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Cultural Stimuli in LONDON
Issue 178: far-flung flavour
Keep the balloon grounded, recomission the Concorde — we're taking you around the world in seven days. New York's peerless Metropolitan Opera beam a performance of The Barber of Seville live and direct to the Clapham Picturehouse; South American film auteurs are showcased in Video Links Brazil at Tate Modern; the best of Polish cinema is spotlighted at the Rio in Dalston; Tracey Snelling's Mexican panoramas take over Wedel Fine Art; and the Hellenic pomp of 300 blows up muscle-bound Spartan soldiers to widescreen format at the IMAX. Add in homegrown happenings such as a production of TS Eliot's Murder in the Cathedral, Go!Zilla's carpark rave on Saturday night and some silver-tongued spoken word at Motion Bar on Sunday, and we have all the makings of a cultural journey Jules Verne would envy. Set coordinates to "horizon unlimited", and spread it.
- Kieran Wyatt, Managing Editor
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Flavorpill LONDON is an email magazine covering a hand-picked selection of music, art and cultural events — delivered each Tuesday afternoon.
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Future Shorts. A worldwide monthly film festival — as well as distributor, sales agent, consultancy service, and DVD label — dedicated to exposing the very best short content worldwide to the widest audience. This is Fresh Cinema. Click here for more. |
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Beats on the Beach
The Flavorpill WMC '07 Miami Guide is your window into the largest dance-music gathering in America: Winter Music Conference. Check back daily this week for dispatches from the frontline, audio/video clips and exclusive DJ interviews and profiles.
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| DISCUSSION |
Phil Bertelsen
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Tue 20 Mar (4:30pm) |
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Everyman Cinema (5 Holly Bush Vale, NW3, 0870.066.4777) Tube: Hampstead map |
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Award-winning filmmaker Phil Bertelsen leaves chilly New York to join the impressive list of international guests rolling up for this year's Constellation Change Screen Dance Festival. Appearing at the Everyman Cinema — accompanied by historian and film preservationist Lou DiCrescenzo — Bertelsen offers a two-hour seminar of top tips for budding directors as well as a fascinating glimpse into the rather tricky process behind filming dance. His most recent contribution to celluloid, Beyond the Steps, a documentary that follows the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre during a particularly pivotal point in its history, screens the following evening. (NL)
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Polish Film Festival
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Now until Sun 25 Mar (schedule) |
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Various London cinemas |
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It's the fifth birthday of the Polish Cultural Institute's cinematic celebration, and Dalston's Rio is joining the fray this year. Director Przemyslaw Wojcieszek's charismatic The Perfect Afternoon tells the story of two young people on the cusp of marriage and despite the tried-and-true plot, could well transform your Saturday pm into the nirvana of the title. Sunday's closing film at the Prince Charles, Copying Beethoven, is an altogether grander affair, starring Ed Harris as the eponymous composer and Diane Kruger as the beautiful ingénue. (LCD)
NB: Director Agnieszka Holland takes part in a Q&A following the screening of Copying Beethoven on Sun 25 Mar (6pm).
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Murder in the Cathedral
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Tue 20 - Sat 31 Mar (Mon-Sat: 7:45pm) |
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St Paul's Church (Bedford Street, WC2, 020.7836.5221) Tube: Covent Garden, Leicester Square map |
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TS Eliot-related theatre usually involves fake fur and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Thankfully there's not a whisker in sight in Iris Theatre's new production of Eliot's little-known verse play Murder in the Cathedral. Staged in Inigo Jones' dramatic St Paul's Church, the play charts the last days of Archbishop Thomas Becket before his assassination in 1170. The play's themes are Old Testament-worthy (power and politics, the age-old battle of church and state, temptation and resolve, martyrdom and sacrifice), but with a brand-new choral score and Eliot's lively verse, it's as vital and relevant as anything in the West End — including felines. (CA)
NB: There is no performance on Sun 25 Mar.
 Eliot's masterpiece, The Waste Land, is dedicated to which other poet? The third and sixth correct responses each win pair of tickets to a performance.
