Feature: Theresa Ikoko on the beauty of imagination and why we scapegoat the young
Theresa Ikoko is on a roll. She’s taken a quick lunch break from her day job helping to reduce youth crime in London and we’re having a natter about her play Gi...
Samuel Sims
Feature: Power shifts and the hidden world of toilet attendants
Could the hidden struggles of Britain’s toilet attendants spark powerful change? A play inspired by a whole night in a nightclub’s toilets, conjuring up the ...
Review: Echoes of Eternity, London Coliseum
Who knew ballet would go down such a treat with a boisterous child? The little boy sitting in front of me flings his arms about gleefully with abandon. I’m remi...
Feature: Blurring the line between political fact and fiction in Proud
It’s impossible to escape the numb uncertainty that has screeched in our mostly, dumbfounded faces for the last month. Like a banshee that has devoured four bag...
Review: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts 1 and 2, Palace Theatre
We're so hell-bent on maintaining the idea of nature or nurture - an either-or that it has become ubiquitous in determining humanity's actions. But what if it's...
Review: The Bodyguard, Dominion Theatre
I don't know what I did to deserve almost being set on fire but to see The Bodyguard's fully charged, pyrotechnic laden opening number thrown at the audience wi...
Samuel Sims
Managing Director
Sam is a freelance writer with work published in Vice, the ipaper and The Stage, among others. He hails from Hull, 2017's City of Culture so you probably won't understand a word he says.