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It’s not often during a theatre show you experience the presence of actors so near. You can anticipate the beads of sweat yet to form on the brow of the most wrought and despairing villain, close enough that the copious amounts of blood [read more]

24-year-old Australian Idol veteran Lisa Mitchell has come a long way in a short time. Since finishing sixth on the talent show in 2006, she’s released two studio albums, played at Glastonbury, and now, she’s playing for free at cult [read more]

Electro-dance duo Gorgon City have been dominating the UK charts with their singles since 2013, but it wasn’t until earlier this year that the two finally released their long-awaited debut album, Sirens. We dropped by on their [read more]

24 hours before the show, Ben Frost tweeted he was “humbled and excited at the prospect of sharing the stage with Tony Conrad and John Chantler”. A surprisingly jam-packed and sophisticated crowd clearly felt the same way, and tonight [read more]

Swedish indie-pop singer/songwriter Lykke Li first came to our attention with her stunning performance of Little Bit on Later…with Jools Holland way back in 2008. The world fell in love with her “powdered-sugar pop”, and [read more]

Trying to compress the turbulent and triumphant life of James Brown, the self-styled “hardest working man in show-business”, is something of a challenge for any film. Yet Get on Up certainly tries hard to realise it. Presented [read more]

Against the sound of falling two-pence coins, Agyness Deyn’s Lily sits behind a sheet of glass offering change for arcade machines in exchange for crumpled notes. When a charming young man asks for her name along with his handful of [read more]

As the centenary passes, a loud, impassioned debate continues to lay siege to the legacy of the First World War, with each side establishing its heroes and denouncing its villains while accusing the other of unscrupulous political agendas. [read more]

The new play by Simon David, Adam’s Eve at the Drayton Arms Theatre, is a modern interpretation of the fall from the Garden of Eden. Performed by the Blued Ink Theatre Company, Adam’s Eve depicts a number of situations and events, [read more]

Among the T-shirt-wearing young indie hipsters and plugged-in 30-somethings in the smoky low-lit basement of Old Street nightclub XOYO, there is a neon sign that reads “I Feel Love”. For one band in particular in tonight’s line up, [read more]