About Franco Milazzo

Franco Milazzo

Franco was born in the northern outskirts of Enfield but has since migrated inland. London has been part of his life now for longer than almost anything else: any band, any other city, any girl. When not being a dark, swarthy Sicilian stereotype, he can be found exploring London’s cultural underbelly especially all things cabaret related.

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Readers Wifes Fan Club

Review: Readers Wifes Fan Club @ RVT

Nostalgia isn’t what is used to be but Duckie’s experimental pop-art-performance show The Readers Wifes Fan Club gives us a taster of what is what like at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern for the pre-YouTube generation.

Sarah Angliss aka Spacedog

Preview: Sarah Angliss @ Last Tuesday Society

Sarah Angliss brings more steampunk strangeness to London next month with Talking Canaries & The Voices Of The Dead, a talk and demonstration at the Last Tuesday Society.

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Last Minute Listing: Laboratory Dance Project @ The Place

It’s Oldboy meets old skool for one night only as South Korean dance troupe Laboratory Dance Project take to the stage tonight at The Place.  Making its UK debut via Europe and North America, their high energy acrobatic dance works combine modern choreography with hip …

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Last Minute Listing: Curiouser and Curiouser @ Old Vic Tunnels

For this weekend only ubercool venue Old Vic Tunnels is hosting Curiouser and Curiouser, a collection of strange and wonderful artwork co-ordinated and set up by submit2gravity which aims to put art into alternative spaces.  The acorn behind this great oak of an exhibition was …

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Dance Review: Balé de Rua @ Peacock Theatre

Following on from the terrific Tanguera earlier this year, Balé de Rua brings more South American twinkletoes action to Sadlers Wells. The Brazilian community project-cum-dance troupe are back in London, this time at the Peacock Theatre with some explosive moves and more than a nod …

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Review: Auricular @ Theatre503

Oliver J Hembrough and Ffion Jolly, Tick TockPhoto (c) Simon Kane These days, most radio may be gaga but there’s life in audio drama yet as Auricular handily proves. For Theatre503, Faith Collingwood and Jacqui Honess-Martin have mashed together theatre conventions and radio effects to …

Our own concoction: the Big Mac-aroon.

Review: Waitrose Cookery School

If you’re still on the hunt for Christmas pressies for foodie friends or family or you want to know what to do with Boxing Day leftovers, you may want to check out the new Waitrose Cookery School, a first for the premium supermarket chain which …

Refettorio

Restaurant Review: Truffle Menu @ Refettorio

Tis the season to be jolly, especially for lovers of pig-found pleasures as Giorgio Locatelli’s Refettorio launches its white truffle promotion. Refettorio have sensibly decided to offer the truffle dishes as specials so that those who just want to dip their beak can choose to …

The Snowman at the Peacock Theatre

Preview: The Snowman @ Peacock Theatre

We might not get snow on Christmas Day this year but we will get seasonal favourite The Snowman again. Back in London for the thirteenth consecutive year, this family favourite returns with a live orchestra, dancing penguins, a snow princess, some chap called Father Christmas …

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Review: Music Through Unconditional Means @ Southbank

Beatboxer extraordinaire Shlomo has come a long way in a short time. He studied astrophysics before touring the world, has played to billions at the Athens Olympics and has been appointed one of Southbank Centre’s Artists In Residence. As part of this role, he launched …