13 stories by "Marcus Emmanuel"
May, the random 5th month in the year where Mother Nature is undecided, and New Years resolutions have been long abandoned. However uneventful May might be, it is full of bank holidays and o…
London is, and has always been my home. My urban playground and my cultural melting pot of professional development and personal frivolity. The capital of the United Kingdom, London hosts th…
Misirlou explores death: understanding it, accepting it and cheating it. It's a dark and meaningful topic that has me expecting a philosophical and stimulating evening; one that The Diva …
With the 16th January being labelled as the ‘most depressing day of the year’, concluding 'Blue Monday' watching a play that focuses on the HIV/Aids epidemic is, perhaps, apt. Th…
Sunday. An hour spent sitting in a chapel listening to words of wisdom coming from a priest who battles against crying babies and soar throats. The alter is his stage, technicolored in appea…
Teenagers. The word alone (now that I am in my early twenties), leaves me in disdain as I struggle to compete with them at the shopping centres they congregate in. However, remembering that …
Criticising the conventional depiction of the nuclear family, Florian Zeller's The Mother invites the audience to witness the breakdown of the family unit through the eyes of the mother, the…
A forceful strike that leaves an aftermath of lingering pain defines the word slap, and is a fitting characterisation of Dominique in Alexis Gregory's play of the same name. Gregory, who als…
McQueen, a name both iconic and embedded in fashion and British culture, dominates the pillars of Theatre Royal Haymarket. Whilst the audience take to their seats they are presented to a pac…
The six weeks holiday remain a treat for children and a nightmare for adults as they face the challenge of keeping them entertained. With the outdoors being unpredictable because of the grea…
As part of the Soho Theatre's Soho Solo Season 2015, Christopher Fairbank delivers an emotionally charged monologue that, similar to Martin Scorsese's 1980 classic Raging Bull, follows the r…
A black box room is the first thing you see when you enter The Hope Theatre. Watching Hippolytus, the second thing you see is actor Ben Scheck. Scheck, who plays the lead protagonist of T…
One of the great debates the UK is currently facing at the moment is the controversial topic of immigration, and on stage at the Courtyard Theatre is the epitome of cultural and racial integ…
