Wildcard’s Tempest post-show video and photos: Shakespeare like you’ve never experienced it before
Wildcard’s Tempest post-show video and photos: Shakespeare like you’ve never experienced it before

Wildcard’s Tempest post-show video and photos: Shakespeare like you’ve never experienced it before

By Terri Paddock|2022-03-24T12:13:14+00:0023 March 2022|Tags: Pleasance Theatre, Post-show Q&As, Shakespeare, Tempest, Terri Paddock events, The Tempest, Wildcard Theatre|

Wildcard Theatre promises "Shakespeare like you have never experienced it before", and they deliver in spades with this new gig-style reinvention of The Tempest in the perfect setting of the Pleasance's cabaret-configured main house.

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Tempest
Tempest

Tempest

By Terri Paddock|2022-03-05T22:48:10+00:0022 March 2022|Tags: Pleasance Theatre, Shakespeare, Tempest, Wildcard Theatre|

Wildcard, the company behind the award-winning Edinburgh hit Electrolyte, apply their signature gig-theatre style to Shakespeare's final play for an immersive treat with Tempest at London's Pleasance Theatre.

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Dog Show video and photos: What do humans have in common with canines?
Dog Show video and photos: What do humans have in common with canines?

Dog Show video and photos: What do humans have in common with canines?

By Terri Paddock|2022-01-26T12:38:01+00:003 December 2021|Tags: Azara, David Cumming, Dog Show, Escape from Planet Trash, Ginger Johnson, How to Catch a Krampus, Mahatma Khandi, Pleasance Theatre, Rudy Jeevanjee|

At my last Christmas Q&A at the Pleasance Theatre, for sci-fi spoof Escape from Planet Trash way back in December 2019, Ginger Johnson shared a tantalising teaser about her idea for her next offering: "Like Cats, but Dogs".

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Dog Show
Dog Show

Dog Show

By Terri Paddock|2021-11-13T16:08:14+00:002 December 2021|Tags: Cabaret, David Cumming, Ginger Johnson, Pleasance Theatre, Post-show Q&As, Terri Paddock events|

After How to Catch a Krampus and Escape from Planet Trash, Ginger Johnson and her merry band of drag queens return to The Pleasance with a new alternative Christmas show, Dog Show. And I'm back for the hat-trick of Q&As.

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Escape from Planet Trash
Escape from Planet Trash

Escape from Planet Trash

By Terri Paddock|2020-01-03T12:10:36+00:003 December 2019|Tags: Escape from Planet Trash, Ginger Johnson, How to Catch a Krampus, Off-West End, Pleasance Theatre, Sink The Pink|

Escape From Planet Trash runs 19 November-22 December 2019 at London's Pleasance Theatre

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Call Me Vicky Q&A video and photos: How difficult was it to transition in the 1980s?
Call Me Vicky Q&A video and photos: How difficult was it to transition in the 1980s?

Call Me Vicky Q&A video and photos: How difficult was it to transition in the 1980s?

By Terri Paddock|2020-01-25T23:58:47+00:0026 February 2019|Tags: Adam Young, Ben Welch, Call Me Vicky, Featured Show, Matt Greenwood, Nicola Bland, Off-West End, Pleasance Theatre, Post-show Q&As, Stacey Bland, Terri Paddock events, Transgender, Wendi Peters|

It was a great big family affair for my post-show Q&A at Call Me Vicky at the Pleasance Theatre this weekend. The new one-act comedy-drama marks the playwriting debut for sisters Stacey and Nicola Bland, who also perform in the cast, and their mum, dad and nan were in proud attendance.

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Q&A video and photos: How to Catch a Krampus and celebrate the best of British drag
Q&A video and photos: How to Catch a Krampus and celebrate the best of British drag

Q&A video and photos: How to Catch a Krampus and celebrate the best of British drag

By Terri Paddock|2020-01-26T22:32:17+00:0016 November 2018|Tags: Ginger Johnson, How to Catch a Krampus, Pleasance Theatre, Sink The Pink, StageFaves, Terri Paddock events|

How much do you know about the British tradition of drag? British drag artists are the "punks of performance", according to Ginger Johnson, who has written, directed, designed and performs in a show that brilliantly illustrates and celebrates this tradition.

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