Stanya Kahn: It’s Cool, I’m Good – Reviewed
If at first you don’t succeed. Stanya Kahn kicks off Abandon Normal Devices. “When something doesn’t work out,” intones the heavily made-up woman on screen, “it’s not because it’s a bad idea. It’s...
The Match Box – Reviewed
The Match Box, Frank McGuinness’s new play has had its run extended once more at the Playhouse Studio. Just what makes it so compelling? There’s no hiding in the Playhouse Studio. It is...
Artist of the Month: Will Daw
Meet Will Daw, one-time Ninja warrior, and our latest Artist of the Month… The thing about doing this job is that, necessarily, you are thrown in the way of arts practitioners. Getting to...
God’s Official @ the Unity Theatre – Reviewed
Slap bang in the middle of the European Championships, would a play featuring a kidnapped referee prove well-timed or enhance our football fatigue? Football, it’s a funny old game. Or so they say....
John Moores Painting Prize: exhibitors announced
The exhibitors of the 2012 John Moores Painting Prize were announced today. We spoke to one of those selected by the judges… In 1957, Sir John Moores (plain old John Moores at that...
The Humble Market: Trade Secrets
Voyage of discovery, or experiment on how to best make use of gallery space? C James Fagan signed up for the Humble Market experience. Is it me, or is it hot in here?...
NT Encore: Frankenstein
Ahead of FACT’s re-showing of Danny Boyle’s take on Frankenstein, Alison Cornmell recalls an electrifying performance from Benedict Cumberbatch… Last year, for the first time ever, National Theatre Live broadcast two separate performances...
Turner Monet Twombly – In Conversation
Tate’s latest exhibition brings together three men separated by eras. We spoke to exhibition curator Jeremy Lewison to see what unites them… It seems year on year, as summer time comes around, it...
Black Gold and Delta Blues
James West visits Oil boom, Delta burns at the International Slavery Museum… This small but evocative exhibition featuring the work of African photojournalist George Osodi examines the impact of the oil industry in...