Performers during this year's Improvizza: Malta Improv Festival at Spazju Kreattiv Improvizza! Malta Improv Festival is the first event of its kind for Malta. The brainchild of theatre-maker Simone Ellul, it continued to build on last year's successful improv session, Love Secrets. This year the event moved to Spazju Kreattiv to cover a fully-fledged 4-day festival that … [Read more...] about Improvizza! Malta Improv Festival – a deep dive into improv theatre
Spazju Kreattiv
Beyond the Visible: The Metaphysical Worlds of Olaug Vethal
Photos by Elisa von Brockdorff A critical analysis of the exhibition at Spazju Kreattiv. Taking up the main space at Spazju Kreattiv right now is the colourful world of Olaug Vethal, a Norwegian artist who spent much of her lifetime living and working in Malta. The exhibition, titled Beyond the Visible: The Metaphysical Worlds of Olaug Vethal, is curated by Christine … [Read more...] about Beyond the Visible: The Metaphysical Worlds of Olaug Vethal
Chucky’s Solo Panto 2025: 4 stars
Chucky's Solo Panto - Jack & The Beanstalk. On this platform, you'll find theatre reviews for pretty much any genre and style, except for panto. There's a reason for that. I loathe panto, so it feels unfair to criticise when I'm starting from a biased point of view. I was coaxed into reviewing the annual icon that has become Chucky's Solo Panto for two reasons. It's for … [Read more...] about Chucky’s Solo Panto 2025: 4 stars
Blanket Ban Review: Profoundly Sincere
Davinia Hamiltion and Marta Vella in Blanket Ban. Photo: Ali Wright We have plenty of divisive topics in Malta where everyone wants to put in their two cents' worth - divorce was one of them. Then, there's the next level of divisive, where the stigma of supporting the least popular camp is so great that the anti wave drowns the few, vocal supporters. Enter abortion. … [Read more...] about Blanket Ban Review: Profoundly Sincere
‘It’s easy to have an abstract opinion on abortion when you’ve never been directly affected’
Blanket Ban is written by Marta Vella and Davinia Hamilton. In what may be local theatre's answer to author Loranne Vella's Marta Marta, Blanket Ban finally opens in Malta this week. Reviewed by The Guardian as "a startling account of abortion laws in Malta", it's written by Davinia Hamilton and Marta Vella , who also act in it. And they know exactly how they feel about … [Read more...] about ‘It’s easy to have an abstract opinion on abortion when you’ve never been directly affected’
