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4th September 2010
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15th October 2008
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This In Not London

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Monday 29th

Rothko

Mark Rothko's work is some of the most instantly recognisable of the Twentieth Century. And the problem with overexposure on the scale that Rothko has faced (along with the likes of Van Gogh, Picasso, Dalí and Monet) is that it is difficult to see the works afresh, to see them for themselves and not simply something that has appeared in print... read on

where:

Tate Modern

Bankside

SE1 9TG

who:

Mark Rothko

when:
10am - 6pm
what:

Art, Gallery, Painting

cost:
From £5 - £13
 

Siouxsie

The gothic icon, darkwave pioneer and former Siouxsie and the Banshees singer plays a solo show at Koko tonight.

She released her first solo album 'MantaRay' last year, and her career is set for an Indian summer.

read on

where:

Koko

1A Camden High Street

NW1 7JE

who:

Siouxsie

when:
8.15pm - 11pm
what:

Rock

cost:
£25

Tuesday 30th

Enter Shikari

Enter Shikari play a special intimate show at the Underworld tonight, which sold out in milliseconds.

Those lucky enough to be in attendance will be blown away by these metal-rave gods.

read on

where:

Underworld

174 Camden High Street

NW1 0NE

who:

Enter Shikari

when:
7pm - 11pm
what:

Metal

cost:
Sold Out
 

Memory

Welsh playwright Jonathan Lichtenstein and director Terry Hands team up to bring this postmodern play-within-a-play to the Pleasance. It's an elegantly constructed ninety minutes about a company rehearsal, an elderly Holocaust survivor and a crisis in modern Bethlehem. Drawing parallels between the Holocaust and the current restrictions imposed on Palestinians... read on

where:

Pleasance Theatre

41 Carpenter's Mews

N7 9DP

when:
7.30pm - 9pm
what:

Tragedy, Melodrama

cost:
From £10 - £15

Wednesday 1st

Laughter In Odd Places

Laughter In Odd Places is a monthly (ish!) club that was set up by quirky comics Terry Saunders and Tom Bell after they'd had enough of playing smelly little pub rooms full of noisy drunk people. So far, they've had comedy gigs in a record shop, a cafe, a library, a charity shop, a book shop, a heath, a museum, a gallery and even comedy reviewer Bruce... read on

where:

Borders Bookshop

122 Charing Cross Road

WC2H 0JR

who:

Stewart Lee, Josie Long, Tom Bell

+ more
when:
8pm - 10.30pm
what:

Stand Up, Sketches

cost:
Free (reservation required)
 

Seasick Steve

Steve Wold, aka Seasick Steve, plays his biggest Uk show to date tonight at the Albert Hall, as he celebrates his rapid rise on the back of 2006's slow-burning hit album 'Dog House Music'.

He's been a busking tramp, produced Modest Mouse and blown away the crowds at Glasto and on Later... With Jools Holland. A true blues rock journeyman.

read on

where:

Royal Albert Hall

Kensington Gore

SW7 2AP

who:

Seasick Steve, Amy LaVere

when:
6.45pm - 11.30pm
what:

Blues, Folk, Rock

cost:
From £17 - £25

Thursday 2nd

Christopher Morris: My America

America's a funny old place huh? It must be a dream for photographers like Christopher Morris. Morris is perhaps best-known for his war photojournalism, but since 2000 he has set about recordinging the political peculiarities of his homeland. He has documented the travels of George W Bush for Time Magazine and covered the recent campaigns of both John... read on

where:

HOST Gallery

1 Honduras Street

EC1Y 0TH

who:

Christopher Morris

when:
10am - 6pm
what:

Art, Gallery, Photography

cost:
Free
 

Ed Byrne: Different Class

'Half toff, half pikey'... all comic! Comedy favourite Ed Byrne brings a blisteringly funny show to Riverside Studios about marriage, class, the youth of today and anything else that strikes him as humorous. This show went down a storm in Edinburgh and received a string of 5-star reviews. Here Byrne demonstrates that he's lost none of the Irish char... read on

where:

Riverside Studios

Crisp Road

W6 9RL

who:

Ed Byrne

when:
7.30pm - 9.30pm
what:

Stand Up

cost:
From £14 - £18
 

Concrete and Glass

Concrete and Glass eh? It'd sure be pretty tough to build a city without those two little babies. To celebrate the East in all its ostensibly gritty glory, Concrete and Glass is a two-day festival of live music and arty happenings taking place across 18 music venues, a load of galleries and over 30 'alternative sites' - i.e. disused shops, warehouses... read on

where:

Various Shoreditch & Hoxton Venues

who:

James Holden, Pete and the Pirates, Gavin Turk

+ more
when:
7.30 - 11pm
what:

