Published in the Evening Standard August 16, 2021
There’s a new pop-up coming to Brixton – and it’s not a trend-setting bar or foodie destination, but a theatre. Roundabout, an in-the-round venue run by theatre company Paines Plough, will sprout in Slade Gardens this month, offering ten days of live performance: four new plays performed in rep, plus cabaret, comedy and community workshops.
Continue reading “Theatre goes hyper-local: Paines Plough brings its pop-up stage to Brixton”Published in The Observer September 27, 2020
Last summer, the Observer profiled a group of newly-appointed artistic directors – a fresh surge of talent taking its place at the top of six of our best-loved theatre companies. A notably diverse cohort, they were bursting with optimism and ideas for shaking up the industry.
Continue reading “‘There will be positives’: artistic directors on theatre’s terrible year”Singing along loudly, dancing till you sweat, whooping at the drop… this behaviour belongs at a gig or a club, not a theatre, surely? Continue reading “Can the promise of a gig lure music lovers to the theatre?”