Feature: Brain of Brittain
Jon Brittain is a busy man. We meet in a cafe opposite an old church he’s rehearsing Potted Sherlock in – he’s directing – between days of filming short sketche...
New Diorama Theatre
Review: Run, New Diorama Theatre
Many of us in the arts will bemoan an unpaid internship with the prospect of a low-paid job at the end of it, if at all. But what’s it like at the other end of ...
Feature: Incoming Festival preview – The Wardrobe Ensemble
With May’s Incoming Festival rapidly approaching, I caught up with Jesse Meadows, one of the nine members of the Wardrobe Ensemble. This rather large compan...
Incoming Festival preview: Awkward City
"If you could hold on to one memory for the rest of your life, which one would you choose?" This is the question at the heart of Dissolve. Awkward City’s late...
Incoming Festival preview: Remote Control Theatre
Remote Control is not afraid to suffer for its art. It is a company that uses theatre as a means of probing into the darker recesses of human nature. This was e...
INCOMING Preview: Smoking Apples and Little Cauliflower
Puppetry is all about movement. A group of puppeteers creating a show about an incurable muscle-wasting condition that takes away all mobility sounds like a...