The past is never dead, it isn’t even past
Mythos: Ragnarök presents a unique and highly distinctive theatrical experience, combining Norse mythology with professional wrestling to create something entirely new and original. The production’s mix of mythology, comedy and physicality is unlike anything typically...
In Carausius and Allectus, John Pitts sets out to bring the world of Roman Britain to life through a narrative that is clearly grounded in a strong interest in the period. The novel draws on real historical figures and events, using them as a framework for a story...
There is no shortage of books about the Romanovs, and fewer still that manage to resist being drawn too quickly toward their deaths. Mickey Mayhew’s Romanovs Under House Arrest is at its strongest when it slows the story down, devoting space to background, character,...
Set in East London in 1936, as Oswald Mosley’s fascists prepare to march, Cable Street brings the streets of the East End vividly to life, capturing a community under strain as simmering social and political tensions reach boiling point. The story narrows its focus to...
Henrik Ibsen’s Ghosts is not a play that tries to win you over gently, and the production at the Questors Theatre did little to soften its impact. Set firmly within the Alving household and unfolding without an interval, the evening pressed forward with an...
