Review: Brixton Calling at Southwark Playhouse

Review: Brixton Calling at Southwark Playhouse

Michael HollandJul 26, 2025

If you love a true story and good music, this is the show for you Alex Urwin’s Brixton Calling ticks off three boxes for…

‘Heartbreak, Love and Loss’

‘Heartbreak, Love and Loss’

Michael HollandJul 26, 2025

Shakespeare’s Globe announced the cast and creative team of Shakespeare’s dizzying tragicomedy, Twelfth Night or What You Will. The cast comprises Ronkẹ Adékọluẹ́ jọ…

 Review: Out of Bounds at Brockley Jack

 Review: Out of Bounds at Brockley Jack

Michael HollandJul 26, 2025

“Basmati rice will never catch on” This one-person show by award-winning South African writer Rajesh Gopie is a coming-of-age story of Lall, the young…

SE Fest 2025 – South London’s new writing festival

SE Fest 2025 – South London’s new writing festival

Michael HollandJul 25, 2025

Two weeks – 21 performances SE Fest is hosted by two neighbouring venues, The Bridge House Theatre and The Jack Studio Theatre – two…

Lightbulbs

Lightbulbs

Michael HollandJul 24, 2025

‘If it’s dormant forever… isn’t it just dead?’ In our most intimate spaces, who do we trust to keep the darkness at bay? How…

Review: Inter Alia at National Theatre

Review: Inter Alia at National Theatre

Michael HollandJul 24, 2025

Rosamund Pike as a Crown Court judge with a penchant for Karaoke! What’s not to love?  I last saw Ms Pike delivering all the…

The Land Sings Back

The Land Sings Back

Michael HollandJul 22, 2025

The Land Sings Back reimagines our relationship to our breathing planet through the work of thirteen artists with ancestries across South Asia, Africa and…

What a Gay Day!

What a Gay Day!

Michael HollandJul 21, 2025

The Larry Grayson Story Larry Grayson, one of the country’s best-loved light entertainers, is back from The Other Side (no, not ITV) to tell…

Lifers in Southwark

Lifers in Southwark

Michael HollandJul 21, 2025

Exposing the cracks in a system built to punish Synergy’s Artistic Director Esther Baker will direct Peter Wight as Lenny in Evan Placey’s new…

The Code 

The Code 

Michael HollandJul 21, 2025

“This entire town is a cesspool, darling. Beautifully lit. Well appointed. But a cesspool nonetheless.” Hollywood, 1950. A fading star. A rising one. An…

Review: The Estate At the Dorfman Theatre

Review: The Estate At the Dorfman Theatre

Michael HollandJul 20, 2025

A bold and ambitious piece Completely engaging from curtain up, Shaan Sahota’s The Estate introduces us to Angad Singh, MP for Reading Central and…

Review: Poor Clare at Orange Tree Theatre

Review: Poor Clare at Orange Tree Theatre

Michael HollandJul 20, 2025

Provocative, thoughtful and hilarious Medieval christian lore gets a witty update in Chiara Atik’s Poor Clare. We follow the actually rather wealthy Clare as…