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In Profile: Dani Fortune / Glastonbury 2025

There are two sides to Dani Fortune. “My two performance personas couldn’t be any more different from one another,” she says as we catch-up about what it’s like to be performing at this year’s Glastonbury Festival. On one side there’s Missy Fortune, “a burlesque badass, wickedly funny seductive sideshow sweetheart with fierce fire skills and…

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In Profile: Yann Elvis / Glastonbury 2025

“I’ve been coming to Glastonbury my whole life, so getting to perform here feels extra special,” says Yann Elvis, the 22-year-old and “proudly Swinglish (that’s Swiss-English)” performer who is returning to Glastonbury for performances across the Theatre & Circus fields this year. “I’m here to spread love, laughter, and a little bit of chaos wherever…

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In Profile: Charlie Bicknell / Glastonbury 2025

Charlie Bicknell says that describing herself is “a tricky question.” Ultimately, though, she settles on describing herself as “a middle-aged woman who is convinced she is still 25 and behaves like a demented child for a vast percentage of the time.” Bicknell originally trained as an actress, she tells us. “[I] played many, many dysfunctional…

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Strategic Love Play review – Audible

Strategic Love Play’s long life continues. After success at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2023, Miriam Battye’s play earned itself a London transfer to the Soho Theatre (twice) before making the leap across the pond to New York’s off-Broadway Minetta Lane Theatre late last year. Now it makes its way to Audible, where an even wider…

In Profile: Yann Elvis / Glastonbury 2025
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In Profile: Yann Elvis / Glastonbury 2025

In Profile: Charlie Bicknell / Glastonbury 2025
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Strategic Love Play review – Audible
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Strategic Love Play review – Audible

Chess Dillon-Reams on M-Othering
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Chess Dillon-Reams on M-Othering

1536 review – Almeida Theatre, London ★★★★★
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1536 review – Almeida Theatre, London ★★★★★

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Strategic Love Play review – Audible

Jim Keaveney 2 weeks ago2 weeks ago

1536 review – Almeida Theatre, London ★★★★★

Jim Keaveney 1 month ago1 month ago

Titus Andronicus review – Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon ★★★★★

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Krapp’s Last Tape review – Barbican Theatre, London ★★★★☆

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The Brightening Air review – Old Vic, London ★★★☆☆

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Murder for Two review – The MAC Belfast ★★★★★

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In Profile: Dani Fortune / Glastonbury 2025

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In Profile: Charlie Bicknell / Glastonbury 2025

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Chess Dillon-Reams on M-Othering

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Gleanne Purcell-Brown on Shucked

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Robert Khan and Tom Salinsky on The Gang of Three

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