Reviewer's Rating The Rape of Lucretia Owen Davies 25/07/2018The Grimeborn opera season at the Arcola Theatre in Dalston begins with The Rape of Lucretia by Benjamin Britten and...
Reviewer's Rating The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives Agnes Carrington-Windo 13/06/2018Set in present-day Nigeria, The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives is a vibrant and energetic exploration of gender politics...
Reviewer's Rating Moormaid Hannah Connell 24/04/2018The world premiere of Marion Bott’s new play, Moormaid, at the Arcola Theatre is an unflinching portrait of individuals inextricably...
Reviewer's Rating The Chairs Max Haydon 30/03/2018Those expecting a rather serious, modernist play from the ominous sounding title of The Chairs would be hit sideways by...
Reviewer's Rating Hear Me Raw Abigail Bryant 16/02/2018The pangs of dangerously subtle self-loathing that go along with pretty much every Instagram browse are something that I am...
Reviewer's Rating Hanna Abigail Bryant 09/01/2018It’s difficult to believe that in the 21st century babies can be, and are, switched at birth, let alone comprehend...
Reviewer's Rating Insignificance Tim Hochstrasser 27/10/2017hirty five years ago Insignificance was the breakthrough play of Terry Johnson, and from it came the film directed by...
Reviewer's Rating Samson and Delilah Owen Davies 18/08/2017ne of the many things to admire about Arcola’s Grimeborn season is the multinational nature of many of the operas....
Reviewer's Rating Armide Owen Davies 11/08/2017rcola’s Grimeborn season often includes rarely performed operas. Lully’s Armide is a brave excursion into French baroque opera. It is...
Reviewer's Rating The Silken Ladder/A Husband at the Door Owen Davies 03/08/2017rcola’s Grimeborn opera season has a deserved reputation for discovering neglected treasures. For this event, Opera Alegria has found two...