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One of my favourite things about London in the summer is all the festivals that spring up. Come rain or shine, Londoners love nothing more than getting outside to hear some great music and eat some delicious food whether we’re in our wellies or flip flops. So one of the…
What do Labrinth, Professor Green and dance crew Diversity all have in common? Aside for their obvious affinity to hip-hop, they were once unknown names that first earned their stripes at The Jump Off – one of the capital’s most energetic arenas for burgeoning talent where, since 2003, the battles…
Known for its unrivalled teaching and contemporary dance performances, The Place will be showing one special performance by the Zoi Dimitriou company of You May! – a haunting piece of dance theatre examining our role and our duties in society. If like me you appreciate the beautiful weirdness, sublime and…
Since the early noughties, award-winning comedy duo Pete Shenton and Tom Roden have developed an impressive niche in the dance industry, by slyly taking the mick out of contemporary dance while creating a new style of art. But New Art Club are no novelty act – though they’ve been crowned ‘the Reeves and Mortimer of…
On presenting their diverse triple bill at The Place, all-male dance company 2Faced Dance wrestled their way onto the stage, slamming out freezes willy-nilly and running full-pelt in and out of the wings, only to pause for a few luxurious pirouettes. In the first piece of the evening, Subterrania by…
Celebrating 15 years of live entertainment and cultural diversity, The Mayor’s Thames Festival returns on September 10th and 11th as London’s largest free outdoor celebration. Set on providing an extravagant end to the summer – and start to the Autumn season – the length between Westminster Bridge and Tower Bridge…