Daring dance, wacky street theatre and free family fun: GDIF returns for 2023 

Daring dance, wacky street theatre and free family fun: GDIF returns for 2023 

Holly O'MahonyJul 31, 2023

With a first-of-its-kind visual spectacle and gravity-defying dance, a sprinkling of politics and an overarching message of ‘hope’, Greenwich and Docklands International Festival (GDIF)…

Eltham Palace heads back to the Medieval era this summer

Eltham Palace heads back to the Medieval era this summer

Holly O'MahonyJul 22, 2023

It’s become an annual highlight of the palace’s summer programme, and this year its resurrection comes with more galloping horses, flying arrows, tooting trumpets…

Strictly’s Craig Revel Horwood on returning to the stage in Annie in Bromley

Strictly’s Craig Revel Horwood on returning to the stage in Annie in Bromley

Holly O'MahonyJul 22, 2023

He’s been a choreographer and judge on BBC One’s Strictly Come Dancing since its inception 20 years ago, but Craig Revel Horwood is also…

Poet in the City launches Run the Night: celebrating creativity in Woolwich 

Poet in the City launches Run the Night: celebrating creativity in Woolwich 

Holly O'MahonyJul 22, 2023

Poet in the City, a London-based arts organisation committed to platforming underrepresented stories, is pitching up in Woolwich this summer, with a four-week programme…

From swinging silks to sky-high trapeze: AirCraft Circus Academy is showing off its skills

From swinging silks to sky-high trapeze: AirCraft Circus Academy is showing off its skills

Holly O'MahonyJul 18, 2023

Fancy running away with the circus? You just might after watching the talented student and professional performers of AirCraft Circus Academy.  The Greenwich-based troupe…

Paw-fect pooches to assemble for inaugural Greenwich Dog Show

Paw-fect pooches to assemble for inaugural Greenwich Dog Show

Holly O'MahonyMay 26, 2023

Is your dog the best looking of its breed? Perhaps it’s the prettiest pooch in Greenwich Park, or maybe it has the waggiest tail…

The coronation: Where to celebrate in south London

The coronation: Where to celebrate in south London

Holly O'MahonyApr 15, 2023

His Majesty King Charless III will be crowned at Westminster Abbey by the Archbishop of Canterbury on May 6. In the same ceremony, his…