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Rakehell's Revels
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Tue 20 Mar (10pm-3am) |
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Cafe Royal (68 Regent Street, W1, 020.7437.9090) Tube: Picadilly Circus map |
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Ah, for the days when women never left the house without their gloves on and even non-Eton-going men wore toppers and tails. To indulge in the nostalgia of those well-dressed days, get down to the sartorial and musical supremacy that is Rakehell's Revels. Appropriately housed in the elegant opulence of the Grill Room, this weekly event pays homage to those marvellous bygone years: fabulous clothes, fine music, charming manners and rapier-sharp wit. Get your glad rags on and two-step back in time to the roaring era of the Charleston and swing. (AB)
NB: Rakehell's Revels continues every Tuesday — same time, same place.
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Tracey Snelling: Dulces
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Wed 21 Mar - Sat 21 Apr (Mon-Fri: 10am-5:30pm / Sat: 12-6pm) |
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Wedel Fine Art (8 Conlan Street, W10, 020.8964.2277) Tube: Ladbroke Grove, Westbourne Park map |
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Californian artist Tracey Snelling pushes aside the Wedel Gallery's usual collection of contemporary Chinese art, transforming the space into a miniature suburban ghetto — complete with strip joints, quarrelling couples and drug-pushing ice-cream vendors. With an unapologetic assault on the senses (including smell), Dulces draws on her experiences travelling throughout Mexico, recreating true-to-life scenes through scaled-down models and photography. The viewer becomes the voyeur in this multimedia exhibition where sleaze resignedly collides with sweetness. Although she has exhibited throughout America and Europe, this is Snelling's first major solo showing in the UK. (NL)
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| FILM |
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival
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Wed 21 - Fri 30 Mar (schedule) |
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Various London cinemas |
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London's 11th Human Rights Watch International Film Festival deploys 22 features and documentaries from more than 20 different countries, as well as several UK premieres, discussions with directors and three Best Foreign Language Oscar-nominated films. The festival opens with Mon Colonel, a study of the French military and its struggle against a guerilla enemy in '50s Algeria and ends with another French film, Days of Glory, which commemorates the little-known North Africans who fought for French liberation in WWII. Film subjects run the gamut from Indian child sex workers and torture at Abu Ghraib to Chilean photographers during Pinochet's reign. Spike Lee's epic account of Hurricane Katrina's aftermath, When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts, figures to be a much-sought ticket. (AT)
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300 in IMAX
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Thur 22 Mar - Sun 15 Apr (schedule) |
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bfi London IMAX Cinema (1 Charlie Chaplin Walk, South Bank, SE1, 0870.787.2525) Tube: Waterloo map |
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Event info | 300 |
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300 offers enough romanticised mythos and grandiose spectacle to remind us that some stories improve with each retelling. It's only natural, then, that Hollywood would try its hand at this saga — based on a graphic novel based on a film based on a legend based on an historical event. Inevitable embellishments and mistranslations of such a legacy only enhance the story, however. The film follows the now-mythologised account of the 300 Spartan soldiers who, despite certain death, fought the hundreds of thousands-strong Persian army during the pivotal Battle of Thermopylae. For truly epic entertainment, the only thing to enhance hyperbolic, big-budget recounts is the you-are-there immediacy and indulgence of an IMAX screen. (CB)
What is the name of the 1962 film that inspired Frank Miller's graphic novel 300? The fifth and sixth correct responses each win a pair of tickets to a screening of this film.
