Review: Swan Lake – Coliseum

Review: Swan Lake – Coliseum

Michael HollandAug 29, 2024

When Swans Swam as One The State Ballet of Georgia has put itself up there in the Top Ten of classical ballet companies with…

Bermondsey Artists’ Group film screening in Bermondsey Almshouse

Bermondsey Artists’ Group film screening in Bermondsey Almshouse

Michael HollandJul 15, 2024

A documentary that tells how the Bermondsey Artists’ Group came into being will be screened for free at Appleby Blue, United St Saviour’s Charity’s…

It’s All In The Family

It’s All In The Family

Michael HollandFeb 24, 2024

‘Family’ – a novella by Camberwell-based author Mark Baxter – is the last part of a South East London trilogy, that he started in…

Origin-Wood

Origin-Wood

Michael HollandJan 8, 2024

An exhibition exploring the natural environment through the medium of wood. Richard Lawrence and Margaret Higginson are two artists whose work focuses on the…

Meet the man behind south London’s School of Rock 

Meet the man behind south London’s School of Rock 

Holly O'MahonyJan 4, 2024

While there are school choirs and youth orchestras helping kids take the first steps in their musical journeys, there’s less support for pint-sized pop…

Bangladesh’s vibrant art scene comes to Woolwich 

Bangladesh’s vibrant art scene comes to Woolwich 

Holly O'MahonyNov 6, 2023

East London-based Revolution Gallery is on a mission to showcase and platform Bangladesh’s vibrant contemporary art scene. Its latest project, showing at Woolwich Works,…

Can puppets perform Shakespeare? Oh, yes they can! 

Can puppets perform Shakespeare? Oh, yes they can! 

Holly O'MahonyNov 6, 2023

Norwich Puppet Theatre, one of just three building-based puppet theatres in the UK, is known for its adaptations of classic stories. With its touring…

Bromley local Jay Taylor on bringing James Graham’s Quiz to his local theatre 

Bromley local Jay Taylor on bringing James Graham’s Quiz to his local theatre 

Holly O'MahonyNov 6, 2023

A national tour of the critically-acclaimed play comes to the Churchill Theatre. In 2001, Charles Ingram became the third contestant ever to win the…

Celebrating sea shanties at Greenwich’s Cutty Sark later this month  

Celebrating sea shanties at Greenwich’s Cutty Sark later this month  

Holly O'MahonyNov 6, 2023

Sailors sang them in the spirit of unity on long voyages overseas, but sea shanties have been rising in popularity back on terra firma…

Dance and dine for Diwali at Blackheath Halls

Dance and dine for Diwali at Blackheath Halls

Holly O'MahonyOct 23, 2023

Falling just after the official Festival of Lights that’s celebrated by communities across the world, Blackheath Halls’ popular Diwali event returns with live music,…

Art for all at Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair 

Art for all at Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair 

Holly O'MahonyOct 23, 2023

Now an annual highlight in any London-based art collector’s calendar, Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair returns for the eighth year running. Transforming a large swathe…

Purse-friendly art comes to Battersea this month

Purse-friendly art comes to Battersea this month

Holly O'MahonyOct 11, 2023

The Affordable Art Fair returns to Battersea this October, bringing together works from over 100 galleries and showcasing thousands of artworks spanning painting, sculpture,…