FEATURE: JW3 reaches its Bar Mitzvah year on Finchley Road
Reading Time: 2 minutesJW3, a fantastic Jewish community centre in North West London, is currently celebrating its 13th anniversary:
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FEATURE: From Myth to Musical – The Promise and Potential of Sea Witch
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhenever a new musical arrives on the scene there is a particular sense of anticipation. Amid a West End landscape dominated by long-running favourites and familiar “extension announced” headlines, the promise of an original story finding its…
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Elizabeth Honer
Reading Time: 2 minutesLet's Dance 2026 is a national campaign to get the UK dancing. Spearheaded by the Royal Academy of Dance's Silver Swans Ambassador Angela Rippon, Let's Dance is an opportunity to encourage everyone to experience the joy and benefits of dance. We sat down with Elizabeth Honey to discuss Let's Dance 2026.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Ray O’LEARY
Reading Time: 2 minutesRay O’Leary recently pulled a man from a wrecked car and as the man lay dying, he used his last ounce of strength to ask Ray to tell his children that he loved them. Ray promised the…
REVIEW: Noughts and Crosses
Reading Time: 3 minutesNoughts and Crosses is a gripping modern-day Romeo and Juliet adaptation by acclaimed writer Malorie Blackman is a captivating drama of love, revolution and what it means to grow up in a divided world. Theatre review.
REVIEW: Owen Wingrave
Reading Time: 2 minutesBenjamin Britten’s haunting opera Owen Wingrave returns to the stage in a powerful new Guildhall School production. Based on a ghost story by Henry James, it follows a young pacifist who defies his family’s military heritage, with tragic consequences.
REVIEW: Ukraine Unbroken
Reading Time: 3 minutesFrom the producer-director of the Olivier Award-nominated The Great Game – Afghanistan comes a powerful cycle of short plays about courage, truth and survival in the face of tyranny.
Ukraine Unbroken charts twelve turbulent years of modern Ukrainian history. Performed with live Ukrainian music from Mariia Petrovska.
INCONVERSATION WITH: Melanie Bracewell
Reading Time: 3 minutesWith her twenties now wrapped, Melanie takes an inventory of her life so far, as we visit the series of events that led to her getting an ADHD diagnosis. Fittingly given thatdiagnosis, the show covers pretty much…
REVIEW: Francis Dunnery
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis isn't just a performance BY Francis Dunnery, it's a living memoir, celebrating the humour and resilience forged in the shadow of Britain's small towns, cities, tower blocks and council estates.
REVIEW: Laughing Matters
Reading Time: 2 minutesLaughing Matters plays at The Canal Cafe Theatre until Sunday 1 March 2026