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Published: 2 February, 2012
by GERALD ISAAMAN
History does repeat itself.
Hence the agony of memory for those who witnessed the mass unemployment...
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Published: 2 February, 2012
by SEBASTIAN TAYLOR
Burlesque opera comes to Highgate late next week when the Merry Opera Company’s production of...
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Published: 2 February, 2012
by LOTTIE MOGGACH
On our way to The Hill in Belsize Park, I decided to show my friend where Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris...
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Published: 2 February, 2012
by DAN CARRIER
Directed by Roman Polanski
Certificate 15
Rating: 4 Out Of 5 Stars
Films that are shot in one room rely...
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Published: 2 February, 2012
by DAN CARRIER
I fancy a trip to the opera, but it is hardly easy to get a ticket – they are limited and cost a...
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Published: 2 February, 2012
by SEBASTIAN TAYLOR
David McVicar’s 2008 English National Opera production of Richard Strauss’s Der...
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Published: 2 February, 2012
by SEBASTIAN TAYLOR
LEGENDARY jazz trumpeter/composer Kenny Wheeler (pictured) has given his archive of original music...
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Published: 2 February, 2012
by SEBASTIAN TAYLOR
The Nash Ensemble is presenting a “Brahms plus” programme each Thursday lunchtime this...
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FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3
Mahler in Miniature: Academy Chamber Ensemble conducted by Trevor Pinnock, Duke’s Hall, Royal Academy of Music, Marylebone...
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Published: 2 February, 2012
by ROISIN GADELRAB
Anyone with even the vaguest knowledge of Camden music will be well aware of Tribes.
They once...
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Published: 2 February, 2012
A reasonable effort from Spector, the kind of song played in indie clubs for a few months, everyone will jump up and down...
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Published: 2 February, 2012
by ROISIN GADELRAB
The next few days are MASSIVE – there’s so much live music around I could fill a whole...
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FRIDAY, February 3
BELLERUCHE + Rodney P + Anchorsong Jazz Cafe (Camden Town tube), 7pm, £10
THIS Boy Wonders. 02 Academy Islington (Angel...
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Published: 2 February, 2012
by JULIA RANK
August Strindberg’s 1888 exploration of gender, sex and power isn’t an obvious choice for a...
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Published: 2 February, 2012
by JOSH LOEB
• The snug Etcetera Theatre in Camden Town is an intimate venue most often associated with the Camden...
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ALMEIDA THEATRE, Almeida St, N1, 020 7359 4404. The House of Bernarda Alba, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, £8-£26. Until March 10. An adaptation of...
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Published: 27 January, 2012
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The Chinese Year of the Dragon roared into Westminster on...
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Published: 26 January, 2012
by JULIE TOMLIN
When the author Ahdaf Soueif arrived back in London after taking part in the uprising that toppled Hosni...
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Published: 26 January, 2012
by Emily Wight
The Heath “has a touch of magic about it... it is a place you can go and clear your head”....
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Published: 26 January, 2012
by LOTTIE MOGGACH
Méribel Brasserie, a new French restaurant under Camden Road overground station, has been a...
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Published: 26 January, 2012
by DAN CARRIER
Directed by Alexander Payne
Certificate 15
Rating: 4 Out Of 5 Stars
Tragic, funny, melancholy, beautiful...
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Published: 26 January, 2012
by DAN CARRIER
Simon Callow and Harry Enfield are not the most obvious choices as co-stars.
But they have been teamed...
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Published: 26 January, 2012
by SEBASTIAN TAYLOR
Leading alto saxophonist Christian Brewer is to head a regular monthly workshop on Sunday afternoons...
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Published: 26 January, 2012
by SEBASTIAN TAYLOR
The first performance of an Anglo/American country/folk duo involving Kathryn Roberts and Caroline...
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FRIDAY JANUARY 27
Trumpeter Simon Desbruslais, National Portrait Gallery, St Martin’s Place, WC2, 020 7306 0055, 6.30pm, free
Jazz: Soweto...
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Published: 26 January, 2012
by ROISIN GADELRAB
WHEN former 3 Colours Red guitarist Chris McCormack decided to do something special for his brother...
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Published: 26 January, 2012
by ROISIN GADELRAB
Talib Kweli had one name on his lips when he spoke to Grooves last year – Jean Grae.
Dubbed by...
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Published: 26 January, 2012
by ROISIN GADELRAB
It didn’t take long to realise this had to be ROTW.
Technically brilliant, complex,...
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Published: 26 January, 2012
by ROISIN GADELRAB
So Death in Vegas are opening the Camden Crawl at Koko, Akala’s Hip Hop Shakespeare Co are...
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FRIDAY, January 27
LEE Scratch Perry (also Saturday). Jazz Cafe (Camden Town tube), 7pm, £20 adv
JUBILEE ft Billy Vincent + Eyes on Film....
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Published: 26 January, 2012
by RUSSELL PARTON
The bohemian, alcohol-fuelled atmosphere of the Phoenix Artist Club is the perfect venue for Mario...
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Published: 26 January, 2012
BY EMILY WIGHT
Georges Feydeau is famous for his farcical portrayal of Parisian life during the Belle Epoque; his works...
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Published: 26 January, 2012
by SIMON WROE
WHAT do you expect from a play about a dictator facing murder and torture charges in The Hague? If it...
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Published: 26 January, 2012
by JOSH LOEB
It’s not every day you meet a world famous Nobel Prize winner at the opening night of a fringe...
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ALMEIDA THEATRE, Almeida St, N1, 020 7359 4404. The House of Bernarda Alba, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, £8-£26. Until March 10. An adaptation of...
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Published: 19 January, 2012
by DAN CARRIER
They are strange constructions, cropping up seemingly without rhyme nor reason, with no obvious rationale...
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Published: 19 January, 2012
by PETER GRUNER
Forty years ago, Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran were kicking a ball about a Finsbury Park council...
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Published: 19 January, 2012
by LOTTIE MOGGACH
Last week, I recommended a restaurant for making one feel like one wasn’t in London.
Now, here...
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Published: 19 January, 2012
by DAN CARRIER
Directed by Madonna
Certificate 15
Rating: 1 Out Of 5 Stars
Madonna has a rather large and financially...
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Published: 19 January, 2012
by DAN CARRIER
Next week City University launches its documentary film week.
The programme is packed with goodies, and...