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Art & Events Comedy Theatre
Wednesday 19 February 2014 in London
By TW Editorial | Published on Thursday 13 February 2014
ThisWeek’s tipped events TODAY IN LONDON feature comic striker Sarah Kendall, the great (and German) painters of the renaissance era, and France’s Théâtre Volière…
ART: Strange Beauty – Masters Of The German Renaissance, National Gallery, 19 Feb – 11 May
The NG reviews afresh the paintings, drawings and prints of German Renaissance-era greats like Hans Holbein Jr, Albrecht Dürer and Lucas Cranach Sr, highlighting their expression and inventiveness, and examining their significance back then, in the recent past, and in the present tense. Details and tickets here.
COMEDY: Sarah Kendall – Touchdown, Canal Cafe Theatre, 19 Feb (pictured)
The deserving winner of many an esteemed prize (not least the ThreeWeeks Editors’ Award-winner all the way back in 2007), the still-brilliant Sarah Kendall looks back on her decorated stint in an under-14s touch football team. Details and tickets here.
THEATRE: Poilu & Tommy, Courtyard Theatre, 19 Feb – 8 Mar
Strasbourg’s Théâtre Volière act out this haunting, war-ravaged play about two boys living in 1900 whose games take a dark turn, and foreshadow their older lives, caught up in the horror of the Somme. Details and tickets here.