I think it’s useful to start by saying that The Raun Tree is a music performance.  Now, I’m not a fan of categorising performance into genres – you risk reducing your audience and limiting expectations. Blurring the borders between genres and mixing disciplines so often has especially vivid results – sparking new associations by creating richly layered […]

‘Myths are the stories we used to explain ourselves’ – so begins Kate Tempest’s accomplished production of Brand New Ancients. This virtuosic performance uses spoken word and live music to celebrate ‘everyday epics’ and the gods that walk amongst us. From the offset one cannot help but warm to Kate’s genuine charm as she greets the […]

A story can be as individual as a person’s home and The Room in the Elephantis an individual’s story about his home and the stories it’s inspired. The first co-production between Òran Mór’s A Play, a Pie and a Pint and Tobacco Factory Theatre, Tom Wainwright’s new play is inspired by graffiti artist Banksy painting THIS […]

Gary Kitching is a direct, warm and welcoming chap. He establishes an easy audience rapport as he sets up the guiding premise of his show, Me and Mr C. We are to lower any expectations we might have for it, he tells us; he’s made it in order to have a one-man show as an actor […]

  Presented as part of the Unlimited season at the Southbank Centre, Stumble danceCircus’ 70 minute piece is unusual in that the issue it explores – bipolar disorder – is one of the most ‘invisible’ disabilities in society today. How do you tackle manic depression on a stage? With a non-stop sensory assault of hyperactive […]