Young and coffee in varying degrees, Sydney born Kat is currently Editor of London based travel review website World Reviewer, and works for Nestoria Australia. Prior to this she was other things. One of those was a dinosaur, another a princess.
The National Theatre continues its run of new, bespoke works designed for the here and now, with 13 (which is the na... [more]
September 11. As soon as the date is mentioned everyone over about seventeen will have their own personal response. So... [more]
The title says it all, but to expand: the work itself is called TeZukA and it's been choreographed by Sidi Larbi Cherk... [more]
Nature. It's big. And all around us. In our faces on a daily basis. But not this kind of nature, the kind that y... [more]
Here's an obscure piece of knowledge for you: Machu Picchu, the spectacularly intact ruins of an ancient Incan city, was... [more]
Diana's wedding dress the one with the big puffed sleeves and the acres of creamy fabric has been on the road for ... [more]
It's forty years since Simon Grey's Butley first came to the West End. Then it was famously directed by Harold Pinter, ... [more]
If you haven't been yet this year, be prepared for something a little more modest than some of the previous pavilions ... [more]
So the acoustics might not be quite as good as those of Venice's La Fenice, where Rigoletto was first premiered, but you... [more]
It's England under Thatcher and career woman, Marleen, has just been promoted to MD of the Top Girls Employment Agency. ... [more]
When was the last time you went to a puppet show? It's probably been a while, which is surprising since 'Being John Mal... [more]
In this instance Fela! doesn't refer to a cheerful cockney chappy, it refers to Fela Anikulapo Kuti, a Nigerian musician... [more]
The latest royal wedding was a couple of months ago, but some stores are still full of cut price Wills and Kate memorabi... [more]
Battersea Park is one of London's coolest venues. It's always hosting something hipster-y. So it shouldn't come as a s... [more]
This summer 'pop-up' is in. There are secret pop up bars and restaurants, pop up sales and now a pop up outdoor cinem... [more]
Music can really build tension. If you don't believe me then try watching Jaws on mute. So it's easy to see why an ope... [more]
Once upon a time, just prior to 1934 shall we say, a man named John Christie worked out what opera had been missing ... [more]
If you ever thought that ballet was dull, then have a look at this man:
His name is Carlos Acosta and he's a Latin ... [more]
Alan Moore is known for several things: mostly his work as an author of comic strips and graphic novels (Watchmen, V f... [more]
I mustn't be as much of a hipster as I was last year 'cause I only just realised that it's Greenwich Summer Sessions o... [more]
Roll up, roll up, ladies and gentlemen and witness a live sporting event to surpass any live sporting event you've ever ... [more]
'A Woman Killed with Kindness' sounds like the title for a modern psychological thriller, or maybe a film by Alfred Hi... [more]
Shakespeare's Globe is a fantastic theatrical experience, but less so when the weather is bad and this is London o... [more]
Fashion is art, darling, and if you don't agree with me then you have no right to tell me that you're interested in fa... [more]
There's something compelling about portraiture; something that sets it apart from art, is that it is inspired by larger ... [more]
The name might not entice you into this exhibition to be totally frank it sounds a bit too obscure and arty if you k... [more]
There are thousands of art events that take place in London each year, and you can't see all of them every year, right... [more]
There's something wonderfully hopeful about the way outdoor theatre and cinema venues are starting to pop up all over ... [more]
If you were born in the middle ages, pre museums, newspapers, radio, TV and the internet, then some of the most wonder... [more]
How long do you think animation has been around? If you thought that Mickey Mouse was the frontrunner in Steamboat Wi... [more]
This opera is totally new, the reason you'll have heard about it is that a video promo for it has gone viral, which is... [more]
Henrik Ibsen was a great towering man of words, a serious playwright, sometimes referred to as 'the father' of moder... [more]
It's OK, The Dude isn't dead, the BFI are doing a retrospective of his work, not of his life.
This is a brillian... [more]
If you thought that this memorable name was the title of a film, starring the attractive Cillian Murphy, then you'd be s... [more]
Boutique? Run?
Surely there's no way for those words to come together in a logical way?
