Brit of a celebration
	3:09pm Thu 3 Jul 08
	It's a sure sign of summer when suddenly it becomes acceptable to wave Union Jacks in public.

Many strings to his Boe

8:35am Thursday 3rd April 2008

Alfie Boe has had a very busy schedule for the past year - and it's about to get even busier.

	Lake's Heaven
	5:14pm Wed 2 Apr 08
	Plenty has happened since the last time local-boy-done-good Benjamin Lake made a local appearance at the Adrian Mann Theatre.

	Bowing places - Epsom Symphony Orchestra welcomes back young violinist
	10:29am Fri 14 Mar 08
	Precocious young talent makes first public appearance aged six, gets first whiff of alcohol at eight, is honking on a crack pipe at 10 and in rehab by 12, primed for an adolescence of redemption and a my wild years are behind me' autobiography. Then they spawn and away we go again.

	Gilbert & Sullivan return to Normansfield Theatre
	11:44am Thu 28 Feb 08
	When Anthony Baker first walked into Normansfield Hospital Theatre, it was as the proverbial child in a sweetshop.

	Royal Philharmonic Orchestra celebrates in Wimbledon
	1:56pm Tue 12 Feb 08
	As the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra pump out Mussorgsky's monumental Pictures at an Exhibition at New Wimbledon Theatre this Sunday, it will not be without a sense of relief.

	Mozart Ensemble light up Leatherhead
	8:56pm Wed 6 Feb 08
	Valentine's day may be next Thursday, but Leatherhead Theatre's classical concert this weekend promises to have a romantic atmosphere to it, as the English Mozart Ensemble (EME) play one of their Concerts By Candlelight.

	Fibonacci fit to try out trio
	6:35pm Wed 30 Jan 08
	As chamber ensembles go, horn, oboe and piano is not exactly the commonest trio, nor would such a trio find themselves overfurnished in the repertoire department. So if anyone is to take on the task, it is the Fibonacci Sequence, one of the best ensembles in the business.

	Eastern European promise in West London
	4:55pm Fri 25 Jan 08
	Travel magazines are full of ideas for cheap trips to Eastern Europe. But why suffer two hours in cattle class on a budget airline when £6 will buy you a night of Lithuanian magic here at home?

State of the Arts

4:32pm Thursday 24th January 2008

When the great and good of the arts world assembled to give the Arts Council a piece of their mind over its new funding strategy, it was no coincidence they did so at the Young Vic.