Immerse yourself in Scorn’s thrilling hellscape this Halloween October 28, 2022 Scorn is the kind of game that makes you wonder what the whole deal is with humans. It’s designed in every way to be as unnerving, unpleasant and uncomfortable as possible, and yet it’s a compelling, even thrilling seven hours of your life. Designed by Serbian studio Ebb Software, it’s a love letter to Alien [...]
Things to do in London this weekend October 28, 2022 Last chance for London Literary Festival Talks and events largely with a climate focus are taking place at the Southbank Centre this weekend. It’s your last chance to attend, as the annual festival wraps up this Sunday. £ Various venues, until 30 October Comic Con Returns Michael Sheen, Tom Sturridge and Andy Serkis are a [...]
The Horror Show! at Somerset House is bizarre and brilliant October 28, 2022 The Horror Show! at Somerset House is hands down the weirdest major exhibition of the year. What sounds like a common-or-garden spooky Halloween show is in fact a kind of potted history of British counterculture from the 1980s until 2010. At least I think that’s what it is – after spending well over an hour [...]
Elton John’s new Tammy Faye musical is a glitter-ball triumph October 28, 2022 It’s hard to imagine a better team to assemble a new musical. James Graham: the prolific young playwright behind works including Best of Enemies, Quiz and The Vote. Rupert Goold: the Almeida’s artistic director who’s been involved in some of the best plays of the last decade. Jake Shears: the singer and songwriter behind the [...]
Soho Place theatre founder on opening West End’s first new theatre in fifty years October 28, 2022 For the next edition of The Lowdown interview series, we speak to Soho Place theatre founder Nica Burns about opening the first new West End theatre in fifty years Tell us about Soho Place theatre We want to offer different possibilities for performers and audiences. Our theatre is in-the-round so everyone has a perfect sight [...]
Why Tech Needs To Support Women In Menopause October 24, 2022 Brain fog leading to poor concentration, tiredness, low mood and reduced or lowered confidence: these are all symptoms of menopause that affect women at work. A CIPD survey of 1,409 women experiencing menopause symptoms was led by YouGov and found that 59% of working women between the ages of 45 and 55 who are experiencing [...]
Black Adam review: A slick but forgettable superhero romp October 23, 2022 The latest DC spectacular is a film conjured by the internet, with Dwayne Johnson linked to the role by eager fans since at least the mid-2000s. The former wrestler’s armour has been slightly dented by the failures of Jungle Cruise and Red Notice last year, can Black Adam put him back on top? Set in [...]
The Banshees Of Inisherin is the sad, funny, devastating film of the year October 23, 2022 Hype is building ahead of awards season and here is a film that will surely be a contender. With The Banshees Of Inisherin, director Martin McDonagh returns five years on from his Oscar-winning Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri, with one of the best films of the year. It’s set in the 1920s on a [...]
La Bohème at The Royal Opera House review October 23, 2022 Richard Jones’s La Bohème, now in its fourth revival at The Royal Opera House, is filled with glittering snow, bright lights, bold colours, and the (all too familiar) invisible hand of death and disease. Apologies for the doom and gloom, but no amount of 19th century Christmas jollity can make up for this Puccini classic [...]
Things to do in London this weekend, from ice skating to cocktails October 22, 2022 From ice skating to cocktail-sipping to balls of frenzied bees, this weekend is full of things to do in the capital. SOHO PLACE THEATRE It’s not every week you can visit a new West End theatre – in fact this is the first to open in more than 70 years. Located a stone’s throw from [...]