I have already waxed lyrical about the EAST festival taking place this week so instead I'm going to hone in on one particular part of this event that is taking place on Sunday.
Given that pretty much every person I know cycles in London in some form, what better way to spend a Sunday than breezing around East London and stopping in to see some excellent music. None, I tells ya. None.
Cycle EAST is a triptych of FREE gigs featuring the amazing saxophonist Soweto Kinch, the London Gypsy Orchestra and recent Mercury nominees Sweet Billy Pilgrim. These have all been planned in distance and timespans to allow attendees to cycle between all three.
Soweto Kinch at Rich Mix
London Gypsy Orchestra at Bethnal Green Working Men's Club
Sweet Billy Pilgrim at Toynbee Studios
All 3 bands will be playing 3 gigs at each venue at 2pm, 4pm and 6pm.
FREE
Wednesday 3 March 2010
Documentary Theatre
Modern theatre is seemingly constantly evolving, engaging audiences and capturing imaginations in new ways. We've had a raft of interactive productions and sandbox plays and now a new genre seems to be on the horizon.
Documentary musical theatre.
In a new production by Victoria Brittain at the Southbank Centre, that pillar of British theatre, Juliet Stevenson leads a cast telling real stories and exploring real issues around the so-called 'War On Terror'.
'Waiting' features stories of women from places as diverse as Senegal, Palestine and the Midlands, unfolding through song, an original score and the sopranos Anna Dennis and Carole Wilson.
Hoping to provoke thought and argument through this unusual medium, helpfully the performance is followed by a formal debate with a panel including Baroness Heleana Kennedy QC, Riz Ahmed, Vanessa Redgrave and Moazzam Begg.
Friday 12th March and Saturday 13th March
Tickets £15 (concessions 50% off)
Documentary musical theatre.
In a new production by Victoria Brittain at the Southbank Centre, that pillar of British theatre, Juliet Stevenson leads a cast telling real stories and exploring real issues around the so-called 'War On Terror'.
'Waiting' features stories of women from places as diverse as Senegal, Palestine and the Midlands, unfolding through song, an original score and the sopranos Anna Dennis and Carole Wilson.
Hoping to provoke thought and argument through this unusual medium, helpfully the performance is followed by a formal debate with a panel including Baroness Heleana Kennedy QC, Riz Ahmed, Vanessa Redgrave and Moazzam Begg.
Friday 12th March and Saturday 13th March
Tickets £15 (concessions 50% off)
Myth at Frith
Returning to the bosom of the art world, a familiar favourite for some of you will be the Frith Street Gallery. A veritable stalwart in presenting and exhibiting exciting and interesting art pieces, their forthcoming show is no exception.
Jaki Irvine will be presenting her show Seven Folds In Time exploring themes of human emotional extremes and yet also the workaday unconscious collisions and opportunities missed.
Working mainly in film and video as a medium to create a point where this can all be represented in the overlap between image and sound, between passion and mundanity, she will be focussing on instrumentalism within music, where notes begin and end, and practice relative to performance.
Opening 12th March and running until the 30th April
FREE
Jaki Irvine will be presenting her show Seven Folds In Time exploring themes of human emotional extremes and yet also the workaday unconscious collisions and opportunities missed.
Working mainly in film and video as a medium to create a point where this can all be represented in the overlap between image and sound, between passion and mundanity, she will be focussing on instrumentalism within music, where notes begin and end, and practice relative to performance.
Opening 12th March and running until the 30th April
FREE
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