynn. It is made clear that Player 1 is newer to the gaming scene and thus more innocent and agreeable. While Player 2 has been … [Read more...]

Above the Hen and Chicken Theatre Bar, Elle Robertson-Phillips performs a new kind of times-up tale. In the one-woman show The Whistling Kite you are given a dynamic performance from Elle. The show takes place entirely in an appointment with a therapist who is only referred to as David. He is presumed to be sitting across from her, where the audience is. Elle appears to be a ‘fleabagesque’ characterization of the ‘messy woman’ archetype. It’s hilarious but intentionally depressing. She … [Read more...]

The title, Song Queen: A Pidgin Opera captivates interest within itself. The two words Pidgin and Opera seem worlds apart. But the typically Italian art of opera and the Nigerian Pidgin dialect can live very closely together in an international hub such as London. The fusion of these different cultures relates to the aims of the show. The program states that the show “aims to create a space that brings people from diverse cultures together, find commonalities and celebrate each other in … [Read more...]

This play telling the true story of John Harris’ (Edmund Sage-Green) incarceration and execution in 1965 South Africa is appropriately titled The Only White - because he is the only white person ever executed in the country’s history. It is told mainly through conversations within the Hain family who are taking in John’s wife. In The Only White, most of the time two scenes are being viewed - John is in his cell and the family with Anne Harris (Avena Mansergh-Wallace) at the home. The Hain family … [Read more...]