Kerenza Evans

Maria Uzor is a genre-fusing electronic artist who defies categorisation. Driven and inspired by the human need for connection, the only prerequisites for attending her shows are an open mind and your dancing shoes. Run-Riot caught up with Uzor to discuss how lockdown accelerated her solo career and the importance of accessibility in making music. 

Music, literature, film, covid vaccines - is there anything Dolly Parton can't do? Her latest venture sees A Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol come to London's Southbank Centre: a remake of the traditional story set in the Appalachian mountains with all songs penned by the Queen of Country herself. 

Murder mystery parties, cosy crime dramas, a copy of Sherlock Holmes by a roaring fire: We English love a murder to solve. Fictional ones are always preferable allowing one to focus on the 'fun, sleuth part' as opposed to the 'traumatic, harrowing part". It was under this premise that we headed along to play detective, witness and suspect at Funicular Productions'  Murdér Express Part Deux: Jewel of the Empire. 

My husband was terrified to do the Psychopath's Den Escape Room. This fear arose not of the room itself but of my reaction to it. "You don't cope well in these scenarios,' he soothed, referring to a time I nearly punched a witch who leapt out at me at a Halloween house of horrors. I screamed, the witch screamed, everyone around started screaming - it is not a proud memory.

The goal of Dopamineland is to invite viewers to an interactive and immersive “world of happiness”.  I know, I know, the world's such a joyous and carefree place at the moment, do you really have space for any more happiness? But go on, try to find some room.