This Is London 22 February 2019

62 Years Informing International
& UK Visitors to London
Est. 1956 Issue 3141
Friday 22 February, 2019

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CONTENTS
Events 4
British Summer Time in Hyde Park
Boilly: Scenes of Parisian Life
Beatrix Potter Musical
Music 8
London Concert Choir
Pirates of Penzance at Wilton’s
Cirque Eloize Premiere ‘Hotel’
Exhibitions 12
Lydia Bauman: Looking for Georgia
Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries
Tomas Watson: Scenes From A Life
Theatre 16
Come From Away
Royal Centenary for SIX
Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5 Opens
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The Drummers of Japan – Yamato
World-renowned Japanese taiko drumming troupe, Yamato, returns to
The Peacock from Tuesday 12th to Sunday 31st March for an evening of
high-energy and thunderous performance with its newest work, Passion.
Led by artistic director Masa Ogawa, the work was created in 2018
and builds a kaleidoscope of sound through an assortment of enormous
barrel-like Odaiko drums to cymbals, bamboo flutes and vocals.
Used in Shinto rituals, the Odaiko drums weigh over half a tonne each
and are played by the troupe with ferocious and staggering strength to
produce a heart-thumping torrent of music.
Requiring exceptional skill and physicality, the drummers use their
entire bodies to play and engage with audiences to create an explosive
spectacle. This plethora of energy ignited by both the performers and
audience, and the drummers’ daily commitment to rigorous training,
forms the inspiration for their latest work, Passion.
Photo: Masa Ogawa.
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Celine Dion. Photo: Alix Malka.
CELINE DION TO HEADLINE BRITISH
SUMMER TIME IN HYDE PARK
Barclaycard presents British Summer
Time Hyde Park have announced a titanic
headliner to kick off the 2019 event, the
legendary Canadian vocal powerhouse,
Celine Dion. She has sold over 240
million records worldwide (more than any
other BST Hyde Park headliner to date)
and is renowned for incredible live shows
and a monumental vocal range. She will
be one of the most unforgettable acts to
have ever graced the Great Oak Stage in
Hyde Park.
Her headlining performance will come
just a month after the end of her second
record-breaking Las Vegas residency
Celine on 8 June. One of the most
successful female artists of all time, she
has been performing and recording music
for over 35 years and possesses one of
the most powerful and moving voices in
popular music history.
Also announced is the iconic
Florence + the Machine making a
triumphant homecoming on Saturday
13 July. It’s been a remarkable year for
Florence, whose fourth album ‘High As
Hope’ already has the feel of a careerdefining
moment. Featuring the anthemic
Florence. Photo: Vincent Haycock.
singles ‘Hunger’, ‘Sky Full Of Song’,
‘Big God’ and 'Patricia', Florence started
writing the record (which is also the first
she has officially co-produced) in solitude
in South London: routinely cycling to her
studio in Peckham every day to, as she
puts it, ‘bang on the wall with sticks’.
Sharing the stage are an American
indie institution from Ohio, festival
favourites and one of the most highly
rated live acts around – The National.
Latest album Sleep Well Beast lived up to
the intense anticipation generated by an
acclaimed catalogue and broke new
ground with their first UK Number 1
album. They celebrated last year with their
largest ever UK headline show at All
Points East festival and by headlining
4 nights at the Eventim Hammersmith
Apollo. Their big return to BST Hyde Park
comes after thrilling critics and fans in
support of Neil Young’s show in 2014.
On Friday 12 July, two of the greatest
musicians of all time on one historic
night, Bob Dylan and Neil Young, are joint
headliners. It will be a unique occasion,
perhaps never to be repeated. Considered
the greatest songwriters of their
generation, their contribution to the
history of rock music puts them above
even their most legendary peers.
Further information and tickets are
available at www.bst-hydepark.com
VEGAN AFTERNOON TEA AT SAVOY
This winter, The Savoy has launched an
imaginative and beautifully designed
Vegan Afternoon Tea menu. Created by
The Savoy's Executive Pastry Chef, Daniel
Pearse, the Vegan Afternoon Tea and High
Tea menu comprises freshly cut vegan
finger sandwiches, filled with an array of
scrumptious plant-based fillings on a
medley of white, brown, spinach or olive
bread. Sat alongside and presented on a
tiered cake stand are homemade plain and
raisin scones paired with vegan cream
and various jams. Vegan-friendly, delicate
seasonal pastries and freshly made
traditional Savoy cakes also feature.
ROYAL COURT SPRING PROGRAMME
The State Between Us – Matthew
Herbert’s unique and ambitious Big Band
of British and European musicians as well
as a large community choir will perform
two concerts on 29 March at the Royal
Court, marking the day the UK is
scheduled to leave the European Union.
On 13 April the Royal Court will host
Passages: A Windrush Celebration, a day
of food, music, performance, panel events
and the premiere of seven filmed
monologues commissioned by the Royal
Court and curated by Lynette Linton to
mark seven decades since the arrival of
passenger liner V Empire Windrush.
www.royalcourttheatre.com
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Photo: Steve Finn.
THE BEATRIX POTTER MUSICAL
ADVENTURE’S WEST END RUN
Hop onto your seats and immerse
yourself in the magical world of Beatrix
Potter this spring. Watch with delight as
her most beloved characters are brought
to life on the stage in a theatrical
spectacular, with beautifully handcrafted
puppets, enchanting original songs and a
sprinkle of magic. Look out for the
ferocious Mr McGregor, reach heady
heights with Jemima Puddle-Duck, do the
laundry with Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and of
course, fall in love with the mischievous
Peter Rabbit.
Opening at the Theatre Royal
Haymarket on 3 April, the London season
of Where is Peter Rabbit? follows the
hugely popular runs at the Old Laundry
Theatre in Bowness-On-Windermere
which premiered in June 2016 and
garnered rave reviews ever since.
Prick up your ears to the delectable
voices of Olivier Award-winning actor and
comedian Griff Rhys Jones and BAFTA
Award-winning actor and national treasure
Miriam Margoyles. Marvel at the
delightful dancing and entrancing set and
shake your tail to the 14 joyful songs, with
lyrics by one of Britain’s most beloved
playwrights, Sir Alan Ayckbourn and
music by Steven Edis.
This innovative show combines live
performance, projection and recording in
a thoroughly interactive brand-new
magical musical, entirely based on the
original Tales by Beatrix Potter.
KEW ORCHID FESTIVAL: CELEBRATE
THE COLOUR OF COLOMBIA
Colombia’s landscape is as diverse as
the flora and fauna that inhabit it, from
tropical beaches to snow-capped
mountains and everything in between.
Home to more orchid species than
anywhere else in the world, Colombia’s
unparalleled biodiversity and vibrant
culture is the inspiration for Kew’s 24th
annual orchid festival.
Stepping into the Princess of Wales
Conservatory, visitors will find themselves
transported to an entrancing paradise
evoking the sights, smells and sounds of
Colombia. The experience is an immersive
journey through the different zones of the
glasshouse where visitors will encounter
staggeringly beautiful displays representing
aspects of Colombian wildlife and culture.
