Arts and Culture : Graduation Day at the Barbican

Hi everyone, and a very Happy Saturday to you all.

I'm REALLY excited today, as I'm graduating this afternoon after four wonderful years of study!  I live in the far west of England, but chose to graduate at the Barbican in London, as I'm from London originally, my close family still live there, and it makes for a great day out.  A weekend away is always a bonus, too.  I remember going to a classical music concert at the Barbican when my husband and I were first dating, but that was years ago (Okay, not that long!), and I hadn't realised what a fascinating place it is.  I thought it might be interesting to show you a little about it, and, if you like, they have a dedicated YouTube channel where you can watch more of what goes on there.

Arts and Culture Section Debut

 

Hello and welcome to our new Saturday slot for Arts and Culture.  This section will feature posts concerning elements of the artistic and cultural world, including music, film, theatre, literature, festivals, days out, and anything of interest that might be coming up or going on.  If anyone has anything to add to this section, for example, if there is something going on in your area you’ve enjoyed or you’d like to raise awareness of, please leave a response in the comments section.  We’d love to hear from you.

For this first post, I thought I’d tell you about a couple of recent National Theatre Live (NTL) screenings my daughter and I went to.  The National Theatre (see here for details) has been running nationwide cinema screenings of its current theatre productions, and we were able to ‘go to the theatre’ locally, albeit via a cinema screen, at an affordable price.