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The Secret Public: The Last Days of the British Underground 1978-1988
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Fri 23 Mar - Sun 6 May (Mon-Wed: 12-7:30pm / Thur: 12-9pm / Fri-Sun: 12-7:30pm) |
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ICA (The Mall, SW1, 020.7930.3647) Tube: Charing Cross, Piccadilly Circus map |
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Linder and Jon Savage published Manchester fanzine The Secret Public back when "alternative" and "underground" meant just that — rather than cynical attempts by the mainstream to gain street cred. Those were the days when Thatcherism and a disease yet to be named AIDS began altering the political, economic and social landscape of Britain forever. Leigh Bowery, Brian Eno, Gilbert & George, Derek Jarman, Julian Opie, Mark E Smith and Wolfgang Tillmans responded to these upheavals, their efforts coalescing in possibly the last surge of artistic and radical creativity before the onslaught of consumerism. This exhibition offers glimpses at the people, photographs and pages of a stirring decade. (AT)
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Video Links Brazil: An Anthology of Brazilian Video Art, 1981-2005
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Fri 23 - Sun 25 Mar (Fri & Sat: 7pm / Sun: 3pm) |
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Tate Modern (Bankside, SE1, 020.7887.8888) Tube: Blackfriars, Southwark map |
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As an accessible and affordable vehicle for artistic expression, it's no wonder that video has been utilised by Brazilians to create vibrant interpretive art with strong community roots. Video Links Brazil features diverse performers and influences from this burgeoning scene. The exhibition programme ranges from the experimental (VT Preparado AC/JC features poetry and the music of John Cage) to the existential (Quimanguinada is a self portrait of the artist eating a mango) as well as the extraordinary (The Spirit of TV documents a remote Amazonian tribe who encounter TV, VCR and images of themselves for the first time). This exhibition examines how, over three distinct evolutions in recent decades, both video arts and our own international perception of Brazilian life and culture have evolved. (NT)
What was the first Brazilian feature film? The third and seventh correct responses each win a pair of tickets to the screening on Fri 23 Mar (7pm).
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Get Familiar feat. Uffie w/ Kissy Sell Out and DJs Funk and Feadz
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Fri 23 Mar (9:30pm-5am) |
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Fabric (77a Charterhouse Street, EC1, 020.7336.8898) Tube: Farringdon map |
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Red-hot production/DJ duo Switch and Sinden are the twosome behind the new bimonthly Fabric:live Room One residency, Get Familiar. Dave "Switch" Taylor made his name by hijacking hip-hop tropes for twisted bass-line breaks, while Graeme Sinden, as Basement Jaxx's DJ of choice, has a genius for spicing up everything from Brazilian dancehall to Chicago grime with his own eclectic, cheeky rewrites of pop classics. Coupled with salivating support from Kissy Sell Out — a young design graduate possessing a glorious misunderstanding of where grunge meets electro — it's nigh-on impossible to call who will steal this show. (JR)
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Emma Talbot and Cathie Pilkington: The Craft
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Sat 24 Mar - Sun 22 Apr (Fri-Sun: 12-6pm) |
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Transition Gallery (Regent Studios, 8 Andrews Road, E8, 020.7254.4202) Tube: Bethnal Green map |
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Influenced by a mutual fascination with outsiders such as goths and religious sects, installation artist Cathie Pilkington and painter Emma Talbot collaborated on this exhibition at Transition Gallery. Pilkington first regroups objects taken out of their original context (bird figurines, computer monitors and mirrors) to provide a setting for Talbot's paintings, which subvert commercial messages using fashion magazines. When cross-referenced, these paintings and hoarded artefacts create a confliction between emptiness and claustrophobia that would give even Michael Landy the willies. (JY)
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The Barber of Seville
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Sat 24 Mar (6pm) |
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Clapham Picturehouse (76 Venn Street, SW4, 0870.755.00.61) Tube: Clapham Common map |
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Even if you haven't got the budget for a flight to the Big Apple, you can experience a little operatic bite of it in south London this week. Picturehouse cinema screens a live performance of The Barber of Seville from New York's Met Opera in high definition. Surprisingly amusing and full of tunes that even the most opera-phobic will be able to hum along to, the production features Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Flórez in the role of Count Almaviva and larger-than-life Californian bass-baritone John del Carlo as father figure Dr Bartolo. A night at the opera for a fraction of the price of the Coliseum. (LCD)
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Bristol Meth! feat. Mr Hopkinson's Computer w/ Vex Kiddy and Kid François
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Bristol's multimedia underground is transported from its usual habitat — subterranean fleapit the Cube — all the way to Spitalfields for one night of audio-visual fun. Accompanying their own short films live are French feel-good popster Kid François and Rozi Plain — the latter a folksy ferry-worker with a spellbinding voice. Representing the frankly insane are period-costumed acid-breaks pioneers (and Warp signees) Vex Kiddy, while at the top of the bill is Mr Hopkinson's Computer — a laptop with a digital face and robot voice able to breathe blissful new life into Radiohead, Gnarls Barkley or even Shane MacGowan. (JR)
What song would you most likely to hear a computer sing? Our three favourite responses each win a pair of tickets to this event.
