With the action contained to the beach house of the title, Jo Harper’s play about female relationships receives its debut at London’s Park Theatre. The Beach House Sometimes, the key to a play is something that happens offstage, the nucleus around which the action forms. That is almost the case in The Beach House, which […]
The work of M.K. Čiurlionis reveals dreamy worlds and imaginary cities in this comprehensive exhibition at the Dulwich Picture Gallery. M.K. Čiurlionis Before attending this exhibition at the Dulwich Picture Gallery, how many Lithuanian artists could I have named? Probably as many as you. For those, like me, who need to plug some geographical gaps […]
A new work by Daniel Taub with Dan Patterson, Winner’s Curse teaches its audience about international diplomacy and the art of negotiation. Not a flawless evening, but with Clive Anderson in the lead role it’s an entertaining one. Winner’s Curse Do you know what the ‘Winner’s Curse’ theory is? I didn’t before seeing this play. […]
A revival of the Royal Opera House’s 2005 production of Rossini’s beloved comic opera The Barber of Seville is a delight from start to finish. The Barber Of Seville As a relative opera novice, it took me a moment to get my head around how the operatic Figaros are related. I knew The Barber of […]
A second excursion to No. 20 Arts in Islington yields up After Before, a group show bringing together eight visually impactful artists. After Before A few months after my first visit to No. 20 Arts just off Islington’s Upper Street, I am back to see their latest offering. You may recall that on my last […]
A West End production of a play that started out as a 2015 Edinburgh Fringe hit, Sam Steiner’s Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons works in this new context with a few caveats. Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons First of all, please forgive me if I choose to call this play Lemons for the sake of […]
A wordless one-woman play by Part of the Main, All by Myself takes a bleakly comic look at a social media influencer facing the end of the world. All By Myself My second outing to VAULT Festival for 2023 was to see All By Myself, a wordless play for a single actor from theatre company […]
The week that marks the 60th anniversary of the death of Sylvia Plath is a moment to celebrate both her brilliance and her struggles in this creative and informative theatre-meets-lecture-meets-poetry-reading format. Back For Another Installment Of Dead Poets Live It’s quite remarkable to think that I was last at Wilton’s to see Dead Poets Live […]
Back for the final edition of the London International Mime Festival, with a range of performances from dance to puppetry to silent films brought to life. London International Mime Festival 2023 I am very sad to say that 2023 marks the final edition of the London International Mime Festival. It has been going since 1977 […]
Plenty to see at the at the Photographers’ Gallery, from early photographic works from the Solander Collection to cutting edge AI works by Aarati Akkapeddi via Manx photographer Chris Killip. More From The Photographers’ Gallery It’s been a while since we’ve been to the Photographers’ Gallery, but for some reason I seem to consistently come […]
