“Scalpel. Forceps. Drill.” Crunch. “Leucotome.” Screams.
And so begins the first of three stories from the Theatre Of The Damned who have brought their play Grand Guignol for its first full-length run.
‘How tall are you?’ one of the audience asks, ‘You can do better than that’ Kristian Matsson responds.
Halloween is on us like some giant, musty, swooping bat-thing that smells of grave soil, blood iron and parma-violets. While Londonist tries to fend it off with a tea towel we’ll try to distract ourselves by discovering a ghost in every London borough. We’ve covered …
Londonist attended the long awaited opening of the South African restaurant Shaka Zulu in Camden back at the beginning of the month and, to put it bluntly, we weren’t terribly impressed! There were far too many people invited – after queuing for 20 minutes to …
Looking for a fairytale ending to your Friday night? Have a furtle around in Proud Camden‘s Forbidden Forest, where you’ll find a little something for anyone hidden away in the nooks and crannies of Camden’s famous stables. This week’s Tales of The Unexpected features a …
We love Josie Long and her tireless inventiveness. Lost Treasures of the Black Heart is a comedy club she runs where comedians spin gags about forgotten heroes and dug-up facts (the ‘lost treasures’ bit) at the Black Heart in Camden (the… you get the idea). …
Photo by Meral Crifasi via the Londonist Flickrpool.
All is not what it seems at The Invisible Dot‘s Swiss Spaghetti Harvest Festival, as they celebrate – appropriate to the season – the many ways the public has been duped by the media into believing a load of old bunkum. The third film to …
The Camden Crawl takes place this year on 1st and 2nd May, and it’s certainly a bit different to your normal festival. For a start, you can go back to your own bed at the end of each night. And with so many sweaty, sticky, …
Residents in some of the flats within the Grade II-listed Brunswick Centre in Bloomsbury say that their homes are damp and flood-prone, despite an extensive makeover that was completed just four years ago. The £24 million refurbishment by Levitt Bernstein in 2006 involved replacing the …
RIP Michael Foot. The National Theatre has had an on-line ‘security incident’. Camden tower blocks are getting a lick of green paint. Wanted: new gangsta band for gangster movie. There be trader trouble up Portobello Road. After work, by ddgg via the Londonist pool.
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