Miles HedleyTHE BURNT CITY at One Cartridge Place, WoolwichIf you want to know why Punchdrunk leads the world in making theatre that is epic, immersive and immaculate, look no further than the...
Miles HedleyDREAMACHINE at Woolwich Public MarketIt’s almost impossible to describe the extraordinary immersive experience that is Dreamachine, now on at Woolwich Public Market, without...
Miles HedleyCANALETTO’S VENICE REVISITED at the National Maritime MuseumCanaletto’s paintings of Venice are among the most famous and instantly recognisable images in all art. So how do you present them in a...
Miles HedleyA CHANGE OF SEASON at the National Maritime MuseumWhat a stunning idea to create a concert programme teaming Vivaldi’s joyful Four Seasons with Melting Shifting Liquid World, Hollie...
Miles HedleyYOU HEARD ME at The AlbanyOn a Tuesday afternoon in February 2019 Luca Rutherford went for a run before she was due to do a show in Hull. It was part of her...
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 HedleyTRINITY LABAN BA3 DANCE SHOWS at LabanDance is a great medium for tackling themes of any magnitude. For example, the range explored in New Choreography Now, a mixed bill...
Miles HedleyJARMAN at Greenwich TheatreVisionary film-maker Derek Jarman became the ultimate icon of iconoclasm before his life was cruelly cut short by AIDS. Yet he packed...
Miles HedleyEACH ONE CANCELS THE LAST (HECTOR) at Blackheath HallsWe live in a world where knowledge is power, where we know so much. But we should never underestimate the power of the mysterious, for it...
Miles HedleyALARMS & EXCURSIONS at Greenwich TheatreIt was a brave choice for Greenwich Theatre to take on Alarms & Excursions, Michael Frayn’s comedy about our ever-growing reliance on...
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...