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7th September 2010
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In Memoriam

Sometimes London never seems to stop. It rushes headlong ever onwards, forwards like a juggernaut into a bold new future. And sometimes it’s too much. Sometimes we need to stop, stand still for a moment, and remember. In some ways it is memory that defines who we are. Without memory there can be no identity.

On Wednesday, Boris Johnson unveiled a statue in Trafalgar Square of Sir Keith Park, the man who – more than any other – was responsible for victory in the Battle of Britain, and therefore the continuation of democracy not only here but across Europe.

And this Sunday is of course Remembrance Sunday. Buy a poppy, and support those who have fought and died for what this country stands for. Pause, think, be grateful and remember.

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Nutcracker

26th November 2009
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Z Shed

5th December 2009
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Friendly Fires

11th December 2009
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Billy Connolly

5th January 2010
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Friday 6th

Future or Ruin

The second exhibition at Charlie Smith London, the new gallery set up by the people behind the ever-brilliant art fair The Future Can Wait. Featuring work by the increasingly impressive Gordon Cheung and the bafflingly entertaining performance artist Mark McGowan (you know, the dude who eats corgis and stuff) Future or Ruin looks at notions of read on

where:
Charlie Smith London
336 Old Street
EC1V 9DR
who:
Gordon Cheung, Mark McGowan
+ more
when:
11am - 6pm
what:
Art, Gallery
cost:
Free
 

Roger Kelly - Slow Dazzle

Slow Dazzle is the elegant and apt title for contemporary artist Roger Kelly's first major solo show in London since 2002.

Moving away from the large-scale landscape paintings with which he made his name, Kelly presents works comprised of collaged and manipulated photographic images.

Perspective is all awry in these densely detailed images. read on

where:
Hales Gallery
7 Bethnal Green Road
E1 6LA

who:
Roger Kelly
when:
11am - 6pm
what:
Photocollage
cost:
Free
 

Swedish House Mafia

Tickets for 7th November veritably leapt off the shelves for the Swedish House Mafia gig in Brixton Academy, but luckily the trio have announced another date the night before. Steve Angello, Axwell and Sebastian Ingrosso touch down for the very first time in London's best big venue - the legendary Brixton Academy. The Swedes are evidently one read on

where:
O2 Academy Brixton
211 Stockwell Road
SW9 9SL

who:
Steve Angello, Axwell
+ more
when:
10pm - 4am
what:
House
cost:
£25
 

We Fear Silence present Border Community

Border Community team up with We Fear Silence for another Corsica Studios jam.

James Holden's label has become renowned for the quality of its releases and DJs - Nathan Fake calls it home - and tonight showcases a load of artists from the stable including Wesley Matsell and Luke Abbot. read on

where:
Corsica Studios
Farrell Court
SE17 1LB

who:
James Holden, Nathan Fake
+ more
when:
10pm - 5am
what:
House, Electro, Techno/Minimal
cost:
£10

Saturday 7th

Bridget Riley

Bridget Riley's second exhibition at Timothy Taylor Gallery features a selection of new paintings, wall-based works and gouaches. Bridget Riley is the leading exponent of Op Art, a movement that exploits the fallibility of human vision to create illusions of colour, form and movement. Her works from the 1950s and '60s, which are often read on

where:
Timothy Taylor
15 Carlos Place
W1K 2EX
who:
Bridget Riley
when:
10am - 2pm
what:
Painting
cost:
Free
 

Heartbreak Soup

Far more delicate than your regular tearjerker, Heartbreak Soup is the story of Cuddy and the power of a child's imagination. Born a pale shade of blue with a congenital heart defect, he longs to be pink and energetic like the other children who play and run and jump without getting out of breath.  Brilliant performances with a weighty and read on

where:
Jackson's Lane
269a Archway Road
N6 5AA

who:

when:
Times vary
what:
Family, Tragedy
cost:
£7
 

Milton's Paradise Jones

What would you rather do - read Paradise Lost or listen to Milton Jones reel off hilarious gag after hilarious gag? Well in our case, it's the latter. Of all the esteemed Miltons past and present, Milton Jones is our favourite. He is a master of the one-liner; be it silly, clever or punny. He also loves daft costumes and bizarre props. Thinking read on

where:
Bloomsbury Theatre
15 Gordon Street
WC1H 0AH

who:
Milton Jones
when:
7.30pm
what:
Stand Up
cost:
£14, £12 Concessions
 

Rabid Festival

Rabid is London's winter techno festival: a 12 hour, 5 room hoe-down organised by five of London's best underground promoters; Lost Souls, Ketoloco, Trailer Trash and DJ Mag. Flexing their influential promoting muscles they've secured a ball-busting line up featuring all manner of top international DJ talent. Umek, Matthias Tanzmann, Paul Ritch read on

where:
SEOne
Weston Street Tunnel
SE1 3QX

who:
Cormac, Ambivalent
+ more
when:
8pm - 8am
what:
House, Electro, Techno/Minimal
cost:
From £25 to £40

Sunday 8th

Lost Souls present the Official Rabid Festival After Party

An afterparty for the smashing Rabid Festival - where five underground promoters throw down their best beats at a secret warehouse location.

