A relaunched space from VAULT Creative Arts opens with a tale of Christmas magic, The Lost Library of Leake Street. Reimagining VAULT: The Glitch The announcement earlier this year that VAULT Festival would not go ahead as it had not secured the necessary funding was a blow to London’s theatre scene. I came late to […]
Broadway Theatre’s Christmas pantomime Sleeping Beauty brings harmony to the people of Lewishtonia and Westminsteria, despite their differences. Sleeping Beauty at Broadway Theatre, Catford The first pantomime version of Sleeping Beauty was performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in 1806. How things have changed since then, as Catford’s Broadway Theatre puts on a modern […]
Two free displays at the Courtauld introduce different facets of art history, from techniques in reproduction through the lens of Gothic ivory to works on blue paper over the centuries. Collection Displays at the Courtauld While I was at the Courtauld recently being wowed by their exhibition Monet and London: Views of the Thames, I […]
It was about time I saw London’s Dickens-themed spectacular, The Great Christmas Feast. Is it worth the ticket price for the immersive experience? The Great Christmas Feast Well, now. I don’t know what 2024 is coming to, but it seems I am only going to see one version of A Christmas Carol this year. Dickens’ […]
An exquisite exhibition at the Courtauld Gallery, Monet and London: Views of the Thames captures a bygone London through the eyes of the Impressionist master. Another Once-in-a-Lifetime Exhibition Now this is more like it. I wrote recently about the National Gallery’s blockbuster Van Gogh exhibition, and how disappointed I had been by the visitor experience […]
The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975-1998 mines a rich but little-explored seam in Indian Art in which disillusionment, urbanisation and social change became inspiration for artists across this vast and varied country. Introduction: Why These Dates? The Barbican’s current exhibition, The Imaginary Institution of India, surveys Indian art between 1975 and 1998. A good […]
Hoxton Hall comes alive with the sights and sounds of South America in Border Crossing’s The Mouth of the Gods. The Mouth of the Gods I was thinking to myself on the way home from The Mouth of the Gods: why does it feel so different? Most productions have a long development time during which […]
The artist’s first major survey in the UK, Haegue Yang: Leap Year fills the Hayward Gallery with ordinary objects transformed through the artist’s multidisciplinary practice. Introducing Haegue Yang Given that Haegue Yang: Leap Year is the artist’s first major survey in the UK, I’m going to take a punt and guess that you are maybe […]
Is Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers a once-in-a-lifetime show of the artist’s work? Perhaps. A shame then that my experience was marred by the crowds. A National Gallery Blockbuster I do fall into this trap a lot. I go to an exhibition at the National Gallery, am surprised that I find it too busy, and […]
Arthur I. Miller’s play Synchronicity comes to the White Bear Theatre, delivering an erudite but somewhat static meeting of the minds. Synchronicity Synchronicity as described by Carl Jung: “[a] meaningful coincidence of two or more events where something other than the probability of chance is involved.” Carl Jung on Synchronicity – Arts of Thought Synchronicity, […]
