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The Luna Cinema – Pop up outdoor cinema this summer
The Luna Cinema is known for its open air cinema events in prestigious venues and the line up this summer is a good one! Kensington Gardens Top Gun August 1st Skyfall August 2nd Casablanca August 3rd Battersea park The Goonies … Continue reading
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A Doll’s House transfers to the West End, August 8th – October 26th
If you missed the highly acclaimed A Doll’s House at the Young Vic, you have another chance to see it when it transfers to the Duke of York Theatre this August. Hattie Morahan reprises her role as Nora, the performance … Continue reading
Hatchards Bloomsbury Book Club with Patrick McGrath on May 30th
Today’s Financial Times had a great review of Patrick McGrath‘s “superb” new book Constance and McGrath will appear at theHatchards Bloomsbury Book Club this month to discuss this “masterful novel of psychological suspense and marriage n 1960s America. Hatchards Bloomsbury … Continue reading
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Servants and Bedfellows author event at Bloomsbury Institute, June 4th
The Bloomsbury Institute & Salon aims to let you inside the world of publishing in the heart of literary London with Bloomsbury Publishing’s new series of author events, hosted at their offices in Georgian Bedford Square. June 4th lecture with … Continue reading
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That’s my bus!
As long as I’m writing about things completely unrelated to London, like the International Space Station, I thought I’d add something brought to my attention by loyal reader AEW who spotted this on her way to school yesterday. Apparently Coke … Continue reading
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Space Oddity
David Bowie is currently being honored in London with an exhibit at the Victoria And Albert Museum, but he’s also being honored by having Chris Hadfield, the commander of the International Space Station, broadcast his own amazing rendition of Bowie’s … Continue reading
The American Plan transfers to the St James Theatre July 2nd to August 10th
Michael Billington in the Guardian gives 5 stars and calls the American Plan staging in Bath as “an absolute cracker” and says “it also cries out to transfer immediately to a suitable London space” And so it will – the … Continue reading
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Goat Sample Sale May 16th
I love Goat Fashion’s simple timeless clothes which are all perfect for a London lifestyle –and especially like to go to their sample sales like the upcoming one on Thursday at 9:30 am – 5:00pm Catherine House, 76 Gloucester Place, … Continue reading
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The New York Skyline has a new high point
Just a brief jump from my London guide, to mention an important moment in New York City. 4,259 days after I witnessed the ashes of the World Trade Center, One World Trade Center has been rebuilt to its final height … Continue reading
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George Saunders at Southbank Centre May 29th
I’ve read excellent reviews about George Saunders‘ Tenth of December and my trusted book advisers have concurred that he’s one of the best short story writers around. As part of the London Lit Festival, he will discuss his new collection … Continue reading
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American Psycho, A New Musical Thriller based on Brett Easton Ellis book, December 3 – January 25th, 2014
There is an idea of a Patrick Bateman, some kind of abstraction, but there is no real me, only an entity, something illusory, and though I can hide my cold gaze and you can shake my hand and feel flesh … Continue reading
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Fashionable world of the Tudors and Stuarts revealed at Queens Gallery through Oct 6th
According to Richard Dorment at the Telegraph, “You’d be hard-pressed to find a painting that doesn’t hold your attention in this superlative new show” in the Queen’s Gallery which according to Dorment is on a roll with several excellent exhibitions. … Continue reading
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Armstrong’s War – August 2013 at Finborough Theatre
This fully staged workshop production (prior to its official World Premiere in October 2013 at the renowned Arts Club Theatre, Vancouver, B.C., Canada) is written by multi-award-winning former Canadian Playwright in Residence at the Finborough Theatre, Colleen Murphy. Armstrong’s War … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Arts, Canada, Finborough Theatre, London, Performing Arts, Theatre, Vancouver
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A Victorian Delight: Step Back in Time to the Nineteenth-Century on May 16th and 17th
As part of the 2013 Museums at Night Program, two small museums in Kensington are opening their doors for special evenings. The Sanbourne house at 18 Stafford Terrace will open on Thursday 16 May from 6.30pm – 9pm. From the … Continue reading
A Day In The Death of Joe Egg at the Rose Theatre Kingston through May 18th
At the Rose Theatre, Stephen Unwin is directing Nichols’s A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (1967), which was the playwright’s semi-autobiographical account of his experience of having a seriously handicapped daughter who died at the age of 11. … Continue reading
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Tagged A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, Daily Express, Joe Egg, Nichols, Peter Nichols, Stephen Unwin, The Guardian, Theatre
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London Wall transfer to St James Theatre May 1-June 1
London Wall, which was acclaimed at the Finborough theatre, where it was performed as part of their series of rediscovered early 20th century plays, is transferring to the St James theatre. You can read the Guardian review here. From the … Continue reading
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Tagged Finborough Theatre, Guardian, James, London, London Wall, New York City, West End, West End theatre
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Something for the Weekend: Canalway Cavalcade May 4,5, 6th 2013
The Canalway Cavalcade is a unique waterways and community festival held in Little Venice since 1983. According to the Inland Waterways Association, “There’ll be fun for all the family with a boaters’ gathering, a pageant of boats, trade shows and … Continue reading
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Buckingham Palace Coronation Festival, 11-14 July 2013
Coronation Festival – Buckingham Palace 11 to 14 July 2013 The gardens of Buckingham Palace will be opened to the public this summer for a unique festival celebrating the 60th anniversary of The Queen’s coronation. More than 200 companies with … Continue reading
Wag the Musical July 18th to Aug 24th at the Charing Cross
Now that the sun is shining in London, we can be a little less serious about things and think about summer fun. I’m guessing that some could be found at the small Charing Cross Theatre in July with the opening … Continue reading
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Emil and the Detectives at the National Theatre this fall
I always support getting your theatre tickets early and while November seems a long way off, the National’s family shows are usually popular. This fall season at the National Theatre they are staging Emil And The Detectives (Red Fox Classics) … Continue reading
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