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THEATRE
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Star cast brings Parlour Song to Greenwich
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Entertainment
Drama training in crisis
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14 March 2025
14 March 2025
Last year, in a game changing moment for theatre in the area, our company signed a 24 year lease on ...
Lifestyle
Entertainment
Young theatre companies take over Southwark Playhouse for Spring Festival
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13 March 2025
13 March 2025
A brand new festival will take over Southwark Playhouse this May to showcase the talent of exciting young theatre companies. ...
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Theatre
Paradise Lost: Sharif Afifi stars in one-man take on epic poem by John Milton
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6 March 2025
7 March 2025
Olivier award-nominated performer Sharif Afifi is set to take the stage at Battersea Arts Centre (BAC) for a one-man take ...
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Entertainment
’80s pop superstar comes to Greenwich
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3 March 2025
3 March 2025
On 30 May, one of the biggest names in music from the 1980s is set to appear at Greenwich Theatre ...
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Theatre
Emerging theatre coming to Greenwich
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3 March 2025
3 March 2025
One thing I have always been proud of at Greenwich Theatre is our support for new and emerging artists. Producing ...
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Entertainment
Much Ado About Nothing: A-listers star in two hours of clubland-meets-theatreland joy
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28 February 2025
3 March 2025
Shakespeare productions can sometimes feel a bit elitist, out of touch with the modern audience, hard to follow and the ...
Lifestyle
Theatre
Biographic play celebrates life of rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Wilko Johnson
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20 February 2025
20 February 2025
The true story of Wilko Johnson, Dr Feelgood co-founder and rock ‘n’ roll pioneer, will return to the stage this ...
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Theatre
A brutally honest monologue about a woman who asks if it’s okay to regret motherhood
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6 February 2025
7 February 2025
What happens when footage of a woman calling her four-year-old son the c-word hits the internet ? Son of a ...
Lifestyle
Theatre
Family shows coming to Greenwich
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17 January 2025
17 January 2025
With the panto season done for most venues we are all looking forward to the year ahead, and at Greenwich ...
Lifestyle
Theatre
Christopher Walker reviews Treasure Island at the Orange Tree Theatre
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Theatre
REVIEW: Christopher Walker on Treasure Island
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23 December 2024
23 December 2024
That greatest challenge in the theatre. How to capture and retain the attention of a ten-year-old child. The Orange Tree ...
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Theatre
Christopher Walker reviews Le Gateau Chocolat’s Musical Mayhems
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20 December 2024
20 December 2024
Cabaret with a twist is something that Soho Theatre does well. And Le Gateau Chocolat certainly fits the bill. He ...
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Theatre
Simon Gross reviews Sleeping Beauty at Broadway Theatre
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19 December 2024
19 December 2024
By Simon Gross Its panto time again OH YES, IT IS and on the first of my many pantos visit ...
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Theatre
Introducing Greenwich panto stars
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22 November 2024
22 November 2024
With Panto opening tonight, now seems as good a time as any to introduce two of this year’s Greenwich newcomers ...
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Theatre
John Finnemore heads for Greenwich
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11 November 2024
11 November 2024
In 1934, a unique event in publishing occurred. A writer identified as Torquemada (named after the first Grand Inquisitor of ...
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Theatre
Christopher Walker reviews Giselle at Sadler’s Wells
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17 October 2024
17 October 2024
Visually stunning. Indeed - simply outstanding. Akram Khan’s artistic genius is quite capable of occasionally misfiring as we witnessed last ...
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Theatre
Christopher Walker reviews The Story of My Life
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10 October 2024
10 October 2024
I love a new theatre, especially a fringe one. Ok London has the most vibrant fringe scene in the world, ...
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Theatre
Christopher Walker reviews Here in America
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3 October 2024
3 October 2024
The fabulous Orange Tree Theatre always showcases the most interesting work. I particularly like its dedication to reviving neglected classics. ...
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Theatre
First shows announced in Greenwich Pick of the Fringe
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27 September 2024
27 September 2024
I’ve often written in this column about the importance of fringe festivals, of opportunities for early career theatre makers to ...
