8th March 2018 With upheaval, impermanence and the inevitability of transition being among its central themes, Rory Mullarkey’s dynamically executed interpretation of Anton Chekhov’s theatrical swansong The Cherry Orchard… Continue Reading
3rd March 2018 Hailing from the notoriously rough and tough Mozart Estate in North West London, profligate drug peddler come successful grime artist Fredo – after a forced cancellation in Birmingham an evening earlier – braved the snowpocalypse… Continue Reading
2nd February 2018 Considering that their 1998 single ‘Dance The Night Away’ peaked at number 4 in the UK while experiencing an enduring chart presence of 18 weeks, The Mavericks hold the misfortune that British audiences, by and large, would… Continue Reading
16th January 2018 In the unwavering affection bestowed upon its subject, Adrian Buitenhuis and Derick Murray’s ‘I am Heath Ledger’ provides an unusually doting biographical account of the Perth born actor who, in 2008, sadly died at just 28… Continue Reading
26th November 2017 When a deep, robotic voiceover jokingly introduces Mac Demarco as “45% a giant and riddled with disease” as he enters the stage carrying a three can stack of Stella Artois, it’s very much in keeping with… Continue Reading
19th November 2017 “Right down where we hurt the most is where the medicine is at.” This line of rehabilitative philosophy, heard around two-thirds of the way through Jairus McLeary and Gethin Aldous’ ultra-intensive documentary, is a fitting summation… Continue Reading
8th November 2017 In addition to selling out tonight’s show, the pre-gig sighting of several of the band’s T-shirts among the crowd– including those consecutively adorned by five teenage friends in the front row – is further testament to… Continue Reading
14th October 2017 A full fifty years have passed since singer-songwriter and guitarist Richard Thompson made his debut as a recording artist with folk rock juggernaut Fairport Convention in 1967. Since then Thompson has – via marriage and… Continue Reading