‘We need a push’: Beloved adventure playground launches crowdfunder for ‘unique’ new fence
Shakespeare Walk, recently crowned London’s best adventure playground, needs to replace its crumbling perimeter
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Four more Hackney playgrounds set for a spruce-up as council efforts to make borough better for children continue
Play areas at Hackney Downs, Clapton Common, Stonebridge Gardens and Well Street to get an update
‘It’s our local park’: Primary school pupils fight for ‘basic right’ to have playtime in De Beauvoir Square
Candidates for upcoming De Beauvoir by-election line up in support of the children following complaints from local residents
Bird of play: Winged wonder lands at Clapton Pond as children’s area gets a preening
The timber creature is at the heart of a £60k spruce-up at the popular local haven
Children’s designs for Shoreditch Park play centre given thumbs-up by planners
Ideas for slides and a rooftop space get go-ahead as part of huge £350k redesign
Frau Welt becomes Hackney Showroom’s first star of the stage
The cabaret and drag inspired solo narrative is the venue’s first play
Richard III, Arcola, theatre review: the bovver boy royal in a bare bones production
This enjoyable staging of Shakespeare’s historic tragedy makes the most of its stark setting and a “performance on fire”
The Plague, Arcola Theatre, review: an incisive adaptation of Camus’ classic
Morgana Edwards took her seat for a sharp, direct staging of the classic novel which, unfortunately, could not be more timely
Hamlet, Almeida Theatre, review: method and madness
The N1 theatre stages the tragedy with a variety of bells & whistles that make for a stylish production
The Lower Depths, Arcola, review: farcical situations and tragic moments
The Dalston theatre hosts a harsh, passionate and ultimately remorseless production of Maxim Gorky’s play
Saddled with Shakespeare: The Handlebards ride to Geffrye Museum
An all-bicycling theatre company is giving new meaning to the phrase ‘play cycle’
Crossing the divide – Spitalfields to see crowdfunded adaptation of Malorie Blackman classic
An extraordinary tale of social exclusion, terrorism and oppression, Noughts and Crosses has now been adapted for the stage. Its director Cheryl Walker talks about black representation and why her performers are “not just actors”
1972: The Future of Sex begins Shoreditch Town Hall run
A new comedy explores sexual anxiety and coming of age in the year of Ziggy Stardust and Mary Whitehouse
Playing a blinder – All That Fall preview
A one-act play for radio by Samuel Beckett is ingeniously staged at Wilton’s Music Hall
Sheer Height redress the gender balance with new Arcola show
Fed up with the state of theatre for women, two friends founded their own company placing female characters centre stage
Park bench politics: Made Visible at the Yard Theatre
An encounter with two women in Victoria Park inspired Deborah Pearson’s play about race and identity