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5 Scouted Secret Cash Machines, Last Chance London, and more 7 Talent Scout Presenter Dave Berry guides us through his favourite London haunts

8 London by Lamé Amy has a crack at her dream job and encourages others to do likewise

Cover Story 10 Peek Shows Catch the comics before they head to Edinbugh as London’s preview seasons starts.

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Perform at the Olympic Park and fly to Brazil with Adam Deacon

somewhereto_ show off is a national competition giving 16-25 year olds the chance to win one of ten once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to perform at the Olympic Park during the Games in August.

One of the final ten acts will feature in their very own show off film to be directed by BAFTA-winner Adam Deacon in Brazil, home of the 2016 Games.

Whatever your passion, go to somewhereto.com/showoff and upload a 60 second clip of yourself showing off your skills.

"I’m a massive believer in giving young people the chance to show off what they can do because there’s so much undiscovered talent out there. somewhereto_ is helping to solve this problem and I’m really excited to be part of a competition that is supporting young talent around London 2012 and Rio 2016."

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You can even show up and show off in person when we come to a town near you.

Check somewhereto.com/showoff to find out where we’re landing next. It’s that simple.

The closing date for entries is 16 July.

find a space to do the things you love_ visit somewhereto.com for more information somewhereto_ finds free space for young people to do the things they love within arts, culture and sport. somewhereto_ is funded by Legacy Trust UK, creating a lasting impact from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games by funding ideas and local talent to inspire creativity across the UK.

Scouted //Secret Cash////////////////////////////////////// Machines of London//////////////////////////// leicester square//////// Leicester Square – gateway to the West End and Soho, home of ticket touts and swarms of foreign students, yet not much in the way of cash machines. The few in the area suffer from long queues.

Scout’s advice: stay underground.

When leaving Leicester Square station, head for Exit 2.

There you will find an HSBC cash machine. Despite being one of the Underground’s busiest stations, the ATM rarely suffers from long queues, perhaps because most people don’t even know it is there or are too focussed on getting out to notice it. Our only grumble is that - being an older machine - it is out of action a bit too much.

Do you know a secret cash machine and want to tip off your fellow Scout readers? Drop us a line: hello@scoutlondon.com or Tweet us: @scoutlondon

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LONDON London Festival of Photography: Frederick Wilfred: London Photographs 1957-62 Museum of London Closes Sun Jul 8

Nicola Dempsey And Simon Burgess: Round The World in 90 Days Lauderdale House Closes Sun Jul 8 London 2012 Cultural Olympiad: The Tempest Roundhouse Closes Thurs Jul 5 Mary Shelly Tricycle Theatre Closes Sat Jul 7 The Fantastical Andventures Of [Not] Being With You Blue Elephant Theatre Closes Sat Jul 7 London 2012 Cultural Olympiad: Crow Greenwich Dance Agency The Borough Hall Closes Sat Jul 7 Rada Cabaret RADA Closes Sat Jul 7

Dine out on top of the city What price a room with a view? Well, if you’re dining at the top of the EDF Energy London Eye, about £5,000.

The attraction is offering opportunities to have a three-course meal at 135m above the capital in a private capsule.

The evening extravaganza is limited to eight people per capsule, making it a very

exclusive experience.

Each course is served and eaten during one rotation, giving the lucky few and their guests enough time to enjoy the tasty fare – as well as jump up and down snapping pictures of the stunning city landscape.

The final rotation, during which dessert is served, includes a 10-minute pause

at the top for champagne and the chance to admire London at night, complete with a guide who can explain the landmarks if needed.

EDF Energy London Eye spokeswoman Helen Bull says there is an increasing demand for luxury experiences in the capital and that it is anticipating strong demand.

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A powerful & mesmerising new dance work created for historic churches St Pancras Church Euston Thurs 12 – Sat 14 July Thurs 12 – 4 and 5pm Fri 13 – 12.30, 1.30, 5 and 6pm Sat 14 – 1, 2, 3 and 4pm Reserve online www.shobanajeyasingh.co.uk www.danceumbrella.co.uk

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Dave Berry Presenter Charlton-born Dave Berry took over from Johnny Vaughan in January to become co-host of the 95.8 Capital FM Breakfast show. As if that weren’t enough, he is also cofounder of October House tailors.

Let’s go to the pub. Scout’s buying - you pick the location.

Thanks Scout, you’re my kinda publication! I’d like to go to The Sporting Page pub in Fulham.

Not only is the drink selection varied and plentiful, and the food delicious, but the lovely staff there have helped me out of many a hazy pickle. A little while back it became my second home for a few months.

Sounds ideal. Where shall we go to eat?

Because of my unusual working hours, sometimes my body clock can play games. So don’t be surprised to find me as the only guy in the curry house at 11.30am reading the newspaper and drinking Cobra beer. My favorite is The Pimlico Tandoori - authentic food cooked with loving care by a very passionate chef, who always comes over to talk you through the process

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he used to cook your meal. Its onion salad is the best.

What are your favourite outdoor spots?

The roof terrace at Century club on Shaftsbury Avenue is an oasis amongst the chimney pots of Soho. I once saw Harold Bishop of Neighbours play the Tenor horn there. We were both quite drunk.

Where do you go for inspiration?

London is full of inspiration. My Irish Nan Peggy instilled a love of walking into my little sister and me when we were kids so I pretty much walk everywhere. And it’s on these walks that ideas come, while more often than not end up getting used on the Capital Breakfast show.

What’s your secret London tip for Londoners?

Paramount bar and restaurant on the top floor of Centre Point. It’s best to book, but once you’re up there you will spend three hours taking photos of the amazing views and then another three going cocktail crazy.

What in London inspires you?

I love seeing old nightclub posters pasted on street walls that have eroded and peeled away to reveal parts of what’s underneath, making accidental collages in the process.

I like urban decay, but I also like how fast this city is constantly rebuilding itself.

How important is London in your work?

Very important. Although, I have nothing to compare it to. If I lived in the countryside I guess I would be producing wood cuts of sheep or something.

What’s next for you?

I finished my degree a few weeks ago, so I’m still trying to work that one out. I would quite like to get into set design for music videos or something along those lines.

See more at: stevenmarsden.com

Any London secrets to share?

I have been helping build Frank’s Café in Peckham for the last couple of weeks. It is a bar and restaurant designed by Practice Architecture.