Tonight the Lost Souls residents smash out their heads down brand of early morning techno with Birmingham's first lady of beats Rebekah. Her skills are exemplary. read on

where:
Cable
33a Bermondsey Street
SE1 2EG
who:
Jamie Jones, Antony Difrancesco
+ more
when:
6am - 1pm
what:
Techno/Minimal
cost:
£10
 

Saxon

Leading lights in the new wave of the British heavy metal movement of the early '80s, Barnsley-formed rockers Saxon tasted success in their early years, notching up four top 20 singles and albums and touring far and wide with the likes of Mötorhead and Iron Maiden. Taking a trip down memory lane tonight at Koko, support comes from Anvil, another read on

where:
KOKO
1a Camden High Street
NW1 7JE

who:
Saxon, Anvil
when:
7pm
what:
Metal
cost:
£19

Monday 9th

Dan Mangan

Somewhere deep within the Canadian Ministry of Culture, there must be an office full of people fervently working to distil indie music down to its purest, sweetest form and secretly sending the formula out to every garage band in the Dominion. That's the only way we can explain the sheer monopoly Canada has on indie pop right now. Spawning bands ... read on

where:
The Windmill
Blenheim Gardens
SW2 5BZ
who:
Dan Mangan
+ more
when:
7pm
what:
Indie
cost:
£5
 

Reginald D Hunter

As his UK tour comes to a close, Reginald D Hunter brings his latest show, full of musings and debate on everything from living in London to Obama mania, to the Soho Theatre for a final two week run. Originally from the Deep South, Reg is one of the few performers to have been nominated for a Perrier Award for three years running but will be known to... read on

where:
Soho Theatre
21 Dean Street
W1D 3NE

who:
Reginald D Hunter
when:
9.30pm
what:
Stand Up
cost:
£18

Tuesday 10th

Internet Forever

Current favourites of Brainlove Records, Internet Forever is what happens when you combine charity shops full of discarded instruments, basement rehersal spaces and 3 kids with too much time and bags of energy. Bashing the crap out of knackered guitars and making fractured, yet beautiful indie-pop ditties, these guys are sort of like the Raggy ... read on

where:
Social West End
5 Little Portland Street
W1W 7JD
who:
Internet Forever
+ more
when:
6pm
what:
Indie, Pop
cost:
Free
 

Youves

It seems almost impossible to get from Manhattan's Lower East Side to the endless mobile phone shops and Greg's bakeries of Nuneaton, but Youves seem to have managed it. Sounding like Ex Models soundtracking a Van Damme movie they throw angular dance shapes about with the best of them. Tonight they're playing a show at the Camden Barfly tonight, alon... read on

where:
Barfly
49 Chalk Farm Road
NW1 8AN

who:
Youves, Shapes
+ more
when:
7pm
what:
Punk
cost:
£6

Wednesday 11th

Silence in the Square

As the Afghanistan conflict enters its eighth year, The Royal British Legion is asking thousands of Britons to stand together and reflect on the price of freedom, which is still being paid, at Silence in the Square in Trafalgar Square, London. Musical acts Athlete and Mark Knopfler will join compère Ben Shephard and thousands of onlookers to rem... read on

where:
Trafalgar Square
Charing Cross
WC2N 5DN
who:
Mark Knopfler, Athlete
when:
9am - 11am
what:
Indie, Rock
cost:
Free
 

The Making of Moo

How exactly does one go about creating a God?

This play by Nigel Dennis is a satirical look at the psychological influence of a community's religious ardour. The engineer of a new dam discovers he has murdered the river god and so must find a way to create a new one.
read on

where:
Orange Tree Theatre
1 Clarence Street
TW9 2SA

when:
Times vary
what:
Melodrama, Tragedy
cost:
From £9 to £19

Thursday 12th

Celestial Contrakt

The space-time continuum, tarot cards, space stations, black holes, shooting stars, eclipses, astrolabes, a supernova, Capricorn, White Dwarf, inter-galactic shenanigans. Yes, it's an exhibition of weirdness in Hackney Wick this winter. All manner of contemporary artists are responding to ideas around the celestial and the ethereal. Christina Mitre... read on

where:
Schwartz Gallery
92 White Post Lane
E9 5EN
who:

when:
6pm - 10pm
what:
Art, Gallery
cost:
Free
 

LIVEstock 2009

It's a funny (and slightly musical) charity bash at the Apollo tonight as a smattering of Britain's best stand-ups take to the stage in support of environmental charity Friends of the Earth. Chris Addison, Dan Antopolski, Marcus Brigstocke, Richard Herring, Russell Howard, Francesca Martinez, Stephen Merchant, Lucy Porter AND Mark Watson will a... read on

where:
Hammersmith Apollo
Queen Caroline Street
W6 9QH

who:
Razorlight, Stephen Merchant, Russell Howard
+ more
when:
7pm
what:
Stand Up, Sketches
cost:
£25

Friday 13th

RCA Secret

Whoever came up with this idea really does deserve some praise. Even though the RCA Secret exhibition and sale has now been going 16 years, it still strikes us a a brilliant idea. A load of contemporary artists produce postcard-sized works of art and you can go along and buy one for only £40. The brilliance is that you don't know who's done which... read on

where:
Royal College of Art
Kensington Gore
SW7 2EU
when:
11am - 6pm
what:
Art, Gallery
cost:
Free
 

In Two Minds

Rowena Chiu curates an exhibition of contemporary art, exploring notions of balance and the liminal. The show - at Eleven Spitalfields - features work across a broad range of media by six contemporary artists, including Henry Krokatsis and David Spero.