Installation, Indie, Electro

cost:
£23

Friday 3rd

Rivane Neuenschwander

It's always interesting when a gallery allows an artist to totally transform the space - one wonders how they get it all back to normal afterwards. But that's neither here nor there. What is both here and there (what?) is that Brazilian contemporary artist Rivane Neuenschwander has taken over the South London Gallery for a couple of months, and what... read on

where:

South London Gallery

65 Peckham Road

SE5 8UH

who:

Rivane Neuenschwander

+ more
when:
12pm - 6pm
what:

Art, Gallery, Installation

cost:
Free
 

Z Shed

The Z-Shed returns for another session of sicko bass, this time in partnership with the Random Audio label. There's a live headline slot from unhinged rave cabaret collective Monster Zoku Onsomb, plus Rag & Bone's Kanji Kinetic, operating on the lunatic fringe of the bassline/niche sound. Also look out for Night Slugs resident L-Vis 1990, with his... read on

where:

Hub Club

2 Goulston Street

E1 7TP

who:

Ray Pest, Monster Zoku Onsomb

+ more
when:
11pm - 6am
what:

Garage, Dubstep, Electro

cost:
£7, £5 Before Midnight
 

Dethscalator

Stoke Newington may be the last place that comes to mind when you think of sludge metal, but turn over enough stones and you'll find Dethscalator - one of the scuzziest of the lot!

Sounding like an unholy pairing of Black Sabbath and Big Business they make music that Chaos Vs Cosmos described as "wuuurwuuurwuuuur CLANG! - Aaaaaaaaaagh!'

read on

where:

The Montague Arms

289 Queens Road

SE15 2PA

who:

Dethscalator

when:
7pm - Late
what:

Metal, Rock

cost:
£3

Saturday 4th

Dystopia for All

  Check out all the dudes involved in this little project! Gavin Turk, Gordon Cheung, Lee Maelzer, Martin Creed, Will Tuck, Dallas Seitz... bloody Nora, should be ace! Art. Art. Art. Not actually at Carter Presents, but up the road in the Wenlock Building. A load of great artists and contemporary galleries (David Risley, Carter Presents, Seventee... read on

where:

Wenlock Building

Wenlock Road

N1 7SL

who:

Alison Wilding, Gavin Turk

+ more
when:
12pm - 7pm
what:

Art, Performance Art, Gallery, Video, Installation, Painting

cost:
Free
 

Prologue

Prologue is one of London's longest-standing and most popular club nights and one which has been recently rehoused in East Village. With music ranging from deep tech house to the funkier side - as well as plenty of classics - Prologue is continuously pushing the boundaries, developing the newest sounds and playing cutting edge styles. Past guests hav... read on

where:

East Village

89 Great Eastern Street

EC2A 3HX

who:

Bugz In The Attic, Joe Le Groove

+ more
when:
9pm - 4am
what:

Electro, House, Drum & Bass, Pop

cost:
£10, £8 Before 11pm
 

Liquid Liquid

Famed New York no wave pioneers Liquid Liquid are one of the most important bands of the post punk movement, being one of the first groups to combine the sparse angular rhythms of punk rock with heavy percussion taken from the city's then vibrant funk and disco scenes. Reforming for a one off show tonight in celebration of Domino Record's Crystal Anniversary... read on

where:

The Barbican

Silk Street

EC2Y 8DS

who:

Liquid Liquid, Junior Boys, Optimo

when:
7.30pm - 11pm
what:

Punk

cost:
From £15 - £25

Sunday 5th

Smoke

Good old London. For a minute it looked like nothing good was happening this October. Apart from the Turner Prize, Warhol at the Hayward, the opening of the Saatchi Gallery... OK there's loads of great stuff, but this looks like one of the best. It's called 'Smoke' and it's taking place at Pump House Gallery in Wandsworth. (Is it just us or is South... read on

where:

Pump House Gallery

Battersea Park

SW11 4NJ

who:

Simon Patterson

+ more
when:
11am - 4pm
what:

Art, Gallery, Video, Performance Art, Photography, Installation

cost:
Free
 

Sunday Special

Sunday can tend to be a bit of a lost day at the weekend, spent in bed, on the sofa or wasted away in the pub. Thankfully, Up The Creek comedy club is on hand once a week to get you out to the Sunday Special - a brilliant music, cabaret and comedy night, with a young, enthusiastic crowd, a house jazz band and a 'lucky dip' open spot for anyone wanting... read on

where:

Up The Creek

302 Creek Road

SE10 9SW

who:

Ed Aczel, Greg Davies, Phil Kay

+ more
when:
7.30pm - 11pm
what:

Stand Up, As Seen on TV, Fringe

cost:
£5, £3 Concessions
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