Duchess of Malfi at the Playhouse

Duchess of Malfi at the Playhouse

Michael HollandJan 18, 2024

Shakespeare’s Globe announced the cast of The Duchess of Malfi, directed by Rachel Bagshaw. The cast comprises Jamie Ballard, David Burnett, Tamzin Griffin, Olivier…

The Katie Project

The Katie Project

Michael HollandJan 18, 2024

Katie sees flowers where others see weeds. In the corner of a seedy dive bar or a sweaty basement gig, she falls in love…

Landscapes Retold in Dulwich Picture Gallery

Landscapes Retold in Dulwich Picture Gallery

Michael HollandJan 18, 2024

Soulscapes is a major exhibition of landscape art that will expand and redefine the genre.  Featuring more than 30 contemporary works, it will span…

Lucy Kirkwood’s The Human Body opens next month

Lucy Kirkwood’s The Human Body opens next month

Michael HollandJan 12, 2024

The Human Body by Lucy Kirkwood opens at the Donmar Warehouse on February 16. The strapline reads: “The window for change – real change…

Theatre Review: The Enfield Haunting left me confused  

Theatre Review: The Enfield Haunting left me confused  

Michael HollandJan 12, 2024

As someone who is far from well versed in the thriller genre, and until Wednesday evening was unfamiliar with the story of the ‘real…

Theatre: Get into the dark heart of Victorian horror in Camberwell

Theatre: Get into the dark heart of Victorian horror in Camberwell

Michael HollandJan 12, 2024

If you are a fan of Victorian gothic horror then head on down Camberwell way for the Dracula’s Guest at the Golden Goose Theatre.…

Live Music at The Copleston in Peckham on Sunday afternoon

Live Music at The Copleston in Peckham on Sunday afternoon

Michael HollandJan 12, 2024

The first Dimple Disc 2024, the Sunday afternoon live music show at the Copleston Centre church in Peckham is out of the blocks.  The…

Review: The Unfriend – Wyndhams

Review: The Unfriend – Wyndhams

Michael HollandJan 11, 2024

The comedy is thick with Britishness Steven Moffat has worked for many years as a writer for TV, from Coupling in the Noughties,  a…

Review: Calendar Girls – Churchill Theatre

Review: Calendar Girls – Churchill Theatre

Michael HollandJan 11, 2024

The set designed by Gary McCann of a Methodist Church hall places Calendar Girls at the bosom of middle-class England, the absolute heartland of…

Review: Unfortunate – Southwark Playhouse

Review: Unfortunate – Southwark Playhouse

Michael HollandJan 10, 2024

Within a minute or two of Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch opening, Ursula was told – in song – that…

Transgression – a play in a post-modern world coming to Kennington   

Transgression – a play in a post-modern world coming to Kennington   

Michael HollandJan 9, 2024

Life in the Aftermath of the Eocene at the White Bear It’s the 1990s and the societal revolution to smash the nuclear family is…

A Tale Told Through the Prism of a Housing Estate

A Tale Told Through the Prism of a Housing Estate

Michael HollandJan 8, 2024

Standing at the Sky’s Edge was written as a love letter to Sheffield and the city’s iconic Park Hill Estate. This 2023 Olivier Award-winning…