CABARET at Laban Theatre
A dazzling central performance sent an already great production of the musical Cabaret into artistic orbit at Laban theatre and surely...
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PINOCCHIO 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...
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ROBINSON CRUSOE at Greenwich Theatre
What possible connection is there between Brexit, Donald Trump, dentistry, TV academic Mary Beard and Christmas? The answer – of course –...
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SIMON PURCELL at Oliver's
South-east London is blessed with a seemingly endless supply of talented young jazz musicians. One of the main reasons is the presence of...
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MARINA COLLARD at Laban Theatre
Dance, sound, film and light joined forces in choreographer Marina Collard’s existential investigation entitled What This Is, Is… at...
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JACK RAKE at Greenwich Gallery
A sale of paintings by brilliant amateur artist Jack Rake at the Greenwich Gallery has raised more than £11,500 for the charity Freedom...
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EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL at Blackheath Halls
The annual International Early Music Festival returned to newly revamped Blackheath Halls this year with its usual array of the unusual....
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TO BE ME - JULIE CUNNINGHAM at Laban Theatre
Contemporary dance is like abstract expressionist art – both are pure forms of collaboration between creator and viewer. This thought...
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STEVE HOWE at The Albany
Any talk of living guitar heroes almost inevitably zooms in on Messrs Clapton, Beck and Page. But there are others who are just as...
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DENNIS OF PENGE at The Albany
Euripides may have been one of the inventors of playwriting nearly two and half millennia ago but his works are still relevant, as Dennis...
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TRINITY LABAN PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE at St Alfege’s
Trinity Laban Percussion Ensemble recitals are always a blast but I can’t recall one that made such an impression as today’s free...
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HERE at Greenwich Theatre
There was a lot of audience laughter during Michael Frayn’s philosophical comedy Here at Greenwich Theatre. It wasn’t the gales of...
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GRACEFOOL COLLECTIVE at Laban Theatre
This Really Is Too Much risked being exactly that – too much. Part dance, part spoken word, part slapstick, part feminist tract and all...
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MAT COLLISHAW at Queen's House
Unique is a dreadfully overused word but I can’t recall anything else that comes close to resembling Mask Of Youth, artist Mat...
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MAGIC REALISM IN THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC at Tate Modern
This 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...
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CIRCULATE FESTIVAL at The Albany
Some of the most innovative public performance art I’ve ever seen graced Giffin Square, Deptford, over thee weekends in August. Four...
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MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at St Alfege Park
My, how fortunate we are in Greenwich! Just ten days after a fabulous outdoor Measure For Measure at Severndroog Castle we were treated...
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THE JUNGLE BOOK at Greenwich Theatre
There weren’t any of those swinging Disney songs in Greenwich Theatre’s production of The Jungle Book but that didn’t stop it being...
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MEASURE FOR MEASURE at Severndroog Castle
I love the way drama company Changeling make theatre. Everything I’ve ever seen them do is heartfelt, real, immersive, leftfield – and...
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EIGENGRAU at Greenwich Theatre
It’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...