Geraldine Pilgrim encourages us to rebel against increasingly hostile urban planning in CHAIR!, on as part of this year’s Greenwich + Docklands International Festival. CHAIR! As one of my more local arts festivals, I very much enjoy going to the Greenwich + Docklands International Festival (GDIF) each year. I’ve been able to experience programming as […]
A remarkable version of Beckett’s most autobiographical work, Krapp’s Last Tape, is currently on at The Cockpit. To what extent does our memory of past selves constitute our identity? Krapp’s Last Tape Yes, remarkable really is the word I would use to describe this production. Actor Peter Marinker, recently diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, brings decades of […]
A third and final selection from the Camden Fringe, The Bride (蚕女) is a meditative and visually impressive work. Physical theatre and moving image combine to explore female identity and generational inheritance. The Bride (蚕女) My third and final pick from this year’s Camden Fringe, and it’s very different from the others. Firstly, I was […]
A 900-year-old work gets an immersive update in Bitter Visions: By Order of Hildegard. Presented by Ololyga as part of Grimeborn Festival 2026. Bitter Visions: By Order of Hildegard I’ve lived in London for quite a long time now, and yet until yesterday had never been to either Glyndebourne or Grimeborn Festivals. Glyndebourne, you may […]
My second outing to this year’s Camden Fringe is to see Gammelstad, a historic drama exploring social and religious life in 19th century Sweden in the context of one family. Gammelstad As long-time readers know, I really enjoy theatre where I learn something. This is the case with Gammelstad, a one act historical play which […]
Curator Jacqueline Springer addresses a historic imbalance by celebrating the importance and influence of Black British music. Come with me as we visit The Music is Black: A British Story. The Exhibition Space at V&A East – the Museum’s Main Draw? In my last post, I introduced the new V&A East museum at Stratford. A […]
A speculative insight into the mind of one of America’s most famous writers in Edgar A. Poe’s Last Call, written and performed by Scott Robinson. Caution: spoilers ahead. But spoilers for real events in the life of Edgar Allen Poe – can you have spoilers for things that happened more than 150 years ago? Poe’s […]
A second contemporary art encounter in Val en Vignes in two days – this small community really benefits from a rich cultural landscape! Galerie Malebranche en Campagne In my last post, I was talking about a recent trip to the French countryside, and how pleasantly surprised I was to find not one, but two contemporary […]
An unexpected find in an old industrial building, la corbata rosa is a great asset for its rural community. la corbata rosa – Contemporary Art in a Historic Setting Now, if you had asked me even a few weeks back whether the Deux-Sèvres region in France was a good place to see contemporary art, I […]
It’s a world of saintly visions and the drama of the ordinary as the National Gallery puts Francisco de Zurbarán centre stage. Zurbarán There’s just about a month left to see Zurbarán at the National Gallery. I’ve got myself into the position I always seem to, where I’m rushing around all the galleries before exhibitions […]
