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  The sensation of completing the TV pilot is similar to consuming a much-craved ice-cream on a hot day, which considering I’m aiming at moreish television, feels promising. However, I’m [...]

Photo by Laurent-Phillipe Adam Linder’s Acid Gems and Marco da Silva Ferreira’s a Folia both pop as ensemble pieces with instantly recognisable aesthetics – holding true to a trend for live dance [...]

On Saturday, US-Israel air-strikes left 165 people dead and dozens wounded at a girls’ school in Minab, following escalating tensions over Iran’s nuclear enrichment programme. This was one [...]

So, I have minutely sad news. The beta play isn’t exactly dead. It is in Purgatory. Its soul is on the shelf, due to the arrival of a much shinier cousin. Unfortunately, or fortunately [...]

photo of ensemble by Dimitri Djuric Japan’s Chiten Theatre has brought an adaptation of Dostoyevsky’s existentialist novella The Gambler to London, prompting philosophy’s favourite question – [...]

I’d like to talk about extra textual sleuthing, hitherto known as ETS. Let’s face it, unless you have a couple of hefty writing commissions that cover your rent/mortgage and bi-weekly [...]

So, I’ve decided to document my playwriting process. I’m doing this partly as a motivational activity…because I want to keep momentum. Momentum being something that has often [...]

  A ballet within a drama is a weird trope of post-war cinema that, thanks to Christmas TV programming, has dug firm roots into our collective imagination, with films such as The Red Shoes [...]

Photo by écoute chérie A mixed programme of contrasting choreographic premieres can be hit and miss but not when the standard is pointedly high. Set to the thread of composer Nico Muhly’s [...]

Into the Hairy is billed as a ‘sensual’ experience delivered by eight dancers, but it would be wrong to write it off as an expression of sexuality. Made by Sadler’s Wells [...]