Q&A: Samantha Baines, Actor and Broadcaster
Samantha is a deaf consumer expert on Rip Off Britain and currently plays Bonnie Baldridge on BBC’s Father Brown. We’re talking to her after Samantha launched her own luxury accessories brand Baines London, inspired by her difficult experience in hospital with her newborn daughter.
Q&A: Melanie Bracewell, A Little Treat
It is time for this country to help itself to A Little Treat. Taskmaster NZ star Melanie Bracewell gears up to embark on her third UK Tour. With more than a quarter of a million Instagram followers and large theatre audiences across Australia and New Zealand, this multi-award-winning performer is jet setting across the UK.
Review: Izzy Goessens’ Crumble
A Hilariously Raw Post-Mortem on Modern Heartbreak If you’ve ever found yourself doom-scrolling through your own sent folder at 3:00 AM, Izzy Goessens’ Crumble will feel like a personal attack in the best way possible. Taking the wreckage of a long-term breakup, she performs a high-energy “comedy autopsy” that is as intellectually sharp as it […]
Review: Bed Boy, Celine Kuklowsky
French American comic Celine Kuklowsky (@celinekuk) is, in their own words, a gluten-and-lactose-free, socialist, with a sugar-baby, which they admit, is the epitome of everything the far-right are so angry about. Performing a WIP of their newest hour show Bed Boy at Top Secret Comedy club last night, Kuklowsky’s comedy is quick, satirical and easy […]
Q&A: Natalie Durkin, Polly: A 21st Century Love Story
Polly is a rom-com inspired musical which explores what it takes to live authentically and who we seek permission from to do just that. It’s also silly, messy, joyous and queer! We’re about to have a public and industry showing at The Other Palace on 18th Feb – very excited.
Q&A : Catherine Abbott, Becoming Victoria Wood
Catherine Abbott grew up in the Midlands and is now based in Glasgow. She has been directing for 15 years. Her recent film Becoming Victoria Wood has just completed a cinema run and will be on U&Gold on 12th February. Her other credits include Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution and Travels with Agatha Christie & Sir […]
