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RENT OPENS IN OCTOBER
Chris Harper Productions and Sonia
Friedman Productions, in association
with Hope Mill Theatre, are to present
the new production of Jonathan Larson’s
Tony Award® and Pulitzer Prize winning
musical Rent, directed by Olivier Award
winner Luke Sheppard.
Celebrating 30 years since the
musical premiered on Broadway, Rent
will begin performances at the Tom
Stoppard Theatre (currently named the
Duke of York’s Theatre) on 26 September
with an opening night on 8 October. The
production is booking until 27 March.
Set in New York's East Village, Rent
follows a group of young artists,
musicians and friends, navigating love,
ambition and creativity while trying to
build lives on their own terms. Inspired
by Puccini's La Bohème, this iconic
musical captures the joy, uncertainty and
resilience of a generation determined to
make every moment count.
Featuring an unforgettable score and
a story that continues to resonate, Rent
is a powerful celebration of community,
connection and a call to live every
minute as if it were your last. No day
but today.
Jay Arenski.
AUTUMN DECORATIVE FAIR
AT BATTERSEA PARK
The Autumn Decorative Fair is back
from Tuesday 29 September to Sunday
5 October at Evolution London, Battersea
Park. The Decorative Fair is the most
hotly anticipated antiques, design and
art fair in the interiors world. For
dealers, it is an opportunity to show off
and sell their latest collections of stock
after months of accumulation. For
decorators and designers, many of
whom are starting on new projects, the
fair provides a multitude of choice for
the structure of their schemes – large
furniture items and seating, mirrors and
lighting always sell well at this time of
year – as well as all the finishing touches.
With 130 dealers taking part, the
event presents buyers with a wealth of
objects of distinction to bring
personality and flair to the home. Every
period of design is offered, from
antiquity to the present day for works of
art, and from the 16th to 20th century for
furniture and decoration.
New participants include Earl &
Rymer (decorative antiques & art and
antique country furniture); and Indigo
Antiques – specialising in oriental,
Chinese and Indian antiques; and
Stephen Kalms Antiques for fine silver.
They join many returning specialist
dealers, who between them offer a very
broad sweep of collectors’ items:
ethnographica, Spanish antiques and
art, contemporary sculpture, vintage
Chinese indigo textiles, Brutalist
artworks, vintage couture jewellery and
bags, treen and folk art, large sets of
antique prints, British studio potters
Lucie Rie and Hans Coper, delftware, the
male form in art, African modernism, art
nouveau glass, antique and vintage
maps, antique painted European
furniture, fine antique silver, antique
frames (for art or mirrors), post-war
British & Scandinavian jewellery, antique
blue and white English china and even
vintage watches. The foyer display is
themed around furniture and decoration
from the period spanning the lifetime of
John Vanbrugh (1664-1726), architect,
designer and dramatist, whose
tercentenary is marked this year.
The Autumn fair at Battersea plays
host to Tribal Art London on the
Mezzanine, which brings together
carefully curated ethnographic works
from across the world. Visitors can
expect a remarkable selection of
sculptures, masks, textiles, and ritual
objects, each offering a unique insight
into the artistic traditions and cultural
heritage of diverse societies.
There is a regular courtesy coach
from Sloane Square.
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