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An Arts and Culture Blog...
Welcome to Cultural Capital - an arts and culture blog for the naturally curious. All my own opinions #IMHO! I love arts and culture in many forms from dance and music to theatre and art galleries. Sharing what I've experienced and appreciated - hope you enjoy =)
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Quarantine Theatre: National Theatre at Home: Coriolanus
Edgy and energetic - Tom Hiddleston is a blood soaked Coriolanus who moves from war machine and family man avoiding power, whilst...

Whose Culture Matters? A Cultural Zeitgeist Moment and I Don't Know What To Think...
I don't know what to think about the Colston statue or it's dumping in the harbour. I don't know what to think about the cultural impact...

Our House To Your House: The Cellist
Beautifully danced and scored ballet based around the life of Jacqueline du Pre, eminent cellist. The main characters are the cellist...

Quarantine Theatre: National Theatre at Home: This House
It's 1974 and there's a hung Parliament in Britain. MPs, Whips and the Speaker battle it out to get votes and control of...this house and...

Our House to Your House: Anastasia
Amazing Anastasia! This Royal Ballet production is both lyrical and narrative, a danced drama. It is unfortunately based on a made up...

Quarantine Theatre: National Theatre at Home: A Streetcar Named Desire
Imploding the American Dream, Tennessee Williams creates a set of relationships disintegrating and going seriously wrong. A snobblish,...

Quarantine Theatre: National Theatre at Home: The Barber Shop Chronicles
I loved seeing this production live - the film version loses some of the close up intimacy of the stage version, and I'm sure the one I...

Quarantine Theatre: Globe Player: The Two Noble Kinsmen
No idea what's going on in this play. I don't think it's the actors faults - they speak their lines really well, Jude Akuwudike is full...

Quarantine Theatre: Free Sea Wall - Andrew Scott
Not something to watch if you're grieving, but if you have half an hour to spare, don't miss this. A searing emotional monologue from...

Dance @ Home: Our House To Yours: A Winter's Tale
Lyrical, dramatically choreographed and acted out ballet at it's best, I was gripped from beginning to end. The plot is quite convoluted...

Quarantine Theatre: National Theatre at Home: Antony and Cleopatra
(* Some spoilers.*) I was privileged to be able to see this production live; now instead of enjoying this production live and another...

Pockdown! Adventures in Gilbert and Sullivan...with Pocket Theatre
So important at this time to be supporting local businesses and culture - I present Trial by Jury and The Zoo by Pocket Theatre. These...

You Can Dance!
Yesterday I was dancing like Beyonce, with a guy streaming from his lounge who looked like he was wearing his pants... very short shorts,...

Quarantine Theatre: National Theatre at Home: Frankenstein
**(Some spoilers)** Gothic, imaginative and thrilling production of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. You can see both versions for a short...

Our House to Your House: Royal Opera House at Home: Cosi Fan Tutte
I'm not a Mozart fan, but this production shows that opera can be fun! Scheming servants, random relationship testing by going away with...

Opera and Ballet Mash-Up: Handel's Acis and Galatea (The Royal Opera/The Royal Ballet)
I have no clue. There's opera, there's contemporary interpretive ballet in the background, Handel's gorgeously, galloping music, a...

Quarantine Theatre: National Theatre at Home: Treasure Island
(*Some spoilers*) I was confused in the first half hour of this, having mashed up the plots of Kindapped and Treasure Island in my mind,...

Quarantine Theatre: National Theatre at Home: Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre!!!!! (*Some spoilers). This is a fantastically Gothic and elemental version of Jane Eyre, putting the drama back into costume...

Dance @ Home: Our House To Your House - Peter and the Wolf
Ballet with a twist? Why not try the Royal Ballet's Peter and the Wolf. Not just for kids! I'm sure I've seen more Brothers Grimm-type...