Over 6,200 orchids will feature in the
festival including the exquisite Flor de
Mayo (Cattleya trianae), Colombia’s
national flower.
Colombia is famed for its wildlife
diversity and boasts the greatest number
of bird species of any country in the
world. To celebrate this, the central
display of the festival will be a ‘carnival of
animals’ depicting a toucan in flight, a
hanging sloth and swimming turtle, all
composed of stunning orchids,
bromeliads and other tropical plants.
A breath-taking cascade of hundreds of
colourful hanging vandas will represent
Colombia’s famous rainbow river, Caño
Cristales, and visitors will also delight in
an enchanting forest scene complete with
life-sized jaguars. Elsewhere, a dazzling
display of hundreds of colourful butterflies
will be suspended from the glasshouse
ceiling, and an intricate, golden floating
display bursting with bright yellow
orchids in the glasshouse pond will depict
the legend of El Dorado.
To capture the essence of the festival,
Kew has also enlisted the help of a
Colombian multidisciplinary artist,
Vanessa Moncayo Gonzaĺez, who has
transformed the glasshouse film room
with colourful Bogotá-style street-art
murals. Another Colombian artist, Omar
Castañeda, has created exquisite original
sculptures that will feature in a ‘treasures
of Colombia’ display alongside
Colombian orchids from Kew’s
collections. The festival will also feature a
number of traditional artisanal objects
from different regions of Colombia
provided by Artesanias de Colombia,
Tu Taller Design, Yurupari Grupo
Folclorico, in collaboration with the
Embassy of Colombia in London. Entry to
the orchid festival is included in the
standard ticket to the Gardens.
Throughout the festival, there will also be
an exciting programme of events and
activities featuring Colombian music,
dance and cuisine.
www.kew.org
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Louis-Léopold Boilly The Poor Cat, 1832 Oil on canvas 31.9 × 40.4 cm
The Ramsbury Manor Foundation.
Photo © courtesy the Trustees
BOILLY: SCENES OF PARISIAN LIFE
AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY
This spring, the National Gallery will
stage the first-ever exhibition in the UK
devoted to Louis-Léopold Boilly
(1761–1845), one of the most important
artists of Revolutionary France.
At the core of Boilly: Scenes of
Parisian Life will be 18 paintings from a
British private collection which have never
been displayed or published. Assembled
by British property developer and collector
Harry Hyams over the course of the last
60 years, these works from The Ramsbury
Manor Foundation will introduce National
Gallery visitors to an artist who was at the
very heart of the Parisian art world
throughout the Revolution of 1789, the
Terror, the rise and fall of Napoleon, and
the restoration of the French monarchy.
Best known for his highly detailed,
exquisitely painted genre scenes, Boilly’s
artistic production was diverse and
prolific: over the course of his long career
he worked in oils, watercolours, chalk,
ink, engraving, and lithography, frequently
using one medium to imitate another and
producing thousands of works of art.
What best unifies this vast and varied
oeuvre is Boilly’s interest in looking.
Whether depicting an audience and
performance in a genre scene, or letting
us spy on an aristocratic interior; tricking
the viewer’s eye with an illusionistic
trompe-l’oeil painting, or depicting a
wide-eyed sitter in a portrait – Boilly was
fascinated by the art of looking, and the
art of being looked at. As well as his
genre paintings, portraiture was a constant
throughout Boilly’s career – it is estimated
he produced 5,000 small portraits in his
lifetime.
Director of the National Gallery,
Dr Gabriele Finaldi, says: ‘From the
aristocratic boudoir to the boulevards of
Revolutionary Paris, Boilly's paintings
reflect the tumultuous times in which he
lived. Over a career that spanned seven
decades his exquisite pictures pass from
the world of 'The Dangerous Liaisons' to
that of 'Les Misérables'. Interiors,
portraits, genre scenes, and trompe
l'oeil paintings tell the story of his
passionate engagement with the most
exhilarating city in the world, Paris. This
is the first exhibition of Boilly's works to
be held in Britain and most of them have
never before been seen publicly.’
The exhibition opens on 28 February
and runs until 19 May.
ARTIST DAYS AT BODY WORLDS
Body Worlds are putting out an open
call to London’s most talented life
drawing artists, amateur and
professionals alike, to take part in the
museum’s first ‘death drawing’ sessions.
Human anatomy has long been a
fascinating subject for artists and at
Body Worlds flagship museum in
London, art and science are beautifully
intertwined in a celebration of the human
body and all its wonderful intricacies.
To celebrate this fusion, the museum is
offering artists the chance to study the
human body in a completely unique and
unprecedented way.
On the first Friday of every month, a
group of maximum twelve artists will be
given complimentary access to the
museum and the opportunity to study
and capture the human form using
Gunther von Hagens’ famous Plastinated
human bodies. As studying human
anatomy for artists can be as simple as
learning about proportions, or as
complex as mastering an understanding
of the skeletal, muscular and surface
structure of the human body, Body
Worlds London is the perfect place to
perfect their skills.
With over 200 Plastinated body parts
and human bodies across three floors,
the exhibits offer a unique look under
the skin, exploring different systems
around the human body in a visually
stunning form.
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LONDON CONCERT CHOIR PERFORM
STRAUSS AND BRAHMS
On Monday 4 March in the Barbican
Hall, Mark Forkgen will conduct London
Concert Choir with Canticum chamber
choir and Southbank Sinfonia in a concert
of works by two young composers
confronting the universal themes of life
and death. Despite the subject the music
is ultimately full of hope.
Richard Strauss was only 25 when he
composed his dramatic orchestral tone
poem Death and Transfiguration (Tod und
Verklärung) in 1889. It depicts an artist
who has striven for the highest ideals and
whose journey through life and struggle
with death end in peace as his soul finally
attains perfection. On his own deathbed
60 years later, Strauss remarked, ‘Dying is
just as I composed it.’
Brahms wrote the German Requiem,
one of the truly great choral masterpieces,
not as a Mass for the Dead, but to console
the living. Instead of setting the traditional
text of the Latin liturgy, he chose words
from Luther’s German translation of the
Bible to contrast the transience of human
life with the everlasting nature of God and
London Concert Choir
the joy of the world to come. The Requiem
was partly inspired by the death of the
composer’s mother and in the serene fifth
movement the soprano soloist sings the
words ‘I will comfort you as one whom his
own mother comforteth.’ The fourth
movement ‘How lovely are Thy dwellings’
is probably the best known. The Requiem
evolved over a period of twelve years and
was completed in 1868, when Brahms
was 36, but first performed in its entirety
150 years ago in 1869.
Also taking part in the Requiem are the
renowned soprano soloist Claire Seaton
and the prize-winning baritone Thomas
Humphreys. Both London Concert Choir
and Canticum display remarkable musical
versatility and expressiveness under the
leadership of Mark Forkgen, while
Southbank Sinfonia is internationally
recognised as a leading orchestral
academy for young graduate professional
musicians from across the world.
