Royal Shakespeare Company with the Young Vic and Theatre for a New Audience presents Swingin’ the Dream With the country in the grip of winter and living through a third lockdown, we are all looking to find ways of entertaining ourselves in the warmth of our own homes. Netflix is all very well and good, […]
The London Cabaret Club – Christmas Royale
A glamorous evening with live entertainment and fine dining After weeks of lockdown with the cold and gloomy winter weather taking its hold, I can’t tell you how excited I was to get the opportunity for a much-needed pre-Christmas night out (before the Tier 3 and now Tier 4 restrictions were announced). It was great […]
The Nutcracker Reworked – Review – The Royal Ballet, Winter 2020
The Royal Ballet performs The Nutcracker at the Royal Opera House Seeing a live performance of The Nutcracker is a favourite Christmas treat for me. But, it is one which I’ve scarcely dared hope will happen when our theatres have been mothballed for months, dancers have hung up their shoes and musicians tucked up their […]
The Royal Ballet’s Swan Lake – Royal Opera House – Review
Revival of Liam Scarlett’s Swan Lake at The Royal Opera House. *Stop Press – The Royal Opera House is currently closed due to Covid19* Liam Scarlett’s critically acclaimed 2018 production of Swan Lake has returned to the Royal Opera House for its first revival. The fairytale ballet has its roots in German and Russian folklore […]
Alice in Streamingland – The Phoenix Arts Club
A binge-worthy panto Alice in Streamingland is a new musical pantomime for grown-ups. It combines a nostalgic look back at our mass addiction to the streamed TV programmes which kept us entertained during early lockdown with the more traditional fare of Alice in Wonderland. This isn’t another streamed theatrical event though, it is playing live […]
The Dumb Waiter – Harold Pinter – Hampstead Theatre
Hampstead Theatre reopens with The Dumb Waiter celebrating its 60th Anniversary Harold Pinter’s claustrophobic one-act play The Dumb Waiter directed by Alice Hamilton re-opens Hampstead Theatre with a socially distanced staging and an audience to match. Due to open in March this production celebrates the play’s 60th anniversary which was first staged in 1960 at […]
Christmas at Borough Market
Cookalong with Ben Ebbrell brings Christmas flavour to mac ‘n’ cheese Borough Market is the beating heart of London’s culinary world. It fulfils every expectation a food-loving local could muster with the only drawback being its popularity. I am like one of those tourists who complains about the popularity of the destination I too am […]
Tales for Winter at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre and beyond
Royal Shakespeare Company Winter 2020 programme With theatre and other creative industries among the hardest hit since the pandemic began, it’s great to learn how the Royal Shakespeare Company is doing everything it can to engage with audiences again, despite restrictions on staging live productions at full capacity with Tales for Winter. Their new Winter […]
Simon Drake’s House of Magic – Christmas Preview
Christmas Parties at the House of Magic. As the world gradually emerges from live entertainment and culture numbing COVID regulations, here at London-Unattached we are on the lookout for shows and productions that just need to be seen. We’ve done Halloween and I have to confess, an evening at the House of Magic was a […]
The Boy In The Dress at The RSC Stratford-upon-Avon – Review
David Walliams ‘The Boy in the Dress’ comes alive on stage. The RSC’s new musical The Boy In The Dress has recently opened at The Royal Shakespeare Theatre and so we took the opportunity to whizz along the M40 to Stratford-upon-Avon (2 hours or so from London) and review. Adapted by ‘Shopping and F**king’ playwright Mark […]