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11th March 2010
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Cultural Quality Control is a free, weekly ezine featuring the best gigs, theatre, art, clubbing and comedy in London.

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Monday 8th

Akron/Family

... read on

where:

The Luminaire

311 Kilburn High Road

NW6 7JR

who:

Hush Arbors, Akron Family

when:
7.30pm - 11pm
what:

Indie

cost:
From £11
 

365

Fresh from the worldwide success of Black Watch, the National Theatre of Scotland return to London, this time at the Lyric with another play about damaged youth.365 is set in a halfway home or 'practice flat' for kids about to be released from state care into the wider world and follows a number of guests as they gear up for the trials of life on the ... read on

where:

Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith

King Street

W6 0QL

when:
7.30pm - 9.40pm
what:

Melodrama, Youth

 

cost:
From £10 - £30

Tuesday 9th

Gotye

Curious Generation present one of their biggest gigs yet as Wouter DeBacker, aka Gotye, headlines at the Scala tonight, playing tracks from his three albums to date.The latest, 'Mixed Blood', was a remix and covers album, offering an insight into the experimental musical mind of this minor genius. In the intimate surroundings of this live music paradise,... read on

where:

Scala

275-277 Pentonville Road

N1 9NL

who:

Gotye

when:
7.30pm - 11pm
what:

Indie, Rock

cost:
From £10
 

Illumini

It takes quite a lot to get Spoonfed Editors excited: we're such a dreary jaded miserable lot. But this looks brilliant!It's basically just lots of art about light, right. Paintings, sculpture and installation looking at and employing the dazzling possibilities that light offers. But instead of the usual Private View with a glass of fizz and a scone ... read on

where:

St Pancras Parish Church

Euston Road

NW1 2BA

when:
11am - 7pm
what:

Art, Gallery, Performance Art, Painting, Photography

cost:
Free

Wednesday 10th

Brou Ha Ha

Tonight's gig features a one hour fringe show - Sarah Millican's Not Nice. This is the show that won Sarah Millican her 'Best Newcomer' award at the Edinburgh Fringe and deservedly so - she has plenty of cracking jokes and one-liners up her sleeve that will keep the audience laughing right the way through not to mention some filthy material on sex which... read on

where:

Royal Vauxhall Tavern

372 Kennington Lane

SE11 5HY

who:

Sarah Millican, Zoe Lyons

when:
8.30pm - 10pm
what:

Stand Up, Fringe, Improv

cost:
£5
 

Reminiscence

Inspired by an Oliver Sacks case study (he's the towering genius who wrote The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat and Awakenings) this is a multi-media journey into the mind. Through dance, music and visuals, Theatre DeCapo tell the story of Mrs O'Connor, who suffers a stroke which transports her from her bland old folks home back into a world spun... read on

where:

Jackson's Lane Theatre

Jackson's Lane

N6 5AA

when:
8pm - 9.05pm
what:

Dance

cost:
From £11 - £13

Thursday 11th

Saddle Creek UK

The brilliant Nebraska-based record label, home of the likes of The Faint, Bright Eyes and Two Gallants, present an evening at Brixton Windmill, showcasing a couple of acts their UK roster alongside Omaha's Neva Dinova. The headliners were last here to support the legend that is Daniel Johnston, and you may have heard guitarist Jake Bellows' contribution... read on

where:

The Windmill

Blenheim Gardens

SW2 5BZ

who:

Neva Dinova, Ripping Yarns

+ more
when:
7.30pm - 12am
what:

Indie, Country, Rock

cost:
£5
 

Francis Bacon

Almost certainly the exhibition of the year. Francis Bacon is universally recognised as one of the most important artists of the Twentieth Century and probably also one of the greatest British painters of all time.His darkly brooding figurative works are richly laden with references to classical texts, biblical scenes and the artist's personal friendships.... read on

where:

Tate Britain

SW1P 4RG

who:

Francis Bacon

when:
10am - 12am
what:

