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Frank (Gary Amers) and The Diva as Ethel Merman (Russell Whitehead). Photo by Spencer Cartwright

Theatre Review: Frank’s Closet @ Hoxton Hall

Frank (Gary Amers) and The Diva as Ethel Merman (Russell Whitehead). Photo by Spencer Cartwright When Frank’s Closet first opened in London, it featured Paul Daniels as an usher and the lovely Debbie McGee as one of the chorus girls. Such celebrity campery is gone …

Camille O'Sullivan performs as The Dark Angel at the Apollo Theatre from tomorrow

Arts Ahead: What’s On In London 8-14 December

Camille O’Sullivan performs as The Dark Angel at the Apollo Theatre from tomorrow We’ve picked through the endless pantos to give you a more balanced view of London’s cultural scene this week. Sure there’s some damn-fine dames out there; there’s also some ballet, opera, and …

James Earl Jones (Big Daddy) and Adrian Lester (Brick) finally talk. Photo by Nobby Clark

Theatre Review: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof @ Novello Theatre

James Earl Jones (Big Daddy) and Adrian Lester (Brick) finally talk. Photo by Nobby Clark It’s that time of year again. When you head home at Christmas, and those weird old family tensions resurface. Adult siblings behave like kids; your mother-in-law asks when she’ll get …

Mariele Neudecker, 400 Thousand Generations, 2009. Part of the 2009 GSK Contemporary exhibition at the RA which opens tomorrow

Arts Ahead: What’s On In London 2-7 December

Mariele Neudecker, 400 Thousand Generations, 2009. Part of the 2009 GSK Contemporary exhibition at the RA which opens tomorrow Take some time out from dodging rain-showers and buying things for yourself under the guise of Christmas shopping, and take in some of London’s new cultural …

Nation, Mark Ravenhill's Pratchett adaptation opens at the National Theatre tonight

Arts Ahead: What’s On In London 24-30 November

Nation, Mark Ravenhill’s Pratchett adaptation opens at the National Theatre tonight He’s behind you! We know it’s not nearly cold enough outside, but the fact remains, Christmas is creeping into town… Be There First: London Shows Opening Grab some kids, put on your best Christmas …

Marcos Lutyens & Alessandro Marianantoni, "CO2morrow", 2009. Carbon firbre, LED, aluminium, data stream. Courtesy of the artists. Commissioned by the National Trust.

Funky New Art Commission, CO2morrow, for Royal Academy

Marcos Lutyens & Alessandro Marianantoni, “CO2morrow”, 2009. Carbon firbre, LED, aluminium, data stream. Courtesy of the artists. London’s getting a new public art work next month. Eight metres in diameter and called CO2morrow, we’re told is inspired by a zeolite, a brilliantly named “scrubber molecule” …

Lenny Henry as Othello. (Photo by Nobby Clark)

Royal Court Takes Crown at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards

Lenny Henry as Othello. (Photo by Nobby Clark) The Royal Court Theatre won four awards at the 55th London Evening Standard Theatre Awards today, in a ceremony that also saw one of Britain’s most famous comics take the prize for best newcomer. Two hit plays …

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Preview: London Cringe Night

Are you an ex-adolescent? We’re not talking about any teenager who’s just happened to have grown up, but card-carrying, diary-hiding, bad-poetry-writing bundles of hormones. Sure, you might put on a suit every day and hold down a proper job writing reports and jotting notes on …

Tatty Devine

Tatty Devine Sets Up Shop in Seven Dials

Tatty Devine. You can buy our Christmas presents here if you like Londonist’s favourite home-grown jewellery designer (OK, Anna Lou’s pretty cool, but does she have a piece in the Museum of London? No.) has got a new home. And in a fantastic fashionista style, …

What'll it be worth? We just don't know! Take your chances at RCA Secret this week

Arts Ahead: What’s On In London 10-16 November

What’ll it be worth? We just don’t know! Take your chances at RCA Secret this week Our pick of what you should be getting excited about this week is a little theatre-heavy. But that’s sometimes the way. If you know about anything new we’ve missed, …