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New Venture, New Haircut – two Londoners get a new look to match their exciting new projects
A step, cut and colour in the right direction Words: Lucy Sofroniou Photographs: Sam Rockman Award-winning hair salon Brooks and Brooks, located on Sicilian Avenue, opened their doors to two Londoners to provide them with a new look to match the exciting projects each are…
One Day Reinvention: luckily our stylist Hollie Lacayo knows exactly that you need
Floral Dress – Topshop Yellow Coat – French Connection Gold Earrings – Tiffany & Co Burgundy Shirt – Ted Baker Black Coat – Agnes B / Gloverall Black Jeans – Topman Green Dress – Topshop Gold Necklace – Tiffany & Co Cream Mac –…
Culture
Marvel’s Cinematic Empire: a look into how one of the world’s biggest superhero franchises creates blockbuster magic
Words: Tom Deehan Just like any national holiday, the appearance of a new Marvel movie every few months is now a culturally accepted normality, and has been for the better part of a decade. Several critics complain that the superhero phenomenon has outworn its welcome,…
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We love our friends at gowithYamo who have created an IN Covent Garden Art Trail – have a go! Covent Garden Insta Story https://www.gowithyamo.com/single-post/2019/03/13/Covent-Garden-Gallery-Trail
Entertainment
Location Covent Garden!: did you know that Covent Garden has starred in some of your favourite flicks?
Here are just a few examples of Covent Garden’s esteemed history as a film location. Words: Tom Deehan Spectre 2015 When James Bond wasn’t dashing through the streets of Mexico or bounding down a slope in Austria, the most recent Bond production, Spectre, made sure…
Six Questions for the Cast of SIX: The Musical
From Tudor Queens to Pop Princesses, Six: The Musical tells the tale of the six wives of Henry VIII. IN Covent Garden caught up with the cast as they celebrated the show’s 100th performance at the Arts Theatre in London’s West End! Words: Peter Dunbar…
Food
The Best Martinis in Covent Garden: Martinis Mr Bond himself would die for
Words: Catherine Faulkner Photography: Sara Lincoln Is there a cocktail more elegant and iconic than the martini? It is a drink to aspire to. A chilled, sleek beacon of true adulthood. Potent too, to be savoured and not knocked back. As Dorothy Parker’s famous bon…
Covent Garden Bites: two new restaurants taking Londoners by storm
Here are two of the best new restaurants to tempt our tastebuds around London’s Covent Garden. DIN TAI FUNG Din Tai Fung is the latest culinary addition to Henrietta Street and brings with it a serious pedigree. Made in Taiwan, there are now over 150…
Life
Going Green: are you passionate about plants, but a bit of a potting disaster? Petersham Nurseries will have you green-fingered in no time
Words: Joanne Corrigan “Bringing the outside in” is what Amanda Brame, Head of Horticulture at Petersham Nurseries wants us all to do. She’s passionate about how surrounding ourselves with plants and flowers can make a real difference and enhance our home, no matter how big…
Make Time For Growth: here’s a few tips to create the space to move you in the right direction
The rush of hope and energy that springtime brings can extend to the workplace, but any grand plans to build your business or develop your career will fall flat if there’s no time in your day to look ahead and consider opportunities. Here are a…
West End Theatre News
Reviews: ‘A Voice’, ‘Dark Matter’ and ‘Don’t You Dare!’, Tristan Bates Theatre (as part of A Piece of the Continent festival)
A festival celebrating European Theatre could not be in Central London at a more poignant time. In these days of Brexit and where we currently are as a country, this festival conceited by ‘Viola! Europe’ is a perfect example of why we need to come…
Review: Liza Pulman Sings Streisand, Lyric Theatre
“A unique jazz twist on Streisand’s back catalogue” Streisand is considered to be one of the greatest ‘divas’ of all time. With a multitude of allocates and a fifty-plus year career behind her, it takes a very notorious person to headline a tribute show in…
Irving Berlin’s ‘White Christmas’ announced at The Dominion Theatre!
Make it a magical Christmas with this spectacular brand-new production of Irving Berlin’s WHITE CHRISTMAS. Experience this ‘terrific dose of pure escapism’ (The Times) as this feel-good family musical lights up London’s Dominion Theatre for a strictly limited season from November 2019. Reprising their acclaimed…
Mischief Theatre announce new show – Magic Goes Wrong!
Created with magic legends Penn & Teller, Mischief Theatre conjure up an evening of grand illusion. In the next ‘Goes Wrong’ comedy to hit the West End, the original Mischief Company play a hapless gang of magicians presenting a charity event. As the accidents spiral…
Jason Donovan Returns to the London Palladium in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat!
Today, Michael Harrison and the Really Useful Group are delighted to announce that Jason Donovan will return to the London Palladium in the new production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat to star as the Pharaoh! Jason made his defining stage performance as the…