Tickets available on 020 7638 8891 or
online at www.barbican.org.uk The nearest
station is Barbican which is on the Circle,
Hammersmith & City, and Metropolitan
lines.
AUSTENTATIOUS AT THE FORTUNE
Following a season of performances
during 2018, Austentatious: The
Improvised Jane Austen Novel begin a
Monday night residency at the Fortune
Theatre this week.
Austentatious is an entirely improvised
comedy play, starring a cast of the
country’s sharpest comic performers, who
conjure up a ‘lost’ Jane Austen novel
based on nothing more than a title
suggested by the audience. Whether
you’ve read all of Austen’s works or none
of them, this hilarious show will be a
totally new experience.
Performed in full Regency costume
with live musical accompaniment, the
company have played over 500
performances in 150 venues around the
UK with no two shows ever being the
same. Previous ’lost‘ masterpieces
covered have included The Sixth Sense
and Sensibility, Mansfield Shark and
Double 0 Darcy. In an evening chock-full
of witty heroines, dashing gents and
preposterous plots, swooning is certainly
guaranteed!
Austentatious.
Robert Viglasky.
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THE RENAISSANCE NUDE AT
ROYAL ACADEMY
Opening on 3 March, the Royal
Academy of Arts are to present The
Renaissance Nude, an exhibition
exploring the nude and how it inspired
some of the most renowned masterpieces
of the western canon.
Arranged thematically, The
Renaissance Nude will bring together
around 90 works in a variety of media
and from different regions of Europe,
examining the emergence of a dynamic
visual tradition that permanently altered
the character and values of European art.
The exhibition will feature works by
artists including Lucas Cranach the
Elder, Albrecht Dürer, Jan Gossaert,
Michelangelo, Raphael and Leonardo
da Vinci.
Upon its completion in 1541,
Michelangelo’s monumental Last
Judgement in the Sistine Chapel in
Rome was celebrated as a triumph.
Soon, however, the mural’s vast array of
nudes proved to be so controversial that,
shortly after the artist’s death in 1564,
Pope Pius IV ordered concealing
draperies to be painted over some of the
figures. Looking at art made both north
and south of the Alps, the exhibition will
be organised around five main themes.
The Nude and Christian Art will focus
on episodes from the Old and New
Testament that provided artists with the
opportunity to depict the nude figure.
Humanism and the Expansion of
Secular Themes will be devoted to
mythological stories and the rediscovery
of the antique.
Artistic Theory and Practice will
explore life drawing and the study of
anatomy and proportion, while Beyond
the Ideal Nude will look at the
vulnerability of the human condition.
The final section, Personalising the
Nude, will highlight the role of
Renaissance patrons, focusing on
Isabella d’Este, Marchioness of Mantua,
one of the few female patrons of the
time.
Antonio Pollaiuolo, Battle of the Nudes, 1470s. Engraving, 42 x 60.9 cm.
The Albertina Museum, Vienna.
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PIRATES OF PENZANCE AT
WILTON’S MUSIC HALL
The award-winning and exquisitely
funny new take on the much-loved
classic The Pirates of Penzance makes a
welcome return to these shores after a
huge critical and popular hit in Australia,
when it landed in Cate Blanchett's
Sydney Theatre after a national tour.
Presented by Regan De Wynter Williams
Productions, Pirates will be at Wilton’s
Music Hall from Wednesday 20 February
to Saturday 16 March.
The tale of a child apprenticed to a
band of tender-hearted, orphaned pirates
was an immediate triumph for Gilbert
and Sullivan and remains their most
popular and successful work.
Wilton’s Music Hall’s 2019 summer
season will feature collaborations with
some of the UK’s most exciting companies.
Bringing pointe shoes to the cobbled
streets of London’s East End, Viviana
Durante Company will present Seven
Deadly Sins, a re-staging of Kenneth
MacMillan’s extraordinary version of the
Kurt Weill-Bertolt Brecht ‘ballet with
songs’ from 8-18 May.
Directed by internationally acclaimed
ballet legend Viviana Durante, developed
in close association with Deborah
MacMillan, and starring provocative
performer and Weimar specialist Meow
Meow and Royal Ballet principal Laura
Morera, as well as Melissa Hamilton and
Thiago Saores, the ballet chanté follows
the story of enigmatic beauty Anna who,
starting in New York City, dances her
way through seven American cities,
encountering a different sin in each one,
all of which stand in the way of her
success. Brought to life by a cast of 20
singers, dancers and guest Royal Ballet
principals, this is a unique opportunity
to see classical ballet in the wonderfully
intimate space that is Wilton’s.
From ballet to boxing, Troupe will
present The Sweet Science of Bruising
from 5-29 June, set deep in the heart of
Victorian London in a theatre where only
the strongest survive. Fresh from a
critically-acclaimed, sold-out run at
Southwark Playhouse, the show takes
audiences back to 1869, where four very
different women are drawn into the dark
underground world of female boxing;
controlled by men and constrained by
corsets, each finds an unexpected
freedom in the ring.
Staged in an electrifying atmosphere,
the production features an ensemble cast
and thrilling live boxing matches, and
brings to life this little-known but
important part of the City’s history.
A BEAUTIFUL NOISE ADDS MORE
WEST END DATES
Two more West End dates have been
added by A Beautiful Noise, a show
which celebrates the music of Neil
Diamond, one of the world’s greatest
ever singer-songwriters, and marking the
West End debut of Award-winning Fisher
Stevens. A Beautiful Noise will play at
the Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue,
on Monday 10 June and Monday 8 July.
‘What a beautiful noise / Comin’ up
from the street / Got a beautiful sound /
It’s got a beautiful beat’ these lyrics
from his 1976 hit song, A Beautiful
Noise, underscore more than any
others the evergreen appeal of Neil
Diamond, a performer, songwriter and
entertainer whose name will echo down
through the ages.
Though he has declared his touring
days over, Neil Diamond’s star continues
to burn as strongly as ever.
Featuring a live band, including a
brass section and backing singers, A
Beautiful Noise is now the best way for
UK audiences to enjoy his wonderful
songs in a live theatre setting. Sweet
Caroline, Song Sung Blue, Cracklin’
Rosie and Forever In Blue Jeans, are the
songs that soundtracked lives, the
teenage dream, and remain fixtures of
personal and radio playlists everywhere.
Flying Entertainment, producers of
the West End concert spectacular,
Thriller Live, which celebrated its 10th
year at the Lyric Theatre in January,
present this lavish new production.
Over half a century since the first hit
single from an artist that has sold over
100 million albums, A Beautiful Noise is
a joyful celebration of Neil Diamond‘s
music, delivered with an assured
virtuosity by Fisher Stevens to the
standard and scale that these timeless
songs deserve.
Fisher and his band journey through
five decades of Diamond’s biggest hits
including Brooklyn Roads, Heartlight,
September Morn, Hello Again,
Longfellow Serenade, Love on the Rocks
Forever in Blue Jeans, He Ain’t Heavy,
Cherry Cherry, Song Sung Blue, I Am...
