Much Ado About Nothing. Review by Barbara Lewis. “Much Ado About Nothing” in the “humble opinion” of Associate Director Mark Collier is the perfect comedy.
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Birdsong. Review by Barbara Lewis. Flanders, one of the most densely populated areas of Europe, is the birthplace of artist David Claerbout, whose reaction to an excess of human frenzy is a quest to redefine time.
By Barbara Lewis • art, books, film, poetry, year 2025 • Tags: art, Barbara Lewis, books, film, poetry

Summers. Review by Barbara Lewis. Heejin Kim takes us to a near future where there is no longer any doubt that summers are something to fight rather than enjoy.
By Barbara Lewis • plays, theatre, year 2025 • Tags: Barbara Lewis, plays, theatre

The Très Riches Heures of Jean, Duke of Berry. Review by Barbara Lewis. The dazzling Gothic beauty of these miniatures and calendars foreshadowed the work of Jan van Eyck and other outstanding 15th-century Flemish painters.
By Barbara Lewis • art, books, drawing, exhibitions, painting, year 2025 • Tags: art, Barbara Lewis, books, drawing, exhibitions, painting

Hiroshige, artist of the open road. Review by Barbara Lewis. Japanese artist Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858) lived as Japan shifted from the isolationism that characterised the shogun-dominated Edo period towards opening up to the world.
By Barbara Lewis • art, exhibitions, painting, print, year 2025 • Tags: art, Barbara Lewis, exhibitions, painting, print

Storehouse. Review by Barbara Lewis. As the former CEO of the national independent TV and radio stations in Georgia, Liana Patarkatsishvili has strong views on freedom of expression and on attempts to stifle the truth.
By Barbara Lewis • performance, society, technology, theatre, year 2025 • Tags: Barbara Lewis, performance, society, technology, theatre

Giffords Circus – Laguna Bay. Review by Barbara Lewis. Imagine a time when childhoods were free from mobile phones, video games and Instagram, and when the arrival of an exotic circus troupe on a village green or at the seaside represented magic and excitement far beyond the everyday.
By Barbara Lewis • performance, year 2025 • Tags: Barbara Lewis, performance

No More Normal. Review by Barbara Lewis. Consultant neuropsychiatrist Alastair Santhouse has for more than a quarter of a century worked to try to solve the diverse and complex issues of those considered to be abnormal.
By Barbara Lewis • books, psychiatry, society, year 2025 • Tags: Barbara Lewis, books, psychiatry, society

Cul-de-Sac. Review by Barbara Lewis. “Do you think this is enjoyable for anyone to be around?” It’s a very dangerous question in the mouth of Ruth Townsend, who is the aptly named wife of the overly frank Frank Townsend, the central couple of this tale of frustrated lives at the end of the line in London’s Zone 6.
By Barbara Lewis • plays, theatre, year 2025 • Tags: Barbara Lewis, plays, theatre
The Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show. Review by Barabara Lewis. The Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show is a mood-enhancing, life-affirming start to the day – and after an 18-year run at the Edinburgh Fringe and an 11-year absence from Brighton, where it began, it is back on the English coast.
By Barbara Lewis • comedy, theatre, year 2025 • Tags: Barbara Lewis, comedy, theatre
Testament. Review by Barbara Lewis. Green Opera’s aim is to put sustainability and nature at its core, while redefining opera for a new era in which art and environmental consciousness unite.
By Barbara Lewis • added recently on London Grip, music, opera, theatre • Tags: Barbara Lewis, music, opera, theatre