Image credit: Owen (left) and Tom (right), the early years. From a makeshift “TV studio” in the back room of a village pantomime to the controlled-chaos brilliance of The Christmas Thing, Tom Clarkson and Owen Visser have spent a lifetime…
Image Credit: Photo of Alan Souza Alan Souza arrives at the Marylebone Theatre this December with Daniel’s Husband, the UK premiere of Michael McKeever’s acclaimed play – a deeply human story wrestling with love, commitment, and the convictions that anchor…
Image description: Black Power Desk production shot. Photo by Helen Murray London multi-hyphenate Urielle Klein-Mekongo returns with swagger: the writer-performer behind Yvette now turns historian-DJ, spinning a fearless new Black British musical that thumps with lovers rock, rap, soul and…
Image: Cardboard Citizens, photo by Ike Laseiende. Ensemble Festival returns to London’s Royal Docks on the 20 & 21 July. Produced by East London arts development organisation Certain Blacks, Ensemble once again presents an action-packed programme of circus, street theatre,…
Image: Kris Nelson, Artistic Director, LIFT. Photo by Tyler Kelley.
LIFT 2024 will take you on journeys that are deep and personal. It’s a festival that will take your breath away, spark your mind and rev your imagination. There’s adrenaline too. It’s international theatre for your gut.
Image: 'Open Beta', created and performed by Chivaree Circus. Photo by Dom Martin Photography.
Image: Photo of James Corley, playwright, What it Means
In 1969, after yet another targeted raid at the Stonewall Inn by the New York City Police the gay village collectively fought back. Police quickly lost control of the revolt and the subsequent Stonewall Riots are widely recognised as a definging moment for the gay rights movement.