Miles HedleyCABARET at Laban TheatreA dazzling central performance sent an already great production of the musical Cabaret into artistic orbit at Laban theatre and surely he...
Miles HedleyPINOCCHIO at The Albany It’s tough to find new ways of presenting a fairytale as well-known and well-loved as Pinocchio without spoiling its inherent charm but t...
Miles HedleyROBINSON CRUSOE at Greenwich TheatreWhat possible connection is there between Brexit, Donald Trump, dentistry, TV academic Mary Beard and Christmas? The answer – of course –...
Miles HedleySIMON PURCELL at Oliver'sSouth-east London is blessed with a seemingly endless supply of talented young jazz musicians. One of the main reasons is the presence of...
Miles HedleyMARINA COLLARD at Laban TheatreDance, sound, film and light joined forces in choreographer Marina Collard’s existential investigation entitled What This Is, Is… at Laba...
Miles HedleyJACK RAKE at Greenwich GalleryA sale of paintings by brilliant amateur artist Jack Rake at the Greenwich Gallery has raised more than £11,500 for the charity Freedom F...
Miles HedleyEARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL at Blackheath HallsThe annual International Early Music Festival returned to newly revamped Blackheath Halls this year with its usual array of the unusual. ...
Miles HedleyTO BE ME - JULIE CUNNINGHAM at Laban TheatreContemporary dance is like abstract expressionist art – both are pure forms of collaboration between creator and viewer. This thought str...
Miles HedleySTEVE HOWE at The AlbanyAny talk of living guitar heroes almost inevitably zooms in on Messrs Clapton, Beck and Page. But there are others who are just as amazin...
Miles HedleyDENNIS OF PENGE at The AlbanyEuripides may have been one of the inventors of playwriting nearly two and half millennia ago but his works are still relevant, as Dennis...
Miles HedleyTRINITY LABAN PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE at St Alfege’sTrinity Laban Percussion Ensemble recitals are always a blast but I can’t recall one that made such an impression as today’s free lunchti...
Miles HedleyHERE at Greenwich TheatreThere was a lot of audience laughter during Michael Frayn’s philosophical comedy Here at Greenwich Theatre. It wasn’t the gales of laught...
Miles HedleyGRACEFOOL COLLECTIVE at Laban TheatreThis Really Is Too Much risked being exactly that – too much. Part dance, part spoken word, part slapstick, part feminist tract and all e...
Miles HedleyMAT COLLISHAW at Queen's HouseUnique is a dreadfully overused word but I can’t recall anything else that comes close to resembling Mask Of Youth, artist Mat Collishaw’...
Miles HedleyMAGIC REALISM IN THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC at Tate ModernThis is a small but perfectly formed exhibition that runs at Tate Modern till next July. You can get a real sense of it in about 20 minut...
Miles HedleyCIRCULATE FESTIVAL at The AlbanySome of the most innovative public performance art I’ve ever seen graced Giffin Square, Deptford, over thee weekends in August. Four piec...
Miles HedleyMUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at St Alfege ParkMy, how fortunate we are in Greenwich! Just ten days after a fabulous outdoor Measure For Measure at Severndroog Castle we were treated t...
Miles HedleyTHE JUNGLE BOOK at Greenwich TheatreThere weren’t any of those swinging Disney songs in Greenwich Theatre’s production of The Jungle Book but that didn’t stop it being treme...
Miles HedleyMEASURE FOR MEASURE at Severndroog CastleI love the way drama company Changeling make theatre. Everything I’ve ever seen them do is heartfelt, real, immersive, leftfield – and te...
Miles HedleyEIGENGRAU at Greenwich TheatreIt’s self-evident that a great play can be ruined by a below-par cast – no doubt we all have any number of examples in our memories. But ...