The Employees at London鈥檚 Southbank Centre Natalia Kabanow
To beat the winter blues, I have treated myself to two excellent pieces of escapism. , open until 2 March at the Garden Museum, proved a thoroughly engaging exhibition full of great London morsels. Who knew that the city’s Southwark borough once had its own zoo?
I also enjoyed (pictured above) at London’s Southbank Centre last month, directed by 艁ukasz Twarkowski. This mesmerising piece of theatre is based on a book by . It invited audiences to think big 鈥 what does it mean…


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