Hand To Mouth To – Dark Nights Hafiza Butt 01/10/2026 73The longer you live, the more likely you are to face and contain some form of tragedy. Early onset tragedies...
Songs of the Bulbul Hafiza Butt 13/07/2026 492Aakash Odedra’s ‘Songs of the Bulbul’ is a truly remarkable show; a comprehensive exploration of that most ephemeral of things:...
The Name Hafiza Butt 23/05/2026 494There is a reason why Simon Usher is one of our finest stage directors, and it’s not just his intelligence,...
Breaking Convention 2026 Hafiza Butt 06/05/2026 604Sadler’s Wells never disappoints. Its shows often reach the pinnacle of “great”, and if not great, they are always, in...
Choir Boy Hafiza Butt 02/04/2026 556Tarrell Alvin McCraney, Chair of Playwriting at Yale, Academy Award winner for co-writing the screenplay of his play ‘Moonlight’, is,...
Mama Goose Hafiza Butt 30/11/2025 818We do a lot of panto. Last year I think we did three. Out of all the panto we see,...
Thikra: Night of Remembering Hafiza Butt 03/11/2025 977Akram Khan’s ‘ Desh’ (2011) was one of the best productions of anything ( dance, theatre, opera), I’ve ever seen....
Girl from the North Country Hafiza Butt 10/07/2025 1163Girl from the North Country redefines what musical theatre can be. It’s such a smashing idea that the only surprise...
Storehouse: Truth Lies Here Hafiza Butt 14/06/2025 946The idea of ‘Storehouse: Truth Lies Here’, playing at the Storehouse in Deptford, fascinated me: the collection, an archive of all...
Compañía Mercedes Ruiz Romancero del Baile Flamenco Hafiza Butt 05/06/2025 1315The revelation of love is that nothing else matters—not even the capitulation of the other. To love greatly is, of...
