YOUR GUIDE TO THIS WEEK IN CULTURE
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Music Theatre ThisWeek In London
Three To See on 16 Sep: In Our Hands, Darbar Festival 2016, The Greater Game
By TW Editorial | Published on Friday 9 September 2016
And today’s ThisWeek-tipped, LDN-based events are…
In Our Hands | New Diorama | 16-18 Sep (pictured)
Our reviewer in Edinburgh loved Smoking Apples’ gently evoked story of the disintegration of a fishing community, calling it an “enchanting, sincere piece”. It’s told using beautifully handled, expressive puppets and very few words, and I think you will find it deeply affecting. For more info on the show, and to book, see this page here.
Darbar Festival 2016 | Southbank Centre | 16-18 Sep
The South Bank Centre shines a light on Indian classic music with this weekend festival, featuring work from Asian contemporaries of Mozart and Beethoven, the likes of Tyagaraja (1767–1847), Muthuswami Dikshitar (1775–1835) and Syama Sastri (1762–1827). There’s lots that sounds amazing, so I’ll give you the link to everything that’s on, so you can choose for yourself. Here it is, right here.
The Greater Game | Southwark Playhouse | 15 Sep-15 Oct
This is part of the Royal British Legion’s centenary commemorations of the Battle Of The Somme, and tells the true story of the forty one members of the Leyton Orient football club (or Clapton Orient, as it was known then) who signed up to fight in World War 1. It’s about love, friendship and loss, patriotism and conscientious objection, and presumably the horror and futility of war. See this page here for more info.
