Review: Beauty and Destruction: Wartime London in Art at IWM

Review: Beauty and Destruction: Wartime London in Art at IWM

Michael HollandMar 20, 2026

London during the Second World War, as seen by artists Until she died, my mum was the last living person I knew who had…

Slippery in the Omnibus Theatre

Slippery in the Omnibus Theatre

Michael HollandMar 19, 2026

‘Sparks and spaghetti will fly’ Off-West End Award-winner Matthew Iliffe directs Soho Theatre’s Tony Craze Award Winning play, Slippery. John McCrea, best known for…

Thinking Outside The ‘Other’ Box

Thinking Outside The ‘Other’ Box

Michael HollandMar 14, 2026

Heist play hopes to right some wrongs My Uncle Is Not Pablo Escobar was written out of necessity. It is a play created by…

Review: Ancient Grease at The Vaults

Review: Ancient Grease at The Vaults

Michael HollandMar 14, 2026

Meet the Gods and Goddesses of Olympus Academy Deep beneath Waterloo, in the labyrinthine tunnels of The Vaults, Ancient Grease crashes onto the stage…

Gabriel Abrantes: Bardo Loops

Gabriel Abrantes: Bardo Loops

Michael HollandMar 12, 2026

Gasworks presents Bardo Loops, the first UK solo exhibition by artist and filmmaker Gabriel Abrantes. An installation presented over four screens, the work portrays…

King’s College Hospital ‘requires improvement’

King’s College Hospital ‘requires improvement’

Ruby GregoryMar 11, 2026

A South London hospital has been told it still needs to improve its services following an inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). King’s…

Pharmacist Provides Lifeline to Theatre

Pharmacist Provides Lifeline to Theatre

Michael HollandMar 10, 2026

“We’re telling a really important story” Aimee Mutambo is a Lead Pharmacist, Medicines Optimisation at South East London Integrated Care Board, working behind the…

These Thoughts May Disappear

These Thoughts May Disappear

Michael HollandMar 6, 2026

Jack White has first major UK show A major exhibition of works by the American artist, Jack White, will open at Damien Hirst’s Newport…

He Said/She Said

He Said/She Said

Michael HollandMar 5, 2026

How perpetrators of violence justify their actions Two one-act plays presented as a double-bill, each centring on an act of knife violence, He Said/She Said revives Dom…

Charlie & Striptease 

Charlie & Striptease 

Michael HollandMar 5, 2026

Bold political satire double-bill Two razor-sharp political satire plays from the Soviet era, Charlie & Striptease, were written by the award-winning Polish playwright Sławomir…

Council approves Brockwell Park 2026 festivals

Council approves Brockwell Park 2026 festivals

Ruby GregoryFeb 25, 2026

Plans to host a series of festival events in Brockwell Park later this year have been approved by councillors, despite receiving a mixed reaction…

Smoke

Smoke

Michael HollandFeb 20, 2026

Fast-paced, plot-driven contemporary queer thriller Critically acclaimed theatre-maker Alexis Gregory returns to the stage with Smoke, his most daring and uncompromising work to date,…