Art After Dark, Art of London’s free art and culture programme, returns from 03-10 February 2026 with a week-long celebration of London’s nightlife through art and music, including a special after-hours DJ-set at the National Gallery. Inspired by the city’s club culture, the programme brings together large-scale public artworks, late-night gallery openings and music experiences across […]
News: Troubadour Greenwich Peninsula Theatre
September 12, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Troubadour Theatres, one of London’s most innovative theatre companies, has announced bold expansion plans with the development of two brand-new, state-of-the-art 1,500-seat auditoriums, as part of the launch of its next flagship venue: Troubadour Greenwich Peninsula Theatre. Building on the success of Troubadour’s existing venues (Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre which is currently home to the […]
Theatre: Salomé by Gesher Theatre in London
June 13, 2025 by Leave a Comment
In a co-production with Theatre Royal Haymarket, The Gesher Theatre presents Maxim Didenko’s highly stylised production of Oscar Wilde’s intoxicating world, in which beauty becomes a weapon and a kiss can mean death. Written by Wilde in 1891, this lyrical one-act play, banned in Britain at the time, tells the biblical tale of Salomé, the […]
Review: London Art Galleries and Exhibitions
February 11, 2025 by Leave a Comment
What caught Sabine Koch’s eye in London’s art galleries and museums… Letizia Battaglia: Life, Love and Death in Sicily letizia-battaglia-life-love-and-death-sicily The Photographer’s Gallery is always worth a visit, but this exhibition blew my mind. It shows the work of the late, great photographer Letizia Battaglia, who chronicled the effect the Mafia had on Sicily. […]
Theatre Review: The Tempest with Sigourney Weaver at Drury Lane London
December 20, 2024 by
This ‘switch and bait’ production might make its money and that can’t be bad for theatre right? It’s getting bums on beautifully upholstered seats. You might enjoy this if you are a tourist – sort of we went to London and got this lousy T-shirt with Sigourney Weaver‘s face on it. More especially if you […]
Theatre Review: Why Am I So Single?
October 25, 2024 by
This from the creators of SIX, Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss’s new fancy musical is loosely based on their own lives. ‘Oliver and Nancy’, not their real names, are played by Jo Foster and Leesa Tulley. There are plenty of other musical theatre jokes in there for a lively young audience who are whooping and […]
The Definitive Ratpack Bring Vegas Spirit with a touch of Tinsel Town to London
November 29, 2021 by
What happens in Vegas goes on tour this Christmas. The rebellious, rambunctious spirit of the iconic 1960s medley crew arrives at Cadogan Hall on the 18th December 2021, as The Definitive Rat Pack brings the party to London as they embark on a festive tour. Capturing the trademark chemistry, class and camaraderie of the original clan, the […]
Art Review: Vincent Van Gogh Alive London
July 28, 2021 by
“This is no ordinary art exhibition” and with no actual paintings, but 38 huge screens magnifying 3,000 Van Gogh images you’d be wondering what he’d make of it all. The artist himself doesn’t quite come alive in this exhibition and might well be rolling in his grave, but finally counting up the money. Van Gogh […]
All Singing, All Dancing Tour of the West End with Silent Disco Walking Tours
July 21, 2020 by
Silent Disco Walking Tours offer the chance for audiences to get their musical theatre fix safely, and support a good cause, as they are taken on an all singing, all dancing tour of the West End. Visiting 20 theatres across the West End, guests are given commentary, facts, anecdotes along the way all of which […]
Theatre Review: Admissions
March 20, 2019 by
This critically acclaimed play talks about values and ideals and how we seem to have trouble following them when they threaten our personal ideas and wishes – another cracking review from Sabine “Bee” Koch… When her son Charlie (Ben Edelman, the revelation of this theatre evening) does not get into the desired University, but his […]
