Nando Messias’ alter-ego / performance persona Sissy has been navigating through gender barriers and society’s fault lines for over seven years in an ongoing series of works. Shoot the Sissy, which premieres at the Chelsea Theatre as part of the And What? Queer Arts Festival builds on Sissy and The Sissy’s Progress – but stands […]

What a glorious 75 minutes of dance theatre Gala is. I don’t remember the last time that a live performance has made me grin like a Cheshire cat and burst into smiling tears… It’s remarkable. French dance artist Jérôme Bel has gathered together 20 performers of varying ages and abilities – some professional dancers, some […]

Building on two scratch performances held at Battersea Arts Centre in 2015, writer and performer Femi Martin returns for three nights with her one-woman show, How To Die of a Broken Heart. Martin takes her intimate audience through a series of relationships and health scares as she discovers the strange, corruptive and accommodating behaviours of […]

A collaboration between writer/director Tassos Stevens (of Coney fame) and composer/sound designer Nick Ryan, Fortune combines Stevens’ storytelling with Ryan’s evocative soundscape. An ever-changing atmosphere surrounds Stevens as he tells his stories, from storms erupting at sea to chiming bells – and the audience is invited to consider chance, fortune and serendipity, with some fun […]

Me and my muse: in preparation for the premiere of his new piece, Shoot the Sissy, Nando Messias reflects on the nature of the creative process ‘In show business,’ says Honey Whitlock, ‘we say Break a Leg. NEVER fucking Good Luck!’ She’s a character in John Walter’s marvellous film Cecil B. Demented, and she speaks […]