Nancy Durrant

A bunch of things that gave me joy at the Venice Biennale @labiennale 1, 2, Anish Kapoor, Palazzo Manfrin 3 Otobong Nkanga and Godfried Donkor at @gallery1957 dinner at Corte Sconta 4 Lubaina Himid, British Pavilion 5 Amoako Boafo, Palazzo Grimani 6 Street view 7, 8 Fiona Pardington, Aotearoa New Zealand Pavilion 9 Matthew Wong, Palazzo Tiepolo Passi 10 Rosana Paulino, Brazil Pavilion 11 Mohammed Johar, In Minor Keys 12 Amina Agueznay, Morocco Pavilion 13 Haitham Al Busafi, Oman Pavilion 14 Giardino Mistico, Holy See Pavilion 15 Michael Armitage, Palazzo Grassi 16, 17 Sara Shamma, Syria Pavilion 18 Simone Post’s candy ‘Murano’ chandeliers, Still Joy – From Ukraine into the World, Palazzo Contarini Polignac 19 an excellent last lunch before the flight home at Ristorante Sant’Angelo 💙 Thanks @mr.sam.talbot for facilitating!

Calling all artists or collectives (any medium) inspired by Black musical artists, forms and genres from across the Americas (specific? Sure but it could be you)! 📸 credit below . Following the British Library’s 2024 exhibition Beyond the Bassline: 500 Years of Black British Music, the Eccles Institute is offering the opportunity for a creative to immerse themselves in the Library’s collections of Black music from the Americas, and create new work in any art form based on what they discover. An initial period of collections-focussed research and development based at the British Library from September 2026 will be followed by a period for the creative fellow to create a new body of work, learn new skills and develop a public engagement programme to share the output of the fellowship in collaboration with the Eccles Institute team. Stipend of £7,500 and production/public engagement budget of up to £3,000 - details on the website, search for “British library black music Americas creative fellowship opportunity”. Thanks Nadine Patel for the heads up. . 📸 Installation shot of the exhibition Beyond the Bassline: 500 Years of Black British Music held at the British Library in 2024. © Terna Jogo, 2024

As director Ted Huffman takes over as Artistic Director of the Aix-en-Provence Festival, he speaks about the importance of prioritising new work and his new interpretation of Tosca for Glyndebourne. Read the full feature online or in the Summer issue of Opera Now!

Hello! We’re The London Theatre Review Podcast 👋 With co-hosts @nancydurrant @nickcurtis2000 and @mrnickclark on hand with the latest news, honest reviews and big name interviews from the world of London theatre. Be sure to subscribe to London’s premiere weekly theater reviews podcast, follow us on Instagram and Youtube! Produced by Tim Bano

Great to be at the opening of David Bowie: You’re Not Alone @_lightroomldn - so many songs I’d forgotten about to dig out again (including I’m Afraid of Americans which I’m surprised not to have heard more recently). Lovely to see you @jakeshears and thank you @stephdittmer x

Great night celebrating the @genesis_fndn with @stephdittmer - such an amazing organisation working with artists and organisations from @avapickett_ to @royalacademyarts to help enrich the arts from the start of careers and not just when they get fancy. Thanks to @royalcourttheatre and @mrdavebyrne for hosting

Working hard for the next season of the podcast! Coming soon… #london #theatre . @nickcurtis2000 @mrnickclark @nancydurrant

Will the real Eva Peron please stand up? The fantastic four @nancydurrant @nickcurtis2000 @mrnickclark and @tdpbano all gathered in the wee hours of the morning to give their verdict on the winners, the losers, the dramas and the dresses from the 2026 Olivier Awards. Catch the whole Oliviers recap available for your 👂 everywhere you listen to podcasts and for your 👀 on YouTube. #theatre #westend #olivierawards

Check out our special (hasty) Olivier Awards episode! Link in bio and find us on YouTube . #olivierawards #london #theatre #londontheatre

The fifth season comes to an end with two big shows. Comment “PODCAST” and we’ll send you the link to the episode. 🌟 Noah Jupe and Sadie Sink, play Shakespeare’s star crossed lovers in Robert Icke’s take on Romeo and Juliet at the @haroldpintertheatre 🌟 Aidan Turner and the peerless Lesley Manville revive Les Liaisons Dangereuses at the @nationaltheatre under director Marianne Elliott 🌟 Nick Curtis talks to veteran stage and screen actor Henry Goodman about his return to Arthur Miller for a revival of @thepriceldn as well as what it was like to actually work with Miller. 🌟 Eleanor Worthington-Cox @elle_wc answers five questions including one of the best (or maybe worst) onstage mishaps we’ve heard so far 👀 🫣 We’ll be back soon for another season...in the meantime there may be some bonus content dropping into your feeds on Instagram and Youtube 😉