The Theatre Reviewer

Blending boxing, music, history and heartfelt storytelling, Dancing in the Mirror is an ambitious new site-specific production staged inside the iconic Fellowship Inn in Lewisham. The very place where legendary boxer Sir Henry Cooper once trained. Written by Sunday Times bestselling author Rhik Samadder in his playwriting debut, the production brings together professional actors, musicians and the Lewisham Creative Chorus for a moving story that spans generations of South Lon

Ahead of the ICC spring season, I caught up with William Foote to talk about the themes at the heart of the production, the journey behind it, and what audiences can look forward to when the lights go up. What excites you most about the Irish Cultural Centre’s Spring 2026 programme? Its energy and range. There’s a real sense of dialogue between tradition and new work, and across disciplines. It feels like a programme that reflects where Irish culture is right now. This season

A bold, irreverent and physically driven piece of theatre, Flush takes place in a surreal, claustrophobic world centred around control, release, and human vulnerability. The piece uses heightened physical comedy and stylised movement to explore what happens when private spaces become battlegrounds of emotion, status, and identity. FLUSH, directed by Merle Wheldon, decidedly loves its chaos in the first instant and never apologises for it. This is so bizarre, so uncomfortable,