Chris Sharkey, Christophe de Bezenac and Chris Bussey, collectively fiery contemporary British jazz outfit TrioVD, positioned themselves cosily at the right side of the ICA’s theatre stage, perhaps lulling you into a false sense of security.
Help save The 100 Club tonight with a night of great live music.
We've got a confession to make: one of the reasons we went to see <a href="http://www.endoftherainbowlondon.com/">End of the Rainbow</a> at the Trafalgar Studios last night was the promise of hearing some incredible songs sung live, rather than listening to recordings. We weren't disappointed. But what a shame the script failed to live up to the singing.
It’s not often that the star of an opera is a dog, but it was the appeal of such an unlikely hero that encouraged Simon McBurney, the highly regarded director of Complicite, to make his operatic debut.
With weather like this what you need is a big old roast turkey dinner and a big ole piece of pie. If you can't be bothered with roasting that turkey till Christmas, here are some suggestions for feasting and being thankful American style tomorrow night.
A night of comedy and storytelling so funny we almost had a major back spasm, from the Tall Tales team of writers, actors, musicians and bloggers.
The week ahead in literary London: David Starkey, John Crace and Geoff Dyer in Richmond, Book Slam returns and the Firestation Book Swap comes back within the M25. Plus some excellent storytelling, performance poetry and author chats.
Excellent news reached us this week of a London based Flickr group that has successfully made the transition from online admiration to offline collaboration. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/effra_fc/">Effra FC'</a>s first exhibition opens this Thursday at The Sun and Doves in Camberwell. We asked them a few questions about how it all happened.
The Good Life's Margot hits the West End tonight as Mrs Malaprop in The Rivals. Other new theatre shows this week include two shows from the fantastic Little Angel Puppet Theatre, and the first of London's big pantos for Christmas 2010. Our art recommendations include shows in Hampstead, at the ICA, and the National Maritime Museum...
Based in London but with members coming from all over the place, The Cellophane Flowers have been firmly on our office playlist since their debut EP 'If I Was A Girl' landed earlier in the year.
As artist, jeweller and sculpter, Andrew Logan was amongst the very first to transform recycled materials into works of art. Rejoice focuses on his sculptures; where mythical beasts and huge glass mosaic portraits glitter and shine, drawing you into worlds within worlds at every angle.
<a href="http://www.customhouserecords.com/parties/">Custom House</a>, brainchild of Richard England (<a href="http://www.disturbinglondon.com/">Disturbing London</a> – <a href="http://www.tinietempah.com/">Tinie Tempah</a>), is ready to make its mark on the world’s music stage.
The weather's been miserable, it's getting dark too early, winter is closing in on us. Obviously the best way to beat the doldrums is rock music:
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