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Tchaikovsky: Child of Glass — A Deeply Moving Homage to a Genius’s Search for Forbidden Love Press enter or click to view image in full size Child of Glass1_credit_John Yip At Opera Holland Park, Tchaikovsky: Child of Glass intertwines theatre, ballet and live music to reveal the man behind some of classical music’s most recognisable masterpieces — and his lifelong struggle between public expectation and forbidden desire.

Tao of Glass review: A journey into the spiritual through paper puppets, Philip Glass and Phelim McDermott Press enter or click to view image in full size Phelim McDermott in Tao of Glass_Photo Johan Persson At @sohoplace, paper sheets dance, Philip Glass unfolds and Phelim McDermott turns the glorious mess of daily life into something close to transcendence. There are theatre shows you watch, enjoy and leave behind.

From Water, Every Living Thing: Leighton House’s Arab Hall Comes Alive Soraya Syed’s mesmerising intervention in Leighton House’s celebrated Arab Hall brings together Arabic calligraphy, water and light in a fitting centrepiece for the museum’s centenary year. Press enter or click to view image in full size Soraya Syed, From Water, Every Living Thing. The Arab Hall Past and Present © Leighton House, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.

Where Gravity Loses Its Grip: M.C. Escher Exhibition at Somerset House, London Press enter or click to view image in full size M.C. Escher Ascending and Descending, 1960 Lithograph, 355x285 mm M.C. Escher Heritage Collection, The Netherlands All M.C. Escher works © 2026 The M.C. Escher Heritage, Baarn, The Netherlands All rights reserved www.mcescher.com At Somerset House’s Embankment Galleries, M.C. Escher: The Exhibition invites visitors to enter a universe where staircases lead nowhere,...

Queer Saints Book Review: Magic, Miracles and Radical LGBTQ+ Spirituality Press enter or click to view image in full size In Queer Saints: A Radical Guide to Magic, Miracles, and Modern Intercession, Antonio Pagliarulo offers something both ancient and strikingly contemporary: a spiritual handbook for people who have often been made to feel that sacred traditions were never meant for them.

London Clown Festival 2026 Celebrates 10 Years of Contemporary Clowning Press enter or click to view image in full size The London Clown Festival returns in 2026 with a special 10th anniversary edition, celebrating a decade of clowning, physical comedy, absurdity and theatrical tomfoolery across the capital.

London Clown Festival 2026 Celebrates 10 Years of Contemporary Clowning Press enter or click to view image in full size The London Clown Festival returns in 2026 with a special 10th anniversary edition, celebrating a decade of clowning, physical comedy, absurdity and theatrical tomfoolery across the capital.

A Summer Cultural and Culinary Destination: The Summer Show at the Goodwood Art Foundation Press enter or click to view image in full size Hydra’s Head by Nancy Holt.Photo credit Lorenzo Belenguer After a wet and cold winter, summer feels almost theatrical this year: sudden, generous, and slightly unbelievable.

A Summer Cultural and Culinary Destination: The Summer Show at the Goodwood Art Foundation Press enter or click to view image in full size Hydra’s Head by Nancy Holt.Photo credit Lorenzo Belenguer After a wet and cold winter, summer feels almost theatrical this year: sudden, generous, and slightly unbelievable.

Spanish Baroque Painter Zurbarán: Essential Meditative Moments at the National Gallery Press enter or click to view image in full size Agnus Dei, about 1635–40. Photo credit: Lorenzo Belenguer There are exhibitions that impress; there are others that slow the body down. Zurbarán at the National Gallery belongs to the second category.