Art, Theatre, Music & Shows

The Lassus Scholars directed by Dr Ite O'Donovan, an adult chamber choir of Dublin Choral Foundation CLG, are in Rome this week providing all the sacred music for the Third International Conference of English-speaking Catholic Clergy , between Monday 13 January and Friday 17 January. The invitation to sing at the conference came from the Australian Confraternity, the organisers of the week-long ev... Read More

This little gem of an exhibition focuses on the relationship between the three great giants of the Renaissance, Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael and compliments the King's Gallery exuberant display of Renaissance Drawings. (See ICN https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51203 ) The curators worked closely with The Royal Collection and exhibit ten Leonardo drawings and Raphael's drawing of a copy o... Read More

Members of the Catholic Association of Performing Arts (CaAPA) gathered for their Christmas party in Covent Garden on Wednesday evening. Introduced by Michael Slater, CaAPA chaplain, Fr Denis Touw gave a beautiful Nativity Gospel reading. Jane Spencer-Prior performed a Christmas poem with lively audience participation. Jonathan Coote read a poignant passage from Charles Dicken's A Christmas Carol.... Read More

The Redemptorists of Oceania are proud to share a heartwarming Christmas message through their original song and video: Season of Peace. This unique production offers a glimpse of Christmas in Bourke, a small town in the Australian outback. Bourke is a place where white Australians live alongside a large Aboriginal Australian community, now joined by Timorese workers at the local abattoir and Indi... Read More

Bethlehem artist Lina Sleibi, together with London musicians, have released a Christmas 2024 song of hope from the town where Jesus was born over 2,000 years ago. Like last year, no festive lights and fancy decorations will illuminate the night skies of the Holy Land this Christmas. In response to this, Lina Sleibi with Cherrie Anderson from Ooberfuse, insist that when all is said and done, only l... Read More

Gospel of 13 December 2024 Matthew 11:16-19 At that time: Jesus said to the crowd: 'To what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the market-places and calling to their playmates, "We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn." 'For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, "He has a demon." The Son of Man came eati... Read More

Radio Maria invites you to their unique Nativity Radio Drama - an evening of live storytelling, music and festive cheer, bringing the wonder of the Nativity to life for audiences of all ages. The programme is also being broadcast. Set in Blackfriars Hall at the Rosary Shrine, St Dominic's Priory, Southampton Road, London NW5 4LB, this unique event combines the joy of community with the magic of t... Read More

The Aid to the Church in Need Carol Service takes place on Wednesday, 11th December, 7pm at the London Oratory, Brompton Road, SW7 2RP. The evening promises to be a beautiful celebration anticipating the birth of Christ, drawing on some of the best-loved traditional music and scripture. Charles Cole, Director of the Schola Cantorum of the London Oratory School, will conduct the 50-strong choir for... Read More

'Drawing the Italian Renaissance' is the largest display of drawings from 1450-1600 ever exhibited in the UK. During this period drawing developed from being a workshop practice to an art form. 160 works by over 80 Italian artists including, the great masters, are currently exhibited at the King's Gallery in a stunning show. Some exhibits have never been viewed before. The Royal Collection has one... Read More

At a time when the world is in desperate need to re-acquaint itself with the revolutionary teachings of the Gospel - and a liberal dose of good cheer at the same time - here's some Good News. A hilarious early farce by the late Nobel Laureate Dario Fo is currently playing in West London. One Was Nude And One Wore Tails (1958) resonates with Beckett's Waiting for Godot and Endgame in that it has tw... Read More

The story of Anthony Ray Hinton who spent years on death row for crimes he didn't commit, is the subject of an oratorio composed by Harvey Brough and performed by Vox Holloway Community Choir. Last July, the choir produced a radio programme on the show that was broadcast to every prison in the UK. Now the BBC plans to air it on Sunday 10 November - details below - do listen if you can. It features... Read More

Van Gogh wrote to his brother that: "The painter of the future is a colourist such as there hasn't been before." The vibrant Van Gogh display of 61 glorious pictures in six rooms perfectly epitomises this dictum. Marking the 200th anniversary of the National Gallery this is the star exhibition of the year, examining the artist's creativity towards the end of his life from 1880 -90 when he went to ... Read More

The long-awaited third annual Chopin Festival took place at the Polish Social and Cultural Centre (POSK) in Hammersmith last Saturday, with an impressive program, beautifully organised by Janusz Sikora-Sikorski. Besides a classical concert of Chopin's music performed in the POSK Theatre, on their brand new Steinway, by two world class pianists: Aleksandra Swigut and Piotr Pawlak, together with ris... Read More

Dr Husan Zomlot, the Palestinian Ambassador to the UK, said he found it hard to contain his anger and his grief, not least against those who could still justify and actively support 'History's first live-streamed genocide in Gaza.' Dr Zomlot made his comments at the culmination of a hugely moving and harrowing 'Gaza Requiem' in Westminster Central Hall, organised by the Amos Trust on Monday, 21st ... Read More