Play
A Christmas Carol at the Old Vic
The Old Vic’s production of A Christmas Carol seems designed, above all, to awaken joy and merriment. From…
By Mersa AudaCulture
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Cinema & TV
Telling stories about the present through the lens of the past: Director Philip Stevens, writer Laura Turner and actress Hannah Douglas on Lapwing
Lapwing is the rural historical drama following a selectively mute young woman nicknamed Lapwing who faces physical and…
By Sarah Bradbury
Food & Drink
Dishoom launch bargain Christmas menu: A chance to share some well-earned holiday cheer
After the Christmas-that-shan’t-be-named (we’re looking at you, 2020), Dishoom’s Festive Feasting menus are back – served in all…
By Food & Travel Desk
Play
Four Quartets at Harold Pinter Theatre
TS Eliot’s Four Quartets is hardly an easy poem to understand, let alone to memorise and even interpret…
By Michael Higgs
Dance
Outwitting the Devil at Sadler’s Wells
Outwitting the Devil is an ambitious, moody dance piece that seamlessly combines traditional kathak and contemporary movement. Receiving its…
By Abbie Grundy
Cinema & TV
“It’s a story about differences in tolerance but wrapped up in a Christmas bundle”: Becky Read on ‘Twas the Fight Before Christmas
Do not be fooled by the festive-themed title and opening scenes of Becky Read's 'Twas the Fight Before…
By Sarah Bradbury
Cinema & TV
“Although the stories were very harsh and harrowing, I was captivated by the strength of the women”: Chloë Fairweather on making Dying to Divorce
Dying to Divorce is the debut feature-length documentary from Chloë Fairweather that delves into the harrowing yet hope-filled…
By Sarah Bradbury
Theatre
The Return of the Jinkx and DeLa Holiday Show at Troxy
166 contestants have competed on the runaway hit that is Ru Paul’s Drag Race. While some have faded…
By Jonathan Marshall
Movie
Boiling Point
"If you can’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen": a common turn of phrase, but this…
By Guy Lambert
Movie
Rebel Dykes
They were young, they were punks, and above all else, they were women who had to fight to…
By Emma-Jane Betts