13 stories by "Charlotte Maxwell"
The adaptation of theatre into film has become somewhat of a commonality. There is an argument that it gives a piece of theatre longevity, as it can live beyond the moments it would exist fo…
"We walk": chant Thomas, Matthew and Richard, repeatedly and rhythmically, as they walk through a landscape that is often perceived as "not
A chair, a box of tissues, six stark beams of light and the kind of classical-feeling music that gets played down the phone when you're placed on hold. Serge is on hold. Waiting. Tim Cowbury…
Welcome to a party where vogueing is all the rage, there are shots aplenty, and you've got £80 worth of party vouchers
Does everyone have their evacuation slips? You'll need them as we have a long journey ahead. Hop on board a steam train that travels along a winding track (created by the very cast themselve…
It's pretty hard to remain seated in the presence of a lively and exciting performance that has surely rocked the musical boat in a multitude of ways. Damon Runyon's Guys and Dolls has been …
Colourism has been widespread in our communities for far too long. Western society's Eurocentric beauty standards have created a warped hierarchy in which proximity to whiteness is perceived…
Keisha Thompson's solo show Man on the Moon is a poetic and eloquent piece of storytelling that examines strained father-daughter relationships and people's need
Louisa May Alcott's literary classic Little Women has been transformed into a fast-paced, exciting musical. It makes its European debut under the
Stargazing is both an art and a science, a pursuit with a broad enough appeal for the dreamer and the realist. Accompany this with the pain of losing a sibling and the joy of reminiscing on …
It is no secret that theatre has a diversity problem and, that is a stew that only thickens when we look at the state of theatre criticism. At the end of 2016, it was reported that there wer…
The steel works meets a football stadium meets Hollywood. A ladder is dropped. Shockingly bright lights up. Welcome to Fatherland. We are unexpectedly dropped into a reconstruction of the cr…
On 27th July 1967, the passing of the Sexual Offences Act – which decriminalised private homosexual acts between men over 21 in England and Wales, was passed. Fifty years on and the UK…
