Get a taste of Roman Cuisine at the British Museum
16th May 2013
Those staying in London hotels this week and struggling to find a place to eat might find their appetites whet by the latest offering from the Brit...
Don't miss The Hothouse at Trafalgar Studios
16th May 2013
Harold Pinter's The Hothouse opened at Trafalgar Studios earlier this month, and this star-studded production of the macabre black comedy has already received glowing reviews. Fans of British theatre who fancy a trip to the West End this summer should seize the opportunity to catch some classic Pinter at a cosy, contemporary venue.
The Hothouse was written in 1953 but after the commercial failure of his previous play, The Birthday Party, Pinter put it aside. After finally being staged and published in 1980, the play quickly earned renown as a biting and prescient political satire.
Set on Christmas day in a mental institution where inmates are at the mercy of a deranged leader and his deluded staff, Time Out describes The Hothouse as "a pleasingly deranged, Orton-esque hybrid of old fashioned English farce and Pinter's brutal '80s satires".
Directed by Jamie Lloyd, the stellar cast includes legendary stage actor Simon Russell Beale and John Simm, who television audiences will recogni...
