Interviews

Rod Stewart is heading out on the road in 2019 with a summer stadium and winter arena tour – his biggest UK tour to date. Rod Stewart Live in Concert will see the international rock star play 22 headline shows at football stadiums, outdoor venues and arenas across England and Scotland in support of the release of his 30th studio ...

September 2019 will mark the fortieth anniversary of the death of Dame Gracie Fields, who rose from being a mill girl to becoming a Global superstar and a champion of the British working classes. Her down to earth persona earned her the affectionate nickname of ‘Our Gracie’, and as such she became the epitome of traditional British values and beliefs. ...

God walks onto the stage and instantly the audience erupts into deafening applause and the ovation continues. The sold-out Olivier Theatre is filled with his greatest fans and admirers, all of whom snapped up tickets within hours of the interview being announced only three days before. God subtly pushes at the air with his downward-facing palms and an excited hush ...

It fell upon a time, befitting the British Establishment, to once and for all solve the endemic criminal fraternities’ disposition towards upsetting the equilibrium of The State through larcenous diversions – poaching a rabbit, stealing a loaf of bread, being Irish, American or Seditious – slagging-off whichever corpulent/mad George was currently squatting his fat rump on the throne. The answer ...

Produced by Belgrade Theatre in association with Tamasha and Yellow Earth Theatre, the world premiere of Amy Ng’s new play, Under the Umbrella storms into Coventry this weekend for a two-week run ahead of a UK tour. Nicole Craft caught up with Amy just before a rehearsal run to find out more about her inspirations for the story, the challenges ...

Most shows at the VAULT Festival only run for five days, but a select few have longer runs including this year’s feature show Counting Sheep. Based on the Kiev uprising in 2014, audience members restage the revolution in a thrilling show designed by people who were there and by the Free Theatre of Belarus. The Reviews Hub caught up with ...

Even though it’s week six of the VAULT Festival, currently being held in the cavernous tunnels under Waterloo station, it seems as if London’s biggest fringe festival has never been busier. One of the most exciting features of the festival is the diversity of the shows, and in The Reviews Hub’s occasional roundup of queer slanted plays Richard Maguire talks ...

As the VAULT Festival enters its fourth week, The Reviews Hub’s Richard Maguire talked to Kane Husbands about his new show GIRLS, the follow-up to last year’s phenomenal BOYS. A dance piece with words, GIRLS looks at the pressure on all women to conform to a certain stereotype. Kane Husbands created his physical theatre company, The PappyShow, in 2013, and ...