Sarah Birch - Hackney Citizen (Page 3)

Ken Worpole and Gareth Evans: Brightening from the East

Worpole ponders the relationship between East London and the East of England, and commemorates the work of John Berger in the centenary year of his birth in Stoke Newington

By Sarah Birch

/ 2 Feb 2026

American Psycho, review - a 'parting tour de force'

The musical version was Rupert Goold’s first smash production as artistic director of the Almeida Theatre, and he now revisits this dark, satirical commentary on 1980s corporate greed

By Sarah Birch

/ 2 Feb 2026

Jack Butterworth and Arty Froushan in American Psycho, Almeida Theatre. Photograph: Marc Brenner

Inside Before They Speak: Julia Phillips' visceral Barbican exhibition explores the body and human bonds

The German-American artist’s first solo show in the UK is a haunting experience, but it is well worth it

By Sarah Birch

/ 30 Jan 2026

Inside Before They Speak: Julia Phillips' visceral Barbican exhibition explores the body and human bonds

A blurred fate: Simon Roberts’ ‘After London’ puts future of the city into sharp focus

This blurry, dystopian volume imagines a city altered by the climate crisis, and puts the fate of Londoners front and centre

By Sarah Birch

/ 27 Jan 2026

A blurred fate: Simon Roberts’ ‘After London’ puts future of the city into sharp focus

'ROTUS' at Park Theatre is the one-woman show Making Theatre Great Again

Chaisty Quirk, Receptionist of the United States, is the sorority girl antagonist we didn’t know we needed

By Sarah Birch

/ 25 Jan 2026

'ROTUS' at Park Theatre is the one-woman show Making Theatre Great Again

Revolutionaries and rebels - inside East London's breakaway suffragette movement

Under the leadership of Sylvia Pankhurst, the East London Federation of the Suffragettes (ELFS) championed women's suffrage rights from its base in Old Ford Road for years

By Sarah Birch

/ 30 Dec 2025