Well, apparently there i... [more]
If you've ever hummed along to the cancan, then you've heard some of Jacques Offenbach's operetta, Orpheus in the Underw... [more]
Simon Callow has 'played' Shakespeare before many times in fact. But never quite like this. Not when it's the bard h... [more]
These days most people's keenest experience of war is the sound of 'Help for Heros' money collecting buckets rattling ... [more]
If you know anything about anything about sailing then you'll have heard of Cowes Week: over 1000 yachts descend on th... [more]
Ballet. In a stadium? Ah, but it's not just any ballet: Romeo and Juliet, with the bombastic score by Prokofiev, is ... [more]
Is The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh a black comedy or a bleak tragedy? Or does it really matter? The impor... [more]
Without being rude, if you don't know who Tracey Emin is and you're over 16 then this review probably isn't for yo... [more]
How do you, as a cool cat who's interested in the latest in art and design, lay your hands on the work of one of the up ... [more]
What was it about dancers that so captivated Edgar Degas? What made him almost base his career around capturing of th... [more]
With a tagline like: Many a good hanging prevented a bad marriage, you know you're in for an evening of mirth at The B... [more]
Anything for an excuse to click on a link to 'The Village Bike' eh? Well in this case the link won't take you to a p... [more]
What happens when you mash up a playwright from 18th Century Venice, The Who and the portly gent from Gavin and Stacey... [more]
Marlowe at the Globe? Surely he and Shakespeare were competitors as well as contemporaries? Or are you one of the cons... [more]
2011 seems to be the year for Hamlets, the West End is rife with them, the National did one, the Globe has one coming ... [more]
None of Shakespeare's lovers have tongues quite so witty as those of Beatrice and Benedick as they banter their way in... [more]
Hamlet is a popular play at the moment. Not sure if it's the dark times, or just a general penchant for ghosts, but the... [more]
There is nothing like a dame, nothing in the world. There is nothing you can name that is anything like a dame. Espe... [more]
A tenner is a hard enough thing to borrow in these austere times, but a tenor might be an even more difficult commodit... [more]
Of all the films ever made, Ghost, the hit film from 1990 in which Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze, the ghost, share t... [more]
This year Regent's Park is going Crazy for You; which is nice isn't it. The people behind the brilliant Open Air Thea... [more]
Cause cιlθbre is a French term that translates to, as you probably guessed, something along the lines of 'famous cause'.... [more]
Surreally brilliant, Franz Kafka wrote some of the world's most questioning and questing tales. Including one entitled ... [more]
If you thought Russian dramas were all emotionally draining sagas involving people with a thousand nicknames then you're... [more]
Who among us wouldn't like to take a jaunt down the yellow brick road toward the shimmering towers of the Emerald City... [more]
What do you get when Cash jams with Blue Suede Shoes? And what would it sound like if Elvis did the vocals for See yo... [more]
Not all TV shows and films spin off well onto the stage. But Yes, Prime Minister is just as hilarious on stage as it ... [more]
What is it about pigs that make them so charming? One minute they're filthy in a field, snouts in the mud rooting aro... [more]
The advertising for The Umbrellas of Cherbourg says it's a French romance that just happens to be sung. There are seve... [more]
How would you feel if you knew someone had placed a bet with a mate that they could 'make something' of you? You'd ... [more]
Blood Brothers isn't a tap shoes and feathers kind of a musical, it's a hard hitting social drama discussing the old n... [more]
Billy Elliott is a boy with a dream. This is a normal sort of opening line for describing the plot of a musical. But... [more]
I'll be honest with you. Before I went to see Jersey Boys I only vaguely knew who Frankie Valli was, and that was b... [more]
What do you think the Wicked Witch of the West was like before she got to the stage with the winged monkeys, the 'my... [more]
Noλl Coward had a wickedly clever mind, and in the case of Blithe Spirit, a rather black sense of humour. Especiall... [more]
There aren't many crime thrillers that run for 20 years in the West End. To run that long a play has to be good enoug... [more]
If the juggernaut of Google holds any sway with you then the fact that Chicago, the musical is the third result that... [more]
Priscilla Queen of the Desert - The Musical might be about a bunch of blokes who like to dress up like birds etc., but... [more]
Les Miserables, or Les Mis., or Les Miz, depending on your background, is a lot more than just the West End's longest ru... [more]
Most of us have heard the tale of Simba's struggle to own his heritage and rise to power in his father's paw-prints, but... [more]
Alright, so it's not actually called "Phantom 2", but that doesn't mean that it isn't. Like all good sequels, at the ... [more]
If you know about ballet, you'll know that the Russian ballet companies have their own way of doing things. They're p... [more]
How ever nice your home is, bare walls can make it look unfinished but where can you see a whole lot of affordable art... [more]
Yes, it's real, and yes, Shrek the Musical is coming to London. To the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.