Art, Gallery, Painting

cost:
From £5 - £13

Friday 12th

Stanton Warriors

Two of the finest duos in breaks rock up to the Westbury tonight.Breakbeat aficionados the Stanton Warriors (named after the manhole covers - yep it's true) are specialists in dishing up relentless, funked-up breaks. Their productions are hailed as classics and they are usually to be found headlining huge venues. To see them in a pub really is a rare ... read on

where:

The Westbury

34 Kilburn High Road

NW6 5UA

who:

Stanton Warriors

+ more
when:
8pm - 3am
what:

Breaks, Electro, Indie

cost:
£5
 

Twee As Fuck

Twee As Fuck return for another session of lovely live music, with just the right amount of saccharine, to ensure that things don't get intolerably sweet.

The bands they get on board are usually excellent, and DJs are on hand with some smile-inducing tunes to ensure the endorphins flow thick and fast.

read on

where:

The Buffalo Bar

259 Upper Street

N1 1RU

who:

Monade, Stars of Aviation

+ more
when:
9pm - 2am
what:

Indie

cost:
£6

Saturday 13th

Thames Festival

Boris is hosting this year's annual Mayor's Thames Festival with the streets of London filled to the brim with hundreds of free activities especially for you (and the rest of London). There's that many wonderful free events scattered around London, we cannot possibly add each one unless we had a cracking team of Spoonfed monkeys working on it for a... read on

where:

Across London

when:
10am - Late
what:

Festival

cost:
Free
 

Videocrash

Wow. Not only Hexstatic – unarguably the finest audio/visual artists around – but DJ Food, DK, Bad Science and The Shadow Orchestra to boot.

Any of those alone would command a crowd; together - well get your tickets before it's too late.

read on

where:

Koko

1a Camden High Street

NW1 7JE

who:

Hexstatic, Bad Science

+ more
when:
9pm - 3am
what:

Electronica, Electro

cost:
£16
 

The Bearcat Club

This week at the Bearcat there is a really outstanding line-up with musical wizard Mitch Benn, masters of observational comedy Simon Evans and Mark Maier not to mention gifted storyteller John Gordillo, who has just returned from Edinburgh victorious with a smattering of five star reviews. The bar is open to midnight and there is a friendly vibe whe... read on

where:

The Turk's Head

28 Winchester Road

TW1 1LF

who:

Mitch Benn, Simon Evans

+ more
when:
8pm - 10.30pm
what:

Stand Up

cost:
£12 (Members £10)

Sunday 14th

Shotgun Riot

Ball-busting hardcore kids Shotgun Riot throw down at The Fly tonight in celebration of the release of their début EP 'The Real Rock and Roll'.

A mix of Guns'n'Roses and Strike Anywhere, they make music that is the sonic equivalent of a blow-torch to the face.

read on

where:

The Fly

36 - 38 New Oxford Street

WC1A 1EP

who:

Shotgun Riot, Go-X

+ more
when:
7.30pm - 11pm
what:

Punk

cost:
£5
 

D-Late Meets Shoreditch Shuffle

The D-Late mothership is a party juggernaut loaded with techno bullets, careering round London, aiming them at unsuspecting clubbers and making them go insane.

Commandeered by international party machines, the guys behind D-Late have become very very good at what they do.

read on

where:

Club Aquarium

256 Old Street

EC1V 9DD

who:

Nic Fisher, Rich NxT, Nicolai

+ more
when:
3.30am - Late
what:

Techno/Minimal

cost:
Free
 

Moths to / from a Flame

Recent Goldsmiths curator graduate Makiki Nagaya shows an exhibition at t1+2 this month produced and presented in collaboration with Joe Banks, James Early and Johnny Vivash.One of the big things in contemporary art right now is the role of the curator (see the work of Turner Prize-shortlisted Goshka Macuga or read The Residence owner Ingrid Z's thoughts ... read on

where:

T1+2

17 Hereford Street

E2 6ET

who:

Makiko Nagaya, Johnny Vivash

+ more
when:
12pm - 6pm
what:

Art, Gallery, Installation, Painting, Printing

cost:
Free
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