Pride & Prejudice (Sort of) Jane Austen’s novels and the subsequent TV and film adaptations are meat and potatoes to Brits. Whether or not modern English adults have read or … Read More
Virtually Green Note
Green Note (at Home) One of the things we are all missing the most during this quarantine is getting out to see live music. So effortless. Get your hand stamped, … Read More
Nicolaes Maes at the National Gallery
Nicolaes Maes From illicit goings-on in servants’ quarters to portraits of high society, Nicolaes Maes captured life upstairs and downstairs in the Dutch Golden Age. This exhibition at the National … Read More
Theatre Review: CROOKS 1926
CROOKS 1926 Slip into the world of Peaky Blinders – CROOKS 1926, an immersive theatre game (it is game-ish), is on through March 29th, and is a great night out. … Read More
Vault Festival 2020
VAULT Festival 2020 VAULT Festival is back for its 8th year. Taking over venues throughout Waterloo, VAULT Festival 2020 will showcase over 500 shows with the best in new writing … Read More
What to do in London – January 2020
What to Do in London – January 2020 We might be winding down the twelve days of Christmas, but the London calendar is full of things to do. Whether it … Read More
Review: Comptoir Libanais is Chelsea’s Hidden Lebanese
Comptoir Libanaise London’s Chelsea neighbourhood has a lot of restaurants to choose from (I’m guessing so does New York’s area of the same name) but sometimes you want to go … Read More
This Weekend in London, October 11-13
What to do in London this Weekend, October 11 – 13 It really feels like winter is upon us here in the UK, and as the waterproof parkas have come … Read More
August at the Soho Theatre
August: Soho Theatre One of my favourite venues in London is hosting one of my favourite comics, and her husband. Natasha Leggero (Another Period, Burning Love, and lots more) and … Read More
Theatre Review: Captain Corelli’s Mandolin
Captain Corelli’s Mandolin Corelli finally hits the stage. Did you read the book Captain Corelli’s Mandolin? Millions worldwide did and I remember seeing it clutched in the hands of a … Read More
Twelfth Night at the Rose Playhouse
Twelfth Night Much has been made – even here at PCB, and by me, of the not so recent trend of staging a Shakespeare play in a modern or quirky … Read More
Review: A Simple Space, Underbelly Festival
A Simple Space Every once in a while when in the audience watching something amazingly cool, there comes a little slip up. The singer misses a note, the second serve … Read More
Review: Richard III at Temple Church
Richard III Antic Disposition’s Richard III at London’s Temple Church Is it fair to give extra credit to a theatre production based on the venue at which it is held? … Read More
UK October Shows: Impractical Jokers and Brad Paisley
Brad Paisley, Impractical Jokers at the O2 We love it when a press release subject line causes a smile. Pop Culture Beast UK received this one recently: “Brad Paisley and … Read More