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Due to ongoing government advice, Spitalfields Music has today announced that the 2020 festival and programme has been reimagined as a series of digital events which will be broadcast via the Spitalfields Music website on Saturday 5 December. Tickets for Spitalfields Music Festival at Home are on sale now. Supported by HM Government’s Culture Recovery... Continue Reading →
Award winning comedian Rob Brydon and his eight-piece band will take to the road next year with his new show, Rob Brydon – A Night Of Songs & Laughter. The new dates follow the huge success of his 2020 Tour, and together mark the first time Brydon has created a show that includes songs and... Continue Reading →
HighRise Theatre will blend grime with theatre later this month for a one-night-only livestream of Dominic Garfield’s acclaimed production Lil.Miss.Lady. I caught up with Dominic, artistic director of HighRise Theatre to find out more about this production, which explores the history and music of Britain’s biggest sub-culture, grime. How did you get into theatre?School was... Continue Reading →
Coming to the O2 this March for its UK premiere, Mr. Adam is a dynamically modern multi-arts cross-media extravaganza. The work of Welsh composer Sir Karl Jenkins has been transformed into a narrative piece by Kairat Kulbaev, Marat Bisengaliev, Vasily Barkhatov, and The Almaty Symphony Orchestra, who have combined digital design with powerful performance for a classical... Continue Reading →
A free outdoor spectacular celebrating diversity in the arts, The Sunday Art Club is a multi-disciplinary festival which will immerse audiences in the joy of live performance this September. The festival will be socially distanced in Shoreditch as well as streamed online so everyone can enjoy its electrifying range of theatre, jazz, film and visual... Continue Reading →
The month of May usually sees people in Europe (and, more recently, Australia) come together to celebrate one of the ‘quirkier’ nights in the music calendar: the Eurovision Song Contest. However as a result of the coronavirus outbreak this year’s event – due to be held in the Netherlands – has been cancelled; the first... Continue Reading →
Winners for the second annual Visionary Honours have been announced following a special virtual awards ceremony on Wednesday 6th May. Celebrating a wide range of diverse and under-represented voices, the virtual awards ceremony was hosted by award-winning TV presenter Scarlette Douglas, featuring acceptances from Jesy Nelson, Ross Kemp and George The Poet. Launched in 2018 by the not-for-profit Visionary Arts Foundation, the awards shine a light on... Continue Reading →
The Philharmonia Orchestra today announces a major restructuring of its governance model, implementing a plan that has been developed over the last two years, following a substantive governance review and consultation with Members of the Orchestra and Trustees of the Philharmonia Trust. Philharmonia Ltd (the orchestra) and the Philharmonia Trust (the charity which holds the... Continue Reading →
After her own successful battle with cancer, Siobhan Dillon, last seen in the West End and on Broadway alongside Glenn Close in “Sunset Boulevard”, is to release her stunning new album, “Siobhan Dillon - One Voice”, in support of the Breast Cancer Haven charity. Four years in the making, Siobhan has teamed up with globally... Continue Reading →
Spitalfields Music has announced the postponement of the 2020 festival which was due to take place over the weekend of 24-28 June at Christ Church Spitalfields, East London. Following Government advice and to protect the safety of audiences, artists and workforce during these unprecedented times, the festival is set to be rescheduled to Autumn 2020... Continue Reading →
