Martha Oakes PR

Martha Oakes and Sue Lancashire, creative arts PRs specialising in dance, performance, festivals, site-specific work and one-off cultural events

[Chris Omaweng @comaweng]

SpinQueen (TM) | Greenside @ George Street

Powering through the show on a spin bicycle, Megan Tomei’s performance was almost exhausting to watch. Plenty of food for thought in this perceptive and physical show.

https://t.co/zkXyeL56Je

[A Young(ish) Perspective @YoungishPers]

REVIEW: 4.5 stars to Don Quixote (Is a Very Big Book) @edfringe

“A stellar performance with plenty of puppetry and slapstick to enjoy”

#review #edinburgh #edfringe #whatson

https://t.co/lP4WAkwI1s

[Geraldine Pilgrim @GPilgrimCompany]

CHAIR!
By Geraldine Pilgrim

Showing at Greenwich+Docklands International Festival (GDIF)

Thu 3 Sep : 1.30pm & 3.30pm
&
Fri 4 Sep : 1.30pm & 3.30pm

Queen’s Market Square
East Ham
London, UK
E13 9JJ

This event is FREE: Just turn up!

[Martha Oakes PR @marthaoakespr]

“It’s a high-intensity emotional workout too.” #MeganTomei talks all things #SpinQueen for #KateWyver's brilliant feature on @edfringe endurance shows. Photos by @murdomacleod06. Also featuring @ConnorDelves + @BenNorris7. #SpinQueen continues @GreensideVenue until 29 August

[Martha Oakes PR @marthaoakespr]

We were so shocked and saddened to hear about @elliottfranks death. He took this wonderful photo of @YUCKcircus at @IFMKfest 2025. He was a brilliant photographer who knew how to get the shot he wanted. RIP Elliott, you will be much missed.

[The Stage @TheStage]

Edinburgh Festival Fringe – ★★★★ Review: SpinQueen™ – Unhinged and exposing ride of a show. (@GreensideVenue) 👇 https://t.co/YOw6Xa3oJT

[The Stage @TheStage]

Edinburgh Festival Fringe – ★★★★ Review: Don Quixote (Is a Very Big Book) – Dik Downey’s bonkers attempt to stage every page of Cervantes’ novel. (@ThePleasance)👇 https://t.co/I6YZFUi28a

[The Stage @TheStage]

Edinburgh Festival Fringe – ★★★★ Review: Joel Bray Dance: Daddy – Generous and vulnerable immersive concept from choreographer Joel Bray 👇 https://t.co/K1M9ce6dHg

[Martha Oakes PR @marthaoakespr]

@DikDowney #OpposableThumbTheatre talks Manchego #DonQuixoteisaverybigbook talks aging, friendship and windmills @ThePleasance #KingDome 3.25pm daily

[ThreeWeeks Edinburgh @ThreeWeeks]

Edinburgh Fringe Cheese - if your show was a cheese, what cheese would it be and why? With 'Heated Rivalry: The Musical Parody!' plus Dik Downey from 'Don Quixote (Is A Very Big Book)'; Bellina Logan from 'Confessions Of A Mulatto Love Child; and Max Fulham.

[CultureMK @CultureMK]

IT’S DONE!
@mkcouncil has TODAY submitted its official bid to become #UKCityofCulture2029 with an affectionate tribute to the activist architects and flower-power planners who looked out of a helicopter in 1967 and envisaged a better way to live!

More: https://t.co/UpDbU6T6v9

[CultureMK @CultureMK]

A love letter to Milton Keynes.

More than 50,000 people at Reggae Land saw Milton Keynes poet Maureen Onwunali performing her Ode to the City.

Celebrating our people, diversity, creativity and ambition, it's a reminder that we're just getting started https://t.co/1znCdcT4XM

[The Quinntessential Review @The_Q_R]

'The hardware might have degraded, but the software is highly developed.'

Wiradjuri dancer Joel Bray on turning childhood trauma, queer dating, and ageing into movement and comedy for his solo show, 'Daddy'.

https://t.co/ywZnEPiWWM #EdFringe

[CultureMK @CultureMK]

So many people are getting behind Milton Keynes' UK City of Culture 2029 bid.
Thanks to everyone who took part in the collage workshops, @MKArtsCentre for hosting, @cypherhead.studio for the photography, and Robin Clements for leading the sessions.
#BackTheBid #CityOfCulture2029

[Martha Oakes PR @marthaoakespr]

"Comedy, humour, and absurdism have always been and will always be an essential part of who I am and the art I make." Megan Tomei talks to @YoungishPers about her brutally funny and physical show SpinQueen™ coming to @GreensideVenue @edfringe

[A Young(ish) Perspective @YoungishPers]

IN CONVERSATION WITH: Megan Tomei @edfringe

New York actor and writer Megan Tomei is making her Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut with SpinQueen™

https://t.co/CFdVVkAcSY

#interview #edfringe #whatson

[Martha Oakes PR @marthaoakespr]

@nickcurtis Oh Nick, we are sending you lots of love, always so hard. And that is a beautiful photo. Martha and Sue

[Martha Oakes PR @marthaoakespr]

Fascinating interview with #JoelBray + #GarethVile #EdinburgischeDramaturgie site talking about The Dramaturgy of the Confessional, The Personal As Performance + The Audience as Storytellers #Daddy is @Summerhallery part of the @houseofoz_arts @edfringe
https://t.co/0f8Jbfj9os

[Martha Oakes PR @marthaoakespr]

"As the sun set behind the mountains, I dreamily thought “this is where Don Quixote would have lived and we would have been friends” @DikDowney
of #OpposableThumbTheatre talks to @ElaineC_reviews about Don Quixote (is a very big book) coming to @edfringe https://t.co/d4APo4meYx

[Martha Oakes PR @marthaoakespr]

"I’m quite evangelical when it comes to the power of puppets. They are ensconced in our psyche, opening a door to our childhood, freeing our imaginations and a sense of play" Lovely interview with @DikDowney on @YoungishPers #DonQuixoteIsAVeryBigBook @edfringe @ThePleasance

[A Young(ish) Perspective @YoungishPers]

IN CONVERSATION: Dik Downey @pleasancedome @Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Don Quixote (is a very big book) is a surreal and comic one-man adventure from puppeteer and clown extraordinaire Dik Downey

https://t.co/OzoipzSjUz

#interview #edfringe #Puppetry

[Martha Oakes PR @marthaoakespr]

@DikDowney talks about leaving his audiences with sores faces from laughing and a sense of hope ahead of his @edfringe debut aged 63 with #DonQuixoteIsAVeryBigBook @ThePleasance from 5-31 August
https://t.co/ro6Lcra46H

[Peter Anderson @Peterj464]

@AakashOdedra Company in association with the @MancCamerata present a 4 venue UK tour of Songs of the Bulbul – A ferocious and contemplative solo for virtuoso dancer Aakash Odedra 30/6 @OxfordPlayhouse @watfordpalace My preview thanks to @marthaoakespr https://t.co/92HOEy6wVK