Dance & Physical Music Theatre ThisWeek In London

Three To See on 7 Jan: The Nutcracker, National Youth Orchestra Of Great Britain – Totally Teenage, The Twentieth Century Way

By | Published on Saturday 31 December 2016

And today’s ThisWeek-tipped, LDN-based events are…

The Nutcracker | ArtsDepot | 7 Jan
If you didn’t manage to see a Nutcracker when you are legally obliged to (I believe it’s between 24 and 30 Dec) then here’s one to bid adieu to the season of goodwill with, and this one is very much suitable for the whole family. Tickets were going rather quickly when last I looked, however, so click here asap to book.

National Youth Orchestra Of Great Britain – Totally Teenage | Royal Festival Hall | 7 Jan
I really, really love watching young people do things really well, and here’s a great opportunity for it, if you are like me. And especially if you have young and aspiring musicians in the family – what better inspiration can there be? The orchestra will perform Brett Dean’s Komarov’s Fall, Karol Szymanowski’s Symphony No.4 (Symphonie concertante) for piano & orchestra, Op.60 and Sergey Rachmaninov’s Symphony No.2. Lovely, see this page here.

The Twentieth Century Way | Jermyn Street Theatre | 6-28 Jan (pictured)
The UK premiere of a show about a very dark (and entirely true) chapter in the history of gay rights. ‘The Twentieth Century Way’ is set in Los Angeles in 1914, where the police department of Long Beach took on two actors to pose as homosexual men to entrap “social vagrants” into committing illegal sexual acts. Described as a “hard-hitting absurdist tragi-comedy”. See the venue website here for details.



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