Connected Cultures

Quoting Shakespeare We often quote Shakespeare’s lines without knowing where they come from. Some lines are so familiar that they seem to...

Hamlet: The Story Young, on point, in the prime of his life, at university, with all the world in front of him, opportunity knocking, in...

When I booked tickets for Hamlet at the Hackney Empire I was expecting the play to fall somewhere within the Conjectured Cultures brief,...

Review: RSC at The Hackney Empire 2018 is proving to be a year of exceptionally high drama. I am revelling in this theatrically. And I'm...

At home with Manchester City The 2018/19 season is fast approaching and there is every expectation that the trophy count will be even...

Sir Ian, Sir Ian, Sir Ian. How can you possibly have so much fun on stage when you are playing such a tragic role? And yet, as King Lear,...

Part two of my 2018 Shakespeare Slam – the Tragedies, and I’m at the Duke of York's Theatre to see Sir Ian McKellen playing the most...

Cultural connections in the Land of the Frango Summer 2018. Time for one last vacational fling on the continent where I still belong, but...

The many Duchesses of Malfi The Duchess of Malfi is “the archetypal ‘Jacobean’ play – dark, sensuous, violent and fascinated with...

Royal Shakespeare Company, Swan Theatre, 2nd June 2018 At the end of the matinee performance the ushers called for a quick exit so the...

In profile In mid-May, to launch her book The Girl Who Smiled Beads in the UK, Clemantine was at Foyles in Charing Cross Road, an...

by Clemantine Wamariya Review As well as being an inspirational speaker and humanitarian, Clemantine Wamariya is a born storyteller. A...

Connections and Opportunities Introduction “Ballet Black is Britain’s most diverse and daring ballet company. Not only do they open up...

Review The Suit and A Dream Within a Midsummer Night’s Dream The Barbican, Friday 16th March 2018 "The course of true love never did run...

Connected Cultures invited guest contributor Eric Stevens to delve into the history of the Black Panther character, placing him firmly in...

Nakia - Undercover Spy 1. On Wakanda: “Wakanda is secretive, isolated, kept to itself.” “It’s uncolonised, so it’s advanced in a way its...

Essentially, Black Panther is a Marvel superhero film, and one of the best. But it transcends genre. It’s a fantasy adventure. A sci-fi...

Introduction January at the Meliá White House Hotel. Is it really a year since the last Art Rooms in London? And could the 2018...

Early Shakes Chancing his arm with a tragi-comedy, Shakespeare wrote Titus Andronicus early in his career after initially coming up with...

Review Royal Shakespeare Theatre, The Barbican – Friday 5th January 2018 What is this play? A tragi-comedy, a horrific farce, a...