By Melissa Palleschi on 14/01/2014
Theatre Reviews

A Bad Case Of The Mondays is a series of 7 short plays on at the Park Theatre every Monday evening in the month of January and features tales of that imminent day we all dread on a Sunday evening as we ready ourselves for the week. This is by far one of Paradigm Theatre’s […]
By Melissa Palleschi on 12/01/2014
Festival Guide, Film

Cutting East are looking for the next generation of film festival programmers. Last year the film festival was the youth-led contingent of the East End Film Festival and aims to showcase young talent and create a platform for young people to talk about issues that concern them today. They are currently looking for people who live […]
By Melissa Palleschi on 20/12/2013
Theatre Reviews

Much attention has been given to David Tennant’s 80s glam rock locks but it is his playful, enjoyably spontaneous and glorious portrayal of a King in demise we should all be focused on. Tennant gives an exhilarating performance as King Richard the II in the RSC’s latest offering at the Barbican. The Barbican’s grand theatre […]
By Melissa Palleschi on 25/11/2013
arcola, dalston, Theatre
Theatre Reviews

Plays can be drawn from an endless amount of sources . The narrative can be inspired by a building , one phrase , a glance or, in the case of the play ‘Lizzie Siddal ‘, a woman in a painting by a revered artist. In this original production written by Jeremy Green, John Everett Millais’ […]
By Melissa Palleschi on 05/11/2013
Theatre
Theatre Reviews

The Script Sessions have presented yet another evening of new writing this time in collaboration with John Burgess who co-founded the National Studio Theatre and was Head of New Writing at the National from 1989-1994. This evening showcases 6 of his past students’ short plays and was also developed with the Duckdown Theatre company to […]
By Melissa Palleschi on 18/10/2013
film, hackney
Feature, Film, Interviews

Screenwriter Steven Cutts has written a new low-budget film inspired by his own true story from his wild school days called ‘Adieu Marx’, which will have its premiere in Hackney on the 27th of October. ‘Adieu Marx’ was mostly shot in Hackney during the very eventful Olympic summer of 2012 and concerns the lives of five 20 […]
By Melissa Palleschi on 07/10/2013
Culture, Film, Film Reviews

Even if you have never read any of Slavoj Žižek‘s books you probably have seen his face somewhere. Maybe on a youtube video passed around on your Facebook news feed or an article re-tweeted by a critical theorist friend. He is what a friend of mine, who is studying for his PhD in Cultural Studies, […]
By Melissa Palleschi on 04/10/2013
Culture, Interviews, Miscellaneous, Theatre

Jennifer Essex is a contemporary dancer and choreographer who works across the artistic spectrum from film, fashion to physical theatre. She is currently working with the Poise Performance Company on a unique retelling of Oscar Wilde’s ‘Dorian Gray’ which will open on the 7th of October at The CLF Art Cafe aka The Bussey […]
By Melissa Palleschi on 26/09/2013
Festival Guide, Film

This week kicks off the 5th Annual Brazilian Film Festival in London’s West End. Brazil’s rich cinematic culture will be celebrated from the 27th of September to the 1st of October at the Odeon in Covent Garden. There is a Brazilian buzz in the air with the upcoming World Cup event and the Olympics in Rio […]
By Melissa Palleschi on 24/09/2013
Blue Jasmine, Woody Allen
Film Reviews

Woody Allen is back with his latest film, Blue Jasmine, his New York/ San Fran tale of these current shaky and uncertain economic times we are living in. Cate Blanchet shows off her acting chops in this role as Jasmine, the over-privileged Manhattanite whose entire world comes crumbling down around her when she suddenly […]