Polarbear’s new show, Old Me, is a sincere account of a life that has drastically changed in a short space of time. Through his straight forward and articulate storytelling, we are introduced to a host characters from his past and present including a grandmother with dodgy sayings, a straight talking best friend, a girlfriend in [...]

Anyone who follows me on Twitter will know that I am constantly saying “‘why isn’t theatre doing this?”‘,”‘when are we going to see some digital innovations in the arts”, and a general “I want digital apps for theatre now“. Well my prayers have been answered this week in an app designed by Hide&Seek and commissioned [...]

In a blacked-out box within the Theatre & Performance section of the Victoria and Albert Museum sits Katie Mitchell’s installation piece, Five Truths. The floor glimmers with shiny blackness, the walls are a dull matte black, and a series of projections of various shapes and sizes are playing the five films that make up the installation, [...]

In Zecora Ura’s Hotel Medea the audience are invited to attend a six hour long performance that begins at midnight and ends with breakfast at six in the morning. Broken into three parts, it is a mammoth meeting of audience, actors and dancers with the story of love and hatred, as Medea seeks revenge upon [...]