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Love beyond barriers

DANCE: Akram Khan brings his powerful
take on Giselle to Sadler's Wells
until 28th September...


Abba: Super Troupers - O2, Dec.19
Ai Weiwei: Making Sense - Design Museum, Apr.23
Alina at Sadler's Wells - Sadler's Wells, Feb.20
Alright Bitches - Above the Stag, May.22
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at 65 - Sadler's Wells, Sep.23
Jamie Allan's Amaze - Marylebone Theatre, Jul.24
Anti-Body - Sadler's Wells Oct.22
Any Attempt Will End in Crushed Bodies and Shattered Bones - Sadler's Wells, May.22
Apricity - Edinburgh Fringe, Aug.24
Arrangement - Sadler's Wells, Nov.19
Assembly Hall: Kidd Pivot - Sadler's Wells, Mar.24
At the Foot of the Brae: Roseann & Sula - Sadler's Wells, Nov.23
A-typical Rainbow - The Turbine Theatre, Jul.22
Autobiography: Company Wayne McGregor - Sadler's Wells, Mar.24

Dane Baptiste: Bapsquire - Edinburgh Fringe, Aug.23
Barbu: Cirque Alfonse - Wonderground, Jul.16
The Baron and the Junk Dealer - Edinburgh Fringe, Aug.23
James Barr: Sorry I Hurt Your Son (Said My Ex to My Mum) - Edinburgh Fringe, Aug.24
The Battleground: Major League Baseball in Hyde Park - Hyde Park, Jul.17
Bed Peace: The Battle of Yohn and Joko - The Cockpit, Apr.19
Angela Beevers: How to Write a Eulogy That Kills - Edinburgh Fringe, Aug.23
Big Screen Day: Day 1Day 2Day 3 - O2, Aug.11
Blkdog: Botis Seva - Sadler's Wells, Nov.21
Blue - Seven Dials Playhouse, Mar.24
Michelle Brasier: Legacy - Edinburgh Fringe, Aug.24
Michelle Brasier: Reform - Edinburgh Fringe, Aug.23
Breathless by Laura Horton - Soho Theatre, Feb.23
Briefs - Wonderground, Sep.14
Britain on Film - BFI Southbank, Jul.15
BriTANicK- Soho Theatre, Feb.23
BriTANicK: Dummy
Broken Chord - Sadler's Wells, Mar.23
Derren Brown: Showman - Apollo Shaftesbury Ave, Dec.22
Zoe Brownstone: A Bite of Yours - Edinburgh Fringe, Aug.24
Connor Burns: Vertigo - Soho Theatre, Nov.23
Buyer & Cellar - Above the Stag, Oct.20

Cabaret Lounge: Summer 2021 Showcase - Above the Stag, Jun.21
La Cage aux Folles - Regent's Park Theatre, Aug.23
Chess: the musical in concert - Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Aug.22
Circus 1903 - Hammersmith Apollo, Dec.22
Cirque Berserk! - Garrick Theatre, Aug.21
Confessions of a Golden Globes voter - Jan.23
The Convert - Above the Stag, Jun.22
Corps Extrêmes: Theatre National de Chaillot - Sadler's Wells, May.23
Cracked: Snow White... With Extra Bite - Royal Vauxhall Tavern, Dec.22
Cupid's Revenge - The Place, Oct.21

Huge Davies: Album For My Ancestors (Dead) - Edinburgh Fringe, Aug.24
Larry Dean: Dodger - Edinburgh Fringe, Aug.24
Deeper and Deeper - Union Theatre, Sep.23
Dick Whittington: A New Dick in Town! - Above the Stag, Nov.21
Omid Djalili: The Good Times Tour - Eventim Apollo, Dec.21
Dorian: The Musical - Southwark Playhouse, Jul.24
Myra DuBois: Be Well - Peacock, Sep.23
Myra DuBois: Dead Funny - Garrick Theatre, Sep.21
The Doctor - Duke of York's, Oct.22

