The Vault Festival celebrates all that’s weird, wonderful and experimental in London’s creative underground with an incredible offering of music and entertainment that has seen it go strong for the last three years. Last week, TCé passed through to check out The Dog and The Elephant – a brooding one-man show which tells the story of a…
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You’ll be hard pushed to find events not wrapped up in the Christmas festivities at this time of the year, but there’s a few notable exceptions out there, like this weekend’s Makers pop-up in Haggerston. The one-dayer will be celebrating the East End’s creativity, beginning with 18 different workshops to get…
The last weekend of August welcomes a new market to East London with a difference. Running twice a year, The Bit Beyond features social enterprises and ethical start-ups that are all determined to contribute to the greater good – and they’re doing a mighty fine job too. Take Give Me Tap –…
It started with an immersive production of Paranoid Park for just 400 people in 2007, blurring the lines between cinema, theatre and fancy dress parties. Seven years on and Secret Cinema is now commanding international audiences of up to 80,000 for their latest production of Back to the Future, proving it’s…
The award-winning Smashed is a cheeky and bizarre display of circus mastery presented by nine performers who act like they probably juggle in their sleep. In 60 minutes, 80 apples and four crockery sets are tossed with effortless precision, sometimes with one-hand, other times with the help of a fellow…
Need a break from the lashing winds and cold rain? Wish you could lose yourself in another culture, one full of rich foods, strong drinks, and people just interested in having a good time? Head north to Dalston Pond, and you’ll find a bit of the southern US in north…