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Theatre and dance have always helped me make sense of the world, and now I’m on a mission to help more of us fall in love with these beautiful art forms. Here, you’ll find curated recommendations, interviews with inspiring artists, and insightful content; all driven by my passion for theatre and dance that surprise, challenge, and ask the big questions.
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Every month, I handpick
my TOP 5 must-see shows
in London, from the West End to the fringe.
Guided by my passion for kick-ass theatre, these are my personal favorites!
Check out my top picks for November in this video!
My Theatre Confidences 🤫
Welcome to this little corner where I share my reflections on theatre. Let me tell you: I don’t call these reviews. Review has always felt toxic to me, heavy with judgment and tied to a middle-class, "objective" gaze that only reinforces privilege in the theatre industry. I’m not here to cast verdicts or critique from above; I’m here to share the personal, heartfelt impact a performance has on me—when it does!—foregrounding connection, care, and community.
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Blood Show
Battersea Arts Centre
12 - 23 November
In a cyclical feat of endurance and precision, Blood Show is a raw, euphoric choreography between 3 figures and 75 litres of fake blood.
A call to action to put what’s inside on the outside and defend against a violent gaze, Blood Show questions rebirth and how we all carry our ghosts with us.
My Way of
Looking at Theatre
I’ve always found those cold, judgmental reviews not just uninspiring but downright arrogant. They seem to focus more on the critic’s ego than on the art itself, and that’s never sat right with me. My passion has always been for the artists, not the critics who try to outshine the work they’re supposedly “reviewing”.
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Alice in Wonderland
Brixton House
21 November - 4 January
After an explosive argument with Mum at Brixton Underground Station, eleven-year-old Alice leaps onto the tube seconds before the doors hiss shut.
Trapped on a train speeding into Nonsense, surrounded by weird and wonderful passengers, and at the mercy of a Queen who won’t relinquish the controls, can Alice turn this train around?
Multi-award-winning company Poltergeist weave rap music together with the sights and sounds of Brixton into a hundred-mile-an-hour Christmas adventure. #AliceinBrixton
Ballet's Colonial Legacy
Did you know ballet, often seen as the pinnacle of elegance, was once a tool of colonial domination?
European powers spread ballet as part of their cultural control, using it to suppress indigenous dances and establish European "superiority."
This history still shapes how we see ballet today.
How Watching
Dance Heals You
As it turns out, the simple act of watching dance offers profound mental, emotional, and cognitive benefits. Let’s explore how witnessing dance performances can boost well-being, improve brain function, and reduce stress—without us even needing to get out of our seats.
Through fight choreography that repeats, resets, and lingers on the aftermath, Chillingsworth doesn’t merely entertain or disturb; they confront us with an image, one splattered with the blood we so readily consume, and force us to recognize ourselves within it.