Vampire Lesbians of Sodom
The first known reference to vampires appeared in written form in Old Russian in AD 1047, soon after Orthodox Christianity moved into Eastern Europe. According to Britannica, the first prose vampire story published …
Review
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
One of the most lauded plays of the 20th century, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a high stakes cat and mouse game. Husband and wife adopt a take no prisoners’ …
Whose Gonna Love ‘EM? I am that i AM
Evocative, eviscerating, engaging – these are the hallmarks of a group therapy session in which participants are figuratively filleted. They are encouraged to open up about all their traumas, about their …
Chase
Imagine if the world had all but come to an end and you were the last person left on Earth. Global warming has sparked a hellfire and only you survived – …
The Old Vic’s A Christmas Carol 2023
What a magical, beautifully constructed and executed show The Old Vic’s A Christmas Carol is. Conceived and directed by Matthew Warchus, Jack Thorne has reimagined the Charles Dickens’ classic tale to …
Dry Land
*Warning* This review contains spoilers and graphic content CONTENT WARNING Audiences 16+. Contains strong language, references to suicide, drug use, abortion, self-harm, violence and scenes with blood. As I entered …
The Waiting Room
Five young women at the pearly gates, or are they at the gates of hell? Taken far too young, they are called upon – one by one – to enunciate their …
Villainy
There is something wicked and subversive about storybook villains rising and trying to rewrite their fate. That’s the premise of the world premiere musical Villainy. Druzilla (Olivia Charalambous), one of Cinderella’s ugly …
A Very Jewish Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens’ Ebenezer Scrooge has never seen the likes of it. Take the classic tale A Christmas Carol and put a Jewish twist on it. That is what writer Elise Esther Hearst …
Ladies In Black
I came back to the Heidelberg Theatre Company for the final time this year on Friday night to attend the opening night of their first ever musical production in their …