I Said, America, Holly Holy, Soolaimon,
Brother Love’s Travelling Salvation Show
and, of course, Sweet Caroline. With
Stevens’ extraordinary vocal range,
relaxed sense of humour and stage
presence, this is the ultimate musical
journey that all Diamond fans, old and
new have been waiting for.
Fisher Stevens.
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CIRQUE ELOIZE UK PREMIERE OF
HOTEL AT THE PEACOCK
Celebrating its 25th anniversary,
Canadian contemporary circus company
Cirque Eloize opens the doors to its new
show, Hotel, at Sadler’s Wells’ West End
theatre The Peacock from Wednesday
20 February to Saturday 9 March.
In an art deco grand hotel, tourists
and travellers, the famous and infamous,
mingle across the centuries. With 12
dazzling acrobats and musicians, and an
original score by Eloi Painchaud, Cirque
Eloize showcases the company’s
trademark blend of contemporary circus
and drama in a place that never sleeps.
Hotel is directed by Emmanuel Guillaume.
Cirque Eloize has become a world
leader in contemporary circus since it
was founded in 1993, specialising in
creating shows that fuse circus arts with
music, theatre and dance. The company
has travelled to over 550 cities, giving
more than 5,500 performances for
audiences of over 3.5 million.
Combining breath-taking feats with
engaging stories, Cirque Eloize has a
daring approach to circus techniques
and the themes it tackles.
The company last performed in
London at The Peacock in October 2017
with Saloon. Previous productions that
have been seen at The Peacock include
iD, bringing together the world of urban
dance and circus arts, and Cirkopolis,
the company’s tenth creation.
Box office telephone 020 7863 8222.
Cirque Eloize.
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FRANZ WEST AT TATE MODERN
Tate Modern are presenting a major
exhibition of the work of Franz West
(1947-2012) which opens this week.
Organised by Tate Modern and the Centre
Pompidou, this is the first posthumous
retrospective and the most comprehensive
survey of the artist’s work ever staged in
the UK. The ambitious exhibition explores
the irreverent sensibility and playful
approach to materials, colour and form
that characterise West’s punk aesthetic.
Cliffs with Chimney Rock, Ghost Ranch New Mexico 2018 (122x244 cm)
Lydia Bauman.
LOOKING FOR GEORGIA AT THE
MALL GALLERIES
Two women artists at different points in
history, living on different continents,
pitching themselves against the same
dramatic and magnificent wilderness of
New Mexico with only their own particular
techniques as tools...
Lydia Bauman is both a landscape
painter and an art historian fascinated by
the phenomenon of the American artist,
Georgia O'Keeffe. O’Keeffe is best known
for her paintings of magnified flowers,
animal skulls, and New Mexico desert
landscapes. Making her debut in 1916,
O’Keeffe was immediately recognised as a
trail blazing artist.
Bauman works in a mixed media
technique which involves combining
pigments with plaster, resin, wax and
other unconventional materials to create
textured surfaces evocative of the look and
feel of the landscapes that inspired her.
For this exhibition she travelled to
'Georgia O’Keeffe Country' – Northern
New Mexico desert – which O’Keeffe
referred to as her 'backyard', to
re-interpret the landscapes made familiar
to us by the Mother of American
modernism’s own iconic works.
With a background in anthropology
and human geography, photographer Karl
Dudman (who is also Lydia's son)
presents his own interpretation of New
Mexico, with a focus on the many ways
this supposed desert has been narrated
and lived in. Lydia and Karl will be present
in the gallery on most days to talk about
their work (see Mall Galleries website for
events). The exhibition will be at the Mall
Galleries from 25 February to 2 March.
The exhibition is supported by Great Art,
Alec Tiranti and Ghost Ranch.
Further details www.lydiabauman.com
or www.karldudman.com
Canyon Ladies, New Mexico – Karl Dudman.
Almost 200 works including abstract
sculptures, furniture, collages and
monumental outdoor works, are brought
together to show him as one of the most
influential artists of the past 50 years.
Franz West offers the first opportunity
to recognise the artist’s legacy, celebrating
West’s astounding contribution over four
decades and uniting key and rarely seen
pieces from across his remarkable career.
His friend and former collaborator Sarah
Lucas has contributed to the exhibition by
designing walls and pedestals, bringing
her unique material language to the
display of Franz West’s playful yet
profoundly philosophical work.
Open daily 10.00 – 18.00 and until
22.00 on Friday and Saturday.
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TOMAS WATSON ‘SCENES FROM
A LIFE’ AT JILL GEORGE GALLERY
During a year and half of transition in
Tomas Watson’s life and work, he has
produced a series of paintings, drawings
and monotypes which shows these
changes, leading to the title of the new
exhibition, ‘Scenes from a Life’, on show
at the Jill George Gallery at Coningsbury
Gallery from 4 - 16 March.
In the paintings Tomas uses moments
of intense realism, but they are
juxtaposed with sketchy, rudimentary
areas of paint, with some parts highly
finished, and others left open making the
works more narrative. Whilst in London
leading up to the show and without a
studio for three weeks, he has produced
a new series of silverpoint drawings, a
technique developed by Leonardo da
Vinci and one Tomas loves and suitable
for his artistry of drawing.
Also included are a series of new
monotypes, another medium Tomas
enjoys and one in which he is constantly
experimenting and using different
techniques.
Tomas Watson was born in 1971 and
graduated from Slade School of Art in
1993. He subsequently studied Anatomy
for Artists and then won a scholarship
Tomas Watson, Scenes from a Life – Priest. Oil, 130 x 170 cm, 2018
from the Greek Government to study in
Greece. He won the prestigious
BP National Portrait Prize in 1998 and
was commissioned to paint the portrait
of John Fowles for the National Portrait
Gallery’s contemporary collection.
Tomas has had numerous solo
exhibitions with Jill George Gallery.
He lives and works in Greece.
For further information, contact the
Jill George Gallery on 020 7439 7319.
The nearest tube stations are Goodge
Street and Tottenham Court Road.
Tomas Watson – Waiting. Oil on canvas on
board, 24 x 18 cm, 2019.
THINK LIKE A SCIENTIST AT
WONDERLAB: THE EQUINOR GALLERY
Wonderlab: The Equinor Gallery is a
new permanent gallery at the Science
Museum which opened in 2016, and
features unique exhibits, speciallycommissioned
artworks, explosive
demonstrations and immersive
experiences led by the Museum's
talented team of science communicators,
Explainers, to inspire visitors of all ages
to wonder at the science and
mathematics that shape our lives.
Visitors are able to buy an annual pass
from £13, allowing unlimited entry to the
gallery for 12 months, or a day ticket from
£8. With over 50 mind-blowing exhibits
across seven zones, you can explore the
incredible phenomena that occur around
us every day, with topics as diverse as
sound, forces, light, electricity, maths,
matter and space.
