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Review: Dracula – Menier

Review: Dracula – Menier

ByMichael HollandMar 18, 2025

A Dracula To Die For A comedy Dracula that is billed as channeling the spirit of RuPaul, Monty Python, and Mel Brooks! What’s not to…

The Goblin in Soho

The Goblin in Soho

ByMichael HollandMar 17, 2025

A sombre reflection on fate After its success at the Edinburgh Fringe last year, Derek Mitchell brings his dark comedy, Goblin, to Soho Theatre. As…

Review – Macbeth – The Globe

Review – Macbeth – The Globe

ByMichael HollandMar 17, 2025

The students’ zest added huge energy  Each year, The Globe stages a production specifically aimed at young people, with the laudable goal of making theatre…

From English Queen to New York Sex Worker is Career Highlight

From English Queen to New York Sex Worker is Career Highlight

ByMichael HollandMar 15, 2025

Elena Breschi saw The Lion King as a 7-year-old and remembers ‘the feeling of adrenaline watching every performer deliver the goods, the costumes, the set,…

The story that Dickens left out

The story that Dickens left out

ByMichael HollandMar 15, 2025

“If you knew my story, your heart would break too” Havisham is Heather Alexander’s powerful one-woman show exploring the back story of the reclusive spinster…

Gruesome Playground Injuries

Gruesome Playground Injuries

ByMichael HollandMar 15, 2025

Does it hurt? Rajiv Joseph’s Gruesome Playground Injuries tells the story of Doug and Kayleen who meet in the school nurse’s office with their ailments…

Dead Mom Play

Dead Mom Play

ByMichael HollandMar 14, 2025

“You should really lock your doors, anyone can just walk in” – Death Ben Blais’s bold and imaginative comedy, Dead Mom Play, is written from his…

Poems from the Kitchen Sink and Beyond

Poems from the Kitchen Sink and Beyond

ByMichael HollandMar 13, 2025

I took myself off to the hallowed galleries and rooms of the old Deptford Town Hall, now part of Goldsmiths University, to meet with Neil…

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Ghost of Soldier Returns Home to Rotherhithe

Ghost of Soldier Returns Home to Rotherhithe

ByMichael HollandDec 27, 2024

Rotherhithe artist Ed Gray has just completed a monumental work that depicts the poignant service at the war memorial in West Lane on Remembrance Sunday…

Permanent bracelets at Greenwich Market with Laura Lees Morgan

Permanent bracelets at Greenwich Market with Laura Lees Morgan

ByEliza FrostNov 8, 2024

The seller tells us about personal pieces and the ‘endless and fascinating’ possibilities in designing jewellery “Permanent bracelets are welded on, and you can’t take…

Dreams came true for trio of friends at their newly opened restaurant Wilson’s in Ladywell

Dreams came true for trio of friends at their newly opened restaurant Wilson’s in Ladywell

ByEliza FrostJun 14, 2024

‘This is what we’ve always wanted to do’: one of the founders behind the new Ladywell restaurant tells us about the love of local  “A great…

Exploring the Forest: expert advice from Deptford and East Dulwich-based plant shop

Exploring the Forest: expert advice from Deptford and East Dulwich-based plant shop

ByEliza FrostMay 11, 2024

We hears some top tips for caring for your plants from the plant shop owner who even hosts workshops What is your best tip for looking…

Dulwich Festival: ‘Coming together as one’

Dulwich Festival: ‘Coming together as one’

ByEliza FrostMay 3, 2024

New director Sarah Taylor talks about how they have brought events from the festival guide pages to local venues in Dulwich What does the festival…

Interview with the owner of Deptford and Peckham’s Taca Tacos

Interview with the owner of Deptford and Peckham’s Taca Tacos

ByEliza FrostApr 17, 2024

Owner Thorne Addyman tells Eliza Frost about the ‘best birria in London’, research trips to Mexico and powerful community of Deptford 

Tony Wilks of Clarks Rustic Furniture on upcycling

Tony Wilks of Clarks Rustic Furniture on upcycling

ByEliza FrostApr 5, 2024

Love furniture with a story? Family business Clarks Rustic Furniture upcycles interesting pieces that add character to your space  Clarks Rustic Furniture started trading at…

Grab a slice: interview with founder of Greenwich’s Pizza Shack

Grab a slice: interview with founder of Greenwich’s Pizza Shack

ByEliza FrostApr 5, 2024

Founder and head chef of Pizza Shack, Matthew Smith, tells Eliza Frost about the secret to a perfect pizza, serving Greenwich and his favourite flavour combo…


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A Ceremony at Copeland

A Ceremony at Copeland

ByMichael HollandMar 13, 2025

‘A hunt for the beast that has plagued me’(Anne Bean) Future Ritual presents CEREMONY, a new 5-day festival of choreographic work and performance art at…

Playhouse Creatures in the Orange Tree

Playhouse Creatures in the Orange Tree

ByMichael HollandMar 12, 2025

I’m an actress. They’ve never had one of those before. I’m a novelty.  It’s the swinging (16)60s, and ‘the merry monarch’ Charles II is on the throne.…

Review: WRESTLELADSWRESTLE – Battersea Arts Centre

Review: WRESTLELADSWRESTLE – Battersea Arts Centre

ByMichael HollandMar 12, 2025

An admirable and fun performance Jennifer Jackson uses theatre, dance, judo, and a confusingly large ensemble of women to take us through her memories in…

Review: Siena: The Rise of Painting 1300-1350 

Review: Siena: The Rise of Painting 1300-1350 

ByMichael HollandMar 11, 2025

The Devil is in the Detail A missing 12-year-old boy has been located in the gallery but there’s no need to alert the museum guards…

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