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Sad news for gig goers. Kilburn’s much loved The Luminaire venue has this evening announced it’s to close next month along with its downstairs pub The Kings Head. Since opening in 2005, the independent venue has become a favourite of gig goers with it’s dedication …

Bite-sized chunks of weekend news across the capital.

The next 2 months will be crucial to many comedians shaping up shows to take to the tundra. Naturally, we’ll be staying in London and focusing on the fantastic Camden Fringe come August but meantime, we’ll bring you an overview of who’s doing what where, …

Photo from the Facebook group All too often, Facebook petitions are just badly spelled lynch-mobs-in-waiting or ‘for lulz’ irritants that clog up your newsfeed, so we were cheered to see one that made us laugh – and that maybe has a good idea behind it. …

The bloke behind the alternative universe football, family and friends novel Kilburn Social Club is putting on a show. Them that know say it will be ace and you are guaranteed sexy mermaids knowledge. So here’s the skinny: Tall Tales at The Good Ship in …

The idea of spoken word nights can be a bit, well, pretentious and dreary, but if you’re up for turning that misconception on its head, may we suggest starting off with wordPLAY? Friendly and informal, they’ve got a mix of poetry, performance and music on …

If you are one of those people whom the sound of the word “opera” sends to sleep more surely than washing down a box of Valium with a pint of camomile, the version of Puccini’s La Bohème currently playing at the Cock Tavern Theatre in …

If there is one thing you don’t expect from a Luke Haines gig, it’s jokes. Last night’s sold out gig at The Luminaire in Kilburn found old misery-guts in an unexpectedly jovial mood playing songs from his splendidly caustic new album ’21st Century Man’. The …