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Autumn "Sounds from a Room" programme announcedMonday, 02 July 2012Jarvis Cocker, Josh T Pearson and Charlie Fink (Noah and the Whale) have signed up for autumn shows as part of Artangel's Sounds from a Room series of shows streamed live from the Room for London installation on the roof of Southbank... Read more... |
Art Space to open in London's King's CrossMonday, 02 July 2012It may not quite be guerrilla art, but a new, temporary, and apparently edgy art venue is going to open its doors for the first time a week tomorrow (July 10) by the Regent’s Canal in London’s rapidly changing King’s Cross. Called “The Filling... Read more... |
Toksvig and Out of Joint announced for London's newest theatreThursday, 28 June 2012It seems surprising that the world capital of theatre doesn’t open more new theatres. The latest to throw open its doors carefully claims to be London’s “first newly-built theatre complex in central London in 30 years”. St James Theatre can be found... Read more... |
The Alan Partridge Movie: keep 16.8.13 freeTuesday, 26 June 2012It had to happen eventually. He started out 21 years ago as a minor sports presenter on Radio 4’s On the Hour, then made his way onto TV in The Day Today, before hosting his own chat show with Knowing Me, Knowing You. There have been two series of I... Read more... |
Dance critic John Percival, RIPMonday, 25 June 2012John Percival, one of the heavyweight group of dance critics of the past 60 years, died last Wednesday, aged 85. He had watched and reported on ballet and dance from their infancy in the Forties right up to recent years, offering a powerful... Read more... |
Rare footage of ballet legend Anna Pavlova in BFI seasonThursday, 21 June 2012The legendary ballerina Anna Pavlova is to be celebrated in a season of rare footage of her life and career at the BFI in August. A longtime Londoner who was buried near her Highgate home in 1931, the dancer is the subject of a book, Anna Pavlova:... Read more... |
Nanci Griffith, The Undertones and The Saw Doctors play London-Irish celebrationMonday, 18 June 2012Under the Bridge, the venue in Chelsea FC's Stamford Bridge stadium, has announced a series of shows to coincide with the London Olympics as part of London Irish Village 2012, the festival celebrating Irish music and culture.Along with Griffith, The... Read more... |
After Munch: Norway’s Edvard Munch-influenced artists in LondonMonday, 18 June 2012Tate Modern’s Edvard Munch exhibition, The Modern Eye, opens on 28 June. Complementing this, the new London gallery ArtEco’s inaugural exhibition After Munch showcases three contemporary Norwegian artists inspired by Munch. Next year, the 150th... Read more... |
Adrian Lester tops bill in new Tricycle regime's season openerMonday, 18 June 2012Adrian Lester will make his Tricycle Theatre debut in a new play, Red Velvet, written by his wife, the actress Lolita Chakrabarti. The play, opening 16 Oct, marks the first in the new Tricycle regime of Indhu Rubasingham, who will also direct;... Read more... |
Sam Mendes to stage Charlie and the Chocolate Factory musicalMonday, 18 June 2012It has been announced that a stage musical version of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s story is to be staged by Sam Mendes. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory will open at the London Palladium in June 2013.Mendes’s most successful foray into the... Read more... |
Michael Grandage announces five star-packed plays for West End runFriday, 15 June 2012Michael Grandage, who ended his tenure at the Donmar Warehouse with a production of Richard II, has announced his next venture. He is to stage five productions at the Noël Coward Theatre beginning in December 2012 and continuing until February... Read more... |
Calexico plot September release, London tripThursday, 07 June 2012Country-fusion legends Calexico are to release their sixth album, Algiers, on 10th September. Named for the neighbourhood in New Orleans in which it was recorded, the band claim that the influences of their surroundings have seeped into the album's... Read more... |
