Curious how the significant places of one’s childhood that once seemed vast appear so much smaller when you visit them years later. Last night (Monday 5th October), the Hammersmith’s Apollo looked minuscule compared with the days when it was called the Odeon and I queued all night to get front row tickets for David Bowie […]
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Madam Miaow with Park Bench genii Stephen and Charlotte Noel not reading his short story South London victory Last night saw the North versus South slam-dunk poetry playoff between Norf and Sarf London at the ingenious Park Bench installation in an empty shop in Camden Town. Inspired by Anthony Gormley’s Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square
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Parolles and Helena This is one of the rarely-staged Shakespeare plays that has eluded me thus far but I’m glad I got to see this three-hour production at the National Theatre Olivier auditorium at long last thanks to their £10 Travelex scheme. All’s Well That End’s Well is a light romcom with an ironic punch
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Saw Jeff Beck at the Royal Albert Hall in London last night, an idyllic way to spend a glorious summer evening before the predicted storms over the next few days. We even caught an old-fashioned Number 9 Routemaster bus complete with a proper conductor for the last leg of the journey, something that turns us
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Anna Chen performs Anna May Wong Must Die! rap at the Roxy Bar & Screen, London, 26th May 2009, from an extract of her show as part of an Anna May Wong themed evening which included a screening of Piccadilly. Anna May Wong Must Die! is a multimedia personal journey through the life and crimes
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Anna May Wong Must Die!, a personal journey through the life and crimes of the Hollywood screen legend, has its debut performance at The Salthouse Gallery, St Ives in Cornwall this Friday 8th May at 7pm. £6 I’ve composed music for it, poetry, everything except fireworks and fully-catered Chinese dinners. Madam Miaow says … visit
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