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The Unknown Island

The Unknown Island

Gate Theatre’s The Unknown Island is an almost verbatim adaptation of Portuguese Nobel Prize winner José Saramago’s 1997 short story, by director Ellen McDougall and dramaturg Clare Slater. It is a humorous contemporary fable about a man’s...
Review: The Past Keeps on Coming

Review: The Past Keeps on Coming

Phil Pearson’s The Past Keeps on Coming shows you that creativity need not stop when we are living in isolation, as we are now. In fact, being on your own, thoughts racing round the track of your mind can make for a gripping drama.   We watch in awe as...
Review: Circus of Books

Review: Circus of Books

With lockdown and the strange place, we find ourselves in, you may be longing for something incredibly feelgood to watch. Because let’s face it, right now the film Contagion just does not cut it. I think I may have found you the tonic to go with your best bottle...
Top Story – An Apocalyptic Comedy.

Top Story – An Apocalyptic Comedy.

Top Story is, well, an apocalyptic comedy, written by Sebastian Michael. An Optimist Creations and Cherry Picked Pictures co-production, it was performed at the now defunct Old Vic Tunnels in 2013 and is currently available to watch online for free. In this Beckettian...
The Tale of Little Bevan

The Tale of Little Bevan

The Tale of Little Bevan, written by Robert Alan Evans, is a modern-day fairytale that explores the lives of three members of a small village community over the course of a day while connections are made and secrets uncovered.  We are first introduced to Tony,...