Fielding Edlow: Gaslighting Is My Love Language - Edinburgh Fringe, Aug.23
Electronic: From Kraftwerk to the Chemical Brothers - Design Museum, Aug.20
Elements of Freestyle - Peacock Theatre, Apr.22
Encounter - Above the Stag, Oct.15
Enowate: Dickson Mbi - Sadler's Wells, Oct.22
Eugenius! - Turbine Theatre, Mar.23
Eurovision (Your Decision?) - Above the Stag, May.22
Eurovision (Your Decision) - Wonderville, May.23

Falling Forwards: Maiya Leeke - Sadler's Wells, Nov.23
Family Honour - Sadler's Wells, Sep.22
Fanny & Stella: The Shocking True Story - Above the Stag, May.15
Fanny & Stella: The Shocking True Story - Above the Stag, May.19
Erin Farrington: Think Better - Edinburgh Fringe, Aug.24
40 Years of Phoenix - Peacock, Mar.22
Four Play - Above the Stag, Jan.20
From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk: The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier - Barbican, Apr.14

Tempting and triumphant

DANCE: London City Ballet makes a Resurgence at Sadler's Wells
nearly 30 years later...


F**king Men - King's Head Theatre, May.18

Gala Flamenca: Manuel Liñán - Sadler's Wells, Jul.23
Garry Starr Performs Everything - Southwark Playhouse, Dec.23
Get 'Em Off! - Above the Stag, Jun.16
The Ghost of White Hart Lane - Edinburgh Fringe, Aug.24
Akram Khan's Giselle - Sadler's Wells, Sep.24
Josh Glanc: Family Man - Edinburgh Fringe, Aug.24
Goodbye Norma Jeane - Above the Stag, Mar.19
Graeme of Thrones - Charing Cross Theatre, Oct.17
Jordan Gray: Is It a Bird? - Soho Theatre, Feb.23

Haram Iran - Above the Stag, Apr.16
Eddy Hare: This One's on Me - Edinburgh Fringe, Aug.24
Dave Hill: Caveman in a Spaceship - Soho Theatre, May.24
How to Survive an Apocalypse - Finborough Theatre, Oct.21
Hunger Days Bootcamp - Soho Hotel, Aug.13

I Am Monsters! - Pleasance, Oct.19
I Sell Windows - Edinburgh Fringe, Aug.24
I Wonder If You Know What I'm Talking About - Sadler's Wells, Nov.21
Ida's Solace: Elisabeth Mulenga - Sadler's Wells, Nov.23
Indecent Proposal - Southwark Playhouse, Nov.21

Jack Tucker: Comedy Standup Hour - Soho Theatre, Jul.24
Derek Jarman: Pandemonium - Somerset House Inigo Rooms, Jan.14
Jazz Emu: Knight Fever - Soho Theatre, Jun.24
Akram Khan's Jungle Book Reimagined - Sadler's Wells, Apr.23

Rachel Kaly: Hospital Hour - Edinburgh Fringe, Aug.24
Graham Kay: Pete and Me - Edinburgh Fringe, Aug.24
King Lear: Tang Shu-wing - Riverside Studios, May.24
Kyiv City Ballet: A Tribute to Peace - Peacock Theatre, Sep.23

Landscape With Flying Man - Sadler's Wells, Nov.21
Lena - Edinburgh Fringe, Aug.23
Lift - Soho Theatre, Feb.13
London City Ballet: Resurgence - Sadler's Wells, Sep.24
London Clown Festival: Opening Cabaret - Soho Theatre, Jul.24
London 2012 Olympics - London, Jul-Aug.12:
    Day 1Day 2Day 3Day 4Day 5Day 6
    Day 7Day 8Day 9Day 10Day 11
    Day 12Day 13Day 14Day 15Day 16
London 2012 Paralympics - London, Aug-Sep.12:
    Report 1Report 2Report 3
    Report 4Report 5
Love's Labour's Lost - Fuller's Pub Gardens, Jul.21
Love Is Only Love - The Other Palace, May.22
Lovetrain2020: Emanuel Gat Dance - Sadler's Wells, Nov.23
Lunar Halo: Cloud Gate Theatre - Sadler's Wells, Nov.23

