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Coinciding with reopening on 2nd December, the V&A today announces its largest ever installation of children’s artworks as part of a special free display. All Will Be Well: Children’s Rainbows from Lockdown, invites visitors to revisit this powerful moment in which the image of a rainbow – a long-standing symbol of hope – took on... Continue Reading →
COVID-19 has brought about many changes to Londoners’ lives, not just in the day to day, but also in relation to how we sleep and dream. According to a survey conducted by King’s College London and Ipsos MORI in June 2020, the anxiety, stress and worry brought on by the global COVID-19 crisis is not... Continue Reading →
Denise Welch will host a starry list of performers coming together for a filmed concert, We Need A Little Christmas, in support of Shelter and Crisis at Christmas. The concert will be filmed live at the Actors’ Church (St Paul’s Church) in London’s Covent Garden, with performances from Dame Maureen Lipman, Courtney Act, Christine Allado,... Continue Reading →
Daniel Brine Artistic Director and Chief Executive of Norfolk & Norwich Festival has confirmed that the 2021 Festival will take place between 14 – 30 May. Following its cancellation in 2020, and the continuing worldwide pandemic, the 2021 edition of the arts festival will be a one-off adaptation, with programme and presentation designed especially for... Continue Reading →
Due to the success of its first venture, Original Theatre Company’s specially commissioned online short play Watching Rosie by Louise Coulthard will be re-released from 12 – 26 November 2020, alongside an accompanying new online play Mrs Goldie vs The World, written and performed by Nicky Goldie (Call the Midwife, The Queens Gambit, Doctors, Coronation... Continue Reading →
Activist, environmental campaigner and one of the UK’s wildlife heroes, Mya-Rose Craig – or Birdgirl – will speak in conversation at Magnetic North this December. The special online event from renowned theatre company Border Crossings’ ORIGINS Festival will celebrate the essential importance of the Arctic to us all and its integral cultural diversity, in conjunction... Continue Reading →
It certainly doesn’t feel like it’s been three years since we said goodbye to the original cast of Netflix drama The Crown. Claire Foy, Matt Smith and Vanessa Kirby were so believable in their roles of the Queen, Prince Philip and Princess Margaret that it was almost impossible to imagine anyone else taking over (writer... Continue Reading →
Following recent government implementation of further lockdown measures impacting leisure, entertainment and hospitality venues throughout the month of November, Thursford’s Enchanted Journey of Light will now open to the public on 3 December. Customers who had purchased tickets for dates between 19 November and 2 December will have already been issued refunds which should reach... Continue Reading →
The Bridge Theatre has announced a season of cabaret and burlesque acts – The Bridge After Dark - that will join the previously announced repertoire from December 2020. Priority booking opens today, with advance members from Monday 2 November at 10am and public booking on Tuesday 3 November at 10am. The season is for audiences... Continue Reading →
This December, BFI Southbank celebrates one of the screen’s most enduring icons with a new season MARLENE DIETRICH: FALLING IN LOVE AGAIN, programmed by film critic and writer Pamela Hutchinson. We invite audiences to discover Dietrich from one of her finest silent roles, THE THREE LOVERS (Curtis Bernhardt, 1929), to her most compelling appearances in... Continue Reading →
