Summer Cultural Delights in London

Summer in London: Festivals, Theatre, and Exhibitions overview

London's summer offers a variety of cultural experiences including the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, theatrical productions like Player Kings and Hello, Dolly!, and exhibitions such as Fragile Beauty and NAOMI: In Fashion at the V&A.

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• This summer, London’s cultural calendar is busier than ever, with a range of exhibitions, festivals, concerts and shows to suit every age and interest.
• Here, we list our top recommendations for what to see and do in the city over the summer months.
• The enduring romance of the English garden means an annual array of summer festivals to celebrate them.
• The most prestigious — the RHS Chelsea Flower Show — will run from May 21st to 25th, with individual garden designs, floral artwork and garden-related shopping from greenhouses to pot plants.
• Overlapping the flower show is Belgravia in Bloom, from May 20th to 27th, when shopfronts, street corners and hotel lobbies — including COMO The Halkin — will be transformed with floral displays in keeping with this year’s theme; ‘Floral Fun and Games’.
• If you can’t make those dates, the Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival — also run by the Royal Horticultural Society — is from July 2nd to 7th.
• It has a similar set-up but takes place in the spectacular grounds of the Tudor-era Hampton Court Palace.
• The play everyone is talking about right now is Player Kings; a new adaptation of Shakespeare’s Henry IV at the Noel Coward theatre.
• It’s directed by Olivier Award-winner Robert Icke, and stars Sir Ian McKellen as the fickle knight, Sir John Falstaff.
• Tickets are available now, with the run ending on June 22nd.

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