Machine de Cirque - The Peacock, Jun.22
Mám: Michael Keegan-Dolan & Teac Damsa - Sadler's Wells, Feb.20
Message in a Bottle - Peacock Theatre, Feb.20
Messy Friends - Edinburgh Fringe, Aug.24
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Flabbergast - Wilton's Music Hall, Apr.24
Millennials - The Other Palace, Jul.22
Garrett Millerick: Never Had It So Good - Edinburgh Fringe, Aug.23
The Misandrist - The Arcola, May.23
Derek Mitchell: Double Dutch - Edinburgh Fringe, Aug.24
Monet X Change: Life Be Lifein' - Edinburgh Fringe, Aug.23
The Morning After - Above the Stag, Jan.20
Morph Costumes: Wolverine attacks - London, Jul.14
The Mother of Kamal - Gatehouse, Highgate, Jan.24
Motion Picture: Into the Blind Iris / Air de Demps - Sadler's Wells, Jun.23
Movie-Con: Day 1Day 2 - BFI Southbank, Aug.09
My Body's an Exhibition - Sadler's Wells, Jun.21
My Glimmer Boo: Blue Makwana - Sadler's Wells, Nov.23
m/y-kovsky and fire bird - Sadler's Wells, Nov.22

Nederlands Dans Theater - Sadler's Wells, Apr.23
New York City Ballet - Sadler's Wells, Mar.24
Nora the Many - Sadler's Wells, Sep.22

OneTwoThreeOneTwo - Sadler's Wells, Apr.19
The Opera Locos - Peacock Theatre, May.24
Otto & Astrid's Joint Solo Project - Edinburgh Fringe, Aug.23
Out: Roy Young - Lilian Baylis Studio, Apr.24
Outwitting the Devil: Akram Khan - Sadler's Wells, Nov.21
The Owls Are Not What They Seem - London, Oct.15

Pali & Jay's Ultimate Asian Wedding DJ Roadshow - Edinburgh Fringe, Aug.24
Party Ghost - Edinburgh Fringe, Aug.23
Piece of Me - Camden People's Theatre, May.24
Pinocchio: No Strings Attached! - Above the Stag, Nov.19
The Pleasure Garden - Above the Stag, Sep.21

Reviews from the Fringe

FESTIVAL: A week of daily reports
covering 23 shows at the
Edinburgh Fringe in August 2024...


Pricked: Sleeping Beauty Got Woke - Royal Vauxhall Tavern, Dec.20
The Prince - Southwark Playhouse - Sep.22
Product - Arcola, May.15
Puss in Boots - Wonderville, Dec.23

Radical Visions: Akeim Toussaint Buck - Sadler's Wells, Jan.22
Raising Kane - Edinburgh Fringe, Aug.23
Dan Rath: Pariah Carey - Edinburgh Fringe, Aug.24
Renaissance - Stephens House and Gardens, Sep.20
The Retreat - Edinburgh Fringe, Aug.23
Rewriting and Science Fiction: Burrows & Fargion - Sadler's Wells, May.22
Rita Lynn: Life Coach - Edinburgh Fringe, Aug.24
The Rite of Springby Seeta Patel - Sadler's Wells, Mar.23
The Rites of Spring: Pina Bausch - Sadler's Wells, Jun.22
Romance/Romance - Above the Stag, Mar.19

