Music & Dance

RSS Feed

Review: Hair the musical

Rating: 3

Web Exclusive

August 2nd 2010

It’s a long-standing joke that we talk far too much about hair in our office, and I hold my hands up to being the worst for fiddling with mine, but this summer, we have one great big, selfless reason for lingering on the topic: Hair the musical

South London Dance: Post Modern

Rating: 2

June 1st 2010

Formerly Grafton Dance Academy, South London Dance is now firmly settled into its new premises and coming along in leaps and bounds. Karen Jensen-Jones meets founder Zoe Dawson

Big Dance 2010: Feel the beat

Rating: 3

May 14th 2010

Move it, shake it, twist it – Big Dance 2010 looks set to get south east London on its feet. The Guide gets with the programme

Master class

Rating: 2

September 9th 2009

Since gaining specialist status in the performing and visual arts, Norwood School has turned a crisis into some great drama. Nancy Groves paints a picture of success

Havana Rakatan

Rating: 3

May 12th 2009

Victoria Purcell gets lost in Latin spirit

La Clique

Rating: 3

April 9th 2009

Is it comedy, is it burlesque or is it the circus? Whatever it is, La Clique at the Hippodrome is unmissable, says Victoria Purcell

An O show

Rating: 2

November 5th 2008

Robin Stringer goes behind the scenes with Theatre O's Joseph Alford

Alabama 3: Son of a preacher man

Rating: 3

August 5th 2008

Alabama 3's Larry Love talks to Tracey Davies about his evangelical upbringing, jamming with Stephen King and his time in Brixton Prison

Save the last dance

Rating: 3

June 4th 2008

How did an online campaign highlight the threatened demise of a beloved dance hall? Fiona Keating finds out

Huw Bunford: Animal kingdom

Rating: 2

June 4th 2008

Huw Bunford, lead guitarist of Super Furry Animals, talks to Tracey Davies about his cosy pocket of south east London

The Effras: A river runs through it

Rating: 3

April 1st 2008

Tracey Davies goes underground and meets local band The Effras

String fellows

Rating: 2

March 5th 2008

Shannon Denny meets the iconoclastic music makers of The Dulwich Ukulele Club

Strictly mums dancing

Rating: 3

January 11th 2008

Andrea Hensher meets a group of dance-mad mothers keen to pursue an education in fancy footwork

Christopher Fifield: Play time

Rating: 2

October 10th 2007

Conductor Christopher Fifield tells Victoria Purcell how he juggles his freelance musical career to keep Lambeth Orchestra in tune and on a high

Michelle Escoffery: Pop art

Rating: 2

August 6th 2007

Emma Warren quizzes Michelle Escoffery, a south Londoner born and bred, on her talent for writing songs for the stars

Barre code

Rating: 2

June 6th 2007

Robin Stringer meets Janet Lewis, a prime mover in British children's ballet

Melody maker

Rating: 3

May 2nd 2007

Robin Stinger talks to Sydenham's Mary King about songs on the Southbank