Live music
D Nova and Adi Ulmansky at Birthdays
Infamous Dalston hangout Birthdays played host to two up-and-coming electro talents. Beginning the proceedings was D Nova, complete…
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Live music
Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott at Shepherd’s Bush Empire
Paul Heaton, brainchild of hit-makers The Housemartins and The Beautiful South, was, in his heyday, one of the…
By Alexandra Sims
Live music
Teleman at Islington Assembly Hall
After walking away from indie outfit Pete and the Pirates, brothers Thomas and Johnny Sanders and bassist Pete…
By Alexandra Sims
Play
Positive at Waterloo East
After a successful stint at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2013 and a sold-out London performance for AIDS Awareness…
By Alexandra Sims
Theatre
London Festival of Cabaret 2014: Le Gateau Chocolat: Black at Soho Theatre
A frequent performer at the La Soiree variety show and well known for his glittering, grandiose cabaret performances,…
By Alexandra Sims
Play
Microcosm at the Soho Theatre
The crippling angst of paranoia is a suspense thriller staple. As fear and doubt cloud the senses, distorting…
By Alexandra Sims
Album
Thievery Corporation – Saudade
Saudade - a Gaelic-Portuguese word - is a mysterious and elusive phrase, expressing melancholy, longing, incompleteness and loss. It’s…
By Alexandra Sims
Dance
Reading with Bach at Clapham Omnibus
Reading is an utterly immersive experience. As we enter different fictional worlds we connect with characters, share in…
By Alexandra Sims
Album
Paloma Faith – A Perfect Contradiction
“Without the dark times I would never experience the light” reads a tender sleeve note on Paloma Faith’s…
By Alexandra Sims
Movie
Obvious Child
The words “charming abortion film” don’t often lend themselves to one another, yet in the case of Gillian…
By Alexandra Sims