Salomé - The Cockpit, Jun.19
Saturday Night Fever - Peacock Theatre, Feb.22
Savage - Arts Theatre, Jul.16
The Screen Test - Edinburgh Fringe, Aug.24
The Sex Lives of Puppets - Southwark Playhouse, Jan.24
Sh*t-Faced Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing - Leicester Square Theatre, Jul.23
Silent Disco - London, Aug.20
Sid Singh: American Coloniser - Edinburgh Fringe, Aug.24
The Sins of Jack Saul - Above the Stag, May.16
Skid/Saaba: GöteborgsOperans Danskompani - Sadler's Wells, May.23
Slipped: Cinderella ... Rebooted! - Royal Vauxhall Tavern, Nov.19
Solera: Paco Peña - Sadler's Wells, Apr.22
Soul of Shaolin - Troubadour, Sep.19
Stalking the Bogeyman - Southwark Playhouse, Jul.16
Stamptown - Soho Theatre, Jan,24
State of the Art Cinema - Coningsby Gallery, Jul.15
State Shift: The Ruggeds - Sadler's Wells, May.23
Stop Kiss - Above the Stag, Nov.19
Strangers in Between - Golden Goose Theatre, Sep.23
The Sum of Us - Above the Stag, Sep.15
Superficial - The Glory, Jun.16
Supernova - Clapham Omnibus, Apr.23
The Swell Mob - Colab Factory, May.19
Sydney Fox's Crime - Above the Stag, Apr.22

Tap Dogs - Peacock Theatre, Oct.18
Teddy - Southwark Playhouse, Jun.15
This Is Not a Penguin - Sadler's Wells, Nov.21
The Thread: Russell Maliphant - Sadler's Wells, Mar.19
Through the Mill - Southwark Playhouse, Jul.16
Title of Show - Above the Stag, Mar.19
Tocar a un Hombre: Julio Ruiz - Sadler's Wells, Jul.23
Tommy on Top - Above the Stag, Aug.21
Topsie Redfern's Crystal Balls - Above the Stag, Jun.21
Tossed - Royal Vauxhall Tavern, Dec.23
The Tragedy of Macbeth: Flabbergast - Southwark Playhouse, Mar.23
Transparent: Siobhan Davies - Sadler's Wells, Apr.23
Traplord: Ivan Michael Blackstock - 180 Studios, Mar.22
Turn It Out with Tiler Peck & Friends - Sadler's Wells, Mar.23
Two Hearts: Til Death Do Us Hearts - Edinburgh Fringe, Aug.24

Undetectable - King's Head Theatre, Feb.20
Unfortunate - Southwark Playhouse Borough, Jan.24
UniVerse - A Dark Crystal Odyssey: Company Wayne McGregor - Sadler's Wells, Mar.24
Martin Urbano: Apology Comeback Tour - Edinburgh Fringe, Aug.23

Velvet - Above the Stag, Oct.19
Vessel: Damien Jalet - Sadler's Wells, Apr.19
Vikings at the British Museum - British Museum, Feb.14
Villain in Tinseltown - White Bear Theatre, May.21
Vintage Geek - Picturehouse Central, Oct.19
¡Viva! Manuel Liñán - Sadler's Wells, Jun.22

Wall: National Youth Dance Company - Sadler's Wells, Jul.24
The Walworth Farce - Southwark Theatre Elephant, Feb.23
The Weight of Shadow - Edinburgh Fringe, Aug.24
The West - Colab Tavern, Aug.22
When Life Gives You Melons - Sadler's Wells, Nov.21
The White Factory - Marylebone Theatre, Sep.23
Why I Stuck a Flare Up My Arse for England - Southwark Playhouse, Apr.24
Wickies - Park Theatre, Dec.22
The Wild Robot - Annecy Film Festival, Jun.24
Wild Tango: German Cornejo - Peacock Theatre, May.22
Le Wine Club - Edinburgh Fringe, Aug.23
World's End - King's Head Theatre, Aug.19
Young Frankenstein - Garrick Theatre, Oct.17

Sophie Zucker: Sophie Sucks Face - Edinburgh Fringe, Aug.23
Zach Zucker: Spectacular Industry Showcase - Soho Theatre, Jan.23
Zoe Coombs Marr: The Opener - Edinburgh Fringe, Aug.23




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