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The producers of The Mongol Khan, Esunmunkh Myagmar, Amundra Amartuvshin, Bayra Bela, Unurmaa Janchiv and Oliver King, are bringing a team of world class UK creatives together for the London staging in November, working alongside venerated Mongolian Director, Hero Baatar. Performances will run from 17 November until 3 December at the London Coliseum.
Event of the Week
Adrian Brown is not only known for his fine performances of orchestral music, especially Elgar, but audiences appreciate his concerts for the fascinating introductions he gives to the music to be played. The forthcoming Elgar Sinfonia Concert on 26 November (16.30), at St Andrew’s Church Holborn, is no exception and even more interesting in that, as last October with Elgar’s First Symphony, Adrian will spend the first half of the concert going into the history, the composition and Elgar’s process of writing his Second Symphony.
Music of the Week
Over 30 new portraits, painted at David Hockney’s Normandy studio between 2021 and 2022, are on display for the first time at the National Portrait Gallery’s new exhibition David Hockney: Drawing from Life.
Exhibition of the Week
Following a world premiere in New York, Annie Baker’s new play Infinite Life will have its UK premiere at the Dorfman theatre this November, in a co-production with the National Theatre and Atlantic Theater Company. Infinite Life is a surprisingly funny enquiry into the complexity of suffering, and what it means to desire in a body that’s failing you.