Art, Theatre, Music & Shows

In a landmark moment for one of the capital's most powerful annual events, Wintershall Theatre returns to Trafalgar Square on Good Friday, 3 April 2026, to stage two free open-air performances of The Passion of Jesus, marking 15 years of bringing this extraordinary production to the heart of London. First performed in Trafalgar Square in 2010, the production has grown into a cherished Easter tradi... Read More

Eighty years after the Korean peninsula was divided by war, an exhibition of drawings by children on both sides of the divide is on show in Quaker central offices, London. Born out of more than two decades of exchange between North and South Korean children, the Drawing Hope art exhibit will be on display in Friends House, London, (opposite Euston Station) until 3 April 2026. The exhibit, open d... Read More

As we pass the fourth anniversary of the war in Ukraine, Olga Braga's award-winning wartime domestic tragedy Donbas provides a fascinating and searing response. As you enter the diminutive Theatre 503 above the Latchmere Pub, you are confronted by a claustrophobic scene. Two pro-Russian snipers are hunkered down in a tumbledown dwelling. One, Dmitry (Philippe Spall) is a surly veteran of the Sovi... Read More

Music in Motion - a Choral Concert in aid of destitute refugees in London will take place at All Hallows Church, Savernake Road, (seven minutes walk from Gospel Oak Station) on Sunday 8 March 6.30pm This will be a wonderfully immersive, musical experience, for the audience because the singers move around the church as they present different pieces of choral music - sometimes singing on the move! P... Read More

The London Street Jesuit Centre in Mayfair has been hosting a wonderful exhibition of Sacred Art since January. The Inner Light show of icons and religious portraits ended on Friday with a reception attended by the Lord Mayor of Westminster, Cllr Paul Dimoldenberg. Many of the icons were the work of prominent iconographer Dr Irina Bradley. She studied in Moscow for six years before attending the K... Read More

A striking new light and sound installation is touring the North East this February, telling the remarkable story of Codex Amiatinus, the oldest intact complete Bible in existence. The Rivers of Ink installation has been created by London-based artists Karen Monid and Ross Ashton of The Projection Studio in collaboration with Durham University researchers. Through video projection mapping, ori... Read More

CJM MUSIC will mark its 30th anniversary in 2026 with a landmark performance of Born for This, its acclaimed musical retelling of the Way of the Cross, at Symphony Hall on Wednesday 25 March 2026. Born out of the music ministry partnership of Jo Boyce and the late Mike Stanley, CJM MUSIC has spent three decades creating music and liturgical resources and offering training and events that serve sc... Read More

If you live in or love Italy, if you have a few hours or days to spare, you have just 12 days to get to Firenze/Florence to see one of the most superlative art exhibitions of this or any other century. The New York Times headlined it, 'Fra Angelico and the Miracle of Faith made visible.' It comprises more than 140 religious works of art from the 15th century as the Middle Ages made way for the Ren... Read More

Carol of the Bells a magical Polish-British charity concert in aid of Poles in need and to support Charitable Works of the Order of Malta took place St Clement Danes, Central Church of the RAF, in London on 14 December. Dr Marek Stella Sawicki MBE, chairman of the Association of the Polish Knights of Malta introduced the evening. The Ave Verum Choir, joined by St John Paul II Choir and soprano Agn... Read More

The Tricolore Theatre Company and Radio Maria England in association with The Catholic Association of Performing Arts (CaAPA) will be hosting 'Oh Come Let Us Adore Him' - a fundraising evening with dramas and carols, on Saturday, 10 January 2026 at Our Lady of Victories Church, Kensington High Street. The event has been sponsored by Ghirelli. Food and drink kindly donated by Carnevale & Giribi... Read More

Portsmouth is set to resonate with the timeless sound of sacred music as more than 60 participants gather this Saturday, 10 January 2026, for the opening session of the Portsmouth Gregorian Chant Course, hosted at St John's Cathedral. Bringing together both beginners and seasoned singers, this three-part workshop series offers a rare opportunity for participants to deepen their understanding of Gr... Read More

The Tricolore Theatre Company and Radio Maria England in association with The Catholic Association of Performing Arts (CaAPA) will be hosting 'Oh Come Let Us Adore Him' - a fundraising evening with dramas and carols, on Saturday, 10 January 2026 at Our Lady of Victories Church, Kensington High Street. The event has been sponsored by Ghirelli. Food and drink kindly donated by Carnevale & Giribi... Read More

Once again, Arundel Cathedral in West Sussex has issued a beautiful Christmas video, featuring soaring drone views of the Cathedral in the snow accompanied this year by For Unto Us A Child Is Born, from Handel's Messiah, performed by Ansan City Choir, South Korea. Filmed in 4K by photographer and software consultant Bryden Isbister with his son James, the film goes on to show beautiful scenes of t... Read More

The concert performance of Freedom Song, the story of the Fisk Jubilee Singers, at the University of Southampton last Friday 12th December was superb, deeply moving and inspiring. Conducted by Harvey Brough, who was also responsible for the music, and with words by Justin Butcher, a packed auditorium learned a great deal of black history - not least through Southampton race equality activist and h... Read More