The whole structure is built from reclaimed scaffolding planks with a massive red PVC canopy stretched over it. It is situated on top of a 10-floor multi-storey car park with an amazing view which spans from Battersea Power Station right across to The O2.

Talent Scout is looking for talented creatives to decorate the Scout London logo that appears on our cover each week.

London-based artists, designers, illustrators, photographers, all welcome. Interested? Contact talent@scoutlondon.com scoutlondon.com Scout London

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Eats, shouts and tweets

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it-hurts converted petrol station on the edge of King’s Cross. The location may not sound enticing, but the soft shell crab burgers will keep you coming back for more. It’s just a shame the service was aloof and too cool for school. If I wanted to be ignored I’d eat in Paris, not my neighbourhood local. And getting the Eurostar from nearby St Pancras would be cheaper, anyway.

Fair play to the owners David and Pablo. They responded quickly and

courteously to my concerns, but there are sooo many other places to eat in London, aren’t there?

For example, Quo Vadis, an oldie but goodie on Dean Street since 1926. Recently given an uplift by the arrival of chef Jeremy Lee, he’s possibly London’s most charming chef chained to stove. Except he isn’t chained at all – La Lee was bouncing around tables when I was there, greeting everyone with a Tigger-like energy that made the dining room fizz. The chef is obviously happy to work there, and I

am doubly happy to eat there.

Dinner at Elliot’s Café on the edge of Borough Market will never require Fernando Peire - The Restaurant Inspector - to make an appearance. Food is super fresh, market-inspired and all wines on the menu are natural – no mucky stuff added, and made with care by small, independent producers from around the world. This basically translates into “no hangover”, so go there, eat and most definitely DRINK. I am rarely enticed to eat out in the home counties, but a generous friend invited me for an indulgent midweek lunch and spa at Stoke Park. The dessert at Humphrey’s Restaurant was a deconstructed Snickers bar, complete with chocolate jelly, peanut butter ice cream, tiny squares of fudge. The rest is lost in a haze of pleasure.

I’m not unique in my yearnings to stuff my face, be opinionated and neck Rennies. Everyone fancies themselves a tuppenny critic. Snobs may channel Margot Leadbetter from The Good Life and look down on wannabe critics, but I think sharing news and reviews – be it via Twitter or Scout - has a punter-positive effect on eating out in London. Power to our purses, and power to the punters! Ben Norum, please forgive me.

OVERHEARD LONDON On the Piccadilly Line, pulling out of Green Park station one blokey guy turns to his friend and says, apropos of nothing, “I’ve decided my drag name is Raquelle Surprise.”

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hat does it take to be a restaurant reviewer? It’s always been a secret dream of mine (not so secret now). WikiHow has a 10-step plan to becoming a food critic. High on the list is anonymity, so I guess I just blew that one. Anyway, you can flip a few pages on and find our very own Ben Norum, food and drink editor at Scout. I trust his highly esteemed foodie opinions and so should you. But I’m still envious of his job.

London’s eating scene has changed drastically in the last few years. And I’m not talking about the world’s biggest McDonald’s that’s opening just in time for the Olympics – irony, anyone?

It used to be that the benchmark of culinary hipness was being able to swan into Nobu without a reservation, sneering at the plebs at the desk hoping for a cancellation. Nowadays you’re nobody unless you’ve queued for an hour-and-a-half at Pit Cue Co, sneering at the plebs who don’t have enough stamina to stand in the rain, hoping that a tangy rib may meet your lips before the night is out.

I haven’t eaten at trendy Pit Cue Co (I’m allergic to queuing), but I did make it to Shrimpy’s, a so-hip-

PEEK SHOW A trip to the Edinburgh Fringe usually calls for the kind of re-financing that RBS asked the Treasury for. It’s an expensive endeavour. And that’s if you can even find somewhere to stay and a seat on a plane in August. In these austere times, rather than selling all your belongings or hitch-hiking up the A1 minus your trousers (because you flogged them), how about just catching all your favourite comedy acts before they go? London preview shows help comics warm up for the Fringe,

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they’re cheap as chips, easier to get to and you get to cast an eye over top class comedians playing in intimate venues. Plus it’s chance to see the new contenders and create your own opinions before the relentless spin marathon that marks every Edinburgh these days kicks off. To cap it off, we’ve asked the comics and comedy industry insiders to share their Edinburgh tips for the top to keep you one step ahead of the funny pack.

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TOM DEACON Radio 1 and 5:19 Show presenter Tom Deacon has a cult following among the capital’s younger residents. The yoof-oriented yarn-spinner tells Scout that at his Edinburgh preview shows, “London audiences can expect to see me at my rawest as a comedian, something most crowds don’t get to see. I’m working through bits and pieces that may or may not work.

You may get to see jokes that will

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1 Iain Stirling 2 Fran Moulds 3 Vinegar Knickers 4 Lucy Beaumont 5 Luke Benson

never be aired again. Collectors’ items in many ways!”

As for the forthcoming madness of the Fringe, Deacon is primed and ready to twang. “I’m looking forward to seeing all the other shows up in Edinburgh. Some of the best performers in the world descend on Edinburgh’s doorstep to perform.” He pauses. “Also, I need to leave for a month as I’ve rented out my room to a mate and they won’t spoon with me, so I have nowhere else to go.” His highlight of the year so far though is fulfilling a childhood ambition: “The most fun thing I did was getting a Blue Peter badge for presenting on the show.”

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ALEX HORNE The man with the best beard in London, Alex Horne is a gentleman comic who reads lots of books and does shows about twitching – birdwatching, not spasms. He’s our kind of comic (we’re saying that we’re geeks here on Scout; all of us). Luckily Alex Horne is too. “I met Natasha Kaplinsky last week,” he says.

“She was lovely. But incredibly tall. I’d say the same height as me, if not taller – so about 6ft 2in.”

We quickly get on to his wonderful new show, the Horne Section: “I have managed to write at least three excellent new jokes and, with my band, choreographed a deeply moving flamenco dance routine,” he deadpans. This is the follow up to Horne’s Seven Years In The Bathroom run. A tour which, Horne freely admits, “involved

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1 Marcel Lucont 2 Tiernan Douieb’s Comedy Club 4 Kids 3 Chris Martin 4 Ben Target 5 Sam Fletcher

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me getting naked and cooking.”

