Miles HedleyTHE LITTLE PRINCE at Woolwich WorksLuca Silvestrini pulled out all the stops when he decided to adapt The Little Prince for his company Protein Dance by turning what was...
Miles HedleyA CHRISTMAS CAROL at the Old Royal Naval CollegeWe all know A Christmas Carol – indeed, most people are likely to have enjoyed dozens of versions of Charles Dickens’ matchless tale of...
Miles HedleyTHE QUEEN OF HEARTS at Greenwich TheatreA real test of how good a panto is to try it out at 10 o’clock on a freezing November morning more than a month before Christmas in front...
Miles HedleyLONDON INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF EARLY MUSIC at Blackheath Halls and St Michael & All AngelsThe odds on this year’s London International Festival Of Early Music returning to Blackheath as a live event must have seemed at times...
Miles HedleyDONUTS at The AlbanyAs we walked into the auditorium at the Albany to see the new dance work Donuts, three young women on stage were scrunched up together on...
Miles HedleySAINTS & SINNERS at Mycenae HouseMusic from the Cross to the crossroads, promised guitarist Ben Tyzack as Saints & Sinners took to the stage at Mycenae House. And he...
Miles HedleyROD KITSON: BLUE LOTUS at the Art of Isolation gallerySymbols have always mesmerised our species. One of the world’s oldest artworks is an ivory lion-man carved 40,000 years ago, millions of...
Miles HedleyTRINITY LABAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA at Blackheath HallsAny concert by Trinity Laban Symphony Orchestra will always be memorable for the awesome musicianship of its young members. If it’s then...
Miles HedleyTHE DIGITAL HOME via The AlbanyTheatre matters. The world may be reeling under an apparently unceasing rain of disasters and setbacks – global warming, the Covid...
Miles HedleyUNKNOWN at Greenwich TheatreHow does a writer create a fury-driven polemic without seeming to batter an audience into submission? The line that separates engagement...
Miles HedleyVENUS AND ADONIS at Blackheath HallsJohn Blow’s 17th century work Venus And Adonis, reputedly the first English opera, contains music that is never less than blissful - but...
Miles HedleyTIGER LADY at Greenwich TheatreAs we arrived at Greenwich Theatre to see Tiger Lady we were greeted by the cast wandering around the auditorium offering shots,...
Miles HedleyNEW REGENCY ORCHESTRA at Woolwich WorksIt was appropriate that the Fireworks Factory stage should be the setting for the New Regency Orchestra to play the first public gig at...
Miles HedleyGREENWICH & DOCKLANDS INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL 2021The 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...
Miles HedleyEN ROUTE in WoolwichProtein Dance’s latest creation, En Route, is a dazzling investigation into the possibilities of live performance. Its essence is, as...
Miles HedleyA MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM at Severndroog CastleIf you like your Shakespeare accessible, it’s hard to beat A Midsummer Night’s Dream with its lovers, fairies, music, wonderfully...
Miles HedleyBAD NIGHTS AND ODD DAYS at Greenwich TheatreThey may be 40 to 50 years old but, as a brilliant new Greenwich Theatre production of four of Caryl Churchill’s early plays reveals,...
Miles HedleyGREENWICH + DOCKLANDS INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL 2021The annual delight that is the Greenwich + Docklands International Festival pulled off an amazing coup in its 25th outing last summer. It...
Miles HedleyTUDORS TO WINDSORS at the National Maritime MuseumYou don’t have to be an arch-monarchist to enjoy Tudors To Windsors, an exhibition celebrating 500 years of royal portraiture which runs...
Miles HedleyTHE AFTER-DINNER JOKE at Greenwich Theatre onlineThe After-Dinner Joke, Caryl Churchill’s great satire on corporate philanthropism, may be 43 years old but shockingly, as director James...