Ranjit Recommends: Flamencura
Flamencura is an illustration of high intensity Flamenco dancing complimented by effortless showboating as the performers display a willingness to entertain. Indeed, this Paco Peña production exudes frantic...
Welsh Witterings: Tickledom
Last weekend I booked tickets to go to Tickledom. My work load has been a little heavy of late and so a spot of light family entertainment was in...
Ranjit Recommends: Leon’s West End
The restaurant chain Leon is synonymous with tasty health conscious fast food. However, on 13th February 2017 they opened their all-singing Leon branch in the West End of London...
Ranjit Recommends: Taj Express
Indeed, the cast more than express themselves in a dynamic production that illustrates Indian music and dancing culture. As such it is fitting that the Taj Express is held...
Ranjit Recommends: Proms on The Roof
On a side road tucked away in Central London you will find The Roof Gardens. Indeed, upon entering the gardens one will not think that they are possibly...
WENDY’S WEEK FOR 8TH JUNE 2017 DISCOVERING GUSTAV HOLST
For my last article on Thaxted I will tell you about the composer Gustav Holst, who although not from Thaxted, did make it his second home, and where...
Malta Diary Fireworks on the ground and fireworks in the air
As you read this, Malta will go to the polls for a General Election in two days’ time as a result of a snap election called by...
Ranjit Recommends: Soho Show
To label the show ‘So-ho-w-boating’ would be a fitting pun for what is a truly dazzling exhibition of circus stunts and several examples of daily life in arguably...
Secrets From The Sahara : Days of Nostalgia.. Spring of the Oasis
Days of Nostalgia, a cultural, touristic, patrimonial manifestation, organized by the Ancient City of Kebili’s Protecting and Maintenance Association. This manifestation or celebration has started since the mid...
Tannahill Weavers. Taking Celtic Music to a new Level!
I was really excited when I heard that the Tannahill Weavers were coming to my little town. I’ve been a fan of theirs for many years. Before they started...
Ranjit Recommends: The Girls
The saying ‘the girls have done us proud’ is appropriate and befitting of The Girls musical. It is set on the 2003 film production The Calendar Girls where...
Mumbai Memoir 63- Mumbai nurturing the ‘art of whistling’!
Mumbai is a melting pot of various artistic pursuits. Many artists from all nooks and corners of the country are seen migrating to Mumbai, who try their luck here....
Malta Diary Stepping back into centuries of history – BIRGU, ‘The City of Victory’
Vittoriosa (literally ‘the winning city’ or ‘the city of victory’) sits majestically on the rim of Malta’s Grand Harbour, one of a trio that makes up The Three Cities,...
Hybrid Contemporary Dance event
Last year, Francesca Tranter, Assistant Lecturer / Dance Practitioner at the University of Malta School of Performing Arts and also the Artistic Director and Choreographer at Contact Dance company asked if...
BIKES, BRASS BANDS AND BEST FRIENDS
By Ann Evans If you’re in Shropshire this coming weekend, 9th-10th July, head along to the Ironbridge Gorge Museums for two spectacular events. Firstly the popular Ironbridge Gorge...
BEYOND THE WATER’S EDGE
By Ann Evans Beyond the Water’s Edge: Poetry from our world is the brand new poetry-theatre show produced by Midland Creative Projects in association with Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre...
The Rolling Stones estremecen La Habana
By: Lázaro Estenoz Cosme Here’s another article from Lazaro in Cuba. Just press TRANSLATE to read it in the language of your choice. En solo una semana toda Cuba...
PARMA A CITY OF INTELLECTUAL CITIZENS, HAM AND CHEESE
By Wendy Hughes Parma is an aristocratic city where the word ‘culture’ is spoken frequently. Every day Parma prints enough newspapers to supply almost one to every five...
Mumbai Memoir 48- Coldplay ‘shooting across Mumbai’!
The rock band Coldplay, is the talk of the town since the time they released their song ‘Hymn for the Weekend’ here in India. Here’s the song’s...
SHELLY BEACH SNIPPETS No. 59. February, 2016.
Patricia Newell-Dunkley – Photographs by Reginald J. Dunkley. In January all roads lead to Tamworth New South Wales, for the annual Country Music Festival, Australia’s largest music festival and...
