Victoria Hume – songs of the psyche
Victoria Hume explores complex mental conditions using music
Russell Parton
Meet Susie McKenna – Hackney Empire’s pantotime queen
Dick Whittington and His Cat is this year’s pantomime at the Hackney Empire. The Hackney Citizen talks to the show’s writer and director, Susie McKenna
but i cd only whisper – interview with director Nadia Latif
New play at the Arcola Theatre explores men’s mental health in 1970s black America
The Roundabout Season swings in at Shoreditch Town Hall
Some of the UK’s brightest playwriting talents come to Shoreditch Town Hall
Binoche stars in Strindberg’s Mademoiselle Julie
The hottest tickets in town this month are for the Barbican’s blockbuster Mademoiselle Julie
Carousel- review
Opera North’s Carousel is an enjoyable, if hardly revolutionary version of the classic musical
Reasons to be cheerful
Disabled-led company Graeae’s profile is on the rise after a string of successful productions in 2012, with more to come
Hackney Hurricanes kick up a storm
Disability athletics club is getting more youngsters involved in sport
Trailblazers – Queens of TV Comedy at Hackney Empire
A celebration of female comedy stars of UK television who managed to earn their own shows
Grimeborn 2012 – an alternative festival of opera
This year, the Arcola’s unconventional musical theatre and opera festival will be held in the Tent
Fair grounds for a musical – Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel
The Hackney Citizen discovers a Rodgers and Hammerstein show at the Barbican
Theatre of Great Britain Festival opens in Hackney Wick
The Yard Theatre presents British theatre from a multitude of perspectives
Stephen K Amos to compère GayExtravaganza at Hackney Empire
Have a gay ol’ time as the Hackney Empire celebrates the best of LGBT comedy
Church hosts Hackney Children’s Theatre double bill
Acrobatic mime duo Circle of Two perform Who’s in for Tea? and Bambolina and Dodo on Saturday 16 June
Going for Rhinegold
The Yard Theatre hosts an adrenaline-fuelled, modern reworking of Wagner’s Ring Cycle masterpiece
Hackney pupils get arctic education
A group of explorers and scientists are organising workshops to teach the borough’s schoolchildren about Arctic environments