So are the previews important? “It depends on what sort of a comic you are. For us (me and my band) it’s crucial because we don’t tour much during the year so we can’t constantly hone stuff as other stand-ups might. Instead we write and rehearse and write and go out drinking, then hurl all our ideas at the previews.”

Horne adds: “I actually almost enjoy the previews more than the finished shows as it’s when I get the biggest adrenaline rush. We really will be doing things for the first time to see what reaction they get so there’s a lot resting on these shows.”

Horne tells me he’s definitely looking forward to that fourand-a-half-hour trip up the East Coast Mainline next month. “The fringe is my favourite place to go and thing to do ever and always.”

“But,” he jokes, “I’m going to be away from my toddlers for two weeks. Of course they’re wonderful – and both incredibly clever and talented – but a fortnight away from them is extremely exciting.”

Jul 10 & 11 Pleasance Islington Jul 23 & 24 Soho Theatre

rosie wilby “Lately I’ve been preparing for Edinburgh and Camden, writing a book, presenting a radio show and also running my south London cabaret night Femmes

By The Thames,” says Rosie Wilby. “I’m looking forward to Edinburgh because I’m performing at the Bongo Club, which is a wonderful space.” She adds: “Sadly it’s closing after this fringe.”

The affable stand-up tells Scout that: “At my London previews I can include a few more local references and anecdotes. I love living here and my show is set around the time I was trying to make it in the

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music business at the heady height of Britpop. At the time people told me to give stand up a go. I’m not sure if they were being nasty about my music or nice about my funny between-song banter. I’ve got a few Britpop-themed stunts planned with another performer, Emily Andersen, including a John and Yoko style bed-in. But with our Union Jack duvet à la Liam Gallagher and Patsy Kensit on the cover of Vanity Fair.”

Is it important to get these previews under your belt as a comic? “Because of the logistics of Edinburgh, something technical will invariably go wrong and you can cope with this okay if you’ve got through the show a few times at least.”

She thinks. “Last year, my first performance saw me trying to ignore the man lying at my feet desperately plugging and unplugging cables to get the PA to work.”

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“It’s really important to get the show in as finished and polished a form as you can before Edinburgh,” says 33 year-old Lucy Trodd.

“There are so many shows in Edinburgh – thousands of them – and you need to be ready from the very first day of the festival – to have reviewers and the audience in, who will say nice things and encourage more people. So the previews mean you can find out what works, what doesn’t work, what might work. Audiences get to see a show as it’s emerging.”

Trodd’s partner Ruth Bratt, 36, agrees. “Audiences like to say they were there when it was ‘almost

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good’ and some people like the science behind it. They also can get to a preview on a Travelcard. Cheap is good too – I worry about how expensive Edinburgh is becoming.

This is why we are supporting The Laughing Horse Free Festival.”

The pair have won plaudits for their whimsy and are excited about what comes next: working on projects with Hardeep Singh Kohli and Ricky Gervais. What can London audiences expect at the Hen & Chicken and the Canal Cafe though? “Lots of chaos, with not quite enough structure, so that when we get to Edinburgh we’ll have lots of chaos in just enough structure,” says Trodd.

“We’re trying to get our script finalised (as far as you can with two improvisers) for our techies.

But it’s really hard, because we find it difficult to do the same thing twice,” she adds, pleadingly.

Jul 11 & 15 Hen & Chickens, Highbury Jul 18 Canal Cafe, Maida Vale

CHRIS RAMSEY Loveable rogue Chris Ramsey has just finished filming a sitcom for BBC 2 called Hebburn and he’s really looking forward to Edinburgh.

“It’s always great fun and to be honest, it’s amazing to sleep in the same bed for three weeks!”

But before he gets to have a regular place to crash, it’s the London shows. Which will, he laughs, be “probably a slightly sh*tter version of the show than Edinburgh will see”. He adds: “London and Edinburgh audiences are quite similar in many ways, so it’s a good indication of how good the show is and how it will run up there.”

All of a sudden, Ramsey doesn’t like Scout’s line of questioning.

“Sorry what?” he says. “I just drifted off there for a bit. Your

questions are like the ejaculation of a sad sloth onto the sweaty back of life.” Nice.

Jul 6 Wimbledon New Theatre Jul 7 Pleasance Islington

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The Insiders As artist manager Beth O’Brien says ‘In London in July you are never more than 3 feet away from a comedian previewing their Edinburgh show.’ To help sort through the masses on offer, Scout London asked industry insiders for their picks of the preview season

The Club Owner Tiffany Stevenson The comedian runs Old Rope at The Phoenix, Cavendish Square

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Why go to a London preview?

A preview means you get to see great performers at cheap prices. You also see experimental stuff, material in its infancy, which is exciting.

Anything can happen. It’s so much more fun than seeing the polished slick stuff... you are part of the process. London is important because the audiences are very diverse, sometimes touristy, sometimes cliquey and sometimes full of stag d**kheads: pretty representative of the diversity you have in Edinburgh, in fact.

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Young geezer, think an arian Micky Flanagan.

2 Suzi Ruffell

I would like her as a pet - she’s young, bright-eyed, charismatic and funny.

3 Chris Martin 4 Lady Carol

Beautiful songs that will break your heart and funny stories that will make you smile.

5 Benny Boot

Antipodean Mitch Hedberg, off the wall one-liners.

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Young, handsome raconteur – done.

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Stand-up comedian, actor and presenter Jeff Leach runs LOL (Leach On Laughter) at Paradise By Way Of Kensal Green

Runs Ditto Productions

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Who are your five comedy tips for the top?

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Canada’s finest export and an immensely funny individual who seamlessly fuses humour and empathy-provoking material. She’s truly a testament to the fact that women are indeed masters of the multi-task.

2 Tony Law

Prepare for beautiful bafflement.

3 The Noise Next Door

A talented crew of dapper gents who bring the mirth harder than a ‘fat kid on a rollercoaster’ viral video. Young, talented and your mum would like them – assuming your mum is absolute filth.

4 Rachel Stubbings

An agony aunt show that will heal you of issues you didn’t even know you had. Not suitable for ugly people.

5 Richard Herring KARLA GOWLETT

He’s like the Dave Grohl of comedy, super talented, super nice and a head of hair Jesus himself would be proud of.

