THE LITTLE PRINCE at Woolwich Works
Luca Silvestrini pulled out all the stops when he decided to adapt The Little Prince for his company Protein Dance by turning what was...
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A CHRISTMAS CAROL at the Old Royal Naval College
We all know A Christmas Carol – indeed, most people are likely to have enjoyed dozens of versions of Charles Dickens’ matchless tale of...
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THE QUEEN OF HEARTS at Greenwich Theatre
A 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...
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LONDON INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF EARLY MUSIC at Blackheath Halls and St Michael & All Angels
The odds on this year’s London International Festival Of Early Music returning to Blackheath as a live event must have seemed at times...
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DONUTS at The Albany
As 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...
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SAINTS & SINNERS at Mycenae House
Music from the Cross to the crossroads, promised guitarist Ben Tyzack as Saints & Sinners took to the stage at Mycenae House. And he...
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ROD KITSON: BLUE LOTUS at the Art of Isolation gallery
Symbols have always mesmerised our species. One of the world’s oldest artworks is an ivory lion-man carved 40,000 years ago, millions of...
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TRINITY LABAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA at Blackheath Halls
Any concert by Trinity Laban Symphony Orchestra will always be memorable for the awesome musicianship of its young members. If it’s then...
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THE DIGITAL HOME via The Albany
Theatre matters. The world may be reeling under an apparently unceasing rain of disasters and setbacks – global warming, the Covid...
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UNKNOWN at Greenwich Theatre
How does a writer create a fury-driven polemic without seeming to batter an audience into submission? The line that separates engagement...
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VENUS AND ADONIS at Blackheath Halls
John Blow’s 17th century work Venus And Adonis, reputedly the first English opera, contains music that is never less than blissful - but...
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TIGER LADY at Greenwich Theatre
As we arrived at Greenwich Theatre to see Tiger Lady we were greeted by the cast wandering around the auditorium offering shots,...
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NEW REGENCY ORCHESTRA at Woolwich Works
It was appropriate that the Fireworks Factory stage should be the setting for the New Regency Orchestra to play the first public gig at...
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GREENWICH & DOCKLANDS INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL 2021
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...
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EN ROUTE in Woolwich
Protein Dance’s latest creation, En Route, is a dazzling investigation into the possibilities of live performance. Its essence is, as...
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A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM at Severndroog Castle
If you like your Shakespeare accessible, it’s hard to beat A Midsummer Night’s Dream with its lovers, fairies, music, wonderfully...
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BAD NIGHTS AND ODD DAYS at Greenwich Theatre
They may be 40 to 50 years old but, as a brilliant new Greenwich Theatre production of four of Caryl Churchill’s early plays reveals,...
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GREENWICH + DOCKLANDS INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL 2021
The annual delight that is the Greenwich + Docklands International Festival pulled off an amazing coup in its 25th outing last summer. It...
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TUDORS TO WINDSORS at the National Maritime Museum
You don’t have to be an arch-monarchist to enjoy Tudors To Windsors, an exhibition celebrating 500 years of royal portraiture which runs...
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THE AFTER-DINNER JOKE at Greenwich Theatre online
The After-Dinner Joke, Caryl Churchill’s great satire on corporate philanthropism, may be 43 years old but shockingly, as director James...
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