Spotlights

Highlights artists, ideas and shared creative journeys - and the many stories that weave through contemporary creative worlds.

Soho Theatre Speaks: The New Language of Stand-Up- Julio Torres, Rohan Joshi, and the Art of Laughing Differently – August 2025

Soho Theatre Speaks: The New Language of Stand-Up- Julio Torres, Rohan Joshi, and the Art of Laughing Differently – August 2025

In the heart of London’s theatre district, Soho Theatre continues to carve out space for comedy that defies convention – where punchlines me...

On September 17th, 2025 1 year ago Rim Alkaiat
Embodied Narratives: Connection and Transformation at Ensemble Festival 2025-July 26 & 27, Royal Victoria Docks – Artists in Conversation

Embodied Narratives: Connection and Transformation at Ensemble Festival 2025-July 26 & 27, Royal Victoria Docks – Artists in Conversation

Ensemble Festival presented by Certain Blacks has grown into a vibrant platform for showcasing innovative and socially engaged performances....

On July 25th, 2025 1 year ago Protima Chatterjee
Feature: Liturgical Loops and Lo-Fi Jazz: A Night with Bastien Keb and Shaun Curtis at the Strongroom Bar, 24th April 2025

Feature: Liturgical Loops and Lo-Fi Jazz: A Night with Bastien Keb and Shaun Curtis at the Strongroom Bar, 24th April 2025

Pushing through the bridge-and-tunnel afterwork crowd clad in city regalia, I headed for the gig space tucked at the back of the Strongroom...

On May 28th, 2025 1 year ago Florence Marling
Feature: In Conversation: Street Photographer Mister Geez – Reigns at Capturing Spontaneous Moments of Urban Life in Multicultural London

Feature: In Conversation: Street Photographer Mister Geez – Reigns at Capturing Spontaneous Moments of Urban Life in Multicultural London

I recently spotted visual artist Gerald Marie-Nelly, also known as Mister Geez at ‘The Other Art Fair’ in Shoreditch and I fell in love with...

On April 2nd, 2025 1 year ago Julia Nelson
Feature: Ceramics and its political agenda

Feature: Ceramics and its political agenda

Unsuspecting, ceramics has long been a medium used by artists to incite political change, or to offer an opinion on the state of the world.

On January 17th, 2025 1 year ago Emma Carys
Feature: The arts have never been afraid of noses

Feature: The arts have never been afraid of noses

You may have scrolled online in the past few years and noticed that more and more influencers, models, and celebs each seem to have the same...

On December 24th, 2024 1 year ago Emma Carys
Feature: Artist Paul Robinson aka LUAP in conversation – the art, intent and impact of his new mural ‘HOPE’ in Bateman’s Row, Shoreditch

Feature: Artist Paul Robinson aka LUAP in conversation – the art, intent and impact of his new mural ‘HOPE’ in Bateman’s Row, Shoreditch

Positioning and posturing, to find the monologue within, this erupt-or, disruptor, Artist Paul Robinson marks a hopeful stage for imbuing pe...

On May 16th, 2024 2 years ago Devika Pararasasinghe
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