Riverside Studios

Soap is at Riverside Studios until 25 April Soap is a sexy, sensual show from one of the stars of the award-winning circusy, burlesquey, acrobaticy La Clique; a show which will make you wonder why you’ve only really used your bath for sitting in… Six …

Sorry, I love you (Weds 18 March, 8pm) Taiwan Cinefest returns to London next week for a second year, pitching up to Hammersmith’s Riverside Studios between 17th-21st March before hitching up to Scotland for a Glasgow residency. The programme of 8 feature films, ranging from …

Peter Gill OBE, founder-director of the Riverside Studios celebrated his 70th birthday earlier this month. As a birthday present, the Studios are reviving his 2001 Oliver-nominated play, The York Realist. And a treat it is for us too. Set in a tiny, womb-like, Yorkshire farm …

This is what Dance Umbrella’s about: top quality, contemporary dance in unexpected places. It’s such a shame Riverside hadn’t sold out Studio 2 last night. We thought this UK premiere would be good and we were so right. It doesn’t have a story. It doesn’t …

Britain’s premier celebration of Colombian culture, Colombiage, begins tonight. Into its second year now, the festival ropes in film, music, performance and art from the South American nation for a frenetic four days of enjoyment. Colombia has gradually transcended the predictable stereotypes its name attracts, …

Contemporary dance has come a hell of a long way in the 30 years that Dance Umbrella has been running and that’s reflected in this year’s programme with the once pioneering and avant garde, now established, respectable big hitters opening the season: Merce Cunningham dance …

The Olympics have been put to bed and there’s nothing but bilge on the box. Time to extract yourself from the sofa and skulk down the local uniplex to see what’s shaking, where this week the delights include a pair of triple-bills – including probably …

Can’t decide on whether to take an umbrella or a sombrero out in this ever-changeable climate? The answer’s both, unfortunately, so we recommend that instead of facing the elements you bed down in a hushed auditorium, where this week’s selection includes a season of films …

While our Saturday Cinema Summary does an admirable job of rounding up the week’s new releases, London’s celluloid attractions run deeper than the local multiplex’s offerings. From retrospectives of filmmaking greats, to cult classics introduced by obsessive cinephiles, each week we’ll offer a preview of …

Sure Wimbledon’s started, but what if you couldn’t give two hoots about tennis? Here’s our round-up of what you should be getting excited about among London’s cornucopia of current cultural offerings. Who needs tennis? What you really need is some swashbuckling flamenco swordfighting action with …