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4th September 2010
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Guess Who's Back?

Easter: the choicest dish on the Christian Calendar’s menu of moveable feasts? We certainly think so. It thrashes the pants off Septuagesima, that’s for sure. There’s bunnies, chocolate, eggs, and – for those of you who are into all that – plenty of religion too.

In celebration of the resurrection of Jesus, we at Spoonfed are spending the day having a picnic and Easter egg hunt in the park opposite the office. It’s going to be ‘small but challenging’ according to the kind Spoonfed chiefs. The treasure hunt that is, not the picnic. The picnic’s going to be colossal and so simple that any dork can manage it. Which is lucky.

Anyway, enough about us. What are you guys up to? Not sure yet? Why not scroll down and peruse all the lovely events we've selected for you.

Upcoming

Will Andrews

24th April 2009
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Neon Noise Project

1st May 2009
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Talk Show

6th May 2009
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Eight

6th July 2009
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Friday 10th

Don John

Kneehigh Theatre present their visceral, seductive and fundamentally nasty take on the age old story of a dangerous, but lovable lothario. Produced in collaboration with the RSC and the Bristol Old Vic, this flashy show transposes the action to the mean streets and spangly discos of the Winter of Discontent: 1978. Expect lashings of sex, violence read on

where:
Battersea Arts Centre
Old Town Hall
SW11 5TN
when:
7.30pm
what:
Tragedy, Opera
cost:
From £18 to £28
 

The Week That Was

The sun's sort of out, the clocks have gone forward, you're leaving work while it's still light... That can only mean one thing - it's spring, or to us musos, festival time! Dalston's Barden's Boudoir is first off the blocks this year with 3 days of up-and-coming indie called Bird on a Wire (which is also the name of Mel Gibson's third best film).
read on

where:
Barden's Boudoir
38-44 Stoke Newington Road
N16 7XJ
who:
The Week That Was, Gentle Friendly
when:
8pm
what:
Indie
cost:
£8, £17 Weekend Tickets

Saturday 11th

Tuborg Musical Awards

From January to March there is a competition being held online at www.musicalcomedy.co.uk to find the best musical act out of the UK's established and emerging comedians. After surviving the public's online vote, a shortlist of the top twenty acts will be perused by a panel of judges, who will then choose their favourite five to see live at the
read on

where:
Pleasance Theatre
41 Carpenter's Mews
N7 9DP
who:
Isy Suttie, Earl Okin
when:
8pm
what:
Music
cost:
£10, £9 Concessions
 

Noel Fielding

Renowned as the best and longest running comedy night in Nottingham (with 11 years mirth under their belts) the Just The Tonic crew made the trip down the A1 last year and set up shop in the rather grotty nightclub venue of Tufnulls in North London. In the space of 10 weeks they had featured Daniel Kitson, Tim Vine, Jeff Green, Mark Watson read on

where:
Leicester Square Theatre
Leicester Square
WC2H 7BP
who:
Noel Fielding, Ninia Banjamin
+ more
when:
10pm
what:
Stand Up
cost:
£13
 

Simply Salacious Parties 5th Birthday Party

Simply Salacious Parties is celebrating 5 years of weekly residencies at venues like The Whitehouse and Rouge, one offs at venues like Bar Rumba and Cafe de Paris and big ones at Ministry of Sound and Studio 33, all featuring some of the best DJs in London!
read on

where:
Area
67-68, Albert Embankment
SE1 7TP
who:
DG LUX, Virustage, Clemy Rilley, Peter Borg + more
when:
10pm - late
what:
House, Techno
cost:
£10

Sunday 12th

Escape From New York Easter Rooftop Party

This is one hell of a proposition: a collection of London and NYC's most luminous disco pioneers gathered to lay it down for your dancing pleasure on a *sunny* rooftop garden in East London on Easter Sunday of 2009. The star guest from NYC remains a secret for good reason. Seriously now folks - if this doesn't float your boat I don't know what... read on

where:
Queen of Hoxton
1 Curtain Road
EC2A 3JX
who:
Neil Thornton, Danny Clark
+ more
when:
1pm - 9pm
what:
House, Disco
cost:
£7
 

David Byrne

One of modern music's most intoxicating relationships gets revisited tonight as David Byrne brings to life the songs that he and Brian Eno forged across 3 Talking Heads albums in the 1970s and then on the groundbreaking album My Life in the Bush of Ghosts. The fact that after 30 years the two have reunited for a new record is surely enough to read on

where:
Royal Festival Hall
Belvedere Road
SE1 8XX
who:
David Byrne
when:
7.30pm
what:
Indie, Pop, Electronica
cost:
From £35 to £45
 

Circo Loco

Phenomenal and aptly named after party Circo Loco is indeed a circus of freaks. There's no getting round the fact that the people you meet on the dancefloor at 11am on a Sunday morning have had too much fun. Their brains don't work like normal people. What has set Circo Loco apart down the years is the quality of music they have chosen to play read on

where:
Heaven
Under the Arches
WC2N 6NG
who:
Clive Henry, Dinky
+ more
when:
10pm - late
what:
House, Electro, Techno/Minimal
cost:
£20, £15 Advance Tickets

Monday 13th

Lie of the Land

A couple escape the city for a life of fresh sea air, self-sufficiency and one-ness with the land.

