Inner London residents told me their food waste problems – composting definitely isn’t the answer
So many cities with densely populated communities living in flats without gardens struggle to find sustainable solutions to ...
Barbican19d
Learning from Colombia
Watch leading Colombian architects and educators in conversation with one another, discussing contemporary issues in their field. Leading Colombian architects and educators share their joy and ...
Plymouth Herald21d
Nationwide to give millions of customers £50 - see if you qualify
Nationwide is giving over 12 million members a share of over £600 million to thank them for enabling the successful purchase of Virgin Money. They will each receive £50 and most of the payments ...
Waltham Forest Guardian25d
Cate Blanchett and Emma Corrin in The Seagull at The Barbican
'Are you ready for a bit of Chekhov,' asks Zachary Hart's guitar-toting factory worker, Medvedenko before launching into a Billy Bragg number. It's a meta start to a talent-packed updating of a ...
Time Out25d
The Seagull
Relations with Russia may be icier than ever, but mutual antipathy has never dented our love for Chekhov. To all intents and purposes the man wrote four plays, and they’re never far from our stages.
The Independent25d
Cate Blanchett soars in the Barbican’s utterly engrossing update of Chekov’s The Seagull
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
The Daily Telegraph25d
The Seagull: Cate Blanchett delivers the goods – and does the splits
Cate Blanchett is back on the London stage for the first time in six years, playing the feted, self-absorbed, glamorous actress Arkadina in Chekhov’s first theatrical masterpiece The Seagull (1896).
London Evening Standard25d
The Seagull at the Barbican review: is Cate Blanchett's performance the year's best?
What’s the point of theatre? It’s the question that director Thomas Ostermeier - once the enfant terrible of German theatre, who famously said that directors over 40 should stop working ...
The New York Times25d
In ‘The Seagull,’ Cate Blanchett Outshines a Director’s Tired Tropes
Thanks to Blanchett’s charismatic turn as a fading actress, this new Chekhov adaptation in London hangs together in spite of Thomas Ostermeier’s antics. By Houman Barekat Reporting from London ...
Daily Mail25d
PATRICK MARMION reviews The Seagull at the Barbican Theatre: At last, a West End drama starring a movie idol that's not a dud. Take a bow, Cate
After a string of theatrical duds, misfires and howlers involving Hollywood heavyweights Sigourney Weaver, Rami Malek and Brie Larson, Cate Blanchett was the latest star of the big screen to have ...
BroadwayWorld26d
Review: THE SEAGULL, Starring Cate Blanchett, Barbican Theatre
This Seagull soars away to over three hours, as there are also some Billy Bragg songs to perforate the fourth wall from the start and later to underline the working class credentials of Simon ...