What sets this very funny four man sketch troupe apart from their contemporaries is the narrative vision in their Edinburgh shows – instead of a series of unconnected sketches, the sketches are all set in a “world” which ties them together. This year it’s set in 1969 – the British Space Race.

2 McNeil & Pamphilon

They have a chemistry that is unbeatable and the jokes to back it up! It turns out they can really sing, too.

3 Jim Campbell

Jim writes incredibly well, with quirky accessible material which manages to avoid cliche despite the high gag rate.

4 Thomas Nelstrop

A multi-character one man music festival.

5 Nish Kumar

Nish is hands down one of the funniest performers I’ve ever seen, whether as a solo act or with his sketch group The Gentlemen of Leisure. I’m really looking forward to seeing his first solo stand-up hour. scoutlondon.com Scout London 15

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Bookmark this Literary festival features a blockbuster list of top writers

AN OLYMPIC TONIC S ince 1999, The Chap magazine has been championing the rights of the English gentleman. It seeks to reinstate such outmoded gestures as giving up one’s seat to a lady and regularly using a trouser press.

The Chap Olympiad is an annual event organised by the magazine, featuring welldressed gentlemen competing in events such as butler baiting, umbrella jousting and moustache wrestling.

We caught up with organiser and Editor of The Chap, Gustav Temple.

Why was The Chap Olympiad created?

As a way of providing a sporting tournament for chaps

who can’t run for toffee, but are rather good at holding a brimming tumbler of G&T while stumbling into the rhododendrons.

What can we expect?

We have a demonstration of Bartitsu, the gentlemanly martial art using walking canes and umbrellas; there’s also the Emergency Gin Tent - exhausted athletes will be borne on a stretcher and topped up with gin to revive them.

Who can enter the competition?

Any gentleman who is suitably dressed and not wearing sportswear. Perspiration and trying too hard is also frowned upon.

How does a chap prepare?

He ensures he can maintain a lit pipe for hours on end; he makes his butler do a couple of laps around the garden with his master on his back, for the butler-racing event. He also ensures that his moustache is in prime condition for moustache wrestling.

What qualities make a good chap?

Impeccable dress, impeccable manners, a good set of whiskers, a wry smile, a rakishly raised eyebrow, fluent Latin, passable Arabic.

The Chap Olympiad, July 7-8, Bedford Square Gardens, £20 (one day), £30 (weekend) thechapolympiad.com

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Crack addicts, pickpockets and con artists were just a few of characters author Craig Taylor encountered when he first arrived in London. It’s not far off a Dickensian portrait of the city.

But the Canadian-turned-Londoner persevered with the drizzle and started to have what he describes as “a complicated love affair” with the capital, leading him to write his book, Londoners: The Days And Nights Of London Now, As Told by Those Who Love It, Hate It, Live It, Left It And Long For It. The book is a compendium of stories told to Taylor by Londoners, from a student to a bee keeper and a dominatrix.

One of Taylor’s favourite tales was from Peter Thomas and the market traders at New Spitalfields market.

“I loved learning about what goes on in the market; hearing their stories and encounters gave me a real insight into that area of London,” the author tells Scout.

For Taylor, the inspiration London provides for writers is “endless, because the city is constantly rejuvenating itself”.

“The great clash of cultures and people living in the city is always a great source for writers to draw on,” he adds.

Taylor is just one of the many writers appearing at the London Literature Festival.

Martin Colthorpe, senior literature programmer at the Southbank Centre says: “All kinds of literature will be explored from a global perspective, through talks, lectures, readings and array of spoken word performances.”

The line-up includes Will Self, Iain Sinclair, Siri Hustvedt, Tony Harrison, Michael Morpurgo, John Pilger and Andy Kershaw.

London Literary Festival, July 3-12, Southbank Centre, southbankcentre.co.uk

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recommended ONGOING Bicycle Tours at The London Bicycle Tour Company, Gabriel’s Wharf, Upper Ground, SE1 9PP Blackfriars Jan-Mar, Nov & Dec, Mon-Sun 10am-4pm, Apr-Oct, MonSun 9.30am-6pm, closed Dec 25, £18.95£29.95. Classic tours of central London, plus countryside tours and cycle rental. Until Dec 31.

Kensington Palace State Apartments at Kensington Palace State Apartments, Kensington Gardens, W8 4PX High Street Kensington Jan & Feb, Oct-Dec, Mon-Sun 10am-5pm, last adm 4pm, Mar-Sep, Mon-Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5pm, closed Dec 24-26, £12.50, child £6.25, concs £11, family £34, under 5s FREE. Visitors can view a number of rooms including Queen Mary’s bedchamber with bedspread and hangings from the reign of James II and a collection of dresses belonging to Diana Princess of Wales. Until Dec 31.

The London Bridge Experience & London Tombs at The London Bridge Experience & London Tombs, Tooley Street, SE1 2PF Monument Mon-Fri 10am-5pm, last adm 5pm, Sat & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5pm, Dec 24-Jan 1, 11am-4pm, last adm 4pm, closed Dec 25, £23, child £17, concs £21, family £74. Special effects, animation and real-life characters show visitors what London Bridge was like in times gone by. Until Dec 31.

Tuesday July 3

Theatre Royal Haymarket Theatre Tour at Theatre Royal, Haymarket, 18 Suffolk Street, SW1Y 4HT Piccadilly Circus £8.50, 11am. A guided tour backstage.

Ukulele Jam Session at The Royal George, Goslett Yard, WC2H 0EA Tottenham Court Road FREE, 7pm-11pm.

Thursday July 5

Medieval Tours at English Heritage: Eltham Palace, Court Yard, Off Court Road, SE9 5QE Eltham £3, mems £2, + £9.30, child £5.60, concs £8.40, family £24.20, mems FREE, 11am, 2pm. A tour of the Royal Medieval Palace’s ruins.

Inspiring Entrepreneurs: From Battlefield To Business at The British Library, 96 Euston Road, NW1 2DB Euston £10, concs £7.50, 6.15pm-9pm.

Pongathon at Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, E1 6LA Aldgate East FREE, 6pm-11pm. Resident DJs spin indie, pop and retro, plus ping pong.

Tubes: Behind The Scenes At The Internet: Lecture at London School Of Economics, Houghton Street, WC2A 2AE Temple FREE, 6.30pm-8pm. Journalist Andrew Blum discusses the World Wide Web’s existence and why we need to understand it.