But the land collapses into the sea, they can't really cope with solitude and what neighbours they do have, drive them mental.

A sharp but touching comedy about modern obsession by Torben Betts which was a popular favourite at the Edinburgh Fringe.  read on

where:
Arcola Theatre
27 Arcola Street
E8 2DJ
when:
8.15pm
what:
Comedy
cost:
£14, £10 Concessions
 

Joe Worricker

If Disney films, Heroes, Transformers and Rick Astley have taught us anything, it's that looks can be deceiving. Take Joe Worricker for example - he might look like your typical indie kid, but beneath the plaid shirt and well coiffed hair is a reincarnation of Gene Chandler complete with foghorn-like voice and a catalogue of smoky bar-room blues nu... read on

where:
Slaughtered Lamb
34-35 Great Sutton Street
EC1V 0DX
who:
Joe Worricker
when:
7.45pm
what:
Pop, Soul
cost:
£5

Tuesday 14th

Pub Rock

Join the Cartoon de Salvo crew for a drink and some live music in one of the pubs around Hammersmith. As the gig kicks off and then breaks down, you'll learn more than you expected to about the lives of the band. Cartoon de Salvo made one of the most raved-about shows of last year, Hard Hearted Hannah and Other Stories. Like that show, this incorpor... read on

where:
Lyric Theatre
King Street
W6 0QL
who:

when:
7.30pm
what:
Performance Art, Comedy
cost:
£3
 

Butterflies on Strings

Butterflies On Strings like to refer to themselves as 'post pop', but it's hard to tell if they are joking or not. While their uplifting blend of indie-pop and electronica references Elliot Smith, Death Cab and the like, their songs seem to convey this nagging doubt of where they fit in the great scheme of things - which is fairly rare in modern ... read on

where:
Catch
22 Kingsland Road
E2 8DA
who:
Butterflies on Strings
when:
8pm
what:
Indie, Pop, Electronica
cost:
£5

Wednesday 15th

Knock2Bag - Shappi Khorsandi

Knock2Bag is not only the best comedy night in Shepherd's Bush but probably one of the best in London, regularly selling out each month. Tonight's line-up is as good as ever with one of the circuit's best female comics, Shappi Khorsandi topping the bill alongside controversial gay stand-up Scott Capurro. Hackney Empire New Act of the Year runne... read on

where:
Bar FM
184 Uxbridge Road
W12 7JP
who:
Shappi Khorsandi, Scott Capurro
when:
8pm
what:
Stand Up
cost:
£7
 

Health

Impressive leaders of the much touted LA noise scene, Health specialise in mathy indie rock that turns tribal drums, squealing guitars, wonky basslines and a home-made guitar/microphone called a zootphone into an acutely intense and uncompromising experience. Aggressive, concise and frantic, Health are a hefty kick up the arse of the oft played-... read on

where:
The Boston Arms
178 Junction Road
N19 5QQ
who:
Health, Snowman
+ more
when:
8pm
what:
Punk, Indie
cost:
£8

Thursday 16th

No Man's Land

Alain de Botton quoted in a press release? Ha! That's amazing. What's wrong with usual suspects: Foucault, Derrida and Baudrillard? Have they been superseded by cod-philosopher Bottom? Anyway, whoever the thinker they've co-opted to provide intellectual foundations, this looks like being a cracking show. No Man's Land seeks to explore the conce... read on

where:
Elevator Gallery
White Post Lane
E9 5EN
who:
Brendan Murphy, Jeni Snell
when:
6.30pm
what:
Art, Gallery
cost:
Free
 

Nocturnal

A stylish new psychodrama by Juan Mayorga about two tenants in an apartment block who bump into each other around midnight in a nearby cafe and find they have much in common. Except this happy meeting isn't a coincidence. It's been meticulously planned by one of the two new friends. How far would you go to make a new friend? A new drama about lonel... read on

where:
Gate Theatre
11 Pembridge Road
W11 3HQ
when:
7.30pm
what:
Comedy, Thriller
cost:
£16, £11 Concessions
 

The Penny Dreadfuls

Brand new show from Victorian sketch troupe the Penny Dreadfuls as they follow up last year's hit play Aeneas Faversham Forever with new blockbuster The Neverman - a terrifying psychological thriller in a world of spies, assassins, bullets and er, biltong. Their last show was immense and well worthy of its stockpile of five star reviews. We can't wait... read on

where:
Hen & Chickens Theatre
109 St Paul's Road
N1 2NA
who:
The Penny Dreadfuls
when:
7.30pm
what:
Sketches
cost:
£10, £8 Concessions

