Audiences won’t need to be spoiled for choice when it comes to “Funny Femmes” - they’ll get three cracking comedy sets for one in this triple bill comedy show from an all-female comedians of colour line-up. Who’s on the bill you ask? Charlie George is an award-winning stand-up comedian and writer who was voted LGBTQ... Continue Reading →
Interview: Director Megan Brewer Talks “Fester” at the Camden Fringe
Faust’s Gretchen is heading to the Camden Fringe thanks to an ambitious team and their production of “Fester”. With their sights set on placing a woman’s determination to take back control centre stage, this 55-minute devised physical theatre piece aims to be reflective of both then and now. As the show is set to play... Continue Reading →
Interview: Rabiah Coon Talks Comedy Show “Nice Try”
Rabiah Coon is bringing her comedy show “Nice Try” to the Camden Fringe in a double bill featuring both Coon and Stephanie Lorence, who will perform her show "Clown Nipples". The duo are raising money for Refuge and the MS Society charities, so audiences are promised both laughter and doing some good all in one.... Continue Reading →
Interview: Agustina Dieguez Buccella Talks New Show, “Fragile”
Agustina Dieguez Buccella is heading to the Camden Fringe with a very personal show this year. Here, she talks about her journey into the industry, influences on her work and the intentions of this new play, “Fragile”, which plays the Etcetera Theatre on Saturday 7th August and Saturday 28th August. First of all, how are... Continue Reading →
Interview: Orla Sanders Talks Taking on “Twelfth Night” – Solo
The talented Orla Sanders returns to the Camden Fringe with a brand new and very ambitious show this year: a one woman “Twelfth Night”. You can catch this mammoth undertaking of twelve characters and 7,500 words performed by one actress in just sixty minutes at the Etcetera Theatre on August 23rd and 24th (1.30pm). Here,... Continue Reading →
Interview: Tom Foreman Talks New Play “Big Boys”
Tom Foreman’s “Big Boys” is set to play The Lion and Unicorn Theatre next month (6 - 10 July 2021). As a personal play exploring the challenges of growing up, the changing nature of friendships and poor mental health in young men, there’s a lot to cover here, and cover it we do! Here, Foreman... Continue Reading →
Review: HOW I LEARNED TO SWIM
Saturday June 5th 2021 - streamed via Jermyn Street Theatre. Somebody Jones is back with a new short play, and as with BLACK WOMEN DATING WHITE MEN, what shines through this piece is its reflective tone and observant writing. In HOW I LEARNED TO SWIM, we have a personal story front and centre, but Jones... Continue Reading →
Interview: Georgie Bailey & Hal Darling Talk ChewBoy Productions’ “Tethered”
ChewBoy Productions are back with a new show! “Tethered”, a ‘madcap caper’, is set to play The Lion and Unicorn from 20th - 24th July 2021... live and in person! I caught up with co-founders of the company Georgie Bailey and Hal Darling (also playing both roles in this two-hander) ahead of ChewBoy’s return to... Continue Reading →
Interview: Francesca Forristal Talks Theatre, Drag & the Importance of Laughing to Learn
My latest gossipy chinwag is with Francesca Forristal, comedy and songwriter, actor and drag artist extraordinaire. Here Francesca talks about getting into the arts, the importance of broad thinking when it comes to drag artists and why it’s so important to laugh at the difficult subjects in order to truly engage with and understand them.... Continue Reading →
Interview: Ollie Norton-Smith Talks Our Man in Havana & Speed Dial
Spies Like Us are bringing not one but two pieces to the 2020 Vault Festival. One - Our Man in Havana - is a fully fledged production which has already gained significant recognition and the other - Speed Dial - is a work in progress. With both arriving on the Vault scene between 3-7th March... Continue Reading →