Alice Ripoll: Zona Franca (Free Zone)

Alice Ripoll: Zona Franca (Free Zone)

Michael HollandNov 4, 2023

Mind-boggling, eye-goggling, fascinating, undulating, shimmering, glimmering, twerking, working, lip smacking, thirst quenching, ace tasting, motivating, good buzzing, cool talking, high walking, fast livin, ever…

Murders in Leafy Dulwich Could Ruin Christmas

Murders in Leafy Dulwich Could Ruin Christmas

Michael HollandNov 3, 2023

Anne Coates has admitted to being behind several murders in her quiet corner of S.E. London and she doesn’t care who knows it, writes…

Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind

Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind

Michael HollandNov 3, 2023

In February 2024, Tate Modern will present the UK’s largest exhibition celebrating the ground-breaking and influential work of artist and activist Yoko Ono (b.1933,…

Get Inside The Words

Get Inside The Words

Michael HollandNov 2, 2023

If you’ve ever wondered what it might be like to walk inside a single word, A Birthday Garland is for you. Working with the…

POPE.L: HOSPITAL

POPE.L: HOSPITAL

Michael HollandNov 2, 2023

Pope.L’s wide ranging practice spans writing, painting, performance, installation, sculpture and video, which will be explored across both the SLG’s Main Gallery and Fire…

Let’s Talk About Football

Let’s Talk About Football

Michael HollandNov 1, 2023

Camberwell writer Matt Tiller has written a book about the untold story of Jack Leslie, the first black footballer to be selected for England…

Anniversary of Oh What a Lovely War: To be performed circus-style at Southwark Playhouse

Anniversary of Oh What a Lovely War: To be performed circus-style at Southwark Playhouse

Michael HollandOct 30, 2023

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

Review: The Confessions left me feeling simultaneously impressed and depressed

Michael HollandOct 29, 2023

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

Review: Rumble in the Jungle – Rematch

Michael HollandOct 29, 2023

Travel back in time to Zaire in Africa, 1974. The proud nation had not long freed itself from evil colonists and were still in…

Review: Manic Street Creature at Southwark Playhouse brilliantly gives songs for a tangled life

Review: Manic Street Creature at Southwark Playhouse brilliantly gives songs for a tangled life

Michael HollandOct 27, 2023

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

Older performers from Rotherhithe’s London Bubble theatre stage their own show and are taking it on tour

Michael HollandOct 27, 2023

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…

Rage! Sex! Betrayal and Bloody Murder! – true crime musical opens at Southwark Playhouse

Rage! Sex! Betrayal and Bloody Murder! – true crime musical opens at Southwark Playhouse

Michael HollandOct 26, 2023

BLOODY HELL! True crime punk rock musical Lizzie the Musical opens at Southwark Playhouse Elephant. Lizzie The Musical explores the life of Lizzie Borden,…