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Art, Theatre, Music & Shows

Plays, music, art exhibitions and profiles of artists & musicians.


London Premier: The Sun Does Shine

Vox Holloway, the dynamic community choir of Holloway, London specialises in commissioning and performing new works with professional composers and musicians. On Saturday, 23 March, they will be performing The Sun Does Shine at the Hackney Empire. In June 1988, Anthony Ray Hinton was convicted by an Alabama court of two murders he did not commit, in one of the most shockingly cynical miscarriage... Read More


Westminster Cathedral Choir to perform JS Bach's St John Passion

As part of its Lenten devotions, Westminster Cathedral Choir performs Johann Sebastian Bach's vivid and visceral retelling of the Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ according to St John, sung in German, on Thursday, 14th March. James Gilchrist returns to Westminster Cathedral as the Evangelist. Recognised as 'the finest Evangelist of his generation', James is one of the UK's leading tenors - a prol... Read More


Play: The Devil's Passion

Justin Butcher's profoundly moving The Devil's Passion returns to north London this weekend with performances at Theatre Technis in Camden and one show later in the month at the Union Chapel in Islington. With a nod to Paradise Lost, and under a swaying banner of a winged serpent bearing the Legend 'Non serviam', a debonair Satan casts himself as leader of the 'free world' against fanatical enemie... Read More


Focolare Centre hosts major art exhibition

The Empty Tomb by Richard Bavin. Image from Methodist Modern Art Collection

A major art exhibition: 'Deepening the Mystery: 'unexpected treasures' of art' is opening at the Focolare Centre for Unity in Welwyn Garden City this Friday. The Methodist Modern Art Collection, which will be on show from 1 March to 7 April 2024 includes paintings, limited edition prints and reliefs by key figures of 20th and 21st century British art, as well as works by international artists. E... Read More


Play: Stitches

Stitches, at the Hope Theatre, Islington This unusual and witty play tells the life story of Chloe through the eyes of her teddy bear, first placed in her cot with a red bow around his head. While moving, this is not a cute, schmaltzy story. Much of the humour is provided by the bear's combative and sweary attitude - especially when he feels someone is doing Chloe wrong. Jonathan Blakeley, who wro... Read More


London: Evening for Palestine at the Roundhouse

Musicians, actors, comedians and poets will come together in solidarity with the people of Gaza on Sunday 3 March at the Roundhouse in Camden, in an urgent fundraiser for the charity Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) The line-up of speakers and artists includes: Alexei Sayle, Juliet Stevens, Khalid Abdalla, Ghalia Benali, Bedouin Burger, Jen Brister, Brian Cox, Rob Delaney, Hany El Dakkak of Mass... Read More


Booking: The Sun Does Shine

Vox Holloway, the dynamic community choir of Holloway, London specialises in commissioning and performing new works with professional composers and musicians. On 23 March they will be performing The Sun Does Shine at Hackney Empire. In June 1988, Anthony Ray Hinton was convicted by an Alabama court of two murders he did not commit, in one of the most shockingly cynical miscarriages of justice i... Read More


George S Edwards - Stone Sculptor

George S Edwards with Dean Slawomir Witon

Westminster Cathedral's late Administrator, Canon Christopher Tuckwell, has finally got an epitaph in place, beneath his memorial mosaic of St Ambrose in St Paul's Chapel, Westminster Cathedral. The mosaic was installed last year. Nicholas Sloan designed the lettering but wasn't able to engage the letter carving himself and asked George S Edwards, stone sculptor to fulfil the task. Beginning at th... Read More


London: Corelia Project - International Women's Day Concert

© Photo by Matthew Johnson

The Corelia Project celebrates International Women's Day at The Old Church, Stoke Newington, on Friday, 8 March, as they spotlight exceptional women in classical music. Taking the beloved combination of clarinet and string quartet, this concert will showcase exciting and beautiful clarinet quintets by women from Britain and beyond. Australian clarinettist Magdalenna Krstevska is joined by the Alky... Read More


Immersive exhibition on Notre Dame de Paris at Westminster Abbey

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The world touring immersive exhibition Notre Dame de Paris, opened at Westminster Abbey last Thursday and runs until 1st June 2024. Revealing the story of the French gothic masterpiece, from its origins in the 12th century and its 850-year history to its painstaking restoration following the devastating fire of 2019, the exhibition has been created by digital heritage specialists, Histovery, in co... Read More


Gospel in Art: Feast of the Presentation of the Lord

The Presentation in the Temple, by Elizabeth Wang, 2010  © Code R-60102-CW, Elizabeth Wang / Radiant Light

Gospel of 2 February 2024 Luke 2:22-32 When the day came for them to be purified as laid down by the Law of Moses, the parents of Jesus took him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord - observing what stands written in the Law of the Lord: Every first-born male must be consecrated to the Lord - and also to offer in sacrifice, in accordance with what is said in the Law of the Lord, a pair of tu... Read More


Pesellino: A Renaissance Master Revealed

Francesco Pessellino Annunciation Diptych  (C)Courtauld Institute

A delightful exhibition of rare works by early Renaissance artist Pesellino is currently displayed in room 46 of the National Gallery. Born Francesco di Stefano around 1422 and known as Peselino after his maternal grandfather, painter Pesello, who raised him following the death of his artist father. Never exhibited as a collection before in UK it is also the subject of a new book, the first ever i... Read More


Exhibition: Look Back to Look Forward - 50 Years of the Irish in Britain

A free exhibition: Look Back to Look Forward: 50 Years of the Irish in Britain, celebrating the 50th anniversary of Irish in Britain has opened at the London Irish Centre in Camden Square. The heritage project, which has already visited Hammersmith, Liverpool, Leeds and Birmingham uses oral history to portray the Irish community's resilience, diversity and enduring contribution to modern Brita... Read More


Making music for a living (room) - A lockdown project that became something more

Patricia Hammond and Matt Redman

London-based mezzo-soprano Patricia Hammond writes: In March 2020 I had an amazing email from a member of the congregation of St Mellitus, in Tollington Park. They'd heard how the pandemic had affected musicians, and put together a sum of money; they wanted to help out their organist, and they sent me a cheque. It was absolutely the most beautiful, kind act. Almost the same day, Father Clive Lee a... Read More

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