We all know A Christmas Carol – indeed, most people are likely to have enjoyed dozens of versions of Charles Dickens’ matchless tale of...

1 The Queen Of Hearts, Greenwich Theatre till 2 January. Legendary dame Andrew Pollard is back live with his own take on a traditional...

The true psychological cost of lockdown may not be known for years. But we do know it’ll be high and we’ll need all the help we can get...

The annual delight that is the Greenwich + Docklands International Festival pulled off an amazing coup in its 25th outing last summer. It...

Lockdown has scuppered the sheer visceral excitement that artists and audiences share in any live performance, forcing creatives to look...

Considering the country was in deep lockdown only a few weeks ago, it’s amazing that the Greenwich and Docklands International Festival...

Major world premieres, medieval chants, Hindustani folk music, Hollywood soundtracks, Taiwanese dance, First Nation tribal traditions, a...

The divisions in British society today are as wide and bitter as they have been in decades, which is why events that celebrate...

This year’s Greenwich Book Festival fulfilled the basic requirement of any event designed to promote the arts – it truly offered...

One of the greatest moments in cinema history comes when Dorothy steps out of her monochrome Kansas farmhouse into The Wizard Of Oz’s...

I’ve been to hundreds of Trinity Laban recitals over the years and I can say with my hand on my heart that I’ve never seen one that...

A drag queen outSummering Donna Summer, a Dutch jazz trio jamming with Donald Trump, a Brahms’ hymn and an anti-Brexit rant set to Handel...

You should always expect the unexpected at one of Trinity Laban’s free lunchtime recitals. And that was never truer than when soprano...

The great diarist Samuel Pepys famously buried his block of Parmesan before alerting his family when flames threatened to engulf his...