From Bermondsey to Bond Girl

From Bermondsey to Bond Girl

Michael HollandMay 23, 2026

‘Watching Daniel Craig warm up before a shot was something else’ Kerry Fitzgerald was born in Guy’s Hospital, but it was no easy time…

Grindr: The Dating Appy Opera

Grindr: The Dating Appy Opera

Michael HollandMay 21, 2026

Grindr: The Opera (Best New Musical at the 2019 Off West End Awards) puts the most notorious gay hook-up app into the exaggerated world…

Come and meet my paintings

Come and meet my paintings

Michael HollandMay 19, 2026

Julia de Greff has announced her latest exhibition – ‘Come and meet my paintings’  – at Jeannie Avent Gallery. Julia works very intuitively, in…

Review: Julian Lage at Royal Festival Hall

Review: Julian Lage at Royal Festival Hall

Michael HollandMay 19, 2026

This live experience is sublime On Friday night we slipped into our seats, my jazz-singing friend and I, in a soon-to-be packed Royal Festival…

Review: Mother Courage and Her Children at Shakespeare’s Globe

Review: Mother Courage and Her Children at Shakespeare’s Globe

Michael HollandMay 18, 2026

For Mother Courage, hope is not redemptive but persistently cruel For nearly thirty years, the open-air theatre at Shakespeare’s Globe has almost exclusively staged…

To Tide You Over

To Tide You Over

Michael HollandMay 16, 2026

To Tide You Over, a solo presentation of new printmaking, sculpture and moving image by Susie Olczak. Exploring how water connects and transforms landscapes…

Review: Toto Kerblammo! Unicorn Theatre

Review: Toto Kerblammo! Unicorn Theatre

Michael HollandMay 13, 2026

I left feeling a little hypnotised and very meditative Tim Crouch (writer and director) brings his Toto Kerblammo! back to the Unicorn after its successful run…

Stella Cardew: Painting for Pleasure

Stella Cardew: Painting for Pleasure

Michael HollandMay 12, 2026

Inspired by ‘the creative urge’ Stella Cardew is preparing to hang Painting for Pleasure, her latest exhibition of new artworks for her annual show…

Once in a While 

Once in a While 

Michael HollandMay 11, 2026

Four semi-staged performances A new British musical by Jane Morgan, over four decades in the making, will finally reach the stage this summer, as…

Colossus

Colossus

Michael HollandMay 11, 2026

Forty-five dancers move as one in the UK debut of Stephanie Lake From darkness they emerge, a dizzying mass of pulsating bodies. The push…

The Galleria Open Studios Return to Peckham 

The Galleria Open Studios Return to Peckham 

Michael HollandMay 10, 2026

Peckham, London — The Galleria Open Studios will open to the public on 6th and 7th June (11am–6pm), offering visitors the chance to explore working…

Reaching, Touching, Shedding

Reaching, Touching, Shedding

Michael HollandMay 9, 2026

Vanguard Prize winner has debut exhibition Helena Samarasinghe’s exhibition explores sport, power, integrity, identity and belonging through a series of vibrant new works including…