Wednesday July 4 Face To Face With Sandi Toksvig: Talk at Arts Theatre, 6-7 Great Newport Street, WC2H 7JB Covent Garden £9, 6pm.

The writer and broadcaster discusses her work and career.

Leytonstone Film Club at Leytonstone Library, 6 Church Lane, E11 1HG Leytonstone £4, 7pm-9pm. With discussions about film and screenings of a chosen film each week.

Transport for London travel update

Charles Dickens In Southwark: The Man And His Books: Talk at The Cuming Museum, Old Walworth Town Hall, 151 Walworth Road, SE17 1RS Elephant & Castle FREE, 2pm-3pm.

From Finsbury Park To The Frontline: A Story Of The Great War: Lecture at National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, SW3 4HT Sloane Square FREE, 12.30pm.

Speaker Doug Kirby discusses the First World War. The Londoner Challenge: Debate at Museum Of London, 150 London Wall, EC2Y 5HN Barbican £6, concs £5, mems £4, 7pm-9pm. Teams from the city debate which area is the best.

London 2012 Cultural Olympiad: The Big Dance Official Launch at St Pancras Station, St.Pancras Station Euston Road, N1C 4QP King’s Cross St Pancras: FREE, 8.30am. The beginning of the nationwide dance festival, featuring a largescale devised work by choreographer Kate Prince.

Friday July 6 Storytime at Notting Hill Library, 1 Pembridge Square, W2 4EW Notting Hill Gate FREE, 10.30am11am. Stories for children.

Tom Stoppard: Radio Days: Talk at The British Library, 96 Euston Road, NW1 2DB Euston £7.50, concs £5, 6.30pm-8pm.

Nick Thomas: Christ As The Life Of The World: Talk at Rudolf Steiner House, Park Road, NW1 6XT Baker Street £3.50, NUS/concs/under 25s £1, 7.30pm-9pm.

The lecturer discusses Rudolf Steiner’s clairvoyant research.

Yoga: Workshop at The Old Sorting Office Arts Centre, 49 Station Road, SW13 0LF Barnes phone for prices, 10am-11am.

Learn the art of yoga meditation techniques.

Saturday July 7

Circle line: No service Aldgate to Hammersmith via King’s Cross St Pancras all weekend.

Hammersmith & City line: No service Moorgate to Barking all weekend.

Metropolitan line: No service Wembley Park to Northwood/ Uxbridge and Moorgate to Aldgate all weekend.

Northern line: No service Hampstead to Edgware all weekend.

London Overground: No service Clapham Junction to Kensington (Olympia) all weekend.

On Sunday no service Highbury & Islington to New Cross Gate and Sydenham to Crystal Palace until 8am and Highbury & Islington to New Cross, New Cross Gate and Sydenham to Crystal Palace after 9pm.

For the latest information on all public transport across the capital check tfl.gov.uk

Big Dance 2012: Step Into Dance: Step Live! 2012 at Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, SE1 8XX Waterloo FREE, 11am.

Over 780 school children from every London borough come together to perform.

The Noble Art Of The Sword: Fashion And Fencing In Renaissance Europe: Lecture at Wallace Collection, Hertford House, Manchester Square, W1U 3BN Bond Street FREE, 1pm-2pm. Curator Tobias Capwell discusses the exhibition.

Speed Surgery: Surgery In The 19th Century: Demonstration at The Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret, 9a St Thomas Street, SE1 9RY London Bridge £6, child £3.50, concs £5, family £13.90, 2pm. A demonstration exploring surgical practices in 1822.

Professor Stephen Walsh: Talk at Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, W1U 2BF Bond Street £3, 6pm. The critic discusses Stravinsky’s Cantata.

Sunday July 8 Kaffee Und Kuchen at Freud Museum, 20 Maresfield Gardens, NW3 5SX Finchley Road £10, mems/concs £8, 11am, booking essential.

As A Refugee You Never Quite Belong Anywhere: Workshop at Jewish Museum, Camden Town, 129-131 Albert Street, NW1 7NB Camden Town £20, 2pm5pm. Write a story, poem or prose based on the World City: Refugee Stories exhibition.

Sex Factor at Broadway Theatre, Rushey Catford £22.50, Green, SE6 4RU 8pm. Comedians discuss sex, love and relationships, readings of erotic poetry and a pole dancing display.

The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee: Mount Street Gardens Summer Fair at Mount Street Gardens, Mount Street, W1K 3AH Bond Street FREE, 12noon-5pm.

Entertainment, food and arts and crafts activities for the whole family.

Tunnel Boat Trips at London Canal Museum, 12-13 New Wharf Road, N1 9RT King’s Cross St Pancras £8.30, child £6, 11am, 12noon, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm, booking essential. Travel by boat through the Islington tunnel.

Monday July 9 Last Night A Speed Date Changed My Life at The Book Club, 100-106 Leonard Street, EC2A 4RH Old Street £13, 7pm-10pm. Speed dating.

New Insights Into Christian Egypt: Lecture at British Museum, Great Russell Street, WC1B 3DG Tottenham Court Road £25, mems/ concs £15, 6pm, booking essential. Gawdat Gabra discusses the history and future of the Coptic faith in the country.

Northern Renaissance Masterpieces: An Introduction To Paintings In The 16th Century Gallery: Talk at Wallace Collection, Hertford House, Manchester Square, W1U 3BN Bond Street FREE, 1pm-2pm. Lecturer Amy Orrock discusses the artworks.

Pagans, Christians And Muslims: Egypt In The First Millennium AD: Seminar at British Museum, Great Russell Street, WC1B 3DG Tottenham Court Road £25, mems/concs £10, 2pm-6pm, booking essential. Scholars discuss the evidence from archaeological sites.

Titian: The Legacy Of Colour: Talk at The National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, WC2N 5DN Leicester Square FREE, 1pm-1.45pm. With Colin Wiggins.

Face To Face With Julian Clary: Talk at Arts Theatre, 6-7 Great Newport Street, WC2H 7JB Covent Garden £9, 6pm. The comedian and author discusses his career.

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Food & Drink Big hitters

This big batch rum punch from Ian Burrell, global Rum Ambassador and founder of London’s Rumfest, is perfect to get summer swinging.