Wonderlab: The Equinor Gallery is
also home to three live demonstration
areas and a 120-capacity showspace
inspired by the Royal Institution’s worldrenowned
Faraday Theatre.
Amongst the gallery’s many
highlights, visitors can ride on a giant
rotating model of the solar system to
learn why we have seasons, experience
forces on a giant friction slide, and take
part in live science shows full of
electricity, rockets, space and more. The
Museum has also created a short film
celebrating the power of a child’s
wonder, featuring the inspirational voice
of Sir David Attenborough.
Tickets are available to book now;
sciencemuseum.org.uk/wonderlab or on
020 7942 4000.
Lightning Strike in the Electricity Zone.
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MASTERPIECES FROM HORACE
WALPOLE’S COLLECTION
There are just a few days left to see
Horace Walpole’s great collection of
artworks and artefacts which were
returned to their original setting for the
exhibition Lost Treasures of Strawberry
Hill: Masterpieces from Horace
Walpole’s Collection.
Paintings, sculptures and curiosities
owned by 18th century art collector
Horace Walpole have been reassembled
for the first time in 176 years by Research
Curator, Dr Silvia Davoli and Michael
Snodin, Chair of Strawberry Hill
Collection Trust. The curators have
undertaken a major three-year search to
locate the treasures from private and
public collections after they were
dispersed around the world in a sale in
1842.
Born in 1717, Horace Walpole was a
pivotal figure in 18th Century society,
literature, art and architecture. The third
son of Sir Robert Walpole, Britain’s first
Prime Minister, he was author of The
Castle of Otranto, the world’s first Gothic
novel. Walpole created Strawberry Hill
House as a gothic villa between 1747
and 1797. It is of unique historical
significance as the birth place of the
gothic revival in 18th century domestic
architecture.
Highlights of the exhibition include
portraits by Sir Joshua Reynolds, Van
Dyck and Hans Holbein; a carved Roman
eagle from the 1st century AD, a
lime-wood cravat carved by Grinling
Gibbons, a lock of Mary Tudor’s hair and
a wall-hung clock, given to Anne Boleyn
by Henry VIII on their wedding day. To
date, more than 200 objects have been
found in public museums and private
collections, from London to New York to
Moscow. In many cases, the owners
were unaware of the Strawberry Hill
provenance.
Lost Treasures of Strawberry Hill
offers a unique opportunity to see
Walpole’s objects displayed together in
their original setting, thanks to detailed
descriptions he left of the rooms. In The
Great Parlour, a display of portraits of
Walpole’s family includes the famous
Reynolds’ painting of Walpole’s nieces,
The Ladies Waldegrave (now owned by
the National Gallery of Scotland). The
Tribune houses the famous rosewood
cabinet designed by Walpole, owned by
the V&A, together with a display of
exquisite portrait miniatures. Walpole’s
gilded, crimson Gallery once again
houses the impressive Roman sculpture
of an eagle and is hung with life-size
portraits, including The Family of
Catherine de Medici by Clouet.
SMOKE AND MIRRORS AT THE
WELLCOME COLLECTION
Opening in April, a free exhibition
‘Smoke and Mirrors’ at the Wellcome
Collection will be the first ever to focus
on the relationship between magic and
psychology.
‘Smoke and Mirrors’ will seek the
truth about deception, ask how bias and
suggestion affect our senses and
decisions, and consider what it is about
the human condition that means many of
us believe in magic and the supernatural
even in the face of logical explanations.
Artefacts from the world of magic will
include those from Derren Brown,
Tommy Cooper, Paul Daniels, Debbie
McGee and Harry Houdini. Explore spirit
photography, magic props, psychology
experiments and more to see how magic
works on – and in – your mind.
As part of the exhibition, The
Evidence: The Psychology of Magic will
take place on Thursday 28 March
(19.00), when the BBC World Service
and Wellcome Collection collaborate on
a live event and radio programme that
will explore the questions raised by the
Smoke and Mirrors exhibition with
presenter Claudia Hammond, magician
and experimental psychologist Matthew
Tompkins and psychologist Chris
French.
Smoke and Mirrors will be open
from 11 April until 15 September. The
Wellcome Collection is at 183 Euston
Road, London NW1 2BE. Underground:
Euston. Further information from the
website www.wellcomecollection.org
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THE QUEEN’S DIAMOND JUBILEE
GALLERIES
Light and space are not words which
spring readily to mind in the context of
a thousand year old place of worship.
Neither a cathedral nor a parish church,
Westminster Abbey was established as a
‘Royal Peculiar’ in 1560 by Queen
Elizabeth I. As such, the Abbey is
outside the jurisdiction of the Church of
England and receives no maintenance
funding from Church or State.
It has a history stretching back over a
thousand years with the shrine of the
Anglo-Saxon king and saint, Edward the
Confessor, at the heart of the building.
Since Edward’s death in January 1066, his
successor monarchs have come to this
church for their coronation, and seventeen
of them lie buried within its walls.
More than 16 metres (52 feet) above
the Abbey’s floor is the medieval
Triformium, an area that has never been
open to the public, having lain unused
for centuries. Now transformed into The
Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries, it is
a superb revelation of light and space
and forms the final phase of the Dean
and Chapter’s 2020 Vision development
plan, which set out to offer a more
comprehensive welcome to the two
milliion worshippers and visitors who
visit the Abbey annually.
Displaying 300 treasures from the
Abbey’s Collection, many for the first
time, the new Galleries reflect the Abbey’s
thousand-year history.
Visitors reach the area through a new
tower, housing a staircase and lift.
Named the Weston Tower, it is the first
major addition to the Abbey church
since 1745, tucked between the Abbey’s
thirteenth century Chapter House and
sixteenth century Lady Chapel, just
outside Poet’s Corner. There are four
distinct areas of presentation.
‘Building Westminster Abbey’ charts
the foundations of the first Benedictine
monastery in AD 960, through its life as
Edward the Confessor’s Church, and the
extensive repair programme during
Sir Christopher Wren’s role as Surveyor
of the Fabric (1698 – 1723). Visitors are
able to see for the first time a column
capital from the cloister of St Edward the
Confessor’s Church (around 1100),
along with an intricate scale model of
Westminster Abbey (1714-16)
commissioned by Sir Christopher Wren
with a massive central spire which was
planned, but never built.
‘Worship and Daily Life’ gives insight
into the life of a working church with daily
worship at its heart. Artefacts
demonstrating the long history of worship
in the building include The Westminster
Retable, (1259 – 69) the oldest surviving
altarpiece in England from Henry III’s
Abbey, and the Litlyngton Missal, an
illuminated 14th-century service book
made for the Abbey’s high altar.
‘Westminster Abbey and the Monarchy’
looks at its special relationship with the
Crown. The Abbey has been the
Coronation church since 1066. Mary II’s
Coronation Chair (1689), created for
William III and Mary II’s joint coronation
is on display as is the marriage licence
of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
‘The Abbey and National Memory’
shows how Westminster Abbey has
developed into a place of commemoration
and remembrance. As well as kings and
queens, many notable Britons such as
Geoffrey Chaucer and Sir Isaac Newton
are buried and memorialised here.
