Smoke and Mirrors at the Crescent Theatre
Using the minimalist environment of a trapeze, a rope, two chairs and a light, Smoke and Mirrors delivers an honest, fresh acrobatic perspective to the themes of isolation, oppression, yearning and...
View ArticleThe Art of Baroque at the Birmingham Museum
A tour focussing on Italian and Northern European art of the 17th century; including a wide range of subjects, from the religious and mythological, to secular and seascape, with tour guide Jane....
View ArticleA Nude Descends into a Lump by Mark Bleakley at The Collective
Catch Mark Bleakley’s amazing work of dance and live performance art, A Nude Descends into a Lump, at The Collective this summer. His strange and innovative practice explores the body as a site for...
View ArticleRally & Broad at The Bongo Club
Rally & Broad is Edinburgh’s longstanding literary-flavoured cabaret night, boasting spoken word, live literature, new music and dancing into the wee small hours, hosted by Jenny Lindsay and former...
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Aurora Galore: Glamorous Weirdo at London Wonderground
Piecing together an original take on glamour, femininity and sexuality, Aurora Galore: Glamorous Weirdo coaxes it’s audience into a dark and debaucherous world of avant-garde circus and theatrical...
View ArticleBressie at the Smock Alley Theatre 23/05
Niall Breslin, or Bressie, has seemingly done it all. He played rugby at the top level. And football. He was the frontman for the band The Blizzards and had a successful stint as a solo artist...
View ArticleBallet British Columbia at the Birmingham Hippodrome
Under the leadership of Artistic Director Emily Molnar, Ballet British Columbia is a unique creation-based company of 17 dancers committed to innovation in contemporary dance. Since 2009, the Company...
View ArticleAndrew Hurley at Spike Island Café
Calling all bookworms. Each month, Spike Island Café invites a debut novelist to showcase their work. This May, novelist Andrew Hurley will read from his award-winning debut book The Loney – for which...
View ArticleMark Watson: I’m Not Here at Tobacco Factory Theatre
Multi-award-winning comedian and TV and radio star Mark Watson makes his return to the stage with his I’m Not Here tour. He’ll be making a stop at Bristol’s Tobacco Factory Theatre – one of the city’s...
View ArticleBressie at the Smock Alley Theatre 23/05
Niall Breslin, or Bressie, has seemingly done it all. He played rugby at the top level. And football. He was the frontman for the band The Blizzards and had a successful stint as a solo artist...
View ArticleThe Maids at Carriageworks Theatre
Square Peg Theatre present a chilling new production of Jean Genet’s radical play The Maids, this Thursday 26th May at the Carriageworks Theatre in Leeds. From a company with such a reputation for...
View ArticleCardiff School of Art and Design Summer Show 2016
CSAD 2016 is the Cardiff School of Art & Design 2016 Summer Show – and a much-loved event here in Cardiff. It opens Saturday, 21st May, at 12pm on the Llandaff Campus. The show continues until...
View ArticleOthello at the Abbey Theatre 05/05-11/06
‘Beware, my lord, of jealousy: It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on’ You might have heard of this before. The Moorish warrior called away from his lover (Desdemona) to...
View ArticlePatrick Monohan: The Disco Years at The Stand
The family’s favourite funnyman (and occasional disco dancer) is on tour across the UK with his brand new stand-up show The Disco Years – catch him at The Stand for some Sunday night giggles. Charged...
View ArticleBlavatsky’s Tower, Chapter
What could happen if we never left our own front door? Blavatsky’s Tower is written by Moira Buffini – writer of Olivier award winning Handbagged – and introduces us to what could happen if we never...
View ArticleChris Parkinson’s ‘Apostrophe’s’ at the Brighton Fringe
Award-winning performance poet Chris Parkinson brings his second full-length solo show to the Brighton Fringe from this Thursday. The three-night run of ‘Apostrophe’s’ addresses the treacherous realms...
View ArticlePenny Arcade: Longing Lasts Longer at the Brighton Festival
Performance artist and cult comedienne Penny Arcade brings her one-woman show Longing Lasts Longer to the Brighton Festival on Sunday. The double award-winning Edinburgh show sees New York’s undisputed...
View ArticleReading Art at the Birmingham Museum
Reading Art is a two-day conference hosted by Birmingham Museums Trust and organised by Birmingham City University, on 27th-28th May 2016. The conference is part of a wider project which explores...
View ArticleVan Dyck at the Birmingham Museum
Acquired for the nation in 2014, Sir Anthony van Dyck’s last self-portrait takes centre stage in this striking exhibition exploring the concepts of physical and metaphorical turning in portraiture....
View ArticleStand Up To Cancer Benefit at Hyde Park Book Club
Bank holiday Monday will see a twelve hour marathon open mic session across a variety of genres, from spoken word and poetry to stand up comedy, all in the name of raising money for Stand Up To Cancer....
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