YOUR GUIDE TO THIS WEEK IN CULTURE
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Today in London: Wednesday 25 Sept 2013
By TW Editorial | Published on Thursday 19 September 2013
Today in topical cultural happenings, these mid-week headlines…
TODAY’S ART CHOICES
Mira Schendel, Tate Modern, 25 Sep – 19 Jan 2014
A game-changing artist said to have altered the landscape of post-war art in Latin Ameria, late Brazilian Modernist Mira Schendel is celebrated in this large-scale exhibition featuring over 250 paintings, drawings and sculpture. Details and tickets here.
TODAY’S FESTIVAL CHOICES
Soho Literary Festival, Soho Theatre, 25-29 Sep
A mega-fest of myriad mini-events – each priced at a mere £9 entry fee – this Dean Street-based literary extravaganza features guest speakers in Ian Hislop, Ruby Wax, Quentin Blake and Libby Purves. David Hare and Rupert Everett will talk all-things Oscar Wilde with his only grandchild, Merlin Holland; Don Bachardy will reminisce re his relationship with Christopher Isherwood; and the late Roger Mortimer’s long-chided children Charlie and Louise will read their father’s bestselling ‘Dear Lupin’ and ‘Dear Lumpy’ letters. Details and tickets here.
TODAY’S THEATRE CHOICES
The Light Princess, National Theatre, 25 Sep – 9 Jan 2014 (pictured)
The NT’s ‘Light Princess’, aka ‘Tori Amos: The Musical’, has to its name a score by pop’s most famed ‘Professional Widow’, direction by ‘Curious Incident’ creative Marianne Elliot and a dark fairytale narrative in which a sad princess and prince start an illicit ‘Romeo & Juliet’-style affair in the midst of a war. Details and tickets here.
