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London Peace Pagoda, Battersea Park, Battersea Pier, Battersea, south London, Battersea Arts Centre,
What’s Hot Battersea?
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Five Fun Things to Do in Battersea Battersea Power Station’s iconic brick tower still proudly stands as a totemic landmark to its industrial past, but the smoke-spewing heart of this south London district has long since been gutted, to make way for the shopping, dining and leisure attractions that make this lively and whimsical cultural […]

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Free;amcing in London?
Freelancing in London? Here’s What You Need to Know
Posted in: Features, People

From pop-up galleries in Peckham to podcast studios in Hackney, freelancing in London offers endless creative opportunities, and just as many challenges. Whether you’re a graphic designer working from a café in Camden or a self-taught filmmaker balancing shoots and edits, life as a freelancer in the capital is full of movement, freedom, and unpredictability. […]

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London Peace Pagoda, Battersea Park, Battersea Pier, Battersea, south London, Battersea Arts Centre,
What’s Hot Battersea?
Posted in: Bars & Clubs, Concerts & Gigs, Drama & Theatre, Food & Dining, Galleries & Museums, Highlights, Reviews, Shows & Exhibitions Tags: , , , , , ,

Five Fun Things to Do in Battersea Battersea Power Station’s iconic brick tower still proudly stands as a totemic landmark to its industrial past, but the smoke-spewing heart of this south London district has long since been gutted, to make way for the shopping, dining and leisure attractions that make this lively and whimsical cultural […]

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Drama & Theatre

  • All Black Cast Hamlet
    The First All-Black Hamlet
    Posted in: Drama & Theatre, Highlights

    In a historic first, Stratford Centre and Watford Palace Theatre have co-produced the only Hamlet featuring an all-black cast. Directed by Jeffrey Kisson and adapted by playwright Mark Norfolk the Kingdom of Denmark in the original play is now a black empire in modern England. Stratford Circus is one of the founding partners of Black […]

  • Losers Etcetera Theatre Camden
    Losers (Interactive Theatre)
    Posted in: Drama & Theatre, Reviews

    If you’ve had your fill of reality TV and talent shows such as TOWIE, I’m A Celebrity and X Factor perhaps a trip to the theatre is in order. And as chance will have it a certain new stage production makes light of all the hopeless, talentless types seeking overnight fame on the small screen […]

  • Tannhaüser
    Tannhaüser (Opera)
    Posted in: Drama & Theatre, Reviews

    Tannhaüser is something of a problem-piece.  It is probably the weakest of Wagner’s mature operas, it is rarely performed and Wagner himself was never entirely satisfied with it.  He revised the work several times and said shortly before his death “I still owe the world a Tannhaüser”. Most of Wagner’s revisions affected the music rather […]

  • 400 Years Since Shakespeare
    Posted in: Drama & Theatre, Events & Festivals, Highlights, People, Videos

    May 3 marks the death anniversary of poet, writer and playwright William Shakespeare. Shakespeare 400 commemorating four centuries since his death saw celebrations kicking off in Spring across London from Shakespeare themed displays, pop-up performances and special shows amidst all things Shakespearean. A series of  short film projections all along the Thames on his birthday […]

  • Shakespeare Broadgate Circle
    Literary Greats Season At Broadgate Circle
    Posted in: Drama & Theatre, Highlights

    EC2’s Broadgate Circle dining and leisure hub is getting in on the act, quite literally, as April celebrations of Britain’s greatest literary talents get underway. Its Literary Greats Season  honoured the birth dates of Charlotte Bronte (April 21) and William Shakespeare (April 23) through music, theatre and the spoken word. On April 23rd the London Contemporary […]

  • Tannhaüser
    Lucia di Lammermoor (Opera)
    Posted in: Drama & Theatre, Reviews

    If you are off to see Covent Garden’s new production of Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor expecting to see something controversial or even scandalous, you will be disappointed. The reviews of the opening night mentioned the booing at the sex scenes, the blood and the use of a bath (for sex?). Instead, what you will encounter […]

  • Spellbound by The Dreamwatcher
    Posted in: Drama & Theatre, Highlights

    In the run-in to the festive season if you were looking for a Christmas evening with a difference, with that unique cultural edge, I have to inform you that you’ve just missed it! British-Bulgarian storytelling performance company A Spell In Time performed The Dreamwatcher, Winter Tales of Hidden Bulgaria to a packed audience at the […]

  • The Force of Destiny by Verdi (Opera)
    Posted in: Drama & Theatre, Reviews Tags: ,

    Many of Giuseppe Verdi’s operas explore relationships between fathers and daughters. His The Force of Destiny, currently performed by the English National Opera at the London Coliseum, explores the collapse and end of a relationship between a father and his daughter. The controversial director Calixto Bieito has produced a thrilling staging that is well worth […]

  • Nightwatchers at the Tower of London
    Posted in: Drama & Theatre, Highlights Tags: ,

    Stuck for something to do on Halloween night? Well if you’re seeking theatre with a difference, where the lines between performer and audience may be a bit ambiguous, digital theatre company ANAGRAM presents Nightwatchers an immersive theatre event you won’t be forgetting in a hurry. Based in the genuinely creepy prison environment of the Tower […]

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