A celebration of the enduring friendship between the brilliant and tragic composer and war poet, Ivor Gurney, and Marion Scott, writer and trailblazer of women musicians, written a…
Following her sell-out run Growing Old Disgracefully, Jojo’s back older and more disgraceful, now ridiculing and rejoicing the role of motherhood.
As seen on Comedy Central’s Roast Battle, Hypothetical and a number of apps on your phone.
Fresh from a TV appearance two years ago, Joe Sutherland returns with a brand-new PR strategy.
What do you do when Ms Alzheimer’s – a hideous and befanged monster – comes to live with you? Local author and journalist, Susan Elkin, talks about her new book, …
What if your favourite characters didn’t quite like the way they were written? What if they decided enough was enough? When an unnamed author is found dead, his characters are br…
Life begins at 56 and 3/4s – having raised four kids and divorced twice, Jojo is starting life all over again with the emphasis on living and Don’t Stop Me Now as her funeral mus…
Ivor B Gurney and Marion M Scott had a very special friendship.
A celebration of the friendship between the First World War poet and composer, Ivor Gurney, and violinist, musicologist and champion of women musicians, Marion Scott.
Romancero Books with the support of the Office for Cultural and Scientific Affairs of the Spanish Embassy in London presents the Festival of Queer Spanish Literature in London…
Top Ten Best Reviewed Shows, Edinburgh 2018 (Comedy.
Jojo Sutherland grew up in a castle and has steadily worked her way down ever since.
Top Ten Best Reviewed Shows, Edinburgh Fringe 2018 (comedy.
Celebrating the friendship between composer and war poet, Ivor Gurney, and musician and first woman music critic, Marion Scott; written and performed by Jan Carey.
Masculinity – isn’t it, like, over? Or are there new ways to model manliness? Growing up Joe felt less like a boy, more like a Spice Girl.
In her alter ego as broadcaster, Julia has interviewed dozens of top comedians, digging deep into their psyches, and having them share intimate details from their lives.
Toxic is a collection of laugh-out-loud stories from Joe Sutherland’s life in Coventry, London and (briefly) a town in France which, when pieced together, create an intimately ho…
London.
Set sail with the grand dames of Scottish comedy as they navigate you through rough seas with their distinctly comedic take on life.
Brighton’s Storyland Press is a place where the story comes first, regardless of genre or where it sits on the commercial/literary spectrum.
Delighted to turn 40, Julia is having a breakthrough, not a breakdown! Typically a time to reflect, re-assess.
There’s a lot to live up to as a 21st century woman – having it all isn’t quite working out.
A young woman sits on the floor in a bright upper room in the Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, a large rucksack with a sleeping roll dumped by her side.
The expression ‘it’s a crime’ is too often used when, perhaps, ‘it’s a disgrace’ would suffice.
It’s said that people remember exactly where they were on the day of certain major global events, such as the Kennedy assassination, Diana’s car crash, or (possibly) Thatcher…
The Old Testament story of King David is quite a romp.
Night School is an odd ‘show’ that seems to hover somewhere between an entertaining lecture and a TED talk.
There are not many shows that greet the audience with instructions on where to find the frozen food section, or an officious security guard checking bags for explosives.
On the day that the Edinburgh weather turned from sunshine and showers to rough, autumnal wind, an ambitious project arrived at Summerhall.
A sturdy wooden climbing frame stands centre stage and sitting on the swing is Laurel, who tells us that she married the first love of her life, whom she met when she was fifteen.
It’s a cheering sight when a long queue forms outside a venue for a group’s first performance and the cheer from the audience that greeted Chacapella showed that they clearly h…
In a New York apartment with half-filled boxes scattered around her, a young woman is surprised by a buzz at the door.
Julia looks like she’s got it together: well groomed, with powerful eyebrows.
There are four productions of Simon Stephen’s Punk Rock being performed at the Fringe this year and ArtsOne Drama School is the first to wade into its murky world of teenage an…
A powerful tale of resilience and overcoming great obstacles, this production has battled through in the spirit of its eponymous character.
A play about the horrors of homophobia is never going to be an easy ride, especially with the Russian Winter Olympics in recent history, not to mention Uganda’s latest homophobic…
In a deserted bar in a dusty town somewhere in the Australian outback, a barman prepares himself for the drudgery of a long day.
There is nothing visibly unusual about teenager Evan, who kicks off his opening monologue with the line, “My problem is this.
Described as a comedy in two solo acts, Driving with the Parking Brake Up was in fact two plays, not one.
With long words, complex riddles and general nonsense, the stories of Alice’s various adventures might not seem best suited to children.
There is a single chair on stage, opening music plays and a phone rings.
If The Vagina Monologues was all about empowering women and reclaiming the C-word, it is fair to say that The Tarzan Monologues is the antithesis.
It’s tempting to say that Lear’s Daughters feels like two different plays.
Jojo Sutherland has led a most extraordinary life and this set allows her to tell the story of how she has come to be standing on the stage in front of you.
After losing six stone, Julia tells her poignant tale of life in two different bodies.
In a new adaptation of Luigi Pirandello’s disturbing masterpiece, Cambridge ADC chop, change and miss the point entirely.
Very soon after Joe Sutherland took to the stage, it was clear we were in good company: here was someone personable and inclusive, rude and funny with a penchant for great one-line…
An author, two actors and an audience member discuss Tim Crouchs last play, an unnamed and violence-filled two-person production whose effects on the actors and writer are slowly…
Based on it’s performers’ real-life stand-up material, Jailmates is a love story about an unlikely couple who meet on a pen-pal website jailmates.