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The team behind Secret Cinema have got an end-of-summer treat for cult movies fans this weekend! A secret location along the River Thames will be transformed into the sunny shores of California, to celebrate the setting of classic flicks Top Gun and The Lost Boys! Up to 4,000 guests will be…
“What started as a ‘walk to the next bus stop’ whim, became some neo urban nomadic journey freestyled from the wind, philosophising on everything, dissing anything, eat-about, portable ho down shindig,” say poet and performer Inua Ellams of The Midnight Run, his annual after-hours jaunt across London. Since 2005, groups of curious Londoners…
There might have been a mild sense of caution surrounding this year’s festivities off the back of the London riots, but a heavy police presence – 5,500 – ensured Notting Hill Carnival 2011 kicked off in the highest of spirits. By 10am, crowds were packing out Tube stations like Notting…
Film buffs and cartoon lovers alike will be well up for heading to the London International Animation Festival – the largest of its kind in the UK. Taking place at the Barbican for the first time in its eight year history, there’ll be 250(!) beautifully crafted visuals to feast your…
The Jason Robert Brown fan in me had a serious squeefest when I was invited to attend the Press Night of this new production of “Parade” at the Southwark Playhouse Vaults. First, a note about the theatre. I adore these little “under the railway arch” type theatres and this one…
When Susanne Bier won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film earlier this year, she joined an elite club of only a handful of women ever to have been nominated for a direction related Academy Award for a second time. To take home the statuette must have made that important occasion that…