Language According to Jeeves and Wooster: it’s Bally well brilliant and spiffing.
Jeeves and Wooster made their very first appearance in the 1915 short story ‘Extricating Young Gussie’ and they were a roaring success from the off, having subsequently appeared in...
Miracle in Eastbourne
The stage musical of the famous movie Miracle on 34th Street has been on at The Royal Hippodrome Theatre as part of a longer tour. Quite enchanting. Is there...
Oh No She Didn’t! Oh Yes She Did!
I went to the Tunbridge Wells Pantomime this week. Oh no you didn’t! Oh yes I did! Cinderella was at the Assembly Hall Theatre, and it’s been years since...
Wishing you a healthy Christmas Holiday … Movies, lights, trails, attractions and festive food….if you’re looking for a traditional Christmas look no further …
Experience Christmas on foot through a mile-long themed walkway guiding you through the transformed Botanical Gardens in Kew, the place back in the 1790’s where Queen Charlotte dressed the...
CHRISTMAS FUN IN STRATFORD-UPON-AVON
By Ann Evans Photos courtesy of Rob Tysall and Shakespeare's England. Stratford-upon-Avon is such a beautiful place to visit at any time of the year, but at Christmas time...
Foster and Allen. Are they those two Irishmen or the comedians with the Crazy Gang?
Let’s get the confusion out of the way first. The Crazy Gang pair were Flanagan and Allen, and both have joined the great entertainment theatre in the sky....
MUSIC TO FLY BY
By Ann Evans Music lovers attending the Battle Proms at Warwickshire’s Ragley Hall this Saturday 15th August are in for a real night to remember. Marking the 70th...
10 Steps to Painting at a Jazz Festival
This year the Malta Jazz Festival celebrated its 25th edition. The standard of music was outstanding on each of the four nights and I was lucky enough...
CHILLI FIESTA
By Ann Evans If you like things hot and spicy, get your tickets booked for the West Dean Chilli Fiesta with camping and fireworks. The 3-day extravaganza takes...
Eine kleine Musik List
IAIN ROBERTSON An increasing number of us take CDs, or portable music devices, with us on vacations, or on trips. Motoring mad Iain Robertson, who gets bored with...
Musical journeyman Liddell continues on recognition quest
IAIN ROBERTSON In a society, within which the Warholian epithet about ‘everyone in the world being famous for 15 minutes’ continues to ring true, musicians come and go...
BB King, Died May 14th, 2015
A couple of years ago I was on a trip along the Mississippi, from Memphis to Nachez. We dined in BB King’s Reataurant on Beale Street, and visited the...
London’s Rhythms of Cuba!
Cuba throbs with rhythm, music and dancing everywhere you go. I always look both ways when I come out of the loo as I expect a group to pop...
Eastbourne Angles
Where is Eastbourne? It’s on the south coast of England, mid-way between Hastings and Brighton. Who lives in Eastbourne? Over one hundred thousand people, but it has...
Lyn’s Hilarious Interview with Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain Director, George Hinchliffe
As The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain are on the TV over Christmas/New Year, I’ve revived my interview with George Hinchcliffe, one of the Group’s founder members. They’re a...
SHELLY BEACH SNIPPETS No. 24 November, 2014.
Patricia Newell-Dunkley with photographs by Reginald J. Dunkley Robert Redford is in Sydney and here for the next two months. The Oscar winning actor is in town to shoot...
PETER PAN. EXPERIENCE LIVE ENTERTAINMENT AT IT’S MOST MAGICAL!
Join us at the Assembly Hall Theatre as we fly to Neverland with thismagical stage version of JM Barrie’s classic children’s story. Brought to you by the...
Learn to laugh at French people in a hilarious show in Paris – Meanderings through France
Annick Dournes & Frederic de Poligny We all know that French people can be more than rude with foreigners and with their fellow countrymen as well. But fortunately some...
Big fun in the big top
On a family day-out in the Essex town of Saffron Walden, Matt Thompson and his young family enjoy a trip to Chaplin’s Circus A visit to the circus has...
The Official Drifters ~ friendly from a distance
The Official Drifters came to the Royal Hippodrome Theatre in Eastbourne recently, and their management insisted that two bouncers stood guard by the stage in case ladies tried to...