Street theatre by Orhan Tsolak. Not part of the London Festival Fringe. We went along to last night’s press launch of the London Festival Fringe with an open mind. We would have been delighted to hear how the umbrella of the London Fringe would be …
Not By Bread Alone, Nalaga’at Theatre LIFT is an unconventional theatre festival finding new ways of seeing the city through theatre, provoking and engaging diverse audiences along the way. Food Court has set the tone for 2010 – prepare to be challenged – but also, …
Dancing City, 3 July, Canary Wharf Continuing its exploration of the elements, GDIF returns this Thursday on the theme of Earth, stretching to 10 glorious days of free arts festival. Bowled over by the huge programme, we picked out a few highlights: Greenwich Park hosts …
The Royal National Theatre (or NT to its chums) is to get a £70 million refurbishment, which will see the most dramatic changes to the building in its 35-year history. The grade II* listed theatre was designed by Denys Lasdun and opened in 1975 to …
We’ve been covering the Royal Society’s Summer Science Exhibition since 2005. The annual festival is one of the best opportunities for non-scientists to mingle with the country’s top researchers, grill them about their work and even play with some of their toys. These exhibitions traditionally …
Photo by Pgd from the Londonist Flickr pool The things you do to pass a rainy afternoon. We spent ours flicking through all 200+ pages of the Mayor’s new draft Cultural Strategy for London to see if there was anything in it. And despite being …
Dan Wade This weekend, Tate Modern celebrates a decade of existence at Bankside Powerstation by throwing a free arts festival party with extra special late opening to chime with the ace Museums at Night line up. If you’re already in a quandary about which late …
Short attention span for the arts? Are you a dabbler? Do you enjoy skirting the boundaries between art and performance? Sample an evening of microperformances atAgency Gallery tonight. Each lasts just 5 minutes and is performed for groups of about 4 people. Move around the …
Four London museums have made it onto the longlist for the 2010 Art Fund Prize. The Natural History Museum, Hampton Court Palace, the Royal Institution and the National Army Museum have all excelled in the past year and are gagging for your votes. The quartet …
Photo / Fin Fahey A right old bun-fight has erupted at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, between director Ekow Eshun, exhibitions director Mark Sladen, and hirsute chairman Alan Yentob, over the leadership of the ailing arts centre. According to The Guardian, Sladen is reported to …
EAST Festival returns this week with 6 days of creative and cultural events taking place from Barbican to Stratford, Docklands to Hackney and all the bits in between. There’s a lot happening. Boris’ office have been busy sticking as many things under the EAST 2010 …
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