‘Heartbreak, Love and Loss’

‘Heartbreak, Love and Loss’

Michael HollandJul 26, 2025

Shakespeare’s Globe announced the cast and creative team of Shakespeare’s dizzying tragicomedy, Twelfth Night or What You Will. The cast comprises Ronkẹ Adékọluẹ́ jọ…

 Review: Out of Bounds at Brockley Jack

 Review: Out of Bounds at Brockley Jack

Michael HollandJul 26, 2025

“Basmati rice will never catch on” This one-person show by award-winning South African writer Rajesh Gopie is a coming-of-age story of Lall, the young…

Reform wins first-ever London council seat

Reform wins first-ever London council seat

Cameron BlackshawJul 25, 2025

Reform UK won its first ever London election this week with a victory in Bromley. Alan Cook has become Reform’s first directly-elected London councillor…

SE Fest 2025 – South London’s new writing festival

SE Fest 2025 – South London’s new writing festival

Michael HollandJul 25, 2025

Two weeks – 21 performances SE Fest is hosted by two neighbouring venues, The Bridge House Theatre and The Jack Studio Theatre – two…

Two more school closures scrapped as watchdog finds it ‘unlawful’

Two more school closures scrapped as watchdog finds it ‘unlawful’

Ruby GregoryJul 24, 2025

The decision to close two primary schools in Lambeth has been rejected by the government’s Office of the Schools Adjudicator (OSA) after it found…

Lightbulbs

Lightbulbs

Michael HollandJul 24, 2025

‘If it’s dormant forever… isn’t it just dead?’ In our most intimate spaces, who do we trust to keep the darkness at bay? How…

Review: Inter Alia at National Theatre

Review: Inter Alia at National Theatre

Michael HollandJul 24, 2025

Rosamund Pike as a Crown Court judge with a penchant for Karaoke! What’s not to love?  I last saw Ms Pike delivering all the…

The Land Sings Back

The Land Sings Back

Michael HollandJul 22, 2025

The Land Sings Back reimagines our relationship to our breathing planet through the work of thirteen artists with ancestries across South Asia, Africa and…

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)…

What a Gay Day!

What a Gay Day!

Michael HollandJul 21, 2025

The Larry Grayson Story Larry Grayson, one of the country’s best-loved light entertainers, is back from The Other Side (no, not ITV) to tell…

Lifers in Southwark

Lifers in Southwark

Michael HollandJul 21, 2025

Exposing the cracks in a system built to punish Synergy’s Artistic Director Esther Baker will direct Peter Wight as Lenny in Evan Placey’s new…

The Code 

The Code 

Michael HollandJul 21, 2025

“This entire town is a cesspool, darling. Beautifully lit. Well appointed. But a cesspool nonetheless.” Hollywood, 1950. A fading star. A rising one. An…