Robert Bathurst Does Very Well
Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell but Robert Bathurst was well enough to stagger into the role at Soho’s iconic Coach & Horses, writes Michael Holland.…
Anniversary of Oh What a Lovely War: To be performed circus-style at Southwark Playhouse
Blackeyed Theatre has announced a major revival of Oh What a Lovely War to mark the 60th anniversary of Joan Littlewood’s epic anti-war musical. A cornerstone…
Review: The Confessions left me feeling simultaneously impressed and depressed
Let’s get my confession out of the way. I did not enjoy this play. Playwright Alexander Zeldin says that he wrote with the intention…
Review: Rumble in the Jungle – Rematch
Travel back in time to Zaire in Africa, 1974. The proud nation had not long freed itself from evil colonists and were still in…
Sindi and Charmz Create Sparks
Welcome to Brixton Lane! Forget the glass slipper or the pumpkin carriage this Christmas; join Sindi-Ella in this reimagined tale of Cinderella full of…
London’s most southerly constituency hails the protection of the one day travelcard
Croydon South MP Chris Philp has welcomed Tuesday’s announcement that paper travel cards would be saved as ‘good news’ for South Croydon. Philp, the…
Wimbledon expansion plans including 38 new courts approved by council despite public protest
The controversial expansion of the All England Lawn Tennis Club into the former Wimbledon Park golf club took a step further last night as…
Review: Manic Street Creature at Southwark Playhouse brilliantly gives songs for a tangled life
It was shortly after the end of her first song, the narrative barely in motion, when Maimuna Memon’s foot tangled in a guitar strap,…
Older performers from Rotherhithe’s London Bubble theatre stage their own show and are taking it on tour
According to Age UK’s loneliness report, people aged 50 and over are 1.6 times more likely to be lonely if they live alone and…
Could an old Victorian waterworks in South London be turned into a nature reserve?
Londoners living near an old Victorian waterworks say it has fallen into a horrific state and the riverfront is being wasted, as they throw…
Rage! Sex! Betrayal and Bloody Murder! – true crime musical opens at Southwark Playhouse
BLOODY HELL! True crime punk rock musical Lizzie the Musical opens at Southwark Playhouse Elephant. Lizzie The Musical explores the life of Lizzie Borden,…
No Freedom For Caged Birds
The young Elaine Daly is discovered doing Panto and invited to the Royal Shakespeare Company where she became a big hit. She moved into…
