entertainment

Three kid-friendly shows and an operatic fairy tale open, while pink Aldwych hen night favourite puts its hot pants away and goes on tour.

What are you up to this weekend? Here’s a round up of our recommendations and a smattering of suggestions to help you make the most of your 48 hours leisure time. Ice skating season begins at the Natural History Museum today. Image by onenil v2 …

Summer seems a long way away right now but if you’ve a yearning to find the finest fringe audience in town for your play, cabaret, comedy or other kind of performance then now is the time to get your act together – the Camden Fringe …

By Natalie Ujuk After a day frolicking in this beautiful weather head down to Bethnal Green between 4-5, when the sunlight starts to fade and pick up one of the 50 tickets available on the door of the Rockin Rollers‘ “all girl flat track roller …

Hippodrome Leicester Square, La Clique The Hippodrome on the corner of Leicester Square was opened as a home for real circus and performance in 1900. They had polar bears! A 100,000 gallon tank of water! Elephants, for goodness sake. Its revival in October last year …

In the grand setting of Camden Roundhouse, decorated with curtains and a backdrop of glittering stars, you get a great sense of anticipation of what lies ahead at Miss Behave’s Variety Nighty. With booze flowing, the show kicks off with Miss Behave in a creakingly …

There have been big changes at Londonist this year – we’ve had new staff, a new commenting system and a brand new tagging system installed so we had a lot to celebrate at the Christmas party. And as we’re not keen on making trouble for …

The Rainbow is long gone, the Hammersmith Palais now lingers only in the memory and even that good old grubby beer stained shit-hole that is the loveable Astoria is under threat. Gigs are selling out in minutes, replacing restaurants and cinemas as the preferred venue …

Londonist went on a sojourn to Manchester recently, and loved the place. Home of iconic bands, incessant rain, pretty canals, and some of Britain’s most interesting modern architecture outside London, Manchester has a lot to offer. If only there were a way to get there …

It’s been a bad few weeks for the Spice Girls: they released the worst selling Children In Need single ever (to put this into perspective, let’s remember that Martine McCutcheon once had a Children In Need single. Martine McCutcheon), appeared in terrible Tesco adverts, played …