Caribbean Rum Punch

Ingredients: 750ml golden rum (try Authentic Caribbean Rum) 1 litre water 500g caster sugar 400ml lime juice 1 teaspoon Angostura Bitters Method: Mix all the ingredients together. Simple as.

And because it’s a British summer, it’s good to have something warm ready for when the sun disappears or the rain arrives, like this hot gin punch from cocktail historian Jared Brown.

Mulled Gin Punch

A right punch-up Don’t dismiss the humble punch, says Ben Norum. Make it right and you’ll be bowled over. After all, you may already be drinking it more often than you think

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unches don’t have the best of reputations. If you’ve ever been to a party, drunk a few cupfuls and woken up the next morning feeling like you’d been trying to out-drink a Russian sailor, then you’ll probably know why. Equally, anyone who’s ever thrown a party and decided to hide the fact there aren’t any decent drinks by dumping all their remnants into a bowl and pouring juice on it will definitely know why.

And it’s not just at home that many a cocktail crime has masqueraded as a punch. Buying a pitcher in one of London’s less salubrious bars and suddenly realising you’ve just spent a small fortune on a mix of lemonade and pineapple juice - with a mint sprig thrown in for good measure is enough to put anyone off.

Today the drink’s reputation is being given a make-over, as some of London’s top bartenders are making it cool again.

Getting its name from the Hindi ‘panch’, punch is based on an Indian drink which

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mixed alcohol, water, tea and spices to create a refreshing hot weather thirst quencher.

It’s thanks to the Royal Navy that the drink reached our shores during colonial times, and its popularity then spread worldwide. With the Navy as evangelists for the drink, it’ll be no surprise that the alcohol content was upped en route, or that the two most popular punches we now have are made with the sailor staples of either rum or gin.

If you don’t think you’ve had a punch in a while, then bear in mind that the most regularly consumed variety is a summer fruit cup, consisting of spices, bitters, fruits and gin. You’ll probably know it better as Pimm’s.

Venues such as VOC in King’s Cross – a modern bar based on a 17th century punch house – takes Pimm’s to pieces and starts again, playing around with the spirits and spices used to create exciting new punches. One uses London-made Beefeater 24 gin – which references the punches of old by including tea as

Ingredients: 150ml gin (try Beefeater gin) 150ml port 600ml pear juice 50ml lemon juice Pinch nutmeg Teaspoon cinnamon 4 teaspoons brown sugar Method: Mix all the ingredients and heat in a pan.

Allow to simmer for a few minutes without boiling. Serve.

a botanical – and then tops it up with sparkling English wine instead of lemonade.

Join the bartenders in helping punch’s street cred – it’s a drink that’s easily made at home, and there’s no need for a Masters in mixology.

Bajan Rum Punch is one of the oldest rum punches and has a simple recipe, which is easily remembered from a Barbadian rhyme: Two parts sour (usually citrus), one and a half of sweet (sugar), three of strong (the booze), and four of weak (fruit juice or sparkling drinks).

Kate McGinlay, founder of London Cocktail Society, knows a thing or two about punch and reiterates just how easy it is to make: “There’s no need to measure, as it’s all about ratios – just use a cup and pour in as many as required. The whole point is that it’s meant to be relaxed, so don’t worry about being too precise. The fun comes when you play around with flavours – think about what tastes match each other and be creative with herbs and spices. Think ginger, saffron, rosemary – get creative.”

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Yauatcha, Alan Yau’s seamless stalwart W1F 0DL Oxford Circus

Palace, Seafood 2 Phoenix reigns supreme NW1 5PG Baker Street

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Dragon Castle, Hong Kong modern with a reputation SE17 1JL Elephant & Castle

Valley, Classier than 4 Plum most of Chinatown W1D 6JQ Piccadilly Circus

Chai Corner, Fairly cheap but very cheerful 5 Wan W1D 5PP Leicester Square

of the Town, Extensive and authentic choices 6 Top W1D 5QB Leicester Square

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Pearl Liang, Glitz, glamour & goldfish W2 6EZ Paddington

City, Substance over style all the way W1D 8 Harbour 5QH Leicester Square

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China Boulevard, Try the Chiu Chow peanut dumpling SW18 1DE Wandsworth Town

Airport views and a 10 Yi-Ban, rotating menu E16 2QT Royal Albert

Tamarind Green Park Having kept the Mayfair set wined and dined for over 15 years now, Tamarind is a true institution.

More than this, it’s been at the forefront of a revolution in London’s Indian restaurant scene.

Chef Alfred Prasad played with the fusion of British and Indian flavours, and created a finedining alternative to the curry house well before such a thing was commonplace.

In 2001 Tamarind had the honour of becoming the joint first Indian restaurant in the UK to receive a Michelin star, along with Kensington’s Zaika.

It’s fair to say that the hype has quietened a little since the formative years, but when the restaurant’s website claims to still be able to “change your perception of Indian cuisine”, it really isn’t lying. From the moment of entering and being shown to a table, there’s a slickness about the place which makes the experience feel special, albeit in a very understated way. The menu matches the mood, with intricate and inventive flavour combinations sitting alongside North West Indian staples of kebabs, grills and dhals.

As dishes begin to arrive at the table, nothing shouts with too loud a flavour, but rather everything hums with a content balance of spicing and sings of the skills involved in creating such subtle but deep-rooted tastes.

Kingfish chunks with ginger, mint, saffron and lime leaf set the tone, with aromatic flavours that dance on the tongue, while the simplicity of a meaty venison kebab and chutneys is just

as well received. A wildcard dish of paneer with red onions and green peppers simmered in a sauce with melon seeds and tomato exceeds expectations to become a highlight, with the piquant sauce showing off the creamy cheese.

A vegetable side of smoked aubergine pulp with garlic, red chilli, turmeric, cumin and coriander tingles with freshness, and another of morel dumplings pairs the earthy mushrooms with a creamy, sweet tomato sauce for an addictive combination.

Back to flesh, a slow-cooked lamb shank with turmeric, yoghurt and rich, sweet browned garlic melts seductively into its spiced gravy sauce, and slips down like silk.

The necessary chicken tikka is expectedly well executed, too – rounded spicing, char from the tandoor and soft, moist meat. These guys know what they’re doing.

