Musical
Blues in the Night at Hackney Empire
Sultry, sweet and morose, Blues in the Night invites us into the lives and reveries of four down-and-out…
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Published articles
Live music
James Blunt at the Royal Albert Hall
Love him or loathe him, James Blunt is back, continuing his world tour at the Royal Albert Hall…
By Alexandra Sims
Theatre
CircusFest 2014: She Would Walk the Sky at the Roundhouse
Sumptuous velvets, glittering tassels and soft shadows transform the Roundhouse into a hive of faded circus glamour and…
By Alexandra Sims
Theatre
CircusFest 2014: Silver Lining at the Roundhouse
At first glance the Silver Lining circus company seem a decidedly odd bunch. Describing themselves as “an unlikely…
By Alexandra Sims
Theatre
CircusFest 2014: Capilotractées at the Roundhouse
An old and forgotten circus act - the hair hang - is currently being revived by two Finnish…
By Alexandra Sims
Play
Richard II Live! at the Purcell Room
It’s always a bold move to reinvent Shakespeare, even more so when your reinvention focuses upon the modern…
By Alexandra Sims
Live music
Amber Run at Oslo
With their fourth and fifth ever gigs at Reading and Leeds festival, a signing to label RCA and…
By Alexandra Sims
Live music
X Factor Live at the O2 Arena
Declining viewing figures, endless reconfigurations of the judging panel and the tenth series’ cruel “musical chair” style judging…
By Alexandra Sims
Dance
Kings of the Dance at the Coliseum
Since 2006 Sergei and Gaiane Danilian have been uniting some of the world’s best male dancers in their…
By Alexandra Sims
Live music
Rebecca Ferguson at Shepherd’s Bush Empire
Rarely do X Factor contestants shed their mass-produced pop image, evolving from Simon Cowell’s cash cow into music…
By Alexandra Sims