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Theatre
Christopher Walker reviews The Real Ones
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26 September 2024
26 September 2024
The Mersey poet Brian Patten once wrote some prophetic words on friendship. "And sometimes it happens that you are friends, ...
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Theatre
Tribute band hitting the high notes
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24 September 2024
24 September 2024
Talking to musician Liam Price, front man for the official Luke Combs UK tribute band, it seems that country has ...
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Theatre
Christopher Walker reviews The Real Thing at The Old Vic
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18 September 2024
18 September 2024
What is love? How can we know it when we see it? And how should we behave. These are no ...
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Theatre
Greenwich Theatre celebrates historic figures on stage
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Theatre
Hermia Rhodes reviews Grapes of Wrath
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5 September 2024
5 September 2024
If I had to describe the National Theatre’s production of Grapes of Wrath in a few words, it would be ...
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Theatre
Paul McGann leads cast into rehearsal for The River
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4 September 2024
4 September 2024
I write this at the end of the first day of rehearsal for our next production, the first major London ...
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Theatre
Gold Standard US theatre-makers head for Greenwich
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19 August 2024
19 August 2024
For a venue programmer like me one of the great joys of the Edinburgh Fringe, back now 77 years after ...
Lifestyle
Theatre
Disney and the monopolisation of fairy-tales
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19 August 2024
19 August 2024
With our latest family summer show now up and running, we are discovering the power, the excitement and the challenge ...
Lifestyle
Theatre
London fringe hit heads for Greenwich Theatre
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19 August 2024
19 August 2024
This time of year is huge in the theatre calendar, not because of the range of family summer shows that ...
Lifestyle
Theatre
Zog and the Flying Doctors at Cadogan Hall
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14 August 2024
18 August 2024
Zog and the Flying Doctors, based on the bestselling sequel to Zog, by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, is playing ...
Christopher Walker reviews Aleko and Gianni Schicchi at Grange Park Opera
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9 July 2024
9 July 2024
Children’s Inquiry: Musical explores life in care through the eyes of four teenagers
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4 July 2024
4 July 2024
Christopher Walker reviews A Song at Twilight
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4 July 2024
4 July 2024
Christopher Walker reviews The Barber of Seville at opera Holland Park
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4 July 2024
4 July 2024
Christopher Walker reviews The Barber of Seville
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2 July 2024
2 July 2024
Divorced, Beheaded, Live! Show extension confirmed
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21 June 2024
21 June 2024
Christopher Walker reviews the Noël Coward double bill at the Orange Tree Theatre Richmond
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20 June 2024
20 June 2024
Christopher Walker reviews Wedding Band – a love hate story in black and white
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10 June 2024
10 June 2024
Christopher Walker reviews Jerry’s Girls at the Menier Theatre
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6 June 2024
6 June 2024
Mr Toad leads family favourites at Greenwich Theatre
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21 May 2024
21 May 2024
Peppa Pig World developing future theatregoers
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19 April 2024
19 April 2024
Christopher Walker reviews Foam at the Finborough Theatre
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4 April 2024
4 April 2024
Christopher Walker reviews the Faith Healer at the Lyric Hammersmith
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27 March 2024
27 March 2024
Christopher Walker reviews Wayne McGregor’s Autobiography
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14 March 2024
13 March 2024
Greenwich Children’s Theatre Festival programme announced
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11 March 2024
11 March 2024
Christopher Walker reviews Lucy & Friends at the Soho Theatre
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7 March 2024
7 March 2024
Christopher Walker reviews Nye at the National Theatre
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7 March 2024
7 March 2024
Christopher Walker reviews Nachtland at the Young Vic
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28 February 2024
28 February 2024
James Haddrell on censorship and funding
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27 February 2024
27 February 2024
James Haddrell on the award-winning Red Pitch
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16 February 2024
16 February 2024
Greenwich Theatre secures long term future
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15 February 2024
15 February 2024
James Haddrell on Before After at Southwark Playhouse
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12 February 2024
12 February 2024
James Haddrell and Marie Hamilton on parenting in the arts
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9 February 2024
9 February 2024
James Haddrell previews Protest at Brixton House
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6 February 2024
6 February 2024
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