From popadoms as an appetiser to white chocolate-coated mint leaf petit fours via a bulging wine list and a selection of Indian spiced cocktails, Tamarind has it all in gusto, with the service to match. Yet although this is about as high-end as dining can get, there’s not the tiniest pinch of pretension. There are set menus to keep the price down and if you choose carefully it’s possible to get off fairly lightly by Mayfair standards. That said, there’s serious scope for a blow-out here, and what better place for it?

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Ben’s Canteen Battersea

Zucca London Bridge

When did Scotch eggs get so trendy? Once consigned to motorway service stations, the guilty pleasure snack appears to be in vogue this summer, with Ben’s Canteen showing how it’s done. Ben’s All Day Breakfast Scotch Egg may be listed as a small plate, but it is definitely not one for the small appetite. A winning combination of sausagemeat and breadcrumbs made of dried mushrooms and bacon hides what makes this our favourite – an egg cooked to perfection.

Just enough firmness, just enough goo. At £7 it might sound pricey, but it’s big enough to justify the pricetag. Beyond this, Ben’s is known for its burgers which are creatively topped with corned beef (and also made Scout’s list of top 10 London burgers), served with crunchy chips. The surroundings are comfortable, booze is reasonably priced, and staff are attentive without being overbearing. A real find. JZ

Much like Bermondsey Street where it’s based, Zucca is far trendier than it would like to admit. A very urban industrial shell is home to this outpost of rural Italy, which serves a small and regularly-changing menu of simple, seasonal dishes with a beaming smile. Plates of smoked mackerel salad with roasted vegetables and a succulent rump of lamb with creamy polenta are generous on flavour if not in size, though a slab of delectably buttery almond torte for dessert should ensure no one goes hungry. An open kitchen and tables which almost nudge up against each other add to a warm buzz which – with just a little suspension of belief – could make you feel like you’re holidaying in the Med. Prices aren’t too London-y either, with £20 being sufficient for a feed. The danger is that your bill could very easily increase once you open the award-winning wine list. BN

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The Modern Pantry Farringdon

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Before launching The Modern Pantry, chef-owner Anna Hansen worked with so-called King of Fusion Food, Peter Gordon of Marylebone’s The Providores, and his influence is both tangible and tastable. The menu salivates with Asian-meets-Middle Easternmeets-European flavours, excelling at packing components onto the plate without ever overwhelming. The signature sugar-cured prawn omelette which comes with green chilli, coriander and a smoky sambal is one of not only the restaurant’s but the city’s must-try dishes, smacking you in the face with vibrant flavours and the deep taste of dried shrimp. Elsewhere the likes of a masala roast lamb rump that’s accompanied by a panko-crusted smoked cassava and fenugreek croquette as well as wild garlic, pomegranate molasses roasted grapes and some incredible coconut labneh (homemade Lebanese-style ‘cheese’) shows just how eccentric and playful food can be. It works. BN

Sometimes strawberries and cream just won’t cut it. If you’re in need of some proper substance after a day at the tennis, then this neighbourhood brasserie fits the bill. It serves up gutsy portions of grub, and although plates such as sausage and mash or scallops served with crispy leeks might lack cohesion, they share robust flavours and pretty presentation. Seared steak with wild garlic mash is a simple but effective high point of what’s on offer, and the salmon with a saffron hollandaise indicates the level of innovation to expect.

Many of the other dishes aim higher than they reach, with the slightly tired combination of scallops and pork belly leaving us cold. We feel similarly about the continuously looping Coldplay soundtrack in the background, too. Polished this is not, but at just over £15 for a threecourse set menu, it’s an enjoyable feed if you’re in the area. The ball’s in your court. BN

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Food & Drink CENTRAL

The Marquess Tavern 32 Canonbury Street, N1 2TB Essex Road Gastropub ££ The place to go for Sunday lunch, with the roast beef winning award after award. Good for a drink, too.

La Brocca 273 West End Lane, NW6 1QS West Hampstead Italian ££ Beneath the ground floor bar lies this authentic Italian restaurant. Pizza, pasta and a few specials dominate the menu.

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The Stonhouse 165 Stonhouse Street, SW4 6BJ Clapham Common Gastropub £££ A winning formula sees impressive food at impressive prices, plus there’s still plenty of space to get a pint. A gastropub as it should be.

Watatsumi 7 Northumberland Avenue, WC2N 5BY Charing Cross Japanese £££ Sleek design and stylish food marry in an exquisite, if pricey, dining experience.

Cantina Laredo 10 Upper St Martin’s Lane, WC2H 9FB Covent Garden Mexican £££ Guacamole made at the table goes down as well as a tequila flight at this American chain’s first London venture.

Brasserie Zedel 20 Sherwood Street, W1F 7ED Piccadilly Circus French £££ All-day brasserie from Chris Corbin and Jeremy King, the duo behind The Wolsely. Expect French classics such as confit duck.

28-50 15-17 Marylebone Lane, W1U 2NE Bond Street Wine bar £££ A new West End branch of the popular wine bar and tasting venue near the City. The name refers to the degrees of latitude in which grapes for wine can be grown.

Elena’s L’Etoile 30 Charlotte Street, W1T 2NG Goodge Street French £££ A veteran on the restaurant scene, Elena herself no longer oversees front of house, but the name lives on. Eating here is like stepping back in time.

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Frank’s Cafe & Campari Bar 10th Floor, Peckham Multi-Story Carpark, SE15 4ST Peckham Rye Grill £ This annual pop-up is back for the summer, serving grilled meats and simple salads, undeterred by the weather.

Chino Latino 18 Albert Embankment, SE1 7TJ Vauxhall Pan-Asian £££ Sharing plates of cross-continent flavours which vie to be as impressive as the cross-Thames views.

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Cafe Spice Namaaste 16 Prescot Street, E1 8AZ Tower Hill Indian £££ Cyrus Todiwala’s Indian institution, with a focus on seasonal ingredients and a huge helping of fun.

Absinthe Bar 243 Brompton Road, SW3 2EP South Kensington Bar ££ Secreted beneath the Brompton Bar & Grill lies this potentially dangerous drinkery where absinthe is always the drink du jour.

Okawari 13 Bond Street, W5 5AP Ealing Broadway Japanese £ Sushi restaurant with a focus on bento boxes and a very loyal local following. Sit at the bar and watch as your sushi is prepared.

Sheba 136 Brick Lane, E1 6RU Aldgate East Indian ££ Rising above the tout culture of Brick Lane, this easilymissed Indian offers good food at a good price.