Friday 17th

Painting is Thinking

Painting, drawing and site-specific installation combine to brilliant effect in the works of Anne Gathmann and Kysa Johnson. Gathmann coats sheets of paper in wet paint so that their form begins to wilt and distort - these are then presented in such a way as to interact with the surrounding space. Johnson uses microscopic structures as the basic buil... read on

where:
Standpoint
45 Coronet Street
N1 6HD
who:
Kysa Johnson, Anne Gathmann
when:
12pm - 6pm
what:
Art, Painting, Installation
cost:
Free
 

Isabel Rock - Ultimate Love Story

Contemporary artist Isabel Rock combines a variety of media and techniques - spray paint, printing, drawing, collage, gold leaf... - to produce images that are layered with folk-tale whimsy. Her works are visually complex and fascinating, but also light-hearted and fun: a rare combination indeed. This is her first solo show, and provides a promi... read on

where:
bearspace
152 Deptford High Street
SE8 3PQ
who:
Isabel Rock
when:
12.30pm - 5pm
what:
Art, Painting, Drawing
cost:
Free
 

Simon Amstell & Stephen Merchant

This elegant Edwardian music hall is a fine setting for hosting some of the best comedians on the circuit and they really are. No local children's entertainers here - recently they have had cult comedy heroes like Stewart Lee, Josie Long, Andy Zaltzman and Sean Lock performing live and this month looks just as just as special. It is a rare night... read on

where:
Bush Hall
310 Uxbridge Road
W12 7LJ
who:
Simon Amstell, Stephen Merchant
when:
8.30pm
what:
Stand Up
cost:
£14
 

We Fear Silence present A Bunch Of Cuts

Two ex-programmers from late and sorely missed nightclub The End save the day by taking over Friday nights at top notch newly cool venue The Arches. Tonight is the launch of A Bunch Of Cuts - a brand new night brought to you by Marcus Intalex's dnb collective - which includes Doc Scott, D Bridge, Calibre and Klute. Room two is tonight headed up by Appl... read on

where:
Arches
53 Southwark Street
SE1 1TE
who:
Appleblim, Marcus Intalex
+ more
when:
10pm - 6am
what:
Drum & Bass, Dubstep
cost:
£15, £12 Concessions

Saturday 18th

Tobias Rehberger

Tobias Rehberger produces incredible sculptural installations that are a riot of colour, incredible gravity-defying form, and conceptual weirdness.

All manner of shapes, materials and ideas converge in these almost overwhelming pieces. He's got a solo show at Pilar Corrias this April and May and it looks like being a cracker. read on

where:
Pilar Corias
54 Eastcastle Street
W1W 8EF
who:
Tobias Rehberger
when:
11am - 6pm
what:
Art, Sculpture, Installation
cost:
Free
 

Colony

Keeping it dark and bumping as we cruise into spring, Colony touches down again at the Russian Bar.

Topping the bill is the mighty Untold, a man responsible for some of 2008's most interesting dubs via his Hemlock imprint.

He cuts a line between skippety garage, smoked-out half step and tribal IDM.
read on

where:
A10 Russian Bar
267 Kingsland Road
E2 8AS
who:
Tom Lennox, Untold
+ more
when:
9pm - 5am
what:
Dupstep, Electronica, Techno/Minimal
cost:
£5, Free before 11pm
 

Outlook Festival Launch Party

Outlook Festival is one of the biggest on the dubstep calendar. Kicking things off with this simply enormous launch, they unite a host of underground nights including SubDub, Exodus, New Bohemia, Vagabondz, The Tuesday Club, Hit and Run and more. DJ wise it's absolutely stunning. The Digital Mystikz make a special guest appearance, added to pretty... read on

where:
Coronet
28 New Kent Road
SE1 6TJ
who:
Digital Mystikz, Luke Envoy
+ more
when:
10pm - 7am
what:
Dubstep
cost:
£12

Sunday 19th

ANOPSEUDONONYMOUS

Temporary experimental art space Five Hundred Dollars opens this April with an exhibition that explores the idea of anonymity.

ANOPSEUDONONYMOUS consists of work across a variety of media, including painting, sculpture and video, by a group of contemporary artists. The twist is that all the works are being shown without artist attribution. read on

where:
Five Hundred Dollars
12 Vyner Street
E2 9DG
when:
12pm - 6pm
what:
Art, Painting, Video
cost:
Free
 

The Killing of Mister Toad

Marking the 150th anniversary of Kenneth Grahame's birth, the Finborough presents an odd but compelling piece of social and literary history by David Gooderson. Starting with the delivery of flowers to his widow Elspeth Grahame, this play is essentially a flood of memories, with the characters of Toad, Badger, Rat and Mole from the classic child... read on

where:
Finborough Theatre
Finborough Arms
SW10 9ED
when:
7.30pm
what:
Tragedy, Melodrama
cost:
£13, £9 Concessions
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