Damien Russell

Nov 2, 2023 | lastminutetheatretickets.com | Chris Omaweng |Damien Russell |Lucy Prebble |Joanna Forest

Lizzie Andrew Borden (1860-1927) (Lauren Drew), as this production would have it, triumphed over adversity by getting her own back on a terrible father who mistreated her. The punishment, however, wasn’t proportionate to the crime. On 4th August 1892, she took an axe to her father, Andrew Jackson Borden (1822-1892) and stepmother, Abby Durfee Gray (1828-1892). Well, the Lizzie in this show says she did, and sings about it, then sings about it some more.

May 14, 2023 | lastminutetheatretickets.com | Mary Beer |John Groves |Damien Russell |Alan Fitter

Pegasus Opera’s double bill of Ruth and The Six of Calais is rather like the company’s mythical namesake: it takes two very different, and seemingly incongruous, things and melds them together into a strange but wonderful creature. The two-part production opens with The Six of Calais, with libretto and music by Philip Hagemann based on George Bernard Shaw’s 1934 one-act satirical play.

Mar 22, 2023 | londontheatre1.com | Damien Russell

Those familiar with Edgar Allen Poe’s literary work may be aware that the language and the style in which it is written can be a barrier to entry. It can be difficult in the modern culture of shock value and CGI to see why Poe is considered such a master of the horror genre. Selwin Hulme-Teague’s reimagining of The Black Cat is the answer to this.

Mar 3, 2023 | neonmusic.co.uk | Damien Russell

Following on from his 2021 and 2022 EP and Single releases, Tommy Ashby releases his first full-length album Lamplighter today, and with it, the lead track, Running. The album includes previous hit singles including When Love Goes Dark, Beautiful Day and Closer. Tommy discusses the inspiration behind his new project, “this album is a sincere and touching meditation on relationships; familial and friendships, the romantic and the unspoken.

Feb 23, 2023 | londontheatre1.com | Damien Russell

Hide and Seek is a story with conflict running through its very core. The story of two very different people who are trapped in the pigeon-holes society has put them in, struggling to come to terms with their own identities when they are pressured to be people they are not and are finally freed to be themselves in the claustrophobic single setting of the play.