Sphere (Are We Where We Are?, Shop Front Theatre, Coventry, 8 Nov 2018)
reviewed by Stella Backhouse According to Roland Barthes (in a quote I can’t seem to locate, but it sounds like
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Festival
Are We Where We Are #7/8, (Stephanie Ridings and Cristina Catalina, Shop Front Theatre, Coventry, 11 October 2018)
review by Stella Backhouse According to a recent survey by pollsters ORB International, “people are disgruntled with the protracted Brexit
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Rear View (IOU Theatre, Festival of Imagineers, Coventry, 21 September 2018)
review by Stella Backhouse Alarm bells started ringing when Cecilia Knapp unexpectedly began to speak. “I am sixty-five years old,”
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The Sleeping Princess by Hel Robin Gurney
– reviewed by Amy Russell at Manchester Fringe – What is it? A tale of Red Hoods and Glass
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I’d Be Lost Without It (Wet Picnic, Shop Front Festival, Coventry, 23 March 2018)
review by Stella Backhouse Before physical theatre company Wet Picnic began performing I’d be Lost Without It as part of
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The Fall of Byron Montrose. Poet. Gentleman. Lover (Upstairs at the Western, Leicester, 23 February 2018)
reviewed by Sally Jack After the recent UK Pun Championships, Leicester’s long-running comedy festival features another dip into wordplay, this
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UK Pun Championships 2018 (Leicester Comedy Festival, De Montfort Hall, Leicester, 12 Feb 2018)
reviewed by Sally Jack After puns galore on the trending #UKPunDay, it seems we all have a pun up our
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Paradigm Rhymes – Beyond the Dome (by Mellow Baku, Inside Out Festival, Curve Theatre, 21 Oct 2017)
reviewed by Sally Jack Curve Theatre’s Inside Out Festival celebrates “leading and emerging East Midlands artists”, showcasing writers, theatre makers
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Poet in Da Corner (by Debris Stevenson, Inside Out Festival, Curve Theatre, Leicester, 20 Oct 2017)
reviewed by Sally Jack Now in its fourth year, Curve Theatre’s Inside Out Festival celebrates “leading and emerging East Midlands
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“The night’s young, you’re not”: New Orleans Poetry Festival Day 2
-Reviewed by Claire Trévien– Today’s summary is going to be a little more perfunctory than yesterday’s, as I spent more
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