Miles Hedley3 days ago2 minSUN+SEA at The AlbanySun & Sea, a multiple award-winning opera that is being given its UK premiere by The Albany, is like nothing else you’ll ever see, an...
Miles HedleyMay 222 minSUN & SEA at The AlbanyIn a summer of extraordinary events in south-east London, the Albany is offering its own unique contribution by hosting the British...
Miles HedleyApr 143 minSUMMER 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 HedleyMar 191 minYOU 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 HedleyJan 183 minDEPTFORD DELIGHTS at The AlbanyFemale voices, some of the best cutting edge music and a wide range of family shows are at the heart of The Albany’s new programme which,...
Miles HedleyNov 17, 20212 minTHE 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 HedleyNov 3, 20212 minDONUTS 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 HedleyOct 21, 20212 minTHE 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 HedleySep 8, 20212 minSEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER at the AlbanyIn the wake of lockdown, the Albany’s autumn season is using music, theatre, poetry, cabaret, comedy and family fun to celebrate the...
Miles HedleyJun 9, 20212 minSUMMER IN THE GARDEN at the AlbanyThe Albany is set to lift our lockdown blues with a season of outdoor events catering for all tastes and ages called Summer In The...
Miles HedleyJan 31, 20212 minVISIONS AS OUR EXILE The Albany onlineOpen Source Collaborations, a pioneering lockdown project launched by The Albany and Foreign Body Productions to help emerging artists...
Miles HedleyDec 2, 20202 minCHRISTMAS FAMILY FUN in Greenwich, Deptford and onlineThe entertainment sector is in crisis – but the dedicated armies of artists whose work so enriches our lives are determined to carry on...
Miles HedleyOct 11, 20201 minCHARLES HAYWARD VERSUS HARMERGEDDON at The AlbanySouth-east London is a crucible of cultural excellence and one of its most shimmering ingredients is the phenomenon that is Charles...
Miles HedleySep 25, 20202 minALBANY AUTUMN SEASONAfter six months of almost total lockdown, the Albany is not only reopening but is planning an ambitious three-month autumn season of...
Miles HedleyAug 11, 20202 minTHE HOUSE THAT SLIPPED at The Albany and live on ZoomThere were a great many pleasures to be had in The House That Slipped, a witty and wise lockdown show devised, written and performed by...
Miles HedleyJun 7, 20202 minARRAY FESTIVAL moved online from the AlbanyCovid-19 scuppered any hope that Array, a two-night festival of immersive ambisonic sound and colour, would be staged at the Albany....
Miles HedleyOct 16, 20192 minHOCUS 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...
Miles HedleyOct 7, 20192 minAGE 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...
Miles HedleyJul 12, 20192 minNONCLASSICAL 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...
Miles HedleyJun 26, 20192 minROOTS, 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,...
Miles HedleyJun 24, 20191 minSURGE 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....
Miles HedleyApr 12, 20191 minTHE 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...
Miles HedleyMar 30, 20191 minA 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...
Miles HedleyMar 29, 20192 minLIKKLE 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...
Miles HedleyMar 2, 20191 minFLIGHT PATHS at The Albany Multimedia theatre productions run the risk of letting technology overpower emotion. There was no danger of that, though, when Flight...
Miles HedleyJan 26, 20192 minSTEAM DOWN at The AlbanySteam Down Collective have already achieved legendary status in south-east London with their barnstorming residency at Deptford nightspot...
Miles HedleyDec 4, 20181 minPINOCCHIO 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...
Miles HedleyOct 31, 20182 minSTEVE HOWE at The AlbanyAny talk of living guitar heroes almost inevitably zooms in on Messrs Clapton, Beck and Page. But there are others who are just as...
Miles HedleyOct 11, 20182 minDENNIS OF PENGE at The AlbanyEuripides may have been one of the inventors of playwriting nearly two and half millennia ago but his works are still relevant, as Dennis...
Miles HedleyAug 25, 20182 minCIRCULATE FESTIVAL at The AlbanySome of the most innovative public performance art I’ve ever seen graced Giffin Square, Deptford, over thee weekends in August. Four...
Miles HedleyJul 20, 20182 minDIDO & AENEAS at The AlbanyBlackheath Halls’ annual opera always has the community at its heart, with local residents and schoolkids performing alongside...
Miles HedleyFeb 22, 20181 minDEAD AND BREATHING at The AlbanyThis coruscating two-hander at the Albany offered a near-perfect theatrical experience – a terrific play, great direction, a fine set and...