The Best Female Dancer Award in #NDA23 is presented by Amanda Hill on behalf of #Tendu to Laura Morera of The Royal Ballet Royal Opera House The Royal Ballet

The Outstanding Creative Contribution Award is shared between Bob Crowley for his designs for Like Water for Chocolate and the flamenco guitarist and director Paco Pena for Solera (but Bob Crowley couldn’t attend) #NDA23
Royal Opera House #flamenco

The Outstanding Male Classical Performance Award - sponsored by The London Ballet Circle - is won by Marcelino Sambe (who is also given his award in the same category from #NDA21 ) Royal Opera House London Ballet Circle

The winner of the first award - Best Modern Choreography sponsored by Harlequin
Floors presented by Ivan Putrov - is Ben Duke for Lost Dog’s Ruination #NDA23 #LostDog #BenDuke #HarlequinFloors Lost Dog

Come along this Wednesday April 5 to IKLECTIK
where I'll be reading from Purgatory, my latest book from Strange Attractor with support from Martin McCarrick, Lori E Allen, Mark Pilkington &
Howlround

For more details:
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Wednesday 5 April IKLECTIK

Ken Hollings presents a night of readings from his new book 'Purgatory: Towards the Decay of Meaning' accompanied by live music from Lori E Allen, Martin McCarrick Howlround Mark Pilkington

Tickets here:
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Alessandra Ferri and The Royal Ballet after tonight’s performance of Studio Wayne McGregor’s Woolf Works celebrating the 40th anniversary of her becoming a Principal dancer 🤍

Woolf Works review – Alessandra Ferri goes deeper in Wayne McGregor’s modern masterpiece | Wayne McGregor | The Guardian theguardian.com/stage/2023/mar…

What does your Sunday sound like? 🎵

🎹 William Chase, The Keynote, 1915 bit.ly/3WKQ126

The 'As Above, So Below' podcast features a lengthy interview with me on writing, divination, The Space Oracle and my latest book for Strange Attractor Purgatory. You can find it at spoti.fi/3GKEWrO or at bit.ly/3XvsVgG - with special thanks to MAR

I have donated to @trusselltrust to help them and their network of food banks provide emergency support to people facing hardship and campaign for a future where everyone can afford the essentials. 💚 You can do the same 👉 trusselltrust.org/make-a-donation

The Royal Ballet is saddened by the death of Dame Beryl Grey aged 95, a commanding figure of British ballet since her Swan Lake debut at 15.

📸: Dame Beryl Grey as Odette and John Field as Prince Siegfried in Le Lac des cygnes 1950. Photograph by Roger Wood.

Review: Ruination, Royal Opera House Linbury Studio ★★★★★ Dance troupe Lost Dog reimagine the horrifying myth of Medea as a laugh-out-loud Christmas show – and it’s wonderful timeout.com/london/dance/r…

Party time this Thursday

This is happening this evening - starting at 18.30. Happy Samhain everyone - hope to see you later in the day

People Coming to Twitter to see if WhatsApp is down
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On Monday 31st October I am giving a lecture at the BFI Reuben Library to promote my latest book from Strange Attractor - Purgatory: Towards the Decay of Meaning. Event starts at 18.30 - bit.ly/3Tz2OE2 or bit.ly/3D3dCTO for more details

Ken Hollings leads us into trash Purgatory, via the BFI Reuben Library, unearthing a restless European underground of alchemists, poets, painters, and philosophers.

Books will be available for purchase and signing.

Monday 31 October 18:30
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'Paul Verhoeven's American Futures', my contribution to BBC Radio 4's Archive on 4 slot goes out Saturday September 24 at 20.00 BST, after which it will be available for download. For more details click bbc.in/3LDlTBC or go to my blog bit.ly/3BH0TFr

To mark the opening of the new Sound Bookshop at IKLECTIK I'm giving a short reading from my two most recent books this Wednesday, September 7. DJs Howlround and xname will be joining me at this free event. Details here bit.ly/3TDxGU5