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FRIDAY, June 8
RICHARD Hawley. HMV Forum (Kentish Town tube), 7pm, £20
EUGENE McGuinness + Dexters + Modern Faces. Koko (Mornington Crescent...
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Accordion playing with an unusual accompaniment at York Hall
Published: 7 June, 2012
by SEBASTIAN TAYLOR
The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee is...
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FRIDAY JUNE 8
Spitalfields Festival opener: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Christ Church, Commercial Street, E1, 020 7377 1362, 7.30pm, from...
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The cast from Goodnight Mrs Calabash
Published: 7 June, 2012
by RICHARD OSLEY
This show has had bad luck, quite undeserving given the craft and...
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Charming Sadie Frost
Published: 7 June, 2012
by PAVAN AMARA
Touched... Life a Virgin is funny, excellently written by Zoe Lewis, and a charming...
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ALMEIDA THEATRE, Almeida St, N1, 020 7359 4404. Children’s Children, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, £8-£32. Until June 30. A tale of friendship...
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WT Stead pictured in relaxed mode
Published: 31 May, 2012
by GERALD ISAAMAN
He sank with the Titanic a hundred years ago, and has largely been...
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Rolan Bell and Claudia Kariuki in Ragtime
Published: 31 May, 2012
by HOWARD LOXTON
A huge billboard showing Barack Obama and quoting his “Dare...
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Museums and galleries
V&A Museum of Childhood
plenty on offer, starting with a Jubilee celebration in Royal Rumpus (Saturday and Sunday noon-...
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Bob Geldof
Published: 31 May, 2012
by ROSIN GADELRAB
BEING criticised, I couldn’t give a f**k, you know. It kind of annoys people more, I...
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Published: 31 May, 2012
by DAN CARRIER
Directed by Ken Loach
Certificate 12a
Rating: 4 Out Of 5 Stars
When you stick a few gallons of whisky into a...
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Paul Barker on a bridge in Hebdon
Published: 24 May, 2012
by GERALD ISAAMAN
Paul Barker admits he wrote the introduction to his new book about his...
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Nicholas Gecks in Denial
Published: 24 May, 2012
by RUSSELL PARTON
Denial
King’s Head Theatre
“A story should have a beginning, a...
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Sam Hallam pictured last Wednesday being greeted by friends and family on his release from prison where he spent nearly eight years for a crime he...
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Dave Vincent and Billy Barratt of Billy Vincent
Published: 24 May, 2012
by ROISIN GADELRAB
Dave Vincent is a little coy. The co-lead singer of...
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Cameron Diaz is among the star names in What To Expect When You’re Expecting
Published: 24 May, 2012
by DAN CARRIER
What To Expect When You...
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Julie Delpy, Chris Rock and Dylan Baker in Two Days In New York
Published: 17 May, 2012
by DAN CARRIER
Directed by Julie Delpy
Certificate 15...
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A Scene from Henna Night at Pleasance Theatre
Published: 17 May, 2012
by JOSH LOEB
Has playwright Amy Rosenthal got a thing about brands?...
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Director Nina Brazier
Published: 17 May, 2012
by DAN CARRIER
When directors takes on a play, they normally sit down with the producer and the person...
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Published: 17 May, 2012
by ROISIN GADELRAB
WHAT is this magical hold Kentish Town has over its residents?
Young filmmaker Billy Boyd Cape’s...
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Lindsey German and John Rees
Published: 17 May, 2012
by DAN CARRIER
From riots where anger at police harassment morphed into protest against a world...
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Published: 10 May, 2012
by DAN CARRIER
The story of Faust has been told time and again.
This version sees Russian director Alexander Sokurov...
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Pictured: Rupert Friend in Brimstone and Treacle
Published: 10 May, 2012
by RUSSELL PARTON
Dennis Potter’s controversial tale of suburban...
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Pictured Above: Robert Nye
Published: 3 May, 2012
by JOHN HORDER
How do I do justice to An Almost Dancer, the lyric poet Robert Nye’s latest...
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PICTURED ABOVE: ‘Jake’ in the Scottish wilderness in Two Years at Sea
Published: 3 May, 2012
by DAN CARRIER
This extraordinary piece of...
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Pictured Above: A scene from The Truth-Teller at King’s Head Theatre
Published: 3 May, 2012
by CLARE HILL
Such is the memorable premise of Jim...
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Published: 26 April, 2012
by TOM FOOT
Emma Woolf remembers her father putting on his navy blue greatcoat and marching out into the wind and rain in...
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Pictured Above: Kevin Clash introduces Sesame Street superstar Elmo to a young fan
Certificate PG
Published: 26 April, 2012
by DAN CARRIER
His big...
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Pictured Above: David Suchet as James Tyrone in Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Published: 26 April, 2012
by HOWARD LOXTON
Eugene O’Neill...
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Pictured Above: Cillian Murphy as Thomas Magill in Misterman
Published: 26 April, 2012
by SIMON WROE
Spare a thought for Cillian Murphy, surely the...
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Published: 19 April, 2012
by ANDREW JOHNSON
Someone, somewhere, is such a big fan of the English folk singer Shirley Collins that they’ll...
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Pictured Above: Clock Opera: Guy Connelly, Andy West, Dan Armstrong and Che Albrighton
Published: 19 April, 2012
by ROISIN GADELRAB
Sometimes with...
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Published: 19 April, 2012
by GERALD ISAAMAN
Answers galore have been forthcoming since George Galloway swept all the political parties aside and...
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Pictured Above: Bob Marley in Kevin Macdonald’s film about the reggae legend
Published: 19 April, 2012
by DAN CARRIER
Rating: 4 Out Of 5 Stars...
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Pictured Above: Matthew Cottle and Frances Grey in Neighbourhood Watch
Published: 19 April, 2012
by JOSH LOEB
Alan Ayckbourn’s 75th play is as...
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Pictured Above: Hugo Williams
Published: 12 April, 2012
by ANDREW JOHNSON
Hugo Williams looks surprisingly well, considering he needs a kidney...
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Pictured above: A scene from A Clockwork Orange at the Arcola Theatre
Published: 12 April, 2012
by SIMON WROE
Volcano is a Welsh theatre company who...
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Pictured Above: Rihanna
Published: 12 April, 2012
by ROISIN GADELRAB
This year’s Wireless Festival will exhaust even the most well-trained...
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Pictured Above: Tom Moggach
Published: 12 April, 2012
by DAN CARRIER
We are an urban race: 90 per cent of people in Britain live in cities.
But if...
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Published: 12 April, 2012
by DAN CARRIER
Directed by René Féret
Certificate 12a
Rating: 4 Out Of 5 Stars
At the very start of this...