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Review: BOYS FROM THE BLACKSTUFF, Liverpool's Royal Court
by Sarah OHara - April 25, 2024
Following its sold out run in 2023, Boys from the Blackstuff has returned to Liverpool’s Royal Court, before the show transfers to the National Theatre in London and Garrick Theatre in the West End....
Review: TESTMATCH, Orange Tree Theatre
by Debbie Gilpin - April 25, 2024
“This way, you win, no matter what.” The Women’s Cricket World Cup Final in the present day, and eighteenth century Calcutta – on the face of it there’s the barest of connections, but when you drill down a bit deeper you can see how the relationship between England and India was first forged. Or, pe...
Review: THE SLEEPING BEAUTY, Sadler's Wells
by Matthew Paluch - April 25, 2024
Is there anything similar to The Sleeping Beauty overture? With Tchaikovsky filling the theatre with full-blown fairy tale drama - it's quite the opener.
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Review: GHOST STORIES OF ANTIQUARY, Longfield Hall
by Kat Mokrynski - April 25, 2024
Ghost Stories of Antiquary, a “seated site-specific show with immersive elements” directed by Nicholas Benjamin and co-devised by Benjamin, Niamh Handley-Vaughan, Nadia Lamin and Miles Blanch, takes place in Longfield Hall, a building that survived the bombings of World War II, the very rads that th...
Review: YOU ARE GOING TO DIE, Southwark Playhouse
by Franco Milazzo - April 23, 2024
A show dripping in pretension performed by a naked man? An impenetrable work obsessed with having a sex toy deep inside one’s backside? A meditation on “existential anxiety” that does little of note with an hour of precious life? There’s enough irony in You Are Going To Die to power an Alanis Moriss...
Review: SILENCE, Birmingham Rep
by Laura Lott - April 24, 2024
“Old friends in the morning, then wanting us dead in the afternoon”, says one of the men in Silence, repeating the line over and over. Decades after the event, he still can’t understand the speed at which hate and violence ignited in the wake of the 1947 Partition of India....
Review: 1884, Shoreditch Town Hall
by Franco Milazzo - April 22, 2024
What is the difference between a house and a home? And who gets to write history? Interactive experience 1884 provokes challenging answers to these questions in the context of an almost-forgotten historical event that had significant consequences for two continents....
Review: CALENDAR GIRLS, The Mill at Sonning
by Mica Blackwell - April 22, 2024
Unlike Firth’s decision to stretch out the film’s first half for the musical, confusingly ending it on the long-awaited calendar photoshoot, his play adaptation allows the audience to see the impact the calendar has on the outside world and the women’s personal lives....
Review: BEATS, King's Head Theatre
by Olivia Woods - April 22, 2024
Returning to the brand new King’s Head Theatre, Ned Campbell takes on award-winning Scottish playwright Kieran Hurley’s Beats in an adaptation that champions our imaginations and emphasises the power of collective gathering....
Review: LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, Royal Opera House
by Alexander Cohen - April 22, 2024
Nadine Sierra’s enthralling central performance helms this nerve-jangling revival....
Past Shows
Join pianist and composer Belle Chen for a special intimate evening in the Elgar Room. A musical maverick whose original works are frequently heard on ...
Brassed Off Live
5/25
Following the unfortunate cancellation of our 2020 event, we are delighted that British classic Brassed Off will be returning to the Royal Albert Hall in ...
Late Night Jazz favourites, The Shirt Tail Stompers return with their swinging Christmas show for a second year.Inspired by the Harlem swing and hot jazz ...
Late Night Jazz celebrates the freshest sounds on the London jazz scene in the intimacy of the Elgar Room.Trumpeter Alexandra Ridout, renowned for her incredible ...
This year, celebrate the Christmas season with the Peanuts gang in a family screening of the original 1965 classic A Charlie Brown Christmas.Join Charlie Brown, ...
As part of our Christmas season, enjoy a special evening of Vince Guaraldis music from the classic animated TV special A Charlie Brown Christmas, plus ...
Join the London Community Gospel Choir for an evening of uplifting festive tunes, seasonal fun and special guests.After dazzling sold-out concerts in 2018 and 2019, ...
Earl Okin
12/2
As part of out Christmas Season, were delighted to welcome back Earl Okin to the Elgar Room.Earl is a true legend of the UKs Jazz ...
AVAWAVES
11/6
Presented in association with Soundcrash, AVAWAVES are Anna Phoebe and Aisling Brouwer a classically trained duo who create ambient soundscapes based on an intricate interplay ...
Manu Delago
11/4
World-renowned handpan player and composer Manu Delago presents his first audiovisual solo-programme Environ Me as part of Journeys, a festival curated by Nitin Sawhney, celebrating ...
Soumik Datta
10/31
Soumik Datta is an award-winning musician, producer and television presenter. He plays the 19-stringed sarod and combines Indian music with songwriting, spoken poetry and live ...
Late Night Jazz celebrates the freshest sounds on the London jazz scene in the intimacy of the Elgar Room.As the first and only British winner ...
World record-breaking beatboxer SK Shlomo makes mad music with his mouth. Become one of this sonic superheros sidekicks in a world of funny sounds, brilliant ...
Late Night Jazz celebrates the freshest sounds on the London jazz scene in the intimacy of the Elgar Room.Desta Haile is a storyteller, throwing together ...
Eydis Evensen
10/20
Reykjavk-based pianist and composer Eyds Evensen will perform music from her debut album Bylur, live in the Elgar Room.Bylur is the first record released on ...
Arabs Are Not Funny
10/15
You might have thought that Arabs couldnt get any funnier. Think again. After over almost two years of hibernation, four of the funniest Arabs in ...
Poetry slam winners from round the UK compete for the coveted title of National Poetry Slam Champion which sees you the audience, decide who takes ...
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