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Theatre

Clean Break: four decades of women-only theatre

The pioneering Kentish Town charity celebrates with a series of events highlighting their work as a positive force for change in prisons, and out in the community

Culture

Wac Arts celebrates turning 40 with a festival weekender

Scissor Sisters’ Ana Matronic is one of the highlights at the LGBTQ-focused three-dayer this month

Film

Backyard Cinema brings Venice Beach to Camden

The LA Nights season takes over the Chalk Farm Road venue’s terrace for a “rain-free” summer experience

Music

The story of a podcast: Mixtape Assembly

Kentish Town musician Hartley Lloyd Pack on his new north London-focused podcast series

Art

MUST DO: A Constant Companion, Free Space Gallery

Artist Zara Carpenter examines life with a chronic illness at Bartholomew Road’s creative space

Art

Seen this new mural on Kentish Town’s Ingestre Road Estate?

Artist Laurie Nouchka has created a colourful work sympathetic to its surrounds

Design & Style

Sonya Winner: the unexpected story behind Dartmouth Park’s rug studio

Sonya Winner’s striking rugs break the rules, making art as at home on the floor as the walls. We visited her York Rise studio to hear her unexpected story

Theatre

Camden Roars…for just three weeks

The local arts festival for by and about the area is on at Camden People’s Theatre

Art

Affordable Art Fair is back on Hampstead Heath

Check out the mural that’s free to view for all in a fair whose focus this year is wellbeing

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