ARRAY FESTIVAL moved online from the Albany
Covid-19 scuppered any hope that Array, a two-night festival of immersive ambisonic sound and colour, would be staged at the Albany....
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Miles Hedley
HOCUS POCUS at the Albany
Forty-something years ago, the tagline for the blockbuster Christopher Reeve movie Superman was You’ll Believe A Man Can Fly because the...
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AGE AGAINST THE MACHINE at the Albany, Laban and across Lewisham
Age Against The Machine, an epic three-week festival across Lewisham promoting creative ageing, reached its triumphant climax on Sunday...
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NONCLASSICAL at the Albany
Pure sound, like pure colour in a painting, can be transcendent, revealing depths of consciousness undreamt of in daily life. I had that...
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ROOTS, RIOTS, REMEMBRANCE at the Albany
The three Rs usually refers to reading, riting and rithmatic. But if you’re a Trinity Laban student it can also mean Roots, Riots,...
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SURGE at the Albany
Close to the Albany stands a house where, in 1981, a fire killed 13 black youngsters and injured many more during a 16th birthday party....
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THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT at The Albany
Personal tragedy, particularly one involving the death of a child, is all-consuming. So how do we cope with having to watch other...
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A THEATRE TRIP FOR EVERY CHILD at The Albany
The Albany is giving another 2,000 free tickets to local schoolkids as part of a pioneering scheme – whose patrons are Oscar nominees...
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LIKKLE RUM WITH GRANDMA at The Albany
It’s a sad fact that we don’t tell loved ones often enough just how much we love them. It’s another sad fact that that failure can evolve...
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FLIGHT PATHS at The Albany
Multimedia theatre productions run the risk of letting technology overpower emotion. There was no danger of that, though, when Flight...
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STEAM DOWN at The Albany
Steam Down Collective have already achieved legendary status in south-east London with their barnstorming residency at Deptford nightspot...
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PINOCCHIO at The Albany
It’s tough to find new ways of presenting a fairytale as well-known and well-loved as Pinocchio without spoiling its inherent charm but...
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STEVE HOWE at The Albany
Any talk of living guitar heroes almost inevitably zooms in on Messrs Clapton, Beck and Page. But there are others who are just as...
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DENNIS OF PENGE at The Albany
Euripides may have been one of the inventors of playwriting nearly two and half millennia ago but his works are still relevant, as Dennis...
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CIRCULATE FESTIVAL at The Albany
Some of the most innovative public performance art I’ve ever seen graced Giffin Square, Deptford, over thee weekends in August. Four...
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DIDO & AENEAS at The Albany
Blackheath Halls’ annual opera always has the community at its heart, with local residents and schoolkids performing alongside...
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DEAD AND BREATHING at The Albany
This coruscating two-hander at the Albany offered a near-perfect theatrical experience – a terrific play, great direction, a fine set and...
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