Tag Archives: Battersea Arts Centre

Writer: Jessica L Hagan Reviewer: Richard Maguire There really is no mountain high enough for the four talented female performers in the hit show Queens of Sheba, which, after productions at The Camden People’s Theatre, VAULT Festival and the Omnibus Theatre, now comes to the BAC as part of a national tour. Thrilling, angry and funny, this show is what ...

Writer: Helen Monks and Matt Woodhead Director: Matt Woodhead Reviewer: Maryam Philpott Fears about radicalisation in England’s schools has been a major concern in the last few years as stories of young British Muslims joining terrorist organisations were stoked by the press while the Trojan Horse letter invoking a conspiracy at the heart of Birmingham’s school system was made public. ...

Lead artists: Caroline Williams and Reem Karssli Reviewer: David Guest Dragging yourself away from the comfortable observation space in front of a screen is easier said than done. Everyone watches news in a controlled position of isolation, whether that be viewing on television, PCs, tablets or mobile devices. But a fascinating art installation which continues to tour five years after ...

 Creators and performers: Bertrand Lesca and Nasi Voutsas Reviewer: Scott Matthewman Surrealist performers Bertrand Lesca and Nasi Voutsas have, in their previous shows Eurohouse and Palmyra, presented a fractious, occasionally violent onstage relationship. As their new show One opens, Nasi is standing atop a tall stepladder and, despite Bert and selected audience members asking him to come down, refuses to ...

Writer and performer: Apphia Campbell Reviewer: David Guest “Black Lives Matter” is a movement that has become a rallying cry over decades. Yet unchecked atrocities in the ongoing civil rights struggle in America and indeed around the world mean it is in serious danger of becoming little more than a clichéd hashtag. However watered down it has become, it remains ...

Show title: The Future – Venue: Battersea Arts Centre, London Writer: Little Bulb Theatre Director: Alexander Scott Reviewer: Richard Maguire The Future is a quirky exploration of Artificial Intelligence and lies somewhere between a TED Talk and a rock gig. However, its focus on zany and nerdy humour means that it fails to ask any new questions about AI that ...

Writer and Director: Roisin Feeny Directors:  Gemma Rowan and Roisin Feeny Reviewer:  Richard Maguire Taking place in the not-too-distant future, Wow Everything Is Amazingsees the internet worshipped as a religion. To prove their faith, new worshippers are persuaded to hand over all their data, and to share all their ideas. This new show by the young company Sounds Like Chaos ...

Creators and Performers:  Josie Dale-Jones, Lydia Higginson, Nobahar Mahdavi, and Olivia Norris Reviewer:  Richard Maguire A few years ago in a foreign country Lydia Higginson was forced to strip at gunpoint. For a long time after, Higginson suffered from PTSD, but after six years she felt stronger and realised that now was the time to get, in a metaphorical sense, ...