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Interview: Courtney Cook – The Way She Feels
Courtney Cook is a a writer and illustrator from Winnetka, Illinois. Her first book, The Way She Feels, is a smart, funny graphic memoir about living with BPD. In it, Courtney details not just the treatments and hospitalisations, but the moments in which she finds joy...
Marbles Happy Things Live: Gears for Queers
As someone who is yet to see the disaster that is the Cats movie, I have to admit I feel a little left out when it comes to Rita, Lily and Abi’s love for the whole thing. The livestream begins with a song from the film, and the three all grooving out. ‘You remind me...
Marbles Happy Things Live: Rebecca Wojturska
Becky’s just dyed her hair bright orange. It looks ace (a bit like Hayley Williams) but she’s glad she’s still on lockdown. ‘I bought the dye before lockdown thinking I’d have some great lockdown hair,’ she says. ‘But then I started thinking I should actually wait...
Marbles Happy Things Live: Christina Neuwirth
I often feel a bit weird about the love I have for a literary character called The Anteater. He’s a pretty content little guy, whose life revolves around ant and strawberry milkshakes, practising the yo-yo, and hoping someone will one day pay him to be really good at...
Marbles Happy Things Live: Vaneet Mehta
My chat with Vaneet Mehta is due to start at 7pm, but at 6.57 I spill a glass of red wine all over my cream curtains and beige carpet. Panicking, I need to decide what to do: delay the live stream, ignore the mess, or refill my glass. With no time to try to get it...
Fringe interview: Timotei Cobeanu – If Mouth Could Speak
If Mouth Could Speak is just over half an hour of sharp beats, dizzying words, electronica and jazz encircling a young immigrant who is troubled by suicidal ideation. We caught up with writer and performer Timotei Cobeanu to talk about men's mental...
Fringe review: Andrea Spisto – Butch Princesa
A little bit of clowning, a little bit of ballet, a little bit of sketch comedy and a little bit of hip hop are all swallowed up and spat back out into Andrea Spisto’s beautiful intimate queer cabaret. Behind everything are Latin beats and a constant reminder...
Fringe review: Len Blanco – Firing Blancs
Former boybander and current pseudo woke modern man, Len Blanco is back for A Night with Len Blanco at the Palladium (he can’t believe it’s packed to the rafters). As a former member of pop quartet M4, he’s embarking on the chance to make right what he did...
Fringe review: Suzi Ruffell – Dance Like Everyone’s Watching
‘The last thing you want is a happy comedian,’ Ruffell remarks at the top of her show. While this might be true if you abide by the old ‘comedy = tragedy + time adage, Ruffell wears her happiness well. She’s energetic - infectiously so - bounding across...
Fringe review: A Short Cut to Happiness
Motivational speaker Julia takes to the stage with a cartwheel, a song and a handful of inspirational whoops. Emilie Hetland's manic character is immediately recognisable as any number of self-proclaimed wellness experts or life coaches, professing right off...