No other church in the land has a
history so inextricably bound up with
that of the people of the British Isles and
the lives they have lived both at home
and overseas.
Sir John Betjeman, the former Poet
Laureate and lover of architecture,
celebrated one of its vistas as the ‘finest
view in Europe’. Don’t leave London
without seeing it.
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Photos: Matthew Murphy.
COME FROM AWAY Phoenix Theatre
Thirty-eight aeroplanes. Seven thousand
passengers and crew. A sleepy town called
Gander (where?) Newfoundland which had
no more than seven thousand residents
itself and was not expecting any special
visitors, until news came in on 11th
September 2001 that the Twin Towers had
been destroyed and American airspace was
firmly closed. These were the elements of a
heart-warming story that appealed to the
writers of ‘Come From Away’.
It was on the tenth anniversary of 9/11
that Irene Sankoff and David Hein decided
to spend a month in Gander, to try to
develop their idea of telling this story as
an entertaining antidote to the sadness
and anger precipitated by that shattering
event. Imagine the scenario: the
Newfoundlanders, appalled by events on
the news, but eager to help, turned out in
droves to open schools, church halls,
community centres and their own homes
to accommodate and feed the stranded
travellers from all over the world.
They did it as a natural reaction to
other human beings in need, and the
response of most Newfoundlanders to the
writers who wanted to make a drama out
of those five extraordinary days was
largely incredulity. ‘You’re writing a show
about giving people sandwiches?’ asked
the CEO of Gander airport. ‘Good luck
with that!’
But of course good writers can make a
show out of a bunch of snails gathering
on a flowerpot. And the stories of real
people on those aeroplanes – often
conflated into a few characters, but in
essence the reflection of what happened –
make terrific drama.
A gay couple venture into a bar,
nervously concealing their relationship in
case the ‘rednecks’ turn hostile. Their
discovery that most of the locals have a
gay friend or relative and are completely
unfazed inspires one of them at least to
undergo an initiation process to become
an honorary Newfoundler. (‘Screeching in’
involves downing horrid local whisky and
kissing a dead Cod.)
An older Texan lady (divorced) and a
bespectacled Englishman of the same
age (never married) find love in the
strange circumstance of avoiding
drunken passengers on the plane, then
wandering around the island together,
delighted by much that they saw.
A female pilot tells her life story
through song – and it is one of gender
triumph in an industry which is still
male dominated to this day. There are
myriad others.
The songs – from ‘Blankets and
Bedding’ to ‘Somewhere in the Middle of
Nowhere’ are all stirring, high energy
numbers. Pumping it out are true ensemble
players whose physique reminds you of
real people, rather than movie stars.
The production received a standing
ovation at the performance I attended. If
we could have got up on stage with
those lovely people who represent the
other, kinder face of humanity in a crisis,
then we certainly would have.
Sue Webster
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ROYAL CENTENARY FOR SIX
The West End cast of SIX the musical
celebrated their 100th performance on
Saturday evening and 100 standing
ovations at the Arts Theatre.
SIX writers Lucy Moss and Toby
Marlow, in Chicago casting the first US
production of SIX, said: ‘We can’t believe
this is our 100th show at The Arts
Theatre. We are having the best time at
this amazing theatre – we are so grateful
to all the incredible people working there
who make the show sparkle and, of
course, to the amazing audiences for their
unbelievably enthusiastic support.’
SIX was named Winner Best Ensemble
in a Play or Musical in the 2018
BroadwayWorld Awards. And, it has been
nominated for SIX Whatsonstage Awards
including Best Musical, Best Original Cast
Recording, Best Choreography, Best
Lighting & Best Costumes.
SIX is a concert-style show with an allfemale
band. The six wives of Henry VIII
take to the mic to tell their tales, remixing
500 years of historical heartbreak into a
75-minute celebration of 21st century girl
power. From Tudor Queens to Pop
Princesses, these Queens may have green
sleeves but their lipstick is rebellious red!
SIX is produced by Kenny Wax,
Global Musicals and George Stiles.
THE ANIMALS AND CHILDREN TOOK
TO THE STREETS
Like a graphic novel burst into life,
theatre company 1927 takes the audience
on a theatrical journey of startling
originality at Lyric Hammersmith.
Seamlessly synchronising live music,
performance and storytelling with
stunning film and animation, The Animals
and Children Took to the Streets is
directed and written by Suzanne Andrade.
Welcome to the Bayou, a part of the
city feared and loathed. In the infamous
Bayou Mansions, a sprawling stinking
tenement block, curtain-twitchers and
peeping-toms live side by side... and the
wolf is always at the door. When Agnes
Eaves and her daughter arrive late one
night, does it signal hope, or has the
real horror only just begun?
FINAL WEEKS FOR MOTOWN THE
MUSICAL
Motown the Musical will conclude its
run on 20 April having celebrated over
1330 performances since the London
premiere in 2016. The show closes in
London in advance of refurbishments
taking place at the Shaftesbury Theatre.
With music and lyrics from the
Motown catalogue, which last month
celebrated it sixtieth anniversary, book
by Motown founder Berry Gordy and
directed by Charles Randolph-Wright,
Motown the Musical tells the story
behind the legendary classic hits.
The production features a fifteenpiece
orchestra playing 50 Motown
tracks including Ain’t No Mountain High
Enough, I’ll Be There, Dancing In The
Street, Stop! In The Name of Love, My
Girl and I Heard It through the
Jay Perry (Berry Gordy) in Motown the
Musical.
Photo: Tristram Kenton.
Grapevine. With just $800 borrowed
from his family, Motown founder Berry
Gordy, goes from featherweight boxer to
heavyweight music mogul, discovering
and launching the careers of Diana
Ross, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder,
Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye and
many more. Motown the Musical
uncovers the true story of the legendary
record label that changed music history
and created the soundtrack of a
generation.
Box Office telephone 020 7379 5399.
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PLAYS
RICHARD III
John Haidar directs Tom Mothersdale as
Shakespeare’s most notorious and complex
villain.
ALEXANDRA PALACE
Alexandra Palace Way, N22 (020 7400 1257)
TWILIGHT ZONE
Adapted by Anne Washburn and directed by
Olivier Award-winner Richard Jones, the
acclaimed CBS Television production arrives
in the West End fresh from a rapturously
received, sell-out run at the Almeida.
AMBASSADORS THEATRE
West Street, WC2 (020 7395 5405)
ALYS, ALWAYS
A gripping psychological thriller that excavates
the fault line that separates the entitled from the
unentitled. Starring Joanne Froggatt..
BRIDGE THEATRE
One Tower Bridge, SE1 (0843 208 1846)
WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION
The acclaimed production of Agatha Christie’s
classic courtroom play has captured the
imagination of audiences inside the unique
setting of County Hall’s ornate Chamber on
the South Bank.
