Hofesh Shechter: From England With Love; International Draft Work – review
Shechter II: From England With Love review – a crash course in how to be English
November 2023
The best theatre to stream this month
The best theatre to stream this month: Cloud Gate, Best of Enemies and more
The Taiwanese group’s compelling dance and William F Buckley Jr and Gore Vidal’s heated debates are among November’s offerings – plus an interactive theatrical quest
July 2022
Venice Dance Biennale review – Wayne McGregor delivers sinners and shapeshifters
Shechter II: Contemporary Dance 2.0 review – young steppers pulse to a clubby score
HofeshShechter’s hardworking junior company move through Latin, locking, electronic beats and Bach
September 2021
Hofesh Shechter Company: Double Murder review – never less than compelling
Double Murder review – ghoulish and gripping with hippy hugs
June 2021
Political Mother: The Final Cut; The Life and Times review – Shechter and Clevillé on film
Hofesh Shechter’s groundbreaking 2010 work has lost none of its power, while Scottish Dance’s Joan Clevillé revels in a single take
March 2021
Patter of tiny feet: dancers on leaping into motherhood
Juggling babies and a job is always difficult – what are the particular pressures for performers and how is the industry taking steps to improve?
February 2021
Culture in peril
Devastating, unviable, admin overload: UK stage companies count cost of Brexit
New visa rules, taxes and transport restrictions are some of the hurdles British dance and theatre organisations must now overcome to tour Europe
October 2020
The week in dance: Vandekeybus / Rambert, Draw from Within; Hofesh Shechter – review
Wim Vandekeybus lets Rambert loose in a nightmare, while Shechter’s solo piece has a timely sense of constriction
July 2020
'The thirst and drive is there': a leap forward for British dance schools
Conservatoires adapted quickly to our new normal. What sort of industry will students graduate into – and how far have we come since UK-trained dancers were said to be ‘outclassed’?
May 2020
On my radar
On my radar: Hofesh Shechter's cultural highlights
The Israeli-born choreographer and dancer on Netflix series Unorthodox, the joy of board games – and banana pancakes
April 2020
Lockdown culture
'I need to get as much done as possible – I've had cancer': culture during coronavirus
Lockdown culture
Clowns review – a blast of bloodlust from the brilliant Hofesh Shechter
January 2020
2020 culture preview
Star debuts and happy returns: theatre, dance and comedy in 2020
Tom Stoppard gets personal, Cush Jumbo does Hamlet, Hollywood names bring everything from tragedy to comedy … plus dance confronts shame and there’s standup open heart surgery
September 2019
Best culture of the 21st century
The best dance of the 21st century
Ferocious flamenco, bittersweet ballet and a harrowing masterpiece are among the greatest dance creations of our age
May 2019
Rambert: McGregor/ Motin/ Shechter review – back to the future
