Opera
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland at Opera Holland Park
There is something distinctly magical about outdoor theatre when the weather is right. Set in a forest glade…
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The Boat Factory at the King’s Head Theatre
Dan Gordon grew up in the vast shadow of East Belfast’s boat factory. Owned by partners Harland and…
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Live music
Devendra Banhart at the Barbican
Having toned down his freak-folk eccentricities for recent album Mala, Devendra Banhart makes it clear from the opening…
By Nichola Daunton
Live music
Beatie Wolfe at The Clubhouse
Beatie Wolfe’s album launch at The Clubhouse in Mayfair is the first of its kind. While for traditionalists,…
By Nichola Daunton
Play
Lionboy at the Unicorn Theatre
Currently celebrating their 30th anniversary, Complicite’s first full-length children’s production brings the Lionboy trilogy roaring to life. Written…
By Nichola Daunton
Play
Macbeth at Shakespeare’s Globe
A balmy summer’s evening doesn’t initially seem right for Shakespeare’s Scottish tragedy, but given the tendency of the…
By Nichola Daunton
Play
Fences at the Duchess Theatre
August Wilson cemented his reputation as one of America’s truly great dramatists with his Pittsburgh Cycle, a group…
By Nichola Daunton
Theatre
Deconstructing Broadway at Leicester Square Theatre
Musician, actor, producer and radio host Seth Rudetsky lives and breathes Broadway. Having worked on some of the…
By Nichola Daunton
Play
Hard Feelings at the Finborough Theatre
Revived 31 years after it was first staged, and with the recent death of Thatcher still looming large,…
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Play
Trash Cuisine at the Young Vic
Undeniably one of the world’s bravest theatre companies, Belarus Free Theatre is not welcome in its own country.…
By Nichola Daunton