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Niceties Token Launch Party
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Sat 24 Mar (7-11pm) |
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The Sun and 13 Cantons (21 Great Pulteney Street, W1, 020.7734.0934) Tube: Piccadilly Circus, Oxford Circus, Tottenham Court Road map |
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Team Nice aims to change London's renown for rudeness. After realising that the engineering works didn't justify the elbowing on her daily commute, Liz Akers developed a strategy to change this reputation. Passed on to anyone who demonstrates a kind act, the 500 niceties tokens distributed at tonight's party illustrate how being nice perpetuates niceness. To track the happiest routes through London, each token has an individual name for recipients to record why they got it on the Niceties Project's dedicated website. Turn up, be sweet and begin the do-gooder process through what seems like a promising experiment in social anthropology. (JY)
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Go!Zilla
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Sat 24 Mar (8pm-5am) |
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Hearn Street Car Park (7-11 Hearn Street, EC2, 020.7240.0105) Tube: Liverpool Street, Old Street map |
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Last year brought terms such as "nu rave" to household status and encouraged the initial attempt to blur the line between rock and club music. Renowned east London shindig Go!Zilla now pushes the boundaries further with the concept of a concert rave, staging underground electronic acts such as Guy Gerber (Cocoon) and James Priestley (Secret Sundaze) beside live music from set-to-explode talents Ali Love, the Early Years and A Mountain of One. With doors open at 8pm, the audience can go one of two ways: tap feet, bob heads and be home for bedtime, or pogo 'til the sun comes up. (MeM)
NB: Tickets are only £12 if you arrive before 9:30pm.
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Sat 24 Mar (2pm) Foot Locker (363-367 Oxford Street, W1, 020.7491.4030) Tube: Bond Street map
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Learn how to pimp your sneakers at Foot Locker. British graffiti genius Skore leads a master class with graffiti demonstrations and giveaways that put some sole back into the spray can. (JY)
 
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Clash Magazine Weekender
Sat 24 & Sun 25 Mar (Sat: 7:30pm-2am / Sun: 2-11pm) The Luminaire (311 High Road, NW6, 020.7372.7123) Tube: Kilburn / Lock Tavern (35 Chalk Farm Road, NW1, 020.7482.7163) Tube: Chalk Farm map Free-£7
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Clash magazine's weekend of indie-pop mayhem kicks off with frenetic foursome Battle, followed by an all-day Sunday session featuring the 747s live, Mystery Jets on the decks and roast dinner. (CA)
Which two bands would you most like to see battle each other? Our favourite response in 50 words or less wins a pair of tickets to the Battle show on Sat 24 Mar (7:30pm).
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Theatreland Walking Tour
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Sun 25 Mar (2:30pm) |
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Theatre Royal Drury Lane (Catherine Street, WC2, 020.7557.6700) Tube: Covent Garden map |
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If you believe the hype, the Man in Grey is said to be Drury Lane's most famous ghost, his skeletal remains reportedly found in a walled-up passage. A sighting of the elaborately garbed ghoul (think tricorne hat, powdered wig and dark cloak flapping in the breeze) is nothing to knock knees about, however. In fact, seeing the apparition is actually considered a good omen for any upcoming stage shows. During the two-hour walking tour of London's "most haunted theatre", you'll be treated to an assortment of amusing anecdotes concerning the theatre's most colourful personalities and supernatural incidences. (NL)
NB: The walking tour is also held on Sun 29 Apr and Sun 27 May (2:30pm).
