The West End premiere of Tao of Glass featuring music by Philip Glass and presented by Phelim McDermott comes to @sohoplace for a limited run.

The actor and director Phelim McDermott certainly knows how to tell a story and put on a show, but did the magnificent Tao of Glass have a message or an argument? Mildly stunned after the performan…

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The West End premiere of Tao of Glass featuring music by Philip Glass and presented by Phelim McDermott comes to @sohoplace for a limited run.

The question is pursued with the lightest, humorous touch by the actor, writer and co-director Phelim McDermott. When the show begins, a spotlight falls not

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The West End premiere of Tao of Glass featuring music by Philip Glass and presented by Phelim McDermott comes to @sohoplace for a limited run.

Phelim McDermott brings his playful, profound investigation into the power of music and theatre to London’s Soho Place

Sometimes it appears through a scrap of paper, a repeated piano phrase, an old memory or a moment that almost goes wrong.

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What can a broken glass table, a dismantled piano and Philip Glass's music teach us about creativity? In this reflection on Tao of Glass, Phelim McDermott's remarkable new theatrical memoir, I explore seven lessons I took away from an evening that was as much about memory as music. McDermott's blend of storytelling, philosophy, puppetry and Glass's compositions prompted me to reflect on my own lifelong relationship with the composer's work, from discovering Koyaanisqatsi and Glassworks as a student to cycling through London's extraordinary summer of 2026 with Glass's music in my ears. Along the way, I consider unfinished artistic projects, Japanese kintsugi, the power of theatre to transform everyday objects, and why certain works of art continue to change their meaning throughout our lives.

‘Tao of Glass’ is somewhere between play and performance art, a mix of memoir, meditation and music. It’s a show only actor-director Phelim McDermott could create, and probably only now. It brings …

Phelim McDermott brings his playful, profound investigation into the power of music and theatre to London’s Soho Place

This multifaceted and intensely personal homage to – and collaboration with – composer Philip Glass is a transcendent tapestry suffused with joy and wonder.

This multifaceted and intensely personal homage to – and collaboration with – composer Philip Glass is a transcendent tapestry suffused with joy and wonder.