Margins, space, and the space between spaces: a cerebral and challenging investigation. read on

where:
Eleven Spitalfield
11 Princelet Street
E1 6QH

who:
Henry Krokatsis, David Spero
+ more
when:
12pm - 6pm
what:
Video, Painting, Installation
cost:
Free
 

Louis C.K.

Renowned for his fiercely funny and honest observations, Louis C.K.'s exploration of life destroys politically correct images of marriage, children, sex and race with thoughts we have all had, but would rarely admit. After a three week sell-out run at the Soho Theatre last year, he returns to London this week with a brand new show. One of the most resp... read on

where:
Bloomsbury Theatre
15 Gordon Street
WC1H 0AH

who:
Louis C.K.
when:
Times vary
what:
Stand Up
cost:
£19
 

Bar 25

Bar25 is - or was - a landmark Berlin venue. Perched on the bank of the river Spree, the wooden bar began life as a small afterhours haunt which quickly steamrolled as the tranquil setting and superloco parties gathered notoriety. Tonight they come to London to recreate the vibe for one night only. They engage the extravagant showcase of art, ... read on

where:
Secret Location
who:
Sandeman and Mr Dickie
+ more
when:
10pm - 6am
what:
House, Techno/Minimal
cost:
£13, £10 Concessions

Saturday 14th

Poland Street Underground

A big old extravaganza of Polish culture this November, taking place at The Vinyl Factory on, appropriately enough, Poland Street, in Soho.

The Polish Cultural Institute in association with Wodka Wyborowa present all manner of art, film, design, architecture and music. There's books, music, poker lessons, vodka... okrzyki, na zdrowie! 


read on

where:
The Vinyl Factory
51 Poland Street
W1F 7LZ

when:
1pm - 10.30pm
what:
Design, Art, Installation
cost:
Free
 

Blood Orange

Blood Orange is the new project from trendsetter and zeitgeist-moulder Dev Hynes, formerly of Test Icicles and Lightspeed Champion. Early demos suggest a move away from country-tinged indie into more rock 'n' roll-type territory. But, as ever, it's impossible to pigeonhole the chameleon-like Dev. Tonight though gives you the chance to see their... read on

where:
The Victoria
110 Grove Road
E3 5TH

who:
Blood Orange
+ more
when:
7pm
what:
Indie, Rock
cost:
£4
 

DDD The Badd Birthday Shindig

DDD celebrate their birthday tonight by theming it around this year's biggest loss - Michael Jackson. Ripperton returns tonight, and is joined by Ekkhaus (2020Vision) plus residents Simon Baker and Morell keep the vibes dark and dirty. In room two, legendary live disco outfit Crazy P join Graeme Clark (The Revenge), Ryan Hope and Ste Roberts - ... read on

where:
Secret Location
who:
Crazy P, Simon Morell
+ more
when:
10pm - 6am
what:
Electro, House, Techno/Minimal
cost:
£14
 

10 Years of Wang

Good grief. Look at this for a line up.

Squarepusher on the decks with a special rave and bass set. Simian Mobile Disco spinning their upfront bass-face electro, Plaid live, Andrew Weatherall.

It's going to be frickin sick I tell you.

Happy Birthday Wang! Here's to ten years of awesome tunes. (And defending the dance underground).  read on

where:
Secret Location
who:
Simian Mobile Disco, Andrew Weatherall
+ more
when:
10pm - 6am
what:
Electro, Techno/Minimal
cost:
£15

Sunday 15th

Marilyn and Ella

A short West End run for the hit nostalgia musical which was a critical and audience smash in Stratford earlier in the year. This run stars world famous Marilyn lookalike and friend of Spoonfed Suzie Kennedy. An intriguing new musical by Bonnie Greer, expanded from her original radio play about a meeting between Marilyn Monroe and Ella Fitzgerald.... read on

where:
Apollo Theatre
Shaftesbury Avenue
W1D 6AB
when:
Times vary
what:
Musical
cost:
From £15 to £35
 

Venomous Concept

An extremely fast punk band featuring members of Napalm Death, Melvins and Brutal Truth, Venomous Concept play intense, loud hardcore influenced by Discharge and GISM.

Hell, even the name itself is a play on Poison Idea. read on

where:
Underworld
174 Camden High Street
NW1 0NE

who:
Venomous Concept
when:
7pm
what:
Punk
cost:
£10
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