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What’s It All About? Bacharach Re-imagined at Menier Chocolate Factory opens...

A review of the 2013 New York City production of this show on vulture.com addresses what probably are most of our concerns about this play. Referring to a previous revue of Bacharach tunes called Look...

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The Beaux’ Stratagem at the National Theatre – stellar reviews

I usually take a best guess and recommend plays before reviews come out, in time for everyone to get the best tickets.  This one, unfortunately, slipped by me but the reviews are in and it’s been...

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32 Londoners on the London Eye – June 11th

      In the space of the London Eye, 32 speakers will discuss 32 famous men and women who found their destiny in London.  Guests get to choose which of the 32 pods to join, although there  will be a...

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An Evening with Jonathan Franzen : Intelligence Squared September 30th

From Intelligence Squared: ‘If there is one English-language writer today with the ambition and talent to make the literary novel seem truly meaningful again, both as a vehicle of mass entertainment...

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Splendour – Donmar Warehouse opens August 2015

Unfortunately tickets to see Dominic West and Michelle Dockery in Les Liasons Dangereuses at the Donmar in December have sold out rapidly but there are other options! Splendour takes place in the...

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The Cocktail Party -at the Print Room (Coronet) opens Sept 14th.

TS Eliot’s play The Cocktail Party will be the first piece of dramatic theatre in the Coronet Notting Hill for 100 years.  The Print Room formerly in Westbourne Grove has taken over and refurbished...

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The Father Transfers to West End

I recommended The Father a while back when it transferred from Bath to the Tricycle.   You have yet another opportunity to book tickets for this when it transfers to Wyndham’s Theatre in September....

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An Evening with David Sedaris at Cadogan Hall February 2016

I have a few regular readers that always want to be informed when David Sedaris is in London.  So here’s some info on his 2016 two night visit. From the Cadogan: “With sardonic wit and incisive social...

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Joseph Cornell at the Royal Academy of Arts opens July 4th

From the RA: “From a basement in New York, Joseph Cornell channelled his limitless imagination into some of the most original art of the 20th century. Step into his beguiling world at this landmark...

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Sweet Charity in concert at Cadogan Hall Aug 19-22

  I loved the Menier Chocolate Factory’s production and proceeded to see it again when it transferred to the West End.  If you missed either of these, Cadogan Hall is now doing Sweet Charity in...

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Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse opens January at the Royal...

It’s time to start filling up your diary for the fall and winter!  Though it seems far off now, why not book tickets to the Painting the Garden exhibit at the RA? According to the RA: “This major...

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Barbara Hepworth: Sculpture for a Modern World at the Tate through October 25th

Barbara Hepworth was one of the leading sculptors of the 20th century and this retrospective  features many of her most significant and beautiful sculptures in wood, stone and bronze alongside rarely...

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The Sweethearts at Finborough Theatre Sept 22-October 17

From the Finborough: “These charity gigs are always in bloody awful countries. I wish someone would fight a war in Marbella. I wish there were starving people in bloody Hawaii.”    A world premiere,...

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Travel Photographer of the Year at the RGS through September 5

This year’s event features the entries that took top honours in the 2014 awards, in which amateur and professional photographers from over 100 countries competed. The exhibition stretches from the...

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Goya: The Portraits at the National Gallery opens October 7

This landmark exhibition, the first ever focusing solely on his portraits, will re-appraise Goya’s genius as a portraitist and provide a penetrating insight into both public and private aspects of his...

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Nomad Cinema presents LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS on thursday August 13th

This Thursday visit Coram Secret Garden for Nomad’s screening of Little Shop of Horrors. From the Nomad: “Join us for this gleefully gruesome musical! Seymour, a poor florist’s assistant, allows his...

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Funny Girl opens at Menier Chocolate Factory with Sheridan Smith November 20th

FUNNY GIRL returns to the London stage for the first time since its 1966 premiere.  Fom the Menier “With music and lyrics by Bob Merrill and Jule Styne and book by Isobel Lennart, Styne and Merrill,...

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You Don’t Need a Stage for Good Theatre in London

Hammersmith 21:00 September 4th Police Evidence?

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The Merchant of Vembley opens at The Cockpit October 6th

Merchant of Vembley is a “a wickedly funny, wildly inventive and politically provocative re-imagining of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice.” From the cockpit theatre:  The play is “Set in Wembley,...

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Sunset Boulevard by Andrew Lloyd Webber at the ENO opens April 1st

Multi award-winning actress Glenn Close makes her West End debut in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s hit musical Sunset Boulevard, live at the London Coliseum, reprising her Tony Award winning role as Norma...

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