Book now for Giffords Circus – in London for the first time
We’ve been fans of Giffords Circus for years, but have always had to head to the West Country and the Cotswolds to see their shows. But this year, in the second half of June, Giffords are bringing...
View ArticleAnother chance to get £10 tickets for Benedict Cumberbatch’s Hamlet
We gave you the heads-up to book tickets for Benedict Cumberbatch’s Hamlet, which opens at the Barbican in August, almost a year ago. But even so, you had to be lightning quick – and just plain lucky –...
View ArticleWin a pair of tickets to a SoFar Sounds Gig
If you prefer small, more intimate gigs to some of the big festivals and concerts around this time of year, then SoFar Sounds is just up your street. Founded by Rafe Offer, former Marketing Director...
View ArticleCarmen at Glyndebourne
We’ve written before about our mini obsession with Glyndebourne – the fabulous house, the exquisite gardens, the absolute Englishness of it all and of course the brilliant opera. And last week we were...
View ArticleTo Kill a Mockingbird
We haven’t seen this production of To Kill a Mockingbird, adapted for the stage by Christopher Sergel, but we kicked ourselves for not getting tickets quickly enough when it was on at Regent’s Park...
View ArticleTate Modern’s Turbine Festival
If you’re in London on Saturday 25th July, do head over to the Tate Modern for its one day Summer Festival in the massive and atmospheric Turbine Hall – the home and inspiration for so many seminal art...
View ArticleWilton’s Music Hall Reopens
We’ve had some fab times at Wilton’s Music Hall – from weddings to ping pong tournaments to Fiona Shaw’s one-woman performance of The Wasteland. As one of the capital’s oldest Victorian music halls,...
View ArticleAdventures in Wonderland
Les Petits’ production of Adventures in Wonderland has been running for a while now, and we’d heard good things about it, but only managed to see it ourselves last week, together with a couple of 5...
View ArticleBook now for The return of Zoo Nation’s Into the Hoods: Remixed
We’ve seen every one of ZooNation’s shows and loved (and raved about) them all. The company, founded and led by choreographer and Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Kate Prince, creates full-length...
View ArticleDavid Byrne’s Meltdown
The annual Meltdown festival is always guaranteed to be a little off the wall, curated as it is each year by different musicians and performers (Yoko Ono, David Bowie, Jarvis Cocker) so we were very...
View ArticleBook now for Complicite’s The Encounter
We try and see everything that Complicite do on stage and have been rewarded with some of our most exciting nights of theatre going. Even if we’ve sometimes found their work a bit precious, it’s always...
View ArticleBook now to see Jim Broadbent in A Christmas Carol
Tickets have just gone on sale to see the wonderful Jim Broadbent as Scrooge in a new version of A Christmas Carol. Adapted from Charles Dickens’ classic story by Patrick Barlow (who also wrote The 39...
View ArticleBook now for the best Autumn Theatre
One of the things we love about early autumn and the beginning of the academic year is planning our winter theatre going. Two of London’s most ambitious and creative theatres have new creative...
View ArticleFar, Far Away: House of Secret Sounds
When musical performances for children are really good they are, we find, just as transporting for parents too. And we were blown away by the Aurora Orchestra’s sweet and captivating House of Secret...
View ArticleIntermission Youth Theatre
For a piece of visceral, on-the-edge-of-your-seat theatre we can highly recommend any production by the excellent Intermission Youth Theatre. Set up in 2008, the theatre group works with 25 young...
View ArticleTHE CENTURY SALON
In the era of immersive theatre, from You Me Bum Bum Train to Punch Drunk, it’s heartening to know that playfully throwing the audience headlong into an experience isn’t restricted to the stage (or...
View ArticleBook Now for 2016 Royal Court Season
2016 sees The Royal Court turn 60. We have a huge love of the Sloane Square theatre; yes, what we’ve seen there over the years might have been a bit hit and miss, but there’s a tradition of risk taking...
View ArticleBook now for the best plays in 2016
OK, so you’ve probably got enough to do with Christmas approaching without thinking about what you’re going to see on stage next year. And yet. The thing is, if you don’t book for certain plays now,...
View ArticleRSC Shakespeare on Screen
January is a great time to hunker down and catch up on movies, and what with it being the self-improving time of year, how great to check into the RSC’s Shakespeare on Screen season at the Barbican....
View ArticleBook now for Giffords Circus – the London dates
It may be that Giffords Circus entertained nearly 10,000 people last year, but even so, we know lots of folk who didn’t book early enough and so were bitterly disappointed to miss Moon Song, last...
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