😂 part-timer! 😂 Great work, buddy. See you Saturday!

Great first show last night. Show #2 this evening. And the sun is shining again ☀️🌞

Today is the last day of our brief but jam packed season here at West Green House. Another beautiful summers day and the second, and final, performance of Rossini’s Barber of Seville.

Moments after our final show of the 2024 West Green season. What a wonderful year it’s been!!

Final night of Barber of Seville West Green House Opera last night. Bravi to the whole team for a great show - Victoria, Laura, Penny, Tom, our fab cast and chorus, my brilliant colleagues in the orchestra led by Matt Scrivener, and the brill Berrak on continuo, repping and assisting!

A complete delight: Victoria Newlyn's new production of Rossini's The Barber of Seville at West Green House Opera, conductor Matthew Kofi Waldren with Dominic Sedgwick, Nico Darmanin, Katie Bray, Grant Doyle. My opera review: planethugill.com/2024/07/confid…

We’re looking for a trainee music teacher for September. If you’re a Music Graduate come and train to teach with us! Bursary available. Get in touch for more details.

🤝 "No, let nothing separate us!" Celebrating #InternationalFriendshipDay with the friendship duet from Bizet's The Pearl Fishers — a friendship which (*spoiler*) doesn't end all too well... With Nico Darmanin, Quirijn de Lang and our Orchestra under Matthew Kofi Waldren

📢 We’re seeking applications from music creators of a Global Majority background working in any genre for our next #ONResonance residency. Are you interested in testing an exciting new possibility, telling a story through music, and more? Apply 👇 operanorth.co.uk/news/open-call…

Another nice write-up of our Barber of Seville ⁦West Green House Opera⁩ that closed last Sunday. 5 ⭐️ musicomh.com/classical/revi…

Zaf is a taxi driver. He’s born and bred Sunderland He broke down when he described the hate he’d received This was seconds before racial slurs were thrown, telling him to “go back to his own country” A short clip. Hard, but important, so please watch

A statement from Tara Theatre

Following a week of public disorder after the horrendous attack in Southport, #Ealing Council leader Peter Mason says “Ealing is a diverse and united community. We have no time or tolerance for those that try to divide us. " aroundealing.com/news/statement…

Picked up a nasty virus for a bit there, coming back up for air to the lovely news that we have 6 juvenile Kestels recorded at #WarrenFarmNR 🥰When birds of prey arrive & stay you know you have a very special place indeed🌸Their restaurant is a Local Nature Reserve in waiting☺️💚

'It's the stupidest element of this entire conversation.' James O'Brien rubbishes the 'nonsensical notion' that people who speak up against racism 'have no idea what it's really like.'

We opened the doors of the mosque a week after protesters came outside, and we invited them to come and talk with us. The event went amazingly well, some of those who protested were here, in addition to many other curios members of our society. We were asked tough questions

The bees have been buzzing in our lavender, but one very loud bumble has been repeatedly returning to our roses for the past few days!

I may be leaving X soon, or at least using it much less. But, in the meantime here is a photo of the meagre produce my veg patch is producing. Some tomatoes, ONE cucumber, and an abundance of nasturtium! 😂

This will be fun!