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Vegemite Serves Up An Ashes Special
Few rivalries in sport are as iconic as The Ashes: England versus Australia. And what better stage for this cultural clash than the Tea Break – a 20-minute pause after the second session of play, steeped in tradition as much as the match itself. This year, VEGEMITE is crashing the…
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Old Fat F**k Up Review
‘ What the f*** are we going to do about all the men?” asks writer and performer Olly Hawes in Old Fat F**k Up, now running at Riverside Studios. It’s a question that sets the tone for a piece that is part-autobiographical, part dark comedy, and concerned with toxic masculinity…
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Review: Bombolone’s Festive Doughnuts
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas — and taste like it too. Bombolone has unveiled their festive collection of doughnuts, and last night’s showcase confirmed they deliver real flavour as well as festive flair. For those unfamiliar, bombolone is the Italian word for brioche‑style filled doughnut: soft, round,…
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Review: L’Indiscipline at Voila! Theatre Festival
Science and spectacle collide in L’Indiscipline, a dark comedy that makes its English-language premiere at London’s Voila! Theatre Festival. Written by Michal Vojtech, Pierre Albert Ollivier, and Ariel de la Garza, and performed by Threepenny Collective’s ensemble of fresh voices, the play arrives in London fresh from its world debut…
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#FATKARY: The Corrido of a Tragic Ex-Fat Woman at Voila! Theatre Festival Review
If you’ve ever felt like your body was a battleground, Caridad Gómez has a corrido for you. Her one-woman show, #FATKARY: The Corrido of a Tragic Ex-Fat Woman, landed The Playground Theatre tonight as part of London’s Voila! Theatre Festival. I hadn’t heard the term corrido before, and learned it…
