Magic Flute

It’s a London summer in full swing this week, with parades and festivals galore. Take advantage of all the great events on offer without spending any of your hard-earned holiday savings since most of the events in this week’s roundup are completely free. Plus, Tuesday …

There’s something of a Valentine’s theme to the Arts of choice taking place in the capital this week. But Londonist knows for every young Juliet embracing the idea of timeless romantic love, there’s a Bridget hugging her near-empty vodka bottle, crooning to Chaka Khan. So, …

Jermyn Street Theatre is a tiny space. And when we say tiny, we mean tiny. We’d guess at 80-100 seats. And if you’re over 5ft 10, you can forget about leg room for the evening. Luckily, Opera on the Run’s delightfully light-hearted show, The Perfect …

Our weekly roundup of film reviews continues, courtesy of James Bryan… This week Brad Pitt’s latest (with a title so long it shouldn’t be allowed) The Assassination of Jesse James etc, the alternate realities of The Nines, Vince Vaughn slumming it in Fred Claus, the …

Another bumper crop of things to do and see this weekend, in particular all the Big Dance events taking place around town – more details here. But for the non-dance related things to see and do, the Culture Crawl starts here… Friday 21 July 1001 …

Er, that is, we mean Heartwarming Kitten news, of course… So two weeks ago Londonist told you about a miraculous kitten. Today, as we open our copy of the Walthamstow Guardian, we discover a story with exactly the same headline, with one word changed: Kitten …

Sir Kenneth Branagh’s recent project, as the director of Ducktastic seems to have been cursed from the beginning. And now it’s closing — its last performance is this coming Saturday. But this doesn’t mean that our favourite Shakespearian is taking a break. No, plucky Kenneth …