Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2021
Lissy Lovett reviews some of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe covering theatre, spoken word and dance, physical theatre and circus
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The F-Word stage blog: July 2021
The F-Word’s round-up of what’s happening in the world of comedy and theatre this month
Calm down, it’s a festival of feminist theatre
Mary Paterson finds Calm Down Dear, a festival of innovative feminist performance, has a lot to say about the conventions of looking at women
Why a group of artists from Tbilisi had their visa applications refused
The New Collective are a group of women invited to bring their performance art to an international festival held in the UK. Megan Stodel sees a worrying sign in the refusal of their visa applications
Meet Grandma Ray and her creative granddaughter
Lisa Gornick talks about her unique live drawing comedy show before its impending performance at Soho Theatre
“I say it out loud and proudly… I’m a feminist!”
Jess McCabe interviews Teri Gender Bender of Le Butcherettes and Bosnian Rainbows and wonders about the pressures of creating an explosive onstage persona
New review: Zola Jesus at the Tabernacle
Russian-American singer songwriter Nika Danilova – aka Zola Jesus – is known for her very physical stage energy. Marta Owczarek heads to the Tabernacle in London to check out a gig with J. G. Thirlwell and Mivos Quartet and finds a more low key but nonetheless powerful performance
As monumental as ever
Russian-American singer songwriter Nika Danilova - aka Zola Jesus - is known for her very physical stage energy. Marta Owczarek heads to the Tabernacle in London to check out a gig with J. G. Thirlwell and Mivos Quartet and finds a more low key but nonetheless powerful performance
The long walk to equality
Musician and singer Sabrina Chap talks to Karren Ablaze! about putting the joy in the fight for LGBT rights and how same-sex marriage is by no means the end of the road
Sabrina Chap tour preview
Sabrina Chap is in the UK throughout November, touring her new album We Are The Parade! at a series of gigs and burlesque shows, along with the second edition of her edited book, Live Through This: On Creativity and Self-Destruction at a series of book readings and multi-media lectures. Melanie Maddison interviews Sabrina and gives an overview of the tour
Song of the day: Lena Zavaroni – Going Nowhere
Discussions about Lena Zavaroni's contributions as a performer tend to be overshadowed by references to the difficulties she faced in her personal life. Perhaps her well-known emotional performance of 'Going Nowhere' on Lena and Her Music in 1981 should be considered in the light of its own merits rather than under the glare of these
Through the Ngajat: why “I” am important
Anna Sulan Masing talks through her dance performance about migration and home
‘The face I couldn’t face’
Natalie James explains her forthcoming dance piece