When you think a... [more]
It's that hump time of winter when it feels like it's been winter forever and you're never going to see the sun EVER aga... [more]
If you've seen National Velvet then you'll know something of the excitement of the Grand National. But however engagi... [more]
Can you believe it but Disney has graced us with the joy and laughter of 50 animated feature length gems, from the innoc... [more]
Do you consider yourself to be a modern day flaneur? Someone who sees interesting things in the world around them, thin... [more]
This is going to be one of the big Barbican exhibitions of 2011 one of those that engages of many levels and that fill... [more]
Franηois Truffaut's films are at the top of the new wave. He was a critic and a critical thinker, then turned film make... [more]
Norman Rockwell is frequently called 'one of the best known' American artists of the 20th Century the person who wrote... [more]
Yes, Shakespeare's The Tempest is an English play though and though, but Cheek by Jowl has a Russian sister company, so ... [more]
Shona Reppe's Cinderella is even more magical than you're regular Cinderella, if that could be possible. The extra magi... [more]
The Blue Room gained fame in London thanks to Nicole Kidman appearing in it. And getting naked in it for Sam Mendes' ve... [more]
Gabriel Orozco finds things and turns them into art. Making things into art is essentially what all artists do, but Oro... [more]
King Lear is a play of all kinds of madnesses, a blind man, a fool, a mad pretending to be mad and Lear, a man driven ma... [more]
Becky Shaw's blind date with Max the wealth manager is a train wreck it doesn't start well because she's late, fluster... [more]
FYI Twisted Tales is 80 minutes with no interval, so even though you might think of Dahl as a children's author, and... [more]
Kiera Knightley is in this play, running at the Comedy Theatre. Some people will need only this information to know whe... [more]
If you want start studded entertainment then this is the one for you it's almost as if the National Theatre has op... [more]
Normally in the world of writing for the stage the old adage about too many chefs is one that should be heeded. But the... [more]
Swan Lake is probably the world's most famous and most favourite ballet. It's atmospheric and beautiful, and shows ... [more]
People like to see the classics when they go to the ballet, your Swan Lake, your Giselle and your Nutcracker sell out ... [more]
Clybourne Park debuted in February 2010 and was a roaring success and a satirical gem when the Royal Court brought it to... [more]
There are several very famous operas about fallen women, but it's unexpected to see the name Anna Nicole Smith along... [more]
There's a lot of colour in the Royal Opera's Barber of Seville. There's a lot of colour in all productions of this comi... [more]
Tuesday the 25th of January is Burns Night, which is a fun night to celebrate even if you're not Scottish. If you're sp... [more]
Sometimes you have to work hard if you want to be in possession of the hottest ticket in old London town. You have to k... [more]
In 'days of yore' pre central heating - winter was a harder time for people than it is today, and some poor souls lite... [more]
Eadweard Muybridge was the man who famously proved that horses can fly. He had the eye of a photographer and the techno... [more]
Christmas dinner isn't Christmas dinner without one or more people donning a paper crown and telling a bad joke or two, ... [more]
However much you fight it winter can put a bit of a dampener on your frolicking in the great outdoors, but there are a f... [more]
Hansel and Gretel is a timely tale for Christmas and one that almost every child knows. What could be more apt than a c... [more]
Dressing up as your favourite cartoon character might seem like something only kids do, but the young people of Japan ha... [more]
If, when you attend the theatre, you have to keep your hand over your mouth to stop yourself from shouting out warnings ... [more]
There are three very persuasive reasons why you should do as much of your Christmas shopping as you can at a one of the ... [more]
Most of the information you need about this event is in the name. If it were called "The Contemporary Art Priced betwee... [more]
Trick or treating is for kids, so unless you're invited to a Hallowe'en party, how are you supposed to welcome in the Al... [more]
Sound: Brring brring
Vision: A phone pressed to the side of an attractively powdered female cheek.
Sound: "Darling, di... [more]
There are hundreds of different things you can do to help support worthy charities, but joining in with the London Night... [more]
When is a petrol station like a cinema?
Probably never. There are few buildings more different to each other than a c... [more]
In American films the drive-in always looks like so much fun a whole lot of teenagers sitting in the back of their car... [more]
The Royal rowing regatta puts Henley on the map, but it's all over very quickly. So to make it worth your while making ... [more]
2009 is the right time for 'Mother Courage and her Children', a play originally penned by Bertolt Brecht in 1939; becaus... [more]
To help ease the passing of summer for the British public the BBC annually organises an eight week audio bonanza celebra... [more]
Each year the theatre season in Regent's Park, held over the balmy evenings of summer, seems to improve on the year befo... [more]
Kew Gardens is definitely the place to come for your outdoors fix of tree lined vistas, fields of bluebells and crocuse... [more]
Lots of humming-for-days-in-your-head songs come from musicals without people realising it, and 'Annie Get your Gun' ha... [more]
Some stories lend themselves directly to the sweeping grandness of an opera house, and Pushkin's novel in verse, Eugene ... [more]
Once relatively inaccessible to any but those inhabiting the upper echelons of society, there's now a way for anyone who... [more]
