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Arts of the UK 2021: Metal, Ink and Dye – Late Works from Captiva Island available as virtual tour during lockdown

LONDON – In line with new restrictions in the UK, Metal, Ink & Dye: Late Works from Captiva Island, BASTIAN’s first London exhibition of works by Robert Rauschenberg (1928-2008), can now be experienced as a virtual tour for online visitors. A narrated video will guide visitors round the physical London gallery which has been fully installed to create a sense of permanence despite actual viewing … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2021: Metal, Ink and Dye – Late Works from Captiva Island available as virtual tour during lockdown

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Television Time: An Interview with Richard Dormer, star of BBC’s The Watch

For anyone who’s had a brush with Sir Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series of novels, you’re likely to have encountered stories surrounding The City Watch. With the largest number of books centering around the motley crew of misfit guards and policemen, The City Watch has almost certainly emerged as some of Pratchett’s most enduring and beloved characters, as they live on in fans’ memories and imagination … Continue reading Television Time: An Interview with Richard Dormer, star of BBC’s The Watch

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Television Time: BBC Shows – January 2021

It’s not just a new month; it’s a new year, as the BBC presents a slew of new television shows to kickstart your January with. Begin the month with BBC’s latest nature documentary series – A Perfect Planet. Narrated by renowned presenter Sir David Attenborough, this five-part series will feature how Earth’s forces of nature shape its great diversity of life and what we can do to … Continue reading Television Time: BBC Shows – January 2021

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Arts of the UK 2020: Ginger Quiff Media bring back three online productions

LONDON – With theatres unable to operate under most tier restrictions, Thomas Hopkins and Michael Quinn of Ginger Quiff Media, the producers behind We Need A Little Christmas with Dame Maureen Lipman which is currently running on Stream.Theatre, remain committed to ensuring we get our culture fix online. In time for Christmas, they are reviving the phenomenally successful digital production of Godspell’s 50th Anniversary Concert – … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2020: Ginger Quiff Media bring back three online productions

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Arts of the UK 2021: White Christmas the Musical to go on UK tour in 2021 and 2022

LONDON –  After sold out performances in London’s West End in 2019, the producers of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas have announced that the production will embark on a UK tour, opening on 28th October 2021 at New Victoria Theatre, Woking before visiting Bristol, Canterbury, Manchester, Plymouth and Edinburgh. Casting to be announced soon. This production originally opened at Curve in Leicester in 2018 and transferred to the West End … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2021: White Christmas the Musical to go on UK tour in 2021 and 2022

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Arts of the UK 2020: The Living Record Festival 2021

LONDON – 2021 will mark the debut of the Living Record Festival, a month-long Digital Arts Festival curating and presenting over 40 original pieces from a range of art forms by independent companies and freelance artists. Spurred on by the catastrophic effect Covid-19 has had on the theatre and live performance industry, The Living Record hopes to build a virtual space for audiences to safely access a … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2020: The Living Record Festival 2021

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Television Time: An Interview with the producers of BBC’s A Perfect Planet

Even as the pandemic continues to ravage across the world, if there’s one surefire way to lift the mood, it’s with a nature documentary. And with BBC at the helm and Sir David Attenborough narrating, new series A Perfect Planet is set to bring the beauty and wonder of planet Earth back to our screens once again. As the only known planet known to have the … Continue reading Television Time: An Interview with the producers of BBC’s A Perfect Planet

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Arts of the UK 2020: How much has really changed? Shapero display Shafonsky book about bubonic plague outbreak

LONDON – In 1770 Shafonsky’s work on disease control and prevention was at the heart of the bubonic plague outbreak in Moscow and he was instrumental in its suppression. At the epidemic’s peak a thousand Muscovites were dying a day and the Governor Petr Saltykov, along with three quarters of the population, fled to the countryside. Strict regulations were brought in with shops, taverns, factories … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2020: How much has really changed? Shapero display Shafonsky book about bubonic plague outbreak

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Arts of the UK 2021: Jock McFadyen RA – Tourist without a Guidebook

LONDON – To mark the artist’s 70th birthday year, the Royal Academy of Arts will present Jock McFadyen RA: Tourist without a Guidebook. This timely exhibition, part of a series of four exhibitions around the UK, will explore McFadyen’s ongoing interest in the changing urban landscape, focusing on his pictures of East London, where he has lived and worked for the past 40 years. Jock … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2021: Jock McFadyen RA – Tourist without a Guidebook

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Arts of the UK 2020: Theatre Centre appoints Rob Watt and Emma Rees as Artistic Director and Executive Director

LONDON – Theatre Centre have announced Rob Watt as Artistic Director, alongside Emma Rees who will take on the role of Executive Director. Both were appointed to their respective roles in an interim capacity and will now become permanent additions to the company. Watt is a critically acclaimed director, dramaturg and facilitator, whose inaugural season as Interim Artistic Director saw the launch of exciting digital … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2020: Theatre Centre appoints Rob Watt and Emma Rees as Artistic Director and Executive Director

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