No One Is Coming To Save You

This Noise’s contribution to The Bunker’s BREAKING OUT programme is the two-person play No One Is Coming To Save You, written by Nathan Ellis. The title may be a bit of a mouthful, but it so effortlessly sums up the play – and modern life itself. And depending on how you look at it, this statement […]

Nine Foot Nine

Paired with Libby’s Eyes for BREAKING OUT is Sleepless Theatre Company’s Nine Foot Nine, written by Alex Wood. In the company’s words, it explores a “what-if” scenario that will get audiences thinking about a range of topics, from the balance between men & women, the human response to change, and our attitude towards people who are […]

Libby’s Eyes

The first of six productions in The Bunker Theatre’s inaugural BREAKING OUT season is Amy Bethan Evans’ play Libby’s Eyes. Inspired by her own experience with the PIP system, the play explores our varying definitions of the word ‘functioning’ and how it affects the way we live our lives – what are the implications for the […]

Section 2: “It holds a mirror up to society”

In a week’s time, Paper Creatures Theatre will take to the stage as part of The Bunker’s latest venture: Breaking Out. The season will see six companies perform pieces of new writing over the course of eight weeks. This is exactly the kind of arena for a company like Paper Creatures Theatre – they made […]

Don’t Panic! It’s Challenge Anneka

Following a successful run at the 2016 Edinburgh Festival, on the button have now brought one-woman show Don’t Panic! It’s Challenge Anneka to The Bunker Theatre for a limited time – it’s running alongside PearShaped’s Conquest. Sophie Winter wrote the show using real-life stories for inspiration and help from UCL researchers, as well as her own battle […]

Never Mind The Blog… Here’s June 2018

For once in my life, my intention to have a quieter month might actually pay off! There are still quite a few reviews coming your way, but they’ll be concentrated in clusters – as well as some more contributions from new Mind the Bloggers – so I can take a bit of time to rest […]

Section 2: “It’s a human story”

It’s now just under a month to go until the BREAKING OUT season begins at The Bunker Theatre, so I took the opportunity last week to meet with two of the cast of Paper Creatures Theatre’s Section 2 to follow on from my interview with Jon & Peter. This time I had the pleasure of […]

Grotty

Damsel Productions brings Izzy Tennyson’s latest play, Grotty, to The Bunker Theatre for a limited run this spring, following on from their recent collaboration on Brute at the Soho Theatre. Directed by Hannah Hauer-King, the play concludes The Bunker’s explosive Spring Season with a sharp look at London’s lesbian subculture – a topic rarely explored onstage […]

BREAKING OUT: preview

This summer, The Bunker Theatre’s artistic director Joshua McTaggart is introducing a brand new initiative that focuses on ‘The Company’: BREAKING OUT. Over the course of four weeks, six emerging theatre companies (narrowed down from over 45 applications) will perform their latest work twice a week – from plays, to musicals, to interactive experiences, there […]

Never Mind The Blog… Here’s May 2018

An exciting couple of months coming up on the fringe – this month I’m checking out Theatre N16’s new venue for a couple of shows, for one thing, and next month The Bunker Theatre will be a bit of a hotbed for new writing. By now, you won’t be surprised that there’s a lot coming […]