Rhea Shepherd

VENUE: PARK THEATRE >>> If you have been unlucky enough to experience trauma in your life, you will know how it can change in a split second. You will be aware of how all-consuming it can become and how you can never go back to the person...

VENUE: RIVERSIDE STUDIOS >>> Sometimes you are lucky enough to stumble upon a little gem, and this was a polished diamond. Written and performed by Mohit Mathur, and directed by Phil Willmott, Dial 1 for UK is a one-man show and was performed at Riverside Studios from 25th - 28th July as part of Bitesize Festival.

VENUE: SOUTHBANK CENTRE >>> Artistic Director Yamoussa Bangoura brings his multidisciplinary company Cirque Kalabanté to London for the first time, performing between 24th - 28th July at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre. Kalabanté, meaning “go-getter, ambitious child, with exceptional courage” in Sousou, seeks to promote African artistic cultures...

VENUE: BARONS COURT THEATRE >>> A cowboy (Daniel Pirie), madam, inventor (Vilma Kitula), sheriff, doctor and priest (Cameron Harris) all walk into a bar. I won't spoil the punchline. The set is sparse: “A bar made out of some sort of wood (probably), and the rest is audience imagination,” we are informed by the man behind the bar...

VENUE: SOUTHWARK PLAYHOUSE, ELEPHANT >>> The Children's Inquiry is a musical about the UK care system. We are presented with its history from 1896 workhouses to the present day, including acts of Parliament such as the 1945 Children's Act, the Child Migration Scheme in the 1953, the Children's Home Act in 1982...

VENUE: JW3 >>> If you haven't visited JW3 before, may I recommend you explore this beautiful venue? Opening in 2013 it was the brainchild of Dame Vivian Duffield DBE who contributed the bulk of the project's £50 million cost, and hosts an impressive range of...