81 stories by "Ruby-Isla Cera-Marle"
Fee-fi-fo-fum, I smell the makings of some festive fun. Flamboyant dames, an abundance of innuendos and a generous sprinkling of magic have taken over theatres across the country, as we're f…
Last night was the first time I'd seen a play entirely in Russian; it was also my first time seeing Belarus Free Theatre perform. It was not, however, the first time I had heard of the under…
An abundance of glitter, gyrating and voodoo rituals are all just components of your average night out for Lady Vendredi and her merry band of twisted miscreants The Vendettas. Described as …
John Milton’s Paradise Lost is an epic poem comprising of 10,000 lines of verse, so perhaps it wouldn’t be your first choice to adapt into a one-man physical theatre-inspir…
Many times in my life I have heard the phrase: “the arts have power to transform lives”. When Nancy (Sally Messham) first goes to the Palace Theatre where she claps eyes on Kitty…
To make the perfect martini you must mix equal parts gin and vermouth, and then serve it in a lightly chilled glass with an olive garnish to finish. Similar levels of perfection were achieve…
They say that your school days are some of the best times of your life. What people fail to tell you when glancing back through rose-tinted spectacles is that those days are also overflowing…
What do West Side Story, Gypsy and Follies all have in common? They were all penned by musical theatre doyen Stephen Sondheim. Side By Side is a jovial celebration of part of this witty lyri…
Jacqueline Wilson books were firm favourites of mine as I was growing up, and considering she has penned in excess of 100 children's books, I'm sure Wilson's literary creations sit proudly o…
Your stay at the Heartbreak Hotel begins as soon as your arrive at North Greenwich station, where bellhops will instruct you to follow the signposts to the box-office-cum-check-in-desk, so t…
At just 19 years of age Polly Stenham penned the award-winning gritty family drama That Face, which resulted in her being the toast of the Royal Court. Now, eight years on, Stenham's latest …
This half term the Southbank Centre was bustling with pint-sized pirates ready to join Flinn's motley crew in Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs. In a story adapted from a popular childr…
From Sunny Afternoon which tells the story of The Kinks to Jersey Boys which charts the rise of The Four Seasons, jukebox musicals are very a la mode at the moment, so it is not surprising t…
No Guts, No Heart, No Glory follows six young Muslim girls from Bradford that want to become boxers. Despite some initial resistance and reservation from their families and the wider Isla…
Crows cawing, angels whizzing around on white scooters and an abundance of dry ice form the cornerstones of Way Station – a waiting room where souls patiently wait in limbo to discover…
Passion, anguish and enthrallment, are three sentiments that should reverberate from any flamenco performance and thankfully Eva Yerbabuena's ¡Ay! ticks many of these boxes. Forming part …
Relying on audience participation to form a key part of your show is a risky business: if you select participants that are reluctant to join in or are just plain non-responsive the entire pe…
Sadler's Wells has bestowed the accolade of’ “associate artist’ to 16 choreographers, giving this select group of creatives their golden seal of approval. The Associates is…
Beneath Waterloo station, at the end of a graffiti blazon stretch you’ll find the Vault Festival – the epitome of underground theatre. Step inside a cavernous treasure trove of m…
Hello/Goodbye is a kitchen sink drama: however, exactly who that kitchen sink belongs to is a real bone of contention. Having been forced to make a swift exit from her previous abode, Juliet…
"For the people tired of the same money generating schemes on the West End. For the people who crave different kinds of honesty from their theatre. For the people who have never connected to…
The Pleasance Theatre ranks as one of the friendliest fringe venues that I know, a spirit which is echoed in the way in which they programme many of the 400 plus shows that they take up to t…
Much to his parents dismay American-born Dickie Greenleaf, who was supposed to only be in Italy for a few months, keeps extending his stay. Desperate to be reunited with their son, the Green…
Christmas for the English National Ballet means a resplendent and joyously festive production of The Nutcracker. Since its inception, the much-loved balletic masterpiece has been a mainstay …
The Little Angel Theatre's latest production is inspired by Lewis Carroll's nonsensical poem ‘Jabberwocky’, charmingly retold using playful delivery, an entrancing soundscape and…
