Review: The English Heart, Etcetera Theatre
Billed as a Brexit-inspired tale, The English Heart seems to focus more on the obsessive power of sex than the political chaos of the last year. Yes, the charac...
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Feature: Love, music and the horrors of war in Narvik
Themes of heroism, bravery – a struggle with identity – and a love story, underscored by an evocative musical soundscape, bring to life an often-neglected pocke...
Feature: Breaking down boundaries with food in EAT Zagi
The social importance of eating together is reiterated throughout history and resonates across cultures. Of course, here in Britain, the attention affixed to te...
Blog: Friendship, nostalgia and two lives marked by global events in Years of Sunlight
Director Amelia Sears examines the human cost of global events in Michael McLean’s play Years of Sunlight, exploring themes of class, identitity, addiction, jud...
Blog: News, social media and avoiding the echo chamber
Writer Stuart Slade on why breaking out of our safe social media bubbles, and opening ourselves up to stare trauma in the face, is the only way to change the wo...
Blog: What’s going on with men, power, work and politics?
Ahead of their last tour date, Alister Lownie looks at the themes of power and the politically complex commentary on England’s working men tackled in Two Destin...