Bohemia 2 Bohemia Place, E8 1DU Hackney Central Turkish £ What this all-day eatery lacks in style it more than makes up for in friendliness. Head straight for the mezze for an authentic experience.

High Road Brasserie 162-170 Chiswick High Road, W4 1PR Turnham Green European £££ British meets Mediterranean at this Western outpost of the Soho House Group where small plates offer plenty of choice.

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Casita 5a Ravey Street, EC2A 4QW Old Street Bar £ This may well win the award for smallest bar in London. Don’t let that put you off. Casita is the bar that bartenders drink at – cocktails are top notch and staff ensure that all and sundry are looked after.

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Bill’s Produce Store Pearl and Coutts Office Building, White Lion Street, N1 9PD Angel British ££ Another London showing for Bill’s, which started out in Brighton as a deli-turned-eatery. Here the focus is much more on simple bistro dishes than it is on produce.

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A taste of Spain

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Few chefs have made such an impression on the London restaurant scene as quickly as José Pizarro. Not content with opening our eyes to true Spanish food through Brindisa, he’s now working his way to domination on Bermondsey Street with José tapas bar and Pizarro fine-dining restaurant packed night after night. Now you can bring some of his sun-soaked tastes home with his new book, Spanish Flavours (RRP £19.99), published by Kyle Books.

Smoothies are sooo last year; get a taste of Juna fruit ‘nectar’ down your neck. Made from the pure pulp of exotic fruits and diluted to a thick drinking consistency with a little water, these mouth bombs excite the palate with flavours like guanabana, lulo, mango and mora.

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Art & Culture

Robot creator’s electric exhibition In a 65-year career, Bruce Lacey has intrigued and confused. He warns Alice Wiggett his new exhibition may ‘baffle’

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“I work with my emotions,” he explains. “Art is like psychotherapy for me – it was then and it still is now.”

After graduating from the Royal College of Art, where he began his performance art career, Lacey started sourcing and making props for TV and theatre, inspired by variety shows and circus performances.

But following regular arguments with “demanding” directors and actors, Lacey took his electrical expertise and decided to make electrical actors to perform with, “so if I had a heart attack, they would carry on,” he says.

“In the work I was doing on television and film I was satirising show business,” he says. “I hate show business – it’s all so slick.”

Lacey performed with a surrealist/comedy troupe called The Alberts in the 50s. The group appeared a number of times on Spike Milligan’s TV series.

He says: “With performance art you have a rough idea of what you are going to do, and because you create it on the spot, nothing can go wrong. If you break your neck on stage that is how it is meant to happen, it’s like going downhill on a toboggan in the dark – you don’t know what you might crash into or if you will get there safely.”

It is this eccentricity and imagination in his performance work which led to him gathering fans including not only Milligan but also fellow Goon Michael Bentine, and Peter Cook. Ken Russell made a film about him,

 Eccentric assemblage: School Days, 1963

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he 1985 Alternative Miss World competition was won by a robot called Rosa Bosom. If that wasn’t extraordinary enough, the machine was previously called John Silent, and had gone through a “sex change” before scooping the title.

Got your head round that one? Welcome to the wonderful world of artist Bruce Lacey.

There’s a chance to see Rosa – among other robots the 85-year-old artist created – in a new exhibition at Camden Arts Centre.

Lacey tells Scout London: “It will not be like minimalist exhibitions, with one painting on a white wall. My exhibition will be like an oldfashioned museum, which will bombard the viewer.”

The artist bridged the gap between fine art and popular performance, pursuing the idea of “making and doing” in an incredible range of media.

“I am interested in creating in all different fields, from painting, sculpture, film, music – they are all interlinked,” he says.

The breadth of exhibits is no exaggeration, as co-curator, artist Jeremy Deller, says: “It’s a comprehensive view of a 65-year career that has taken in film-making, performance art, music, painting, and more or less everything else.” He describes the show as “a big rowdy installation”.

After a spell as a Navy electrician from 19451947, it was only when Lacey was hospitalised with tuberculosis that he began drawing and painting – finding it a form of psychotherapy.

highlights The Preservation Man, in 1962. He also appeared as a flute-playing gardener in the Beatles’ film Help! In 1965.

In the 1980s Lacey returned to painting. His inspiration was pre-historic man’s use of the art form not for decorative use, but to affect change in the universe. His works from this period focus on ritual diagrams and imagery in shamanistic formats.

 Alternative Miss World winner of 1985: Rosa Bosom

my early performances as a child link to my performance art.”

And the exhibition hopes to reveal this characteristic: “It has all these rooms, but you don’t flow naturally through them - it could be the work of another artist in the next room,” he says.

However, the artist has a warning for visitors who might find the exhibition somewhat baffling

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This spirit of experiment and exploration is key to Lacey’s work and has influenced generations since. As Deller says: “His spirit has influenced me, his willfulness and willingness to change and experiment. I like that.”

From making films and robots, to performing and painting, all of Lacey’s work is related.

“The marvelous thing about my life is that all the things I have done are linked,” he says. “For example my engineering and electric knowledge linked to my robots but other things such as

at times: “You just don’t know where things are going to lead. Some ideas and interests fizzle out, others lead into things, it might be too much at first.”

The Bruce Lacey Experience, Camden Arts Centre, July 7–September 16 camdenartscentre.org; The BFI Southbank will be showing The Lacey Rituals by Bruce Lacey in a special season dedicated to Lacey, July 5-31, bfi.org.uk

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Edward Seago at Portland Gallery, 8 Bennet Street, SW1A 1RP Green Park FREE, Until Jul 27. Landscape paintings.

Bank Of England Museum at Bank Of England, Threadneedle Street, EC2R 8AH Bank FREE, Until Dec 31. The museum displays the history of the Bank of England from its foundation in 1694 through to its current role as the nation’s central bank.

Visitors can see gold bars and bank notes and try dealing in the money markets via interactive screens.

Bauhaus: Art As Life at Barbican Centre, Silk Street, EC2Y 8DS Barbican £12, adv £10, ages 13-17 £7, adv ages 13-17 £6, concs £8, adv concs £7, under 13s FREE, Until Aug 12. The most extensive Bauhaus display in the UK in more than 40 years.

Cultural Olympiad: BP Portrait Award - Next Generation at National Portrait Gallery, 2 St Martin’s Place, WC2H 0HE