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  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 [...]

Photo by Dan John Lloyd BULLYACHE’s evening of emotional ballads, expressed through a medley of dance mediums, knows its audience. When drag artist Barbs walks onto a reductive nightclub version [...]

Gaza ~ In July, a heart-wrenching image of Hidayat Al-Motawaq holding her malnourished 18-month-old son, Mohammad Al-Motawaq, went viral, becoming emblematic of a crisis that has introduced [...]

Southern Charm …it’s with a sombre mood that I’m penning the penultimate blog of this quartet on Reality TV. This is partly because all the fizzy, heavy hitters are now on summer recess – [...]

Hi, I’m Tamsin ~ a senior public relations and strategic stakeholder communications professional with a rich background in PR and multichannel campaign strategy/delivery for: social impact, [...]

Below Deck Down Under Let’s talk about islands, or at least distant places where the waterline is visible on waking, and sand, softer than a grainy sandwich in Margate, is a footstep from your [...]

Guilty pleasures TV – The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives   This blog is for pure unadulterated pleasure – it bears no relationship to my theatre writing-making, the life of the poetry scene or [...]

Photo of Matthew Keeler, Rosie Strobel & Elliot Broadfoot by Alex Brenner. It’s time for a Bonaparty according to the vision of Charles Court Opera’s indefatigable composing/writing duo [...]