131 stories by "Francesca Peschier"
Dario Fo's Can't Pay? Won't Pay! is a Marxist farce set in 1970s Italy. Fed up with out of control inflation and
Bryony Kimmings has had a hell of a couple of years: post-natal depression, a break up, an ill-fated move to the country
The peasants are revolting in Sahaspur. Under the command of corrupt Inspector Gangwar (Art Malik), the men have been humiliated and the
Middle class problems: Francesca Peschier writes on Alexis Zegerman's exploration of rules, religion, and cultural legacy.
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Bill Russell and Janet Hood's new musical, receiving its European premiere at southwark Playhouse, shows women finding their own voices whilst striving
The 2015 London run of Gecko's Missing was cut short by the fire that destroyed the Battersea Arts Centre's Great Hall in
Rain Man, the Oscar-winning 1988 film about two brothers, one an autistic savant, has been brought back to the stage with Mathew
If GCSE history classes were half as energised as the musical Six there would have been a 90% pass rate. This hit
Black Cat Cabaret's mistress of ceremonies, Frisky (Laura Corcoran) introduces her children of the night through pop melodies reworked as rich, filthy
The light comedy meets fairytale of Love's Labour's Lost seems like the perfect match for the candlelit auditorium of Tte Sam Wanamaker
A group of mates getting together to frolic in the manner of some seriously gymnastic puppies: Francesca Peschier reviews French-Canadian circus group Flip Fabrique.
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The Artist doesn't quite meet Francesca Peschier's very high expectations for 'one of the very, very best' clowns.
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Koko Brown once joined a Black Lives Matter protest by mistake. She turned a corner and was swept up in the chanting
There is a serious gap in the magic circle regarding Slytherin representation: Francesca Peschier reviews a show by the Sherlock Holmes of magicians.
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Tabarnak, deriving from tabernacle (the cupboard you keep the wine and wafers in at church), is a Canadian French expletive used to
Little Shop of Horrors is a classic musical of sublime ridiculousness, a Faustian pact with a blood-thirsty pot plant set against a
Hot Brown Honey is here to explode everything you thought you knew about cabaret. The Australian neo-burlesque collective perform a full throttle
Taking a bee hive as a symbol for femme empowerment provides scope for plenty of buzz words: Hive City Legacy pollinates the
Francesca Peschier writes on the swooshing skirts and sumptuous spectacle of this "commendably self-aware" revival of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic.
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Two women face each other across Khadija Raza's stark set, with its inlaid swirls of neon. One has just taken her first
Francesca Peschier interviews the duo behind Bechdel Theatre about industry inequality, representation, and sexy, sexy data.
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Girl meets girl, but girl has already met boy. So, girl does what any sensible person would do and sets her sights
'Margot didn't lend Elle her lucky scrunchie to be almost entirely written out of the narrative': Francesca Peschier reviews the stage version of the classic (CLASSIC) film.
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At the National Theatre, white men in black face paint are repeatedly saying the “N word”. Having transferred from the Orange Tree
In a white picket-fenced suburb, Barb (Gala Gordon) is making Walt (Gareth David-Lloyd) her special blueberry toast. It has been said it's
