Miles HedleySUMMER PROGRAMME at Trinity LabanAn amazing array of public performances is on offer in this year’s Trinity Laban summer programme - legendary names in dance, beloved...
Miles HedleyCOLAB 2022 at St Alfege’s, Old Royal Naval College and Blackheath HallsOne of the most beguiling aspects of CoLab, the annual festival of musical exploration driven and performed by Trinity Laban students, is...
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 12 DAYS (AND NIGHTS) OF CHRISTMAS in and around Greenwich1 The Queen Of Hearts, Greenwich Theatre till 2 January. Legendary dame Andrew Pollard is back live with his own take on a traditional...
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 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 HedleyCOLAB 2021 online at Trinity LabanLockdown has scuppered the sheer visceral excitement that artists and audiences share in any live performance, forcing creatives to look...
Miles HedleyGREENWICH + DOCKLANDS INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL 2020Considering the country was in deep lockdown only a few weeks ago, it’s amazing that the Greenwich and Docklands International Festival...
Miles HedleyCOLAB 2020 in Greenwich, Blackheath, Deptford, New Cross and SouthwarkMajor world premieres, medieval chants, Hindustani folk music, Hollywood soundtracks, Taiwanese dance, First Nation tribal traditions, a...
Miles HedleyGREENWICH & DOCKLANDS INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL The divisions in British society today are as wide and bitter as they have been in decades, which is why events that celebrate...
Miles HedleyGREENWICH BOOK FESTIVAL at University of Greenwich, Old Royal Naval College & Greenwich Theatre This year’s Greenwich Book Festival fulfilled the basic requirement of any event designed to promote the arts – it truly offered...
Miles HedleyPAINTED HALL at the Old Royal Naval CollegeOne of the greatest moments in cinema history comes when Dorothy steps out of her monochrome Kansas farmhouse into The Wizard Of Oz’s...
Miles HedleyVALENTINA CIARDELLI at the ORNC chapel I’ve been to hundreds of Trinity Laban recitals over the years and I can say with my hand on my heart that I’ve never seen one that...
Miles HedleyCOLAB 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...
Miles HedleyPATRICIA AUCHTERLONIE at Old Royal Naval CollegeYou should always expect the unexpected at one of Trinity Laban’s free lunchtime recitals. And that was never truer than when soprano...
Miles HedleyBURY THE CHEESE at Old Royal Naval CollegeThe great diarist Samuel Pepys famously buried his block of Parmesan before alerting his family when flames threatened to engulf his...