Non-Ordinary Service – Coronet Theatre
Living in south-east London means that Notting Hill can feel as distant and awkward to access as Cornwall or the Shetlands. Even Carnival can’t tempt me these days, but you know what can? The Coronet Theatre. It opened in 1898. Ellen Terry and Sarah Bernhardt have both graced its stage. It’s a bijou Victorian space, rather than grand, but it has the best theatre bar in the UK, maybe the world. Dimly lit, with a sloping floor, it’s a bohemian carnival of vintage charm and maximalist eccentricity. The theatre has an impressively experimental programme. A previous jaunt to The Coronet was to see the lovely Lemm Sissay read from a collection of poems. The streets of Notting Hill were once again witness to my presence due to a contemporary dance piece by a Chuang Po-Hsiang, a critically acclaim...