Review: Instructions for a Teenage Armageddon – Garrick

Review: Instructions for a Teenage Armageddon – Garrick

Michael HollandMar 19, 2024

A dynamic, feminist, and pop culture-filled performance All the convincing I needed to see this piece was found by reading: ‘She was a 17-year-old…

Tailor-Made in Hollywood

Tailor-Made in Hollywood

Michael HollandMar 18, 2024

The hypocrisy of the studio system We can look forward to a major new production of the multi-award nominated The Tailor-Made Man, which will…

Skully is Back in Jail

Skully is Back in Jail

Michael HollandMar 17, 2024

The temptation of easy money culminated in him being caught in the back of a security van full of money Frank Skully has been…

People, Places and Things 

People, Places and Things 

Michael HollandMar 11, 2024

Emma was having the time of her life.  Now she’s in rehab.  Her first step is to admit that she has a problem.  But…

Review: For Black Boys – opens at Garrick Theatre and it’s a brilliant show

Review: For Black Boys – opens at Garrick Theatre and it’s a brilliant show

Michael HollandMar 8, 2024

Boys Bring Life to Thinking About Suicide Ryan Calais Cameron’s For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy was…

Marylebone leisure centre closed as council prepares for £42m revamp

Marylebone leisure centre closed as council prepares for £42m revamp

Ben LynchMar 5, 2024

A Central London leisure centre has been closed in preparation for a major multi-million-pound revamp due to begin later this year. Westminster City Council…

Review: Standing at the Sky’s Edge – Gillian Lynne Theatre

Review: Standing at the Sky’s Edge – Gillian Lynne Theatre

Michael HollandMar 1, 2024

What is home but a box to keep out the rain.  Standing at the Sky’s Edge makes its West End debut at the Gillian…

London council proposes powering 3,300 homes with thermal batteries full of energy from burning waste plant

London council proposes powering 3,300 homes with thermal batteries full of energy from burning waste plant

A London council has proposed powering more than 3,300 homes using thermal batteries with energy from a waste plant 17 miles away. Westminster City…

Hundreds file objections to ‘shameful’ plans to demolish Museum of London

Hundreds file objections to ‘shameful’ plans to demolish Museum of London

Ben LynchFeb 28, 2024

A major City of London application to redevelop a site by the Grade-II listed Barbican estate has been described as ‘shameful’ and ‘ill-considered’ as…

Instructions for a Teenage Armageddon

Instructions for a Teenage Armageddon

Michael HollandFeb 27, 2024

She was a 17 year-old girl, the only God she believed in was Taylor Swift. After her sister’s untimely death by a Yorkshire Pudding,…

Review: Frank Skinner – Gielgud Theatre

Review: Frank Skinner – Gielgud Theatre

Michael HollandFeb 6, 2024

Still Dirty After All These Years Frank Skinner’s tour is billed as 30 Years of Dirt so you arrive expecting to leave feeling unclean…

Kids Review: Legion – Life in the Roman Army at The British Museum

Kids Review: Legion – Life in the Roman Army at The British Museum

Michael HollandFeb 5, 2024

Legions of visitors are massing outside the colonnade of Ionic columns as we march towards the British Museum, writes Woody, Frida and Ed Gray… …