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The world-famous Harlem Globetrotters are bringing their newly reimagined tour to the UK this month. As part of a ten-date schedule, they will appear at London’s OVO Arena in Wembley on Monday 19 February. Fans can expect to see unsurpassed basketball wizardry night after night. For over 95 years, the Harlem Globetrotters have been committed to spreading joy through their artful athleticism.
Event of the Week
Directed by Tony Award-winning Bartlett Sher, hit musical sensation The King & I has returned to London’s West End, starring Helen George, making her West End debut as Anna, reunited with Broadway and film actor Darren Lee, who played The King on Broadway. Helen is known to millions as Trixie Franklin in the BBC’s Call The Midwife.
Music of the Week
Tucked away in a corner at Covent Garden Piazza, the London Transport Museum is both hidden gem and a Tardis-like space replete with historic omnibuses, hackney carriages, miniature steam trains, live children and vintage artworks. The museum recently opened the Global Poster Gallery, a permanent gallery dedicated to the history of poster art and design.
Exhibition of the Week
Written by Jack Thorne and directed by Sam Mendes, The Motive and The Cue is inspired by the making of Richard Burton and Sir John Gielgud’s landmark Broadway production of Hamlet in 1964. It is playing for a limited run at the Noël Coward Theatre until 23 March.