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Clubwatch: Prom Night

Typically 80s nights can be either a bit naff or full of students singing along to songs they’re not old enough to know, but we’re happy to come across one that sounds like actual, amazing fun. Prom Night is in town at the Buffalo Bar …

A Really Lovely (And Funny) Night Out

While enjoying an ever-growing following in his native land, David Cross isn’t the household name he deserves to be on our side of the Atlantic. This may change in a few weeks, however, as tonight marks the first performance in a ten-day residency for the …

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Circus Front At The Roundhouse

We could labour the much-loved line about running away to the circus but we’re not going to. We’re just going to say that this looks like an absolutely cracking season of international contemporary circus in the extraordinary Roundhouse space. Having already filled it several times …

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Othello, at Shakespeare’s Globe

Different people want different things from their Shakespeare. Some want it modernised, the eternal appeal of the bard twisted into sharp relief by some cunning, beard-stroking ‘still true to this day, innit’ resonances. Others like an abstract Will, all context removed along with the scenery …

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Friday Film News

This week – Spiderman gets into more bother (Spiderman 3) and a film that features Avril Lavigne (Fast Food Nation). Peter Bradshaw begins his review of Spiderman 3 thus, Global warming continues. The magnolias are blooming obscenely early. The sky is an unseasonable blue. The …

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News From Around The Ist-A-Verse

Spring is when we get busy here in the Ist-A-Verse. Very busy. But, after staying bundled-up indoors all winter, it’s nice for us to be out, about, and collecting things to write about for you. Here’s a glimpse at what’s been keeping your favorite citybloggers …

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Friday Late at V & A: Animate

Put your hand up if you like cartoons. Put your hand up if you experience a surge of happy childhood memories whenever you hear the famous Looney Tunes intro music. Put your hand up if you felt particularly cool and sophisticated while watching a Japanese …

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The Book Grocer

Just out the Van: Penned in the Margins is an evening of “music-cum-literary delights” this Thursday, featuring spoken word artist Ventriloquist, Bristol-based SJ Esau, Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip and Tim Wells. Spitz, 109 Commercial Street, E1 6BG, 020 7392 9032. In Next Week: …

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A Crafty Monday Night Out

Try as we might most of our friends don’t seem to appreciate the fact that we have Tuesdays off and might actually want to do something on Monday night. The fact that you’ll only have 4 hours sleep really isn’t a concern of ours, we …

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Couldn’t Escape If We Wanted To: Making Our Mind Up!

Tomorrow, the BBC announce the acts that will be in contention to represent the UK in Eurovision. Making Your Mind Up, the show, will be held sometime in the next few weeks. Whispers have been flying around for months about who’ll be in the running, …

News From Around The Ist-A-Verse

Austinist gets arty with an interactive guide to SXSW, loved some local art galleries and a new art exhibit and lamented the possible loss of “Friday Night Lights” production to New Mexico. Bostonist was happy they finally found an Anna Nicole Smith connection to their …