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 so

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 year

Bright eyed clubbing with Morning Gloryville

I’ve heard Morning Gloryville described in numerous ways. ‘A social movement.’ ‘Mental – in a good way.’ ‘The. Best. Thing. Ever.’ Or: ‘Not for me.’ ‘F*cking weird.’ ‘Ooooo…kaaaaeyyy.’ People who haven’t been to an event (and plenty have – now in twenty one cities around the world the enthusiasm has been spreading since its beginnings

French Cowboy & The One – You Wanna Sing

Federico Pellegrini and Eric Pifeteau (see, actually French) are French Cowboy & The One, and You Wanna Sing is taken from their album Songs From Another Room. With such a midnight cavorting intoxicating dance tune as this they are more than welcome to this room. Slowly building, never distracting from the looping rhythms, this is one of