We’ve slowly made the transition into a more AI-centric world, a world where we etch out the rule book that ensures man and machine live side by side reciprocally, rather than find ourselves at constant loggerheads. It’s a normality now to see the things we think about emerge digitally in some sort of shape or form. We’ve seen engineers work to make technology sentient, conscious energies on a par with humans – but can this ever be possible? Questioning ‘consciousness’ and how this differentiates us from machines, Secret Thoughts welcomely enters us into what evidently is a transformational time.

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Post 2020 and certain aspects of humanity have become prevalent. A fast paced world pre 2020, lockdowns forced many to slow down and appreciate the natural beauty around us – our natural world something perhaps taken for granted before, now a sanctuary. How to better look after it, a priority that although had been stressed before, became more urgent and still is! Addressing themes of climate change and social justice, Ontroerend Goed present Are we not drawn inward toward new erA, a mirror held up to humanity on the brink of collapse or change.

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Established in 1989, Company of Elders for over 3 decades now have championed the voices of the over 60s. A much needed space for a demographic typically ignored in the mainstream to explore, present and  connect, Company of Elders welcome home break barriers – returning to Sadler’s Wells with their latest collection of works.

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Family roots us in the world we live in, our mothers and fathers the protectors that guide us in our formative stages and help us to understand everything around us. The breakdown of this foundation distressing, but the bonds formed outside of this important. Taking on our physical as well as magical realm, Oli Savage’s To the Ocean tells a mythical tale of young girl, who seeks answers about her mother years down from her leaving the family home.

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The cooking show for decades has served as a form of light entertainment for millions – for those new to cooking, enticing recipes from all over the world now brought to their attend, for the more skilled cook – the chance to hone in on their skills further. A staple of our television screens and the influencer realm, many a personality have made their presences known – in the case of Shamila Sulaiman’s Roll Your Sleeves With Eve, following Eve, an influencer turned mainstream superstar chef, who carefully builds up an empire and experiences what in turn follows.

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Grief can take on many forms – how we process it, and exhibit it unique to the individual. The loss of a parental figure a devastating reality many face, a life changing event that has you assess yourself and the interactions had with the external world. Exploring this further in expressionist play I Can’t Make Sense, Vogue Giambri daringly stares many a taboo in the face and confronts them head on.

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Observed on the 2nd February annually in the US, Groundhog Day is a tradition steeped in the belief that if a groundhog (badger) emerges from its den and sees its shadow, it’ll retreat to its den and winter will therefore continue for a following six weeks. Turned into a much loved film of the same name in 1993, it features Hollywood star Bill Murray as the story’s lead Phil Connors – a self assured weather man forced to relive Groundhog Day on repeat. The much loved film also enjoying life as a musical, making its debut at the Old Vic in 2016 before making its return 7 years later.

Courtesy of Manuel Harlan.

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Driven by corruption, competition, jealousy and greed, the Ptolemaic Dynasty (305-30BC) would see its fair share of power play, Ptolemy XII Auletes – the ruler of Egypt from 80-58BC, accompanied by daughter Cleopatra VII who we’ve come to know exiled – only to return years later and dethrone rival and family member Berenice IV. Cleopatra the successor of her father after his death from 51BC to 30BC who would go on to become the last Ptolemaic Egyptian ruler. Inspired by her ascent to the throne, and the tumultuous life she lead in her pursuit to retain power, DoDo Dramatics present Queen of the East – a family friendly look back at one of history’s most talked about figures.

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The fear whipped up by witch hunts has the might to change the social fabric, there needing to be an ‘enemy’ to defeat, the root of this phenomena that we’ve repetitively seen play out throughout history. Influenced by the Salem witch trials of 1692/1693 and the McCarthyism of 40s and 50s America, Arthur Miller’s The Crucible instils what it is for hysteria to very gradually take over a community, a nation, a population.

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In 1926, the General Strike saw over a million workers in the transport and heavy industry strike over worsening pay conditions for a total of 9 days. Called on by the Trade Union Congress (TUC), the UK would find itself forced to a stand still, post WWI, with a stagnating economy burdened with the costs of war. With the nation’s press amongst other industries impacted as a result of the strikes, this in turn would determine who dominated the media landscape at the time, how it would be done and what news items would make the cut. The British Gazette – a government owned publication run by the Chancellor of the Exchequer at the time – Winston Churchill, and the BBC, an independent structure run by John Reith battling it out to reign supreme and be crowned the nation’s go to media outlet. Jack Thorne’s When Winston Went to War with the Wireless placing a closer gaze on these 9 days that would go on to shape and shake up UK history.

Courtesy of Manuel Harlan.

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