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Review: NoFit State Circus presents BIANCO, Roundhouse

A blonde woman in shades, hat and a bright red dress teeters along a tightrope, back and forth, tentatively. An audience holds its breath. We’re right up against her. Gradually she disrobes, frock flung to the floor, heels kicked off, wig chucked. Now she’s barefoot, in something like a petticoat, gliding, soaring, as the accompanying …

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Pinboard: Roundhouse Slam, Tapping The Admiral’s 1st Birthday, Jazz at The Forge

1. Cam Slam Thank You Ma’am! This Sunday, the venerable Roundhouse is launching its Show Slam, offering emerging theatre, cabaret, spoken word and live art practitioners the chance to win a place in the programme at the Camden venue. Taking place in the studio theatre, free tickets are available for the evenings of both Sunday …

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Community Pinboard: Local Music Special (plus lots of food & booze, of course)

This week we thought we’d zero in on the rude health of local music scene. So we’ve plucked out some choice highlights, which sit alongside a couple of intriguing foodie developments in the hood this week too. Arise, The Abbey! 1. Indie-pendence at the Bull & Gate. K-Town’s busiest promoters, Club Fandango, are lining up …

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Community Pinboard: Hit Camden Beach – and Lots More Free Festivals

1. Take To The Beach We’re super-excited about this. The Roundhouse, your favourite arts venue, are giving their vast terrace a makeover for whatever we have left of this dismal summer. And they’re calling it Camden Beach: think 150 tonnes of sand, deckchairs, margarita shack, boules, boozy ice lollies and a BBQ. If it rains? …

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Best Evening Meal 2011

1. Bull & Last 2. Made In Camden 3. Queen Of Sheba And now for that most enjoyable part of the day: dinner. Votes here naturally stretched further afield, with love shown for modern British bistro Market on Parkway, Kentish Canteen, the Horseshoe (the people behind Camden Town Brewery no less) and the reinvented (and …

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