COUNTY HALL
South Bank, SE1 (0844 815 7141)
THE COMEDY ABOUT A BANK ROBBERY
One enormous diamond, eight incompetent
crooks and a snoozing security guard. What
could possibly go right?
CRITERION THEATRE
Piccadilly Circus, (020 7492 0810)
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG
A Polytechnic amateur drama group are
putting on a 1920s murder mystery and
everything that can go wrong... does!
DUCHESS THEATRE
Catherine Street, WC2 (0330 333 4810)
HOME, I’M DARLING
The National Theatre and Theatr Clwyd’s
critically acclaimed co-production of a new
play by Laura Wade, directed by Tamara
Harvey.
DUKE OF YORK’S THEATRE
St Martin’s Lane, WC2 (020 7492 1552)
THE WOMAN IN BLACK
An innocent outsider, a suspicious rural
community, a gothic house and a misty marsh
are the ingredients of this Victorian ghost story.
FORTUNE THEATRE
Russell Street, WC2 (0844 871 7626)
Photo: Johan Persson
Gary Raymond (Dimitri Weismann)
Geraldine Fitzgerald (Solange) and
Sarah Marie Maxwell (Young Solange)
in Follies at the National Theatre.
BETRAYAL
Golden Globe and Olivier Award winner Tom
Hiddleston stars in the Jamie Lloyd
Company’s revival for a 12 week season.
HAROLD PINTER THEATRE
Panton Street, SW1 (0844 871 7627)
Royal National Theatre
Plays in repertory
OLIVIER THEATRE
FOLLIES
After a sold-out run, winner of the Olivier
Award for Best Musical Revival returns to the
National Theatre. Stephen Sondheim’s
legendary musical includes such classic
songs as Broadway Baby.
LYTTELTON THEATRE
TARTUFFE
A ferocious new version of Molière’s comic
masterpiece. A scalpel-sharp comedy looking
at the lengths we go to find meaning – and
what happens when we find chaos instead.
DORFMAN THEATRE
WHEN WE HAVE SUFFICIENTLY
TORTURED EACH OTHER
Using Samuel Richardson’s novel, Pamela,,
six characters act out a dangerous game of
sexual domination and resistance. Cate
Blanchett makes her National Theatre debut.
DOWNSTATE
Provocative new play focuses on the limits of
our compassion and what happens when
society deems anyone beyond forgiveness.
NATIONAL THEATRE
South Bank, SE1 (020 7452 3000)
THE WIDER EARTH
European premiere of award-winning drama
about the story of a young Charles Darwin
and one voyage which changed his life.
NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
Cromwell Road, SW7 (0844 815 7141)
ALL ABOUT EVE
Based on the 1950 Academy Award-winning
film, Gillian Anderson stars as Margo
Channing. Director Ivo van Hove explores our
fascination with celebrity, youth and identity.
NOEL COWARD THEATRE
St. Martin’s Lane, WC2 (0844 482 5140)
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED
CHILD PARTS I & II
Stage play based on the Harry Potter franchise
written by Jack Thorne, based on an original
story by J.K Rowling.
PALACE THEATRE
Shaftesbury Avenue, W1 (0330 333 4813)
THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG
IN THE NIGHT-TIME
Acclaimed National Theatre production returns
to the West End. Winner of 7 Olivier Awards,
the play is based on Mark Haddon’s multiaward
winning and best selling novel.
PICCADILLY THEATRE
Denman Street, W1 (020 7492 1566)
FAULTY TOWERS DINING EXPERIENCE
Inspired by one of Britain's greatest ever
comedy series, this 2 hour interactive
production is set in a restaurant where you the
audience are the diners.
RADISSON BLU EDWARDIAN
Bloomsbury Street, (0845 1544 145)
THE MOUSETRAP
Agatha Christie’s whodunnit is the longest
running play of its kind in the history of
British theatre.
ST MARTIN’S THEATRE
West Street, WC2 (0844 499 1515)
EMILIA
400 years ago Emilia Bassano wanted her
voice to be heard. It wasn’t. Could she have
been the ‘Dark Lady’ of Shakespeare’s
sonnets?
VAUDEVILLE THEATRE
Strand, WC2 (020 7400 1257)
THE PRICE
David Suchet delivers a comic tour de force
as a silver-tongued 90 year old furniture
dealer in Arthur Miller’s masterpiece.
WYNDHAM’S THEATRE
Charing Cross Road, WC2 (0844 482 5120)
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MUSICALS
WAITRESS
Hit Broadway musical, brought to life by a
ground breaking all-female creative team,
featuring original music and lyrics by 6-time
Grammy® nominee Sara Bareilles.
ADELPHI THEATRE
Strand, WC2 (020 3725 7060)
TINA
New stage musical reveals the untold story of
Tina Turner, a woman who dared to defy the
bounds of her age, gender and race.
ALDWYCH THEATRE
The Aldwych, WC2 (0845 2007981)
WICKED
Hit Broadway story of how a clever,
misunderstood girl with emerald green skin
and a girl who is beautiful and popular turn
into the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda
the Good Witch in the Land of Oz.
APOLLO VICTORIA THEATRE
Wilton Road, SW1 (0844 826 8000)
EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE
New feel good musical – supported by his
mum and friends, Jamie overcomes prejudice,
beats the bullies and steps into the spotlight.
APOLLO THEATRE
Shaftesbury Avenue, W1 (0330 333 4809)
SIX THE MUSICAL
Tudor Queens meet Pop Princesses in a
musical retelling of the six wives of Henry
VIII. A celebration of sisterly sass-itude,
powered by an all-female band.
ARTS THEATRE
Great Newport Street, WC2 (020 7836 8463)
MATILDA
Critically acclaimed Royal Shakespeare
Company production of Roald Dahl’s book,
directed by Matthew Warchus.
CAMBRIDGE THEATRE
Earlham Street, WC2 (0844 800 1110)
RIP IT UP
Strictly Come Dancing’s champions are back
with the latest song and dance instalment, this
time bringing the swinging sixties straight to
the 21st century.
GARRICK THEATRE
Charing Cross Road, WC2 (0330 333 4811)
COMPANY
Marianne Elliott directs Stephen Sondheim and
George Furth’s multi-award winning musical
comedy about life, love and marriage.
GIELGUD THEATRE
Shaftesbury Avenue, W1 (0844 482 5130)
Photo: Manuel Harlan
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
Long running epic romance by Andrew Lloyd
Webber, set in Paris opera house where a
deformed phantom stalks his prey.
HER MAJESTY’S THEATRE
Haymarket, SW1 (0844 412 2707)
THE LION KING
Disney‘s phenomenally successful animated
film is transformed into a spectacular stage
musical, a superb evening of visual delight.
LYCEUM THEATRE
Wellington Street, WC2 (0844 871 3000)
THRILLER – LIVE
High octane show celebrating the career of the
King of Pop, Michael Jackson. Over two hours
of the non-stop hit songs that marked his
legendary live performances.
