At the beginning and the end of my big adventure I will have a few nights in London.
I will save most of the art galleries and museums for the next UK journey. These are places GJ and I should go together. However, my London to do list does include the Victoria & Albert Museum, which has a number of very interesting exhibits on while I am there including Frida Kahlo: Making Herself Up.
My travel companion told me about Dennis Severs’ House. Part theatre performance, part museum, part art gallery, it sounds like a feast for all of the senses.
One of the London experiences I am most excited about is visiting Highgate Cemetery – not to find famous graves, but for the beauty, solemnity, architecture, and grace. Perhaps I will stumble upon a relative or two.
I will be popping back up to London for two nights in the middle of the trip to rendezvous with my sister who will be briefly in London en route to Dorset. She wants to take me to Camden Market, just for fun!
And for a treat, I would love to visit The Grapes pub, perhaps on quiz night!
I would be thrilled and delighted to find Charles Adrian performing while we are there. His performance, as Ms Samantha Mann, Stories of Love, Death & A Rabbit was one of my most favourite theatre experiences.
And last but not least, I would love to visit Dorothy Circus Gallery. It shows the weird and the wondrous, and I think GJ should show there!
All London suggestions are welcome! Especially art, theatre, puppetry, vegetarian cuisine…
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Camden Market is fun.
The V+A is like an attic crammed with four million pieces of neat junk that they take out and show from time to time. They also run the Museum of Childhood in Bethnal Green that is worth a look.
As for puppets, I am going to a show at the Puppet Theatre Barge in Richmond, and there is a puppet shop called Puppet Planet in Clapham that looks interesting. The Little Angel Theatre in Islington is a theatre devoted entirely to puppetry but it is only running children’s shows. https://www.puppetbarge.com/ https://puppetplanet.co.uk/ https://littleangeltheatre.com/
Thanks Brian!
You could also visit the theatre of Small Convenience in Malvern, near Worcester, not far (25 miles?) from Chipping Campden. World’s smallest commercial theatre. Run by a local mad puppeteer. http://www.wctheatre.co.uk/
What happened to my other reply? Puppet Barge, Puppet Planet, Little Angel Theatre, Museum of Childhood.
Highgate cemetery was by far the highlight of our stay in London, I will post some pictures of it one day. Kate and I also went to Dennis Severs house, I think you would like it.
Thanks Ina! What an adventure you had! My travel companion Willow is determined to go to Dennis Severs’ House. Did you guys book ahead or just when you were there? Also for Highgate, did you just do the East Cemetery, or opt for a tour of the West? xxoo