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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: ARCOLA THEATRE >>> How do you define sex and relationships in 2024? It’s complicated, obviously. Yet, popular culture still pushes the trajectory of finding Mr or Mrs Right in a sweeping-you-off-your-feet kind of way. In reality, lots of twenty-somethings have...

VENUE: OMEARA >>> "That don't impress me much", said no one in the audience after witnessing Lindsay Ell's electric set. The musical polymath, who was fresh from Glastonbury and Hyde Park after performing as Shania Twain's guitarist, dominated the stage from start to finish. I will avoid limiting her to just Shania Twain's guitarist...

VENUE: PARK THEATRE>>> After a successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2018, Writers Vicki McKellar and Guy Masterson bring their updated version of The Marilyn Conspiracy to the Park Theatre for its London debut...

VENUE: WILTON'S MUSIC HALL >>> You either come from a football house or you don’t, I said to my colleague the other day. She comes from one, I don’t. So, while I appreciate that some people are super into football, I never really understood why they were super into football...