Airswimming in Union

Airswimming in Union

Michael HollandOct 24, 2023

Swimming in synchronicity, gasping for the air of freedom.Two women incarcerated for breaking society’s harsh rules.Discarded and forgotten for half a century. Together treading…

Sondheim Sets Sail For Japan

Sondheim Sets Sail For Japan

Michael HollandOct 23, 2023

The Menier Chocolate Factory announced their co-production with the Umeda Arts Theater of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s Pacific Overtures.  Nippon. The Floating Kingdom.  One…

The Ed Gray Experience

The Ed Gray Experience

Michael HollandOct 23, 2023

Just seeing an Ed Gray painting is only the start of the journey. You need to get to his exhibition where he’s giving free…

The King is Here – Elvis Presley Exhibition opens in Bermondsey

The King is Here – Elvis Presley Exhibition opens in Bermondsey

Michael HollandOct 20, 2023

There is nothing better to cheer up a gloomy autumn day than indulge in glitz and glamour, and now there is a new exhibition…

De-Clutter With Eileen

De-Clutter With Eileen

Michael HollandOct 19, 2023

Loft Clearance, written and performed by Eileen Mahony, is a fascinating look at the joys and dilemmas of sorting the flotsam and jetsam of…

Prince Jamie Comes With Sex, Sorcery and Suckers as he rehearses for Southwark Playhouse’s Christmas show

Prince Jamie Comes With Sex, Sorcery and Suckers as he rehearses for Southwark Playhouse’s Christmas show

Michael HollandOct 19, 2023

I have heard various reasons why people had a yearning for a career on the stage but Jamie Mawson’s strange encounter beats them all,…

Ardent and Ambitious

Ardent and Ambitious

Michael HollandOct 17, 2023

In a ground-breaking initiative from Ardent Theatre Company, 40 young acting graduates from working class backgrounds across the UK auditioned for the opportunity to…

Ripoll’s Rebirth of a Generation

Ripoll’s Rebirth of a Generation

Michael HollandOct 16, 2023

Following many global tours, this is the long-awaited London debut of Ripoll, the internationally acclaimed choreographer, and the company from the favelas of Rio…

Get Beyond the Walls at Sid Motion Gallery

Get Beyond the Walls at Sid Motion Gallery

Michael HollandOct 15, 2023

Vincent Hawkins’ third solo exhibition at the Sid Motion Gallery gallery is ‘Beyond the walls of one’s own making’.Spanning the breadth of Hawkins’ practice,…

The Innocence and Experience of an Artist

The Innocence and Experience of an Artist

Michael HollandOct 14, 2023

Ed Gray has been painting London for many years now and is always compiling lists of places in the capital that he wants to…

Being Marilyn Monroe: The extraordinary life of Bermondsey’s Suzie Kennedy

Being Marilyn Monroe: The extraordinary life of Bermondsey’s Suzie Kennedy

Michael HollandOct 13, 2023

How does someone become Marilyn Monroe? For Suzie Kennedy it has been a journey from the USA to Bermondsey via Peckham, with a lot…

The history of the jean genies of Rotherhithe’s Lower Road

The history of the jean genies of Rotherhithe’s Lower Road

Debra GoslingOct 13, 2023

Here is a tale of some Eastern Europeans who immigrated to the UK and became Bermondsey and Rotherhithe legends They travelled many miles across…