Review: Batt On A Hot Tin Roof

Review: Batt On A Hot Tin Roof

After a stint at the Crazy Coqs last August, the Batt is back. No, not Christian Bale in another Christopher Nolan instalment of rubber-clad and gruff-voiced comic book histrionics but Bryan Batt, known to some as Mad Men’s Sal Romano and, judging from his latest...
Circusfest 2014 Review: Strike!

Circusfest 2014 Review: Strike!

Appearing as part of Circusfest 2014, Strike! is a dark take on office life appearing at Jacksons Lane until this Saturday. Kafka meets Office Space in Strike!, a contemporary circus performance based in a bureaucratic hell of cardboard and clocking in. Whilst at...
Review: Swing Revival

Review: Swing Revival

Looking for some midweek dancefloor action? With an orchestra behind him, swing maestro Benoit Viellefon and his orchestra will be at the Hippodrome Casino’s Matcham Room every Tuesday this month. Benoit Viellefon may well have his orchestra, but there’s still...
Review: Transmit

Review: Transmit

Alongside its contributions to Circusfest 2014, Jacksons Lane produced Transmit a brand new programme of shorter works by emerging artists from the contemporary circus world. It’s a pleasant feeling to realise that there are still some art initiatives out there solely...