Welcome to Little Lark of London!
Hello! My name is Kat and I am an American who has moved to London and is writing about her experiences with the culture of the city. My main focus is theatre in and around London but I am also fascinated by music, museums, and quirky sites! I have also written for a range of publications including BroadwayWorld UK and Curtain Call Magazine.
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REVIEW: Hamnet ⭐⭐⭐
“If you pull the threads apart, it’ll fray” Hamnet, Lolita Chakrabarti’s stage adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s novel, tells a story of love and grief through the eyes of Agnes Hathawy and William Shakespeare as they struggle with growing up in abusive households, falling in love, having children and losing their son, Hamnet. Madeleine Mantock stars…
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REVIEW: The Motive and the Cue ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
“There’s a right way and a wrong way” Written by Jack Thorne and directed by Sam Mendes, The Motive and the Cue is a dramatic interpretation of the rehearsal process for Broadway’s iconic 1964 Hamlet, directed by Sir John Gielgud and starring Richard Burton. What made the show so fascinating is that it was created…
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REVIEW: Bury Me, Riverside Studios Bitesize Festival ⭐⭐
“Are we ready to be buried ourselves?” When entering the theatre for Bury Me, written and directed by Mina Moniri, you are greeted with a projection of a clementine projected onto the backwall, rotating and shining line the sun. Once the audience is seated, we are immediately thrown into a funeral, a sharp and dark…
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REVIEW: Dazzling, Riverside Studios Bitesize Festival ⭐⭐⭐
“A bit Fleabag, isn’t it?” Walking into Dazzling, you are greeted with a large white backdrop covered in sayings, with a spotlight shining on the word “dazzling.” On the stage itself, things are haphazardly strewn around and an actor is messing around with them, trying to throw straws into glass bottles, switching lights on and…
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REVIEW: Dickless, Riverside Studios Bitesize Festival ⭐⭐⭐
“It’s not the same . . . Having things and caring for them” Dickless is a one-hander written by Aisha Josiah, directed by Emily Aboud and performed by Rosaleen Cox. The show follows the lives of Saph and Oli, two young adults living in a small town in Dunningham. We begin with Saph, who is…
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REVIEW: Glastonbury, Riverside Studios Bitesize Festival ⭐⭐
“There’s life in this mud.” Glastonbury tells the story of four older adults who have an annual tradition of traveling to the Glastonbury Festival, a five-day “contemporary performing arts” festival in Somserset, England. Staying in the yurt accommodations on the campsite, Dorian, Dave, Matt and Sue (There was no programme so I am unable to…
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