LYRIC THEATRE
Shaftesbury Avenue, WC2 (0330 333 4812)
Craig Gallivan (Dewey Finn) and the kids of
School of Rock at the Gillian Lynne Theatre.
SCHOOL OF ROCK
Andrew Lloyd Webber's new stage musical with
lyrics by Glenn Slater and book by Julian
Fellowes, adapted from the film.
GILLIAN LYNNE THEATRE
Drury Lane, WC2 (020 7492 0810)
MAMMA MIA!
Hit musical based on the songs of ABBA, set
around the story of a mother and daughter on
the eve of the daughter’s wedding.
NOVELLO THEATRE
Aldwych, WC2 (0844 482 5170)
CIRQUE ELOIZE
Celebrating their 25th anniversary, Canadian
contemporary circus crew open the doors to
their new show, Hotel.
PEACOCK THEATRE
Portugal Street, WC2 (020 7863 8222)
COME FROM AWAY
UK Premiere of the Tony Award-winning
musical which tells the remarkable true story
of 7,000 stranded air passengers in the wake
of 9/11, and the small town in Newfoundland
that welcomed them.
PHOENIX THEATRE
Charing Cross Road, WC2 (0844 871 7627)
CAROLINE, OR CHANGE
Winner of the Olivier Award for Best New
Musical,is an imaginative and moving story of
strength, revolution and hope. Until 2 March.
PLAYHOUSE THEATRE
Northumberland Ave, WC2 (0844 871 7631)
ALADDIN
The classic hit film has been brought to thrilling
life onstage by Disney, featuring all the songs
from the Academy Award winning score.
PRINCE EDWARD THEATRE
Old Compton Street, W1 (0844 482 5151)
LES MISERABLES
A spectacularly staged version of Victor Hugo’s
epic novel about an escaped convict’s
search for redemption in Revolutionary France.
QUEEN’S THEATRE
Shaftesbury Avenue, WC2 (0844 482 5160)
9 TO 5 THE MUSICAL
Based on the much loved movie and making its
West End debut, Dolly Parton’s musical comes
to London for a strictly limited season.
SAVOY THEATRE
Strand, WC2 (020 7492 0810)
MOTOWN THE MUSICAL
Featuring all the much loved classics from
Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, and the Jackson 5,
the show tells the story behind the hits.
SHAFTESBURY THEATRE
Shaftesbury Avenue, WC2 (020 7492 0810)
ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES
The landmark, record-breaking and top-rated
television series written by the late, great John
Sullivan, becomes a brand-new, home-grown
British musical.
THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET
Haymarket SW1 (020 7930 8800)
HAMILTON
Lin-Manuel Miranda's multi award-winning
musical, based on one of America’s Founding
Father, Alexander Hamilton.
VICTORIA PALACE THEATRE
Victoria Street, SW1 (0844 248 5000)
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Photo: Dan Wooller.
DOLLY PARTON’S 9 TO 5 THE
MUSICAL GALA PERFORMANCE
Dolly Parton attended a Gala
Performance of 9 to 5 The Musical last
Sunday, along with celebrity guests
including Kylie, Graham Norton and
Jason Manford. The show stars Amber
Davies, Bonnie Langford, Brian Conley,
Caroline Sheen and Natalie McQueen.
Savoy Theatre Box Office telephone
0844 871 7687.
MARYLEBONE GAINS THREE NEW
INDEPENDENT EATERIES
Marylebone’s celebrated dining offer
will welcome three new independent
restaurants and cafés this winter, further
cementing the area as one of the West
Ends’ most exciting dining destinations.
This week, A.O.K. Kitchen & Bakery,
– the debut restaurant from The Arts
Club’s Kelly Landesberg – opens on
Dorset Street, a stone’s throw from
acclaimed Chiltern Firehouse and
Yeotown Kitchen on Chiltern Street.
Inclusive of special dietary requirements,
the healthy eating concept will serve
breakfast, lunch and dinner with a focus
on gluten, dairy and refined sugar-free
dishes, inspired by Mediterranean and
Californian flavours.
Kelly Landesberg will be joined by a
team of acclaimed chefs, including
Kostas Rampias, former Head Chef at
MoMo’s, who will bring his passion for
Mediterranean cooking to A.O.K.’s
seasonal menu, using the highest quality
produce. The all-day dining space will
offer a variety of dishes, from Acai bowls
to a nutritious take on the full English
breakfast.
London-born café, Everbean Deli at
21 Seymour Place, is a new village style
concept on Seymour Place, one of
Marylebone’s established dining
destinations. Renowned for its excellent
customer service, the new eatery will
provide a friendly, calm space for busy
Londoners, serving breakfast, brunch
and lunch menus to eat in or take away.
And, Blue Dot Coffee will open soon
on Old Quebec Street, a short stroll from
Oxford Street. It will offer artisan coffee,
a selection of hot and cold snacks, as
well as freshly-made pastries.
Philip Norris, Head of Retail at The
Portman Estate said: ‘We’re delighted to
welcome A.O.K., Everbean and Blue Dot
Coffee to Portman Marylebone. Each
perfectly complements the area’s
independent shops and restaurants and
adds something new to Marylebone’s
vibrant dining scene.’
Further information from the website
www.portmanmarylebone.com
A.O.K. Kitchen & Bakery – dessert.
BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO
Donmar Theatre
For his directorial debut, designer
Tom Scutt brings Peter Strickland’s 2012
cult horror movie to the stage in an
intriguing – if not truly shocking –
interval free 95 minutes. Not having
seen Strickland’s tribute to the giallo
genre in which the boundaries of art and
reality collide and merge, I’m not in a
position to compare the effectiveness of
Scutt and Joel Horwood’s version, but
with co-designer Anna Yates, foley
designer Tom Espiner and sound
designers Ben and Max Ringham, it
certainly succeeds in plunging the
audience into the atmosphere of a
1970’s post production studio where the
sound of disembodied screams barely
registers.
Tom Brooke plays (very convincingly)
mummy’s boy Gilderoy, a geeky English
sound engineer with a background in
nature documentaries who has been
hired by an Italian director to add the
aural dimension to the violent visuals of
torture and degradation. Gilderoy may
know his way round the equipment, but
with barely a word of Italian, he’s out of
his comfort zone right from the start.
Slowly, though, he’s immersed in his
search to create the perfect sound.
We never see even the merest snippet
of the film which Carla and rebellious
Sylvia (Lara Rossi) are voicing, but
water melons are squelched, carrots
snipped and celery stalks crunched as
bodies are pummelled and bones
cracked on the unseen projections.
Nothing is quite as it seems. Foley
artists Massimo and Massimo (Espiner
and Memi Yeroham) give a couple of
virtuoso (and very funny) displays of
their skills, and the immaculately
dressed director (Luke Pasqualino) and
aggressive studio manager (Enzo
Cilenti) refuse to recognise the deep
misogyny embedded in the ‘art’ they are
creating in this clever and unusual
transfer from screen to stage.
Louise Kingsley
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