LIVE REVIEW – THE LAST DINNER PARTY: AVIVA STUDIOS – 26/11/2025

There’s something almost poetic about seeing The Last Dinner Party inside Aviva Studios, the cavernous, concrete warehouse that Factory International has turned into a kind of blank canvas for big, theatrical ideas. Tonight, the space feels less like an industrial arts hub and more like a forgotten churchyard: mossy rocks scattered across the stage, rusted-looking railings, fabric and ropes hanging […]
A successful debut can often, wrongfully, define a band. It’s the blueprint of their sound, persona and everything in between. And it can unearth this hype which can haunt an artist as they move forward in their career. Pressure surmounts within the hope that what’s to come is as good as what’s been before. The […]

ALBUM REVIEW – THE LAST DINNER PARTY: FROM THE PYRE

ALBUM REVIEW – THE LAST DINNER PARTY: PRELUDE TO ECSTASY

I am always suspicious of hype. The build them up to knock them down process seems unhelpful to all involved. Add in that the choice of acts or scenes for mass championing has often been bewildering with, in many cases, the recipients being distinctly ordinary. The buzz surrounding The Last Dinner Party has grown deafening […]