Wednesday Picture: Top 5 Banksy locations in and around K-Town
So what is the connection between the world’s most famous street artist and north London?
So what is the connection between the world’s most famous street artist and north London?
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 …
Review: NoFit State Circus presents BIANCO, Roundhouse Read More »
‘Does karaoke at the Boston count?’ So said one of you, and of course, if it pulled in enough votes it surely would do. But there are just so many strong contenders of all shapes and sizes in the area, the vote was widely spread, taking in art, music, theatre and comedy. Pub events were …
Kentishtowner Awards: Best Live Venue or Gallery 2012 Read More »
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 …
Pinboard: Roundhouse Slam, Tapping The Admiral’s 1st Birthday, Jazz at The Forge Read More »
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 …
Community Pinboard: Local Music Special (plus lots of food & booze, of course) Read More »
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? …
Community Pinboard: Hit Camden Beach – and Lots More Free Festivals Read More »
I’ve been following poet and rapper Kate Tempest since first catching her a few years ago at NW5 writer Salena Godden’s legendary Book Club Boutique nights, where she’d silence the boozy room with a winning combination of words and humility. Check out the awe-inspiring Icarus, above. And now on Saturday her debut play, Wasted, is …
1. Roundhouse 2. Bull & Gate 3= Koko 3= Barfly And so to our final (belated) 2011 awards category. Despite the Xmas rush, it’s fair to say votes came pouring in. And the more we – and some of you – thought about it, the harder, and perhaps more futile, it actually seemed to plump …
Roundhouse or Wheelbarrow? The Forum or Heroes? Proud Galleries or Blues Kitchen? Black Heart or Koko? Bull & Gate or Lock Tavern? Downstairs at The Torriano or upstairs at The Oxford? What about Barfly? God knows why this category slipped through the net. We blame the dog; or maybe the mulled cider. Still, our corner …
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 …