I should start by saying that Mr Bulgakov and I go pretty far back. All the way back to 1997 when I was cast in at least seven different parts in a my university’s stage adaptation of Black Snow, a witheringly satirical novella that recounts the hate-hate relationship between the author and the eccentric […]
I have the utmost admiration and respect for playwrights brave enough to attempt to reincarnate well known poets, Shelley’s ‘unacknowledged legislators of the world,’ on stage in order to shed some light on the mysterious cult status their lives seem to acquire; or use that mystery and status to explore some of the issues of […]
We all giggle at first as a regiment of six soldiers stand to attention in front of us in the foyer of the Shoreditch Town Hall. They are barking orders at us, one at a time. ‘Mobile devices are to be switched OFF!’ ‘You will be divided into TWO groups!’ ‘MARCH!’ All rather […]
Impressively, The Planxtonic Players manage to accomplish the feat of drawing you into a seedy nest of tedium and frustration and compelling you to want desperately to stay in that pit of despair and see it to its bitter end. Such is the spellbinding night of theatre that is their production of Savage in […]
Whether you agree with The Guardian’s assessment of Chatsworth Road as the ‘frontline of Hackney’s gentrification’ or find it to be grossly unfair, glib labeling, misleading and unhelpful, one thing is clear: there are fewer greater manifestations of the change in the atmosphere of the borough in general than the continental influence on our […]
A Londoner’s healthy scepticism and a doleful warning from our trusty well-thumbed Timeout London Eating and Drinking Guide (2004 Edition) stating that ‘there’s very little now that’s pukka to be found in “Banglatown”, and the general standard of food is pretty low’ has kept me away from the majority of curry houses on Brick lane. […]
You might be forgiven for thinking initially that a bar called The Rattlesnake, Dublin-born designer Paul Daly’s newest venture, is only the latest in a long line of Tex Mex eateries and watering holes peppering Islington’s Upper Street. You wouldn’t be forgiven for long though, not once you’d set foot inside the door. Initial […]
