Theatre
Free Weekend? Try our Top 5 Theatre Guide
From plays on top of pubs to musicals in the park, where are the best venues to see thespians doing their thang?
Fairytales for Adults at The Forge
Power struggles, alchemy, stolen children, bizarre marriages and unflinching metaphor fill The Crick Crack Club’s new performance: storytelling for grown ups
Review: La Tempesta, Queen’s Wood
Puppets and aerial performers leap through the trees, much to the delight of the little faces staring up from this pop-up forest floor theatre
Review: The Sound of Music, Open Air Theatre
The classic camp musical, performed under summer skies in Regent’s Park. What’s not to like?
Camden Fringe 2013 Top 5
Never checked out this sprawling month-long celebration of all things experimental? Well, it’s back for an 8th year, running at 17 venues across the borough (and beyond) – until August 25th. Read on for some handy highlights
Ich Bin Kentishtowner: Diana Quick, actor
‘My earliest Kentish Town memory? Coming up to visit a secret lover in the early 1980s. It felt like travelling to a foreign land.’
Pinboard: a plan for the Pizza Express building?
Also this week: a new French-Vietnamese cafe on Fortess Road, the Amy Winehouse exhibition starts in Camden, support some channel swimmers, catch a bee-themed play …and where can you ask for the libation cunningly known as a “Kentishtowner”?
Pinboard: A new record shop? A new bar? Plus markets and gay pride 2013
Shebeen vs the Tunnel Bar? Plus learn to act at the Pleasance, head to Granary Square for streetfood – and lots more to consider this weekend
Review: We’re Going on a Bear Hunt, Little Angel Theatre
Theatre is among the most refreshingly guilt-free, organic options parents have at their disposal when wishing to thoroughly indulge the kids. Particularly here
Wednesday Picture: Let’s make a K-Town cinema or arts space actually happen!
A cinema? Arts hub? Ideas store? Now is the time to act.
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