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Monday 13th
This is Shahnoza in 3 Parts
If you're one of those people who's just never really 'got' the whole Julian Opie thing then we sympathise. OK, so that Blur 'Best Of' cover was pretty cool, but a whole career of making people look like stick-men - surely anybody could do it? Well yes, sort of.But the general consensus is that he's a pretty big deal - a kind of transitional figure ... read on
Alan Cristea
31 Cork Street
W1S 3NU
Julian Opie
Art, Printing, Gallery
Aeneas Faversham Forever
Can innocent children's author Rufus Hambleden unravel the mystery behind the Tower Bridge construction site? Can he save us from the evil machinations of the sinister entrepreneur Lucius Frost....?Aeneas Faversham Forever introduces us to The Ostrea Holdings company, led by the dashingly attractive but ominous Lucius Frost, with untoward interest ... read onLeicester Square Theatre
Leicester Square
WC2H 7BP
The Penny Dreadfuls
Comedy, Sketches
Tuesday 14th
Cut Off Your Hands
New Zealand post-punk hopefuls Cut Off Your Hands stop by the Monto Water Rats tonight as they tour in support of their single 'Expectations'.
Well turned out and energetic on stage, they're certainly destined for big things in chart-land, but we can't shake the feeling that they sound a little to like Hot Hot Heat for comfort.
Monto Water Rats
328 Gray's Inn Road
WC1X 8BZ
Cut Off Your Hands, Sounds Like Violence
+ morePunk
Esser
Like some angular-haired visitor from a sketch-show of the near future, Ben Esser is force feeding us all heaped spoonfuls of modernity from a comically big spoon at the ICA tonight.Despite looking like a cross between Cliff Richards and Glen Danzig, Esser makes off-kilter electro pop that never fails to astonish and surprise. Oh, and you'll definitely ... read onICA
The Mall
SW1Y 5AH
Ben Esser
Pop, Electro
Wednesday 15th
The Future Can Wait
In art world, as much as in music world, the quest is always on for 'the next big thing'. Everybody is desperate to get there first. This means you get lots of rubbish art championed by rubbish galleries because they think they're doing something really new, different, alternative, edgy or whatever. Not interested? Well check the Spoonfed Culture Editor's... read onOld Truman Brewery
Brick Lane
E1 6QL
Gordon Cheung, Nadine Feinson, Mark McGowan, Gavin Nolan, Will Tuck
+ moreArt, Gallery, Painting, Drawing, Video, Performance Art
The Marinsky (Kirov) Ballet
Now, we don't enthuse wildly about the ballet here at Spoonfed, or not very often, and this is mainly because we are pig ignorant about it. However we have seen this troupe (in Russia, lucky old us!) and for ten quid you've got a great chance to enjoy ballet at it's very, very best. Then if you still don't understand or enjoy it at least no one can... read onSadler's Wells
Rosebery Avenue
EC1R 4TN
Ballet
Thursday 16th
The Dears
Canadian indie collective The Dears play in the grand surroundings of Porchester Hall tonight, plugging their fourth album 'Missiles', released in four days time.Another one of the great acts to come out of the fertile Montreal scene (Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene, The Besnard Lakes), their last album 'Gang of Losers' was a triumph.They must be g... read onPorchester Hall
45 Porchester Road
W2 5HS
The Dears
Indie
Call Me If You Feel Too Happy
Nicola Albon and Sophie Pelham's show about bi-polar disorder was a surprise hit at this year's Edinburgh Fringe and now returns to their hometown for a short run at this well-loved fringe theatre.Bi-polar disorder has many famous sufferers (Winston Churchill, Natalie Portman etc) but is bandied around by too many people as an excuse for erratic behaviour.... read onOld Red Lion Theatre Club
St John's Street
EC1V 4NJ
Comedy
Friday 17th
Irruppt!
Irruppt return with pure party vibes following a break to recharge the batteries. Deekline is the star guest, supplying rude-as UK garage – presumably you remember 'I don't smoke the reefer'? Superfilth!!! residents Arrow!!!, Oli DAB and Robin support, along with Para-Beats (playing bassline house) and Trouble Vision's Sold Golid.Stuntcock host ... read onRedstar
319 Camberwell Road
SE5 0HQ
Arrow!!!, Flawless Victory, Robin
+ moreGarage, House, Electro
Snap Crackle and Pop Warehouse Party Special
Snap, Crackle and Pop - the forward thinking club night where getting sweaty is mandatory and a love of filthy electro and all things glitchy is a definite prerequisite - have come a long way since their inception 2 years ago. They take over an entire car park tonight to flex their skills and show us just how great they really are..To fill it with ... read onHearn Street Car Park
7-11 Hearn Street
EC2A 3LS
Justin Martin, Peter Pixzel, Mowgli
+ moreTecno/Minimal, Electro
Slash
Come start your weekend with East London's greatest dancey-noisey discotheque.
Tonight's looking to be one that everyone will remember as it features a visit from from everyone's favourite noise kids Trencher, whose music will literally melt your head like that Nazi at the end of Raiders of the Lost Arc.
Catch
22 Kingsland Road
E2 8DA
Trencher
Electro, Dance, Punk
Saturday 18th
Manifesto Marathon
This sounds absolutely brilliant! It's a two-day non-stop interview event taking place in Frank Gehry's funny chopped-up-Ikea-meets-Jenga Serpentine Pavilion. It's kind of like a congress for writers, philosophers, artists, architects, scientists and academics to outline their thoughts on the world today and the direction in which we are or ought to... read onSerpentine Gallery
Kensington Gardens
W2 3XA
Yoko Ono, Gilbert & George, Brian Eno, Tom McCarthy
Art, Gallery, Performance Art, Architecture, Science
Bounce vs C64
Word-of-mouth breaks night C64 teams up with Miami bass night Bounce to celebrate the collective birthdays of brilliant producer Wizard and Wide Records label boss Simon Fullerton.C64 have been off the radar for a while now and it's good to see the balls-to-the-wall breakers back in the show. Any party they do is infallibly rocking - and when you add ... read onFactory
65 Goding Street
SE11 5AW
Slyde, Screwface, Vicious Circle
+ moreBreaks, Electro, Drum & Bass
Hans Teeuwen
Following his sold-out London runs at the Soho and Arts Theatres, Dutch comedian Hans Teeuwen, (recipient of a 2008 Chortle Award) returns to London with his phenomenally surreal, critically-acclaimed show.
read onLeicester Square Theatre
Leicester Square
WC2H 7BP
Hans Teeuwen
Stand Up
Sunday 19th
Sarah Silverman
Silverman is not your average female comedian. No whining about men, no basic observations and certainly no 'girl-next-door' routine. She has built a career tackling controversial topics head on. Race, religion and sex are all dump-tackled; even poor old Martin Luther King gets it in the neck. She has trashed several celebrities... read onHammersmith Apollo
Queen Caroline Street
W6 9QH
Sarah Silverman
Stand Up
Film School
LA-based shoegazers play their only UK headline show, following their tour with British Sea Power.
In support are Peckham's finest paisley undergrounders The Lea Shores.
The Social West End
5 Little Portland Street
W1W 7JD
Film School, The Lea Shores
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