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Handel’s Messiah: The Live Experience at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on 6 Dec 2022 will launch a new style classical music concert experience centred on the most famous works ever written. With world-class musicians and innovative and imaginative lighting design, visual effects, choreography and staging, the event promises to immerse audiences in a powerful... Continue Reading →
A brand-new venue has landed in North London, Ludo’s. A destination for comedy, film and music… and let’s not forget, beer! What else is there to ask for? Ludo’s new bar + venue is waiting for you in North London with all of this and more! Ludo’s is the big red bus in North London,... Continue Reading →
A fresh face for the modern circus, The Revel Pucks, will bring their contemporary flair to Bristol from 7-24 April with tickets now available via revelpuckcircus.comFormed in East London in 2018, the 19-strong troupe are redefining the circus landscape across the United Kingdom with their smash hit production The Wing Scuffle Spectacular. The Revel Puck... Continue Reading →
Winner of the 2019 Grammy Award for Best World Music Album for their latest album “Freedom”, a collection of songs which celebrate and commemorate South Africa’s democratic movement’s struggle for freedom, Soweto Gospel Choir now bring their “Freedom” concert to the UK in honour of the father of their rainbow nation, Nelson Mandela. The tour,... Continue Reading →
Crazy Coqs is bringing together the best of music and cabaret from the USA in a new Americans in London series celebrating Hollywood, Broadway and beyond! For the first time, Broadway star and Tony Award-winner Lillias White takes to the Crazy Coqs stage; Crazy Coqs regular and favourite Lorna Luft returns with a new show... Continue Reading →
No one can resist the energy of The Black Blues Brothers in their acrobatic tribute to the legendary cult movie, The Blues Brothers. This incredible acrobatic troupe of Kenyan acrobats have dazzled audiences around the world and performed for Pope Francis at the Vatican and the British Royal Family at the Royal Variety Show. Back... Continue Reading →
Intercultural theatre and arts company Border Crossings will present REMEMBRANCES, a collaborative new dance performance, to the Birmingham 2022 Festival – the biggest celebration of creativity ever in the region and one of the largest ever Commonwealth Games cultural programmes. This mesmerising dance piece forms part of the company’s ORIGINS Festival, which has been offering... Continue Reading →
Following the critically acclaimed Crisis? What Crisis?, trailblazing immersive theatre company Parabolic Theatre has joined forces with Mechanical Thought to co-produce a remount of their hugely successful Illicit Signals Bletchley which premiered at the COLAB Factory ahead of the pandemic. Audiences work alongside famous figures from the Government Code and Cipher School at Bletchley Park... Continue Reading →
The funniest text messages from the public will be read out by the world’s greatest actors live on stage in the West End… and the producers of The Joy Of Text want to hear from you! For one night only, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Denise Gough, Tamsin Greig, Pearl Mackie, Aki Omoshaybi, Nicholas Pinnock, Iwan Rheon, Dougray... Continue Reading →
TV dancing sensation and international champion Johannes Radebe is thrilled to announce the dancers joining him in his first UK Tour, Johannes Radebe: Freedom, which will open on 16 March and run through to 1 May 2022. Starring Johannes Radebe, the cast will feature Joe Atkinson, Lowri Evans, Elizabeth Fullalove, Gabriela Gregorian, Andilé Mabhena, Lee... Continue Reading →
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