I have tried and tried to find some solution to the quandary of what to do special on St Valentine’s day during the lockdown in Greenwich and the only thing that I have come up with is an online romantic concert streamed by the Blackheath Halls.
If you stick to the rules (as we all should) then unless you are happily married or living with your special someone, then a nice evening in with a lovely meal and a few glasses of wine is going to be an easy option during the lockdown. Unfortunately, if you are single and living on your own and have that someone special in your life then getting the person you love to pop around for an intimate meal and other intimacies is against the rules. Although if your young and in love I don’t think the rules are going to stop you.
If you are interested in an evening of intimate loving, food, wine, and entertainment, and you have a passion for classical music and culture then you can watch on Sunday 14th February at 19:30, the online stream of LOVE: Brahms Liebeslieder-Waltzer, Op. 52 & 65 for £10 per household by booking online from the link: https://www.blackheathhalls.com/whats-on/love-brahms-liebeslieder-waltzer-op-52-65-2/
Hopefully this Covid mess will be sorted out by next year and we can all get back to the restaurants to celebrate St Valentines as usual with the special one we love and care about.
See the events page on the 14th February for more details of the St Valentines day concert by the Blackheath Halls.

RAUNCHY SEX, Nudity, BAD LANGUAGE and DRAGONS (Bet that got your attention). No, it is not another episode of Game of Thrones but just another month of lockdown entertainment in Greenwich.
Calm down it’s not what you think. Since all the theatres are shut, some entrepreneurial theatres are putting on plays and performances online and streaming the performances on a ticket per device purchase basis. One of the plays being put on from the Greenwich theatre is Manimals a raunchy about a niche dating genre.
Does it have dragons in it I hear you ask. No that is my second item, because from Friday 12th February for 16 days the Chinese community will be celebrating Chinese New Year 2021 and although it is the year of the Ox and NOT the year of the dragon, every year is celebrated with the famous dragon dance.
Check out my website link below to get more details and ways to partake in the events and performances.

Manimals by Michelle Hudson

A sexually charged, raunchy play about a female games designers dating experience with Manimals – men who pose with exotic animals in their dating profiles.
The paly warning state sexually explicit content, nudity and bad language so not one to watch with granny or the kids.
This is an audience participation play that they recommend is best partaken on a one-to-one experience rather than in groups.
See events calendar for more details.
A raunchy audience interaction play by Michelle Hudson about the dating experiences of a female singleton dating Manimals – men Who pose with exotic animals in their dating profiles.
Warning
Sexually explicit content/nudity warning, strong language, use of balloons, audience interaction. Above 18s only.

See events calendar for details.

Chinese New Year Celebrations 2021.

Yes, it is that time of the year again on February 12th it will be Chinese New Year 2021 and the start of the year of the Ox, where the Chinese community start 16 days of celebrations.
Of course, this year unlike previous years, you will not be seeing dragon dancers performing down by the Cutty Sark. Instead, Royal Museums Greenwich will be having free online celebrations and performances on Saturday, February 13th from 4 pm on their Facebook page.
Royal Museum Greenwich Facebook page: (2) Royal Museums Greenwich | Facebook

See events calendar for more details.

February 3rd, 10th, 17th, and 24th. Share a tea break with fellow like-minded culture vultures and discuss films, TV shows, books, and opera performances, and concerts that you may have seen.

If you want to listen in or chat about the arts and culture, then why not join in the Zoom meeting with a nice cuppa.

For more details see the events calendar in the ‘what’s on’ section of the menu.

Well, there you go. Ringing in the new year 2021 while wishing good riddance to 2020, celebrated with the usual pyrotechnic display but this time from various clandestine locations along the Thames, including one at Greenwich just by the O2.

This time with the addition of precision drone formations creating spectacular aerial displays that I personally thought outshone the actual firework displays. I hope we see more such displays in the future.

To say 2020 has been a shit year would be an understatement in most people’s eyes, and we can only hope that throughout 2021 things will gradually get back to a sense of normality.