LONDON INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF EARLY MUSIC at Blackheath
If anyone ever doubts the contemporary relevance of what’s played and displayed at the perennially marvellous London International...
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SHAPESHIFTER at Blackheath Halls
I’m not given to rating events out of 10 but if I had to I wouldn’t hesitate to award Trinity Laban’s Shapeshifter and Contemporary Music...
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LA BELLE HÉLÈNE at Blackheath Halls
Get it wrong and comic opera can be a disaster. But get it right, like this year’s sold-out Blackheath Halls opera La Belle Hélène, and...
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SWEET CHARITY at Blackheath Halls
Sweet Charity has a heck of a musical pedigree – the original director was Bob Fosse, the book was by Neil Simon and the near-perfect...
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BUDAPEST CAFÉ ORCHESTRA at Blackheath Halls
If you want a quick-fire guide to world music the Budapest Café Orchestra is just the ticket. In a 90-minute set at Blackheath Halls the...
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ALBERT LEE at Blackheath Halls
He may be 75 but guitar genius Albert Lee shows no signs of slowing up, either in his touring and studio schedule or – as those of us...
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COLAB 2019 across south-east London
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...
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SHAPESHIFTER: VENUS BLAZING at Blackheath Halls
Trinity Laban is right in the middle of a season of concerts celebrating women composers. The series is called Venus Blazing, the title...
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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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BUTTERFLY’S WING at Blackheath Halls
The children of jazz legends who choose to follow in their parents’ footsteps have to face a lifetime of comparisons, often to their...
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