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Poetry n Motion
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Sun 25 Mar (8pm) |
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Motion Bar (Victoria Embankment, WC2, 020.7389.9933) Tube: Embankment map |
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Poetry n Motion stages its monthly two-floor takeover, pulling together another stonking night of all things spoken and wordy. The silver-tongued host of this language lover's delight, Nii Parkes, is both charming and challenging by turns, while Californian slam-poetry champ Metis ramps up the tempo with his brand of politically charged rhyme. Wordsmith El Crisis — a one-time Roots Manuva and Lee "Scratch" Perry collaborator — also guests, melding mysticism with street smarts. Aspiring performers can test their mettle in the open-mic jam, or just stake out a comfy spot with a cocktail to take in the tall tales and tunes. (CA)
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Taylor Mac
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Mon 26 Mar - Sat 7 Apr (9:30pm) |
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Soho Theatre (21 Dean Street, W1, 020.7478.0100) Tube: Tottenham Court Road map |
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Like the beautiful painted lovechild of Leigh Bowery and the Mighty Boosh's transvestite lake dweller, Old Gregg, Taylor Mac storms the Soho Theatre in a blaze of glory from his UK debut at last year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Harking back to New York's golden age of performance, the ukulele-playing Mac delivers meaningful lyrics, which reflect on the trials of modern life and are at once both sad and uplifting. A strangely moving evening's entertainment. (LCD)
NB There is no performance on Mon 1 Apr.
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Dance Currents 2007
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Now until Fri 30 Mar (schedule) |
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Stratford Circus (Theatre Square, Stratford, E15, 020.8279.1050) Tube: Stratford map |
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East London Dance's dynamic annual movement fest is back at Stratford Circus, and this year it's even more ambitious. A packed programme of performances, classes and talks spans everything from physical theatre and body-popping to ballet and salsa. Small Dances is a great sampler of what's on offer, with short pieces from different dance disciplines, while Mission Re-position celebrates the choreographic talents of black women, drawing on jazz, modern and Brazilian dance styles. Though there's an emphasis on emerging local choreographers and performers, international talent also features highly with Tunisian and Kenyan street dance represented in Local International. (CA)
What West Kenyan dance style is named after the local word for a drum? The second correct responses wins a pair of tickets to see Mission Re-position on Thur 22 Mar (7:30pm) and the fourth correct response win a pair of tickets to see Local Internationl on Thur 29 Mar (7:30pm).
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Adam King: Distant EchoWilderness
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Now until Sat 14 Apr (Fri-Sun: 1-6pm) |
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Lounge (28 Shacklewell Lane, E8, 020.7249.7606) Tube: Highbury & Islington map |
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Lounge hosts the latest solo offering from emerging talent Adam King. The artist has moved on from 2D collages of dystopian landscapes, taking over the gallery with an explosion of surreal theatricality. Mirrors, glittery paper vines, giant lumpen cocoons and bizarre jumble-sale rejects cover all surfaces and threaten to engulf the onlooker. The scenario is precisely constructed, raising questions about the synthetic filter through which nature is perceived. The resulting twisted carnival is a tongue-in-cheek, camp and somewhat disturbing multisensory experience. (LJC)
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Backstage Tours at the BBC Television Centre and Royal Albert Hall
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Check venues for availability |
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BBC Television Centre (Wood Lane, W12, 0870.603.0304) Tube: White City / Royal Albert Hall (Kensington Gore, SW7, 020.7838.3105) Tube: Knightsbridge, South Kensington map |
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With both the BBC and the Royal Albert Hall opening their stage doors to the public, go behind the scenes of two of Britain's most iconic dramatic institutions to see where the magic happens. Now, instead of just watching Eastenders or Cirque du Soleil, tread the boards yourself with your own knowledgeable guide. Visit the set of BBC News, poke around in a celebrity's dressing room or play in the props department at the BBC's Television Centre. There's the Royal Albert Hall, too, where you can hope for a sneaky peek at a rehearsal, or even a rare glimpse of the Queen's Box (ooh-er!). (CA)
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Philip Jones Griffiths: A Dark Odyssey
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Tue 27 Mar (7pm) |
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Royal Geographical Society (1 Kensington Gore, SW7, 020.7591.3000) Tube: Kensington High Street, South Kensington map |
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This instalment of Magnum Photographers' lecture series features seminal cameraman Philip Jones Griffiths. Best-known for his compelling documentation of the Vietnam War, Griffiths has focused on the alternately flipped coin of devastation and development in Southeast Asia throughout his career. This discussion with Griffiths is led by broadcaster and author Charles Glass — who afterwards moderates a Q&A — and also includes signings for three of Griffith's books (Agent Orange, Vietnam at Peace and the decisive Vietnam Inc) as well as an accompanying exhibition of photographs taken by children in Vietnam and Cambodia. (CB)
NB: Advance tickets are strongly recommended.
