Over Xmas my family & friends kept me busy by arranging trips out! This included a visit to Berners Tavern, (part of Edition Hotel previously reviewed here), a visit to The Vaudeville Theatre to see The Duck House and a visit to The Opera Tavern in Covent Garden. All enjoyable in their different ways and…
It’s hard to be hugely positive about the year ahead, or indeed about anything, in these gloomy days of January but we wanted to tell everyone to keep their chins up because 2014 looks set to be a really exciting year! There are so many massive events going on this year: some we see every…
Recently, we’ve been running a series of posts, under the title ‘Access To Art’, which have looked at accessibility in the world of art. This week we were a little bit unsure about whether or not we should demean our subtitle by using it for a feature on accessible pantomimes. In the end we decided…
British theatres outside of London are a real recent success story, blossoming in the face of adversity. With cuts to arts programmes going on at the same time that potential customers are being hit by tough financial ciircumstances, it’s been a difficult time for them. With David Cameron promising to continue austerity policies it doesn’t…
London’s theatres have, by and large, put in a lot of work to achieve a greater level of accessibility. Lamentably, there are still some exceptions which, without wanting to name names (but doing so anyway), include the New London Theatre on Drury Lane. Fortunately, these instances are rarer and rarer occurrences with modern theatre embracing disability…
You may or may not know London Cocktail Week started on Monday. Unfortunately, much as I’d like to, I haven’t been able to drop everything and spend the last few days in a Martini-fueled haze, wheeling around the city and enjoying the festivities. Instead, for much of the first few days of LCW, I’ve been holed…
It’s time for another reader review in our BBS Reader’s Week. This time it’s the Edinburgh Festival/Fringe experience courtesy of Stella Benson: As I previously mentioned I have just been to the Edinburgh Festival. I went to both Festival and Fringe events. I am a bilateral below the knee amputee. I found everyone in Edinburgh…
The Lowry Building is a comprehensive art and entertainment venue in Salford Quays, Greater Manchester. The Lowry houses two main theatres and studio space for performing arts (The Lyric 1,730, The Quays 466 and The Studio 180 seats respectively). It brings visual and performing arts – from opera to stand up comedy – together in one stunningly…
The Electric Cinema is on Portobello Road, in Notting Hill and is a restaurant and a cinema – both of which are disabled accessible, apparently. It’s a charming independent cinema – a real joy in a world full of same old multiplex chains. Instead of standard cinema seats, they have armchairs, sofas and even some…