Can a geometric shape radically change society? Can it be the premise for a revolution? They may sound like obscure questions but it’s the starting point for the Whitechapel’s latest annual major exhibition. Tracing the inclusion of an abstract form in art from a highly politicized moment in history, this…
Now in its astonishing 39th year, the annual London International Mime Festival has become one of the highlights of the theatre calendar in the capital. Although the essential wordlessness comes into it, LIMF has expanded to include circus, dance and performance art – and new production from Gandini Juggling is just…
The innovative west London music night Jazz re:freshed is hosting its first New Year party and it’s a must for all of us who fancy bringing 2015 in with a musical bang. Jazz Re:freshed have been a vital and influential presence in jazz-influenced music since 2003 and has had input…
London has many a plus point and cultural experiences coming out of its ears – not to mention great food, people and parks. Yet in the run up to Christmas I often find myself mentally transported somewhere far up north in the Highlands (or Narnia?) surrounded by Fir tree forests,…
If, like me, Christmas is a time when you get an opportunity to flex your creative muscles via your perfectly wrapped presents, supremely boiled sprouts and expertly cut paper snowflake decorations, then Columbia Creative have something to blow the mulled wine out of the water. Reach for your holly, mistletoe…
If given an opportunity to imagine the perfect modern day setting for the money-driven and most controversial of Shakespeare’s plays, no doubt Las Vegas would be one of the first places on people’s minds. Independently well-known for taking its own metaphorical ‘pound of flesh’, the Vegas setting brings this modern…