Ray Davies and the return of Sunny Afternoon

Ray Davies and the return of Sunny Afternoon

Michael HollandOct 26, 2025

It reminds me I why wrote the songs in the first place The Olivier Award-winning Sunny Afternoon is back on tour, which gives those…

Review: Top Hat at New Wimbledon Theatre 

Review: Top Hat at New Wimbledon Theatre 

Michael HollandOct 15, 2025

A musical not to be missed There’s something ironically comforting about the unattainable glamour of classic American musicals. Maybe it is the escapism, or…

Review: Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake at New Wimbledon Theatre

Review: Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake at New Wimbledon Theatre

Michael HollandOct 2, 2025

The image of ballet as being too boring is shattered  Retelling a classic, Russian romantic ballet as famous as Swan Lake is an impressive…

Morden town centre regeneration delayed again, could now stretch into 2040s

Morden town centre regeneration delayed again, could now stretch into 2040s

Residents in Morden have expressed growing frustration after the town centre regeneration project was pushed back once more, with completion now unlikely before the…

Review: The Gardening Club at New Wimbledon Theatre

Review: The Gardening Club at New Wimbledon Theatre

Michael HollandSep 23, 2025

The 1960s heralded a new era of activism and the Women’s Liberation Movement was born. It is this political backdrop which inspired the writers…

The loss of both Merton’s police stations could be ‘terrifying’ says councillor

The loss of both Merton’s police stations could be ‘terrifying’ says councillor

Merton councillors have warned that the borough’s reputation as one of London’s safest could be at risk if either Wimbledon or Mitcham police stations…

Put on your Top Hat and Tap Shoes for this

Put on your Top Hat and Tap Shoes for this

Michael HollandSep 11, 2025

The Chichester Festival Theatre Production of Irving Berlin’s Top Hat today announces the cast for the 2025 UK tour. Reprising their roles will be…

Half Term at Polka

Half Term at Polka

Michael HollandSep 11, 2025

Affordable tickets from £10 in the Main Theatre Artistic Director Helen Matravers, Executive Director Lynette Shanbury and the whole team at Polka Theatre haveo…

Join The Gardening Club in Wimbledon

Join The Gardening Club in Wimbledon

Michael HollandAug 14, 2025

New Pop-Rock Musical The Gardening Club makes its London debut after a sell out run at the Edinburgh Fringe. The Gardening Club is a…

Review: War Horse – New Wimbledon Theatre

Review: War Horse – New Wimbledon Theatre

Michael HollandAug 7, 2025

From Devon to Devastation and Back Again The National Theatre’s War Horse has been galloping around the globe for almost two decades so anything…

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Public spaces across South London being transformed for live opera this summer

“It’s not what you expect when you’re coming in for a glass of rosé,” says Cat Wellington. She’d come to The Charles Holden pub…

Campaigners vow to keep fighting as judge allows Wimbledon expansion to go ahead

Campaigners vow to keep fighting as judge allows Wimbledon expansion to go ahead

Campaigners have vowed to keep fighting after a judge backed planning permission to expand the home of Wimbledon tennis. The Greater London Authority (GLA)…