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The Sword w/ Clutch
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Sun 8 Apr (7pm) |
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Astoria (157 Charing Cross Road, WC2, 020.7344.0044) Tube: Tottenham Court Road map |
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The dark sounds start small, echoing from the speaker, but soon, Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden comparisons are hard to resist. Of course, while the Sword's precision riffs and insane progressions are reminiscent of old-school heavy hitters, they also assault the '70s-metal sound, teetering methodically between unique modes of mayhem and more pleasing chords. Unlike many new-school rockers, the Sword offer a metal set you can enjoy in its entirety, without suffering through too many unnecessarily mellow moments. And, if you're harbouring a secret hesher inside, the band's haunting aggression is sure to inspire a little aggro as well. (MSS)
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when: Mon-Fri: 12-11pm / Sat: 11am-11pm / Sun: 12-10:30pm
where: The Fat Badger (310 Portobello Road, W10, 020.8969.4500)
tube: Ladbroke Grove, Westbourne Park
price: £10-14 mains
The Fat Badger serves up quality British cuisine that's several notches above your usual "gastropub" experience. For starters, the ubersleek surroundings help set the tone with London-spec wallpaper, sash windows and immaculate chandeliers. The food features classic dishes such as Cumberland sausages, plaice fillet and apple crumble alongside slightly more experimental fare such as pig's trotters, lamb's tongue and grilled onglet. All these delectables are sourced from responsible, local suppliers and cooked slowly with maximum love by chef Will Leigh (formerly of the Cow). Also, the attentive but respectful waiting staff serve up an ample selection of real ales and quality wines to wash it all down. Sleek, delicious, health conscious and even lively, the restaurant section overlooks the throbbing downstairs bar area, complete with tastefully tousled crowd and Portobello-cool soundtrack. (KW)
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CD REVIEW: Good Shoes, Think Before You Speak |
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Brille
Available 26 Mar
£8.98 (Amazon)
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Since forming in 2005, this young quartet has amassed an underground fanbase through a series of boisterous live sets. After signing the south London lads last year, Brille dispatched them to Sweden to record these 14 accomplished indie-pop anthems. Old crowd-pleasers such as the ode to suburban teen anonymity, "Morden", and last summer's blistering slice of introspection, "All in My Head", have been re-recorded to benefit from the sensitive mixer-desk fingers of Per Sunding — the man who perfected the Cardigans' sound. It is in "Sophia", however, that the album shifts down from top gear (something their stage performances often lacked). Steve Leach's crystal guitar spars with Rhys Jones' dreamy vocals ("If you go back to where we first met / It will only break your heart") and a musical maturity is reached that should convince any lingering doubters as to the importance — and sensibility — of Good Shoes. (JR)
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STREAMS: Daytrotter |
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Since our last check-in with Daytrotter, the site has expanded its cache of exclusive, in-studio sessions. They're making headway on the popularity front as well, boasting something in the order of 500,000 legal MP3 downloads to date. Recent instalments include live recordings of esteemed indie acts such as Bonnie Prince Billy, Frog Eyes, Two Gallants and Cold War Kids — all recorded live-to-tape at Daytrotter's Futureappletree Studio One in downtown Rock Island, Illinois. While you're listening, be sure to check out the site's editorial coverage and reviews, which includes on-the-ground reporting and recordings from Austin's massive SXSW festival. (CJN)
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