A dinner table, a pile of spuds. A morning break and a quick kickabout. A gleam of sunlight after hours underground. Snapshots of life in a coalmining community. But in the 1980s it all came under threat. Dance show COAL is the true story of an industry and a community’s fight for survival in the faceContinue reading “COAL at The Marlowe”
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The Red Shoes at The Marlowe Theatre – #2
Whilst I enjoy all types of performance and art, I could never say that I’m an expert in ballet. I’ve been known to yawn, and even sneak out during epically long performances through which I struggle to follow any kind of storyline. So it was nice to see a performance that was not only soContinue reading “The Red Shoes at The Marlowe Theatre – #2”
The Red Shoes at Marlowe Theatre
Back in 1948 Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger took Hans Christian Andersen’s fairytale about a pair of red ballet shoes which force their wearer to dance until she dies, and turned it into a technicolour parable on the all-consuming nature of art. Last year, as the culmination of a twenty year ambition and thirty yearContinue reading “The Red Shoes at Marlowe Theatre”
FloVibe – where retreat meets beats
The thing about most festivals is that whilst they are super fun, the combination of mud, hangovers and tiredness can make you feel pretty rubbish. You return on Monday depleted and depressed, ready to sleep for a month. The creators of FloVibe – Jason Pooley (The House of Yoga) and collaborator Lou Wellby of Jam SandwichContinue reading “FloVibe – where retreat meets beats”
Cocoa Futures Interview
Some bright and happy music is always needed, but especially at this grey time of this particularly tumultuous year, at least on the macro level. Cocoa Futures have released latest single Blue as something of an antidote, and will launch their new EP Blue on Lost In The Manor Records on 2 December, ready to addContinue reading “Cocoa Futures Interview”
