Review: Psychodermabrasion, Jacksons Lane

Review: Psychodermabrasion, Jacksons Lane

Psychodermabrasion gets under the skin. Like, really under the skin. Appearing this week at Jacksons Lane – a gem of a venue just up the Northern Line – it is a pitch black peek into the grimness of youth with songs, slapstick and more than the occasional...
Chaz Royal Announces Boylesque Boycott

Chaz Royal Announces Boylesque Boycott

When it emerged in January that Jacques Patriaque, co-founder and CEO of Annual Boylesque Festival Vienna had trademarked the word “boylesque” in 2014, many an eyebrow was raised. London Burlesque Festival producer Chaz Royal’s plans to launch his...
Review: Red Bastard, Vaults Festival

Review: Red Bastard, Vaults Festival

People talk about the politics of fear. They talk about the economics of fear. But few really talk about fear as the ultimate stage device. A device that forces the audience to look both around the room and within themselves. One that instils a psychological and, in...