Art
Galsworthy and WWI: Human Battles on the Home Front at Rose Theatre Kingston
On becoming Chief Executive of the Rose, Robert O’Dowd envisaged the theatre’s lofty corridors as public spaces embracing…
By Alexandra Sims
Alexandra Sims
Published articles
Live music
Final Form at Hoxton Square Bar and Kitchen
Melding jangling synth, heavy drums and rattling guitars, electro-pop six-piece Final Form feature bold and gutsy sounds packed…
By Alexandra Sims
Opera
The Immortal Hour at the Finborough
Labelled a “work of genius” by Edward Elgar, The Immortal Hour was the West End’s most successful opera…
By Alexandra Sims
Play
The Flood at the Hope
Alzheimer’s has ensnared the lives of Arthur and Grace Smith. After 50 years of marriage, Grace’s decaying memory…
By Alexandra Sims
Play
The Long Road South at the Hope
It’s the mid 1960s in suburban Midwest America, and while Andre and Grace, the Price family’s “coloured help”,…
By Alexandra Sims
Opera
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland at Opera Holland Park
“Welcome to Wonderland,” chime a group of ornately dressed Victorians leading us into the leafy glades of Holland…
By Alexandra Sims
Theatre
Mahna Mahna: A Muppet Cabaret at The Pheasantry
Since the 1960s The Muppets have infiltrated popular culture and captured a place in our hearts. From the…
By Alexandra Sims
Movie
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Nestled in dense pre-historic forest stands an imposing wooden fortress; it glows splendidly with flaming torches, wooden turrets…
By Alexandra Sims
Play
The Glass Supper at Hampstead Theatre
Marcus and Colin have left London’s raucous gay scene for a sleepy cottage in the country, yet whether…
By Alexandra Sims
Live music
Ron Pope at Oslo Hackney
Best known for hit single Drop in the Ocean, which after featuring on The Vampire Diaries and 90210…
By Alexandra Sims