Bardens Boudoir’s history as an old pool hall means its an utterly fab, spacious underground venue that you could easily walk past without noticing, any day of the week. Luckily, the LWF chalk board was out and although we had no idea who was on …
No, it’s ‘Rolando’, not ‘Ronaldo’. Easy mistake to make. Both need help navigating safely through tunnels. A Dalston iPhone developer will soon become a millionaire, thanks to making faces in his bedroom. Simon Oliver is the creative force behind Rolando, one of the most ingenious …
If anyone still cares, it looks like the world’s most famous stenciler has a couple of new pieces up in London after a half-year lull. The first can be found in Gillett Square, Dalston. Note the use of a brick air vent to form the …
At its official world première after two years in gestation, Brazilian-British collaboration Hotel Medea is about as far as one can get from an ordinary night at the theatre. The performance by Zecora Ura and the Urban Dolls Project announces itself with an unapologetic challenge: …
On a freezing cold weeknight we leapt at the chance to warm our faces in front of some hot Capoeira in Dalston. What we weren’t expecting was an adaptation of a greek tragedy, transported to Brazil and brought alive through the undeniably sexy and fascinating …
The catchphrase from Vic Reeves’ Big Night Out greets the news that Janet Deevers, the Dalston market trader whose metric monomania led to a court case in which she was given a conditional discharge only two weeks ago, just will not let it lie: she’s …
A three-day festival in Dalston begins tomorrow, bringing together filmmakers, writers, theorists, architects and urban planners to kick about ideas and knowledge on cities “from the ground up”. Refreshingly starchitect-free, This Is Not A Gateway welcomes theorists and practitioners from across Europe for over forty …
Janet Devers, who runs a fruit and veg stall in Dalston’s Ridley Road market, is one tough courgette. She is carrying the fight to sell her wares in imperial units all the way to crown court. The pensioner appeared at Thames Magistrates Court last week, …
When you’re picking up your freesheet on the way home tonight don’t just leave it on the train for some other, poor, reading material starved sucker. Turn it into public art! No, we don’t mean have an art attack on the platform and start making …
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