I've been intending to watch a performance of the Prospero Theatre for quite a while, and glad I have finally found the time on this sunny but bitingly cold Friday. Prospero Theatre's intention to create and deliver "Exceptional art that speaks with the Voice of an Inclusive Society" has been shared on many summer and … Continue reading A fairytale double-bill: Being a guest of the Prospero Theatre
Heading to a drag panto is almost a logical action between Christmas and New Year celebration, embracing both glam, silliness and good spirits: Everyone can be in drag, everyone can be a panto dame, non-binary and cis performers alike - drag is no longer a boys-only club. And everyone is welcome who can embrace smutty scurrilous jokes adult (age guidance 16+) about … Continue reading Forgive your stylist – Sleeping Beauty as a West End drag panto at the Harold Pinter Theatre
A model train takes us in the spooky intro on a journey to Grimsby: Accompanied first by the harmonica, then the birdsong from The Juniper Tree, it is interpreted as a shanty for one, fitting our times and the North German original – the more than morbid, taboo-heavy story of the Juniper Tree is one … Continue reading Grimm Tales for Fragile Times and Broken People by Creation Theatre’s new Repertory Company
You cannot imagine my excitement when I heard that in Hamburg an immersive experience with plenty of interactive projection art dedicated to the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm would open. Having only opened in September, pre-booking is highly advised and as with most pre-booked events in Hamburg (no matter if a theatre or musical … Continue reading An immersive Grimm fairy tale – visiting the Märchenwelten in Hamburg
When her Evil Stepmother does not allow her a mobile phone and she feels she is missing out, 21 year old Ella starts speaking in emojis and hashtags. Luckily the Fairy Matchmaker understands her pain and because we are in an adult panto it does not take long for Ella to admit that has signed … Continue reading An Adult Panto – Tinderella at the Canal Café Theatre at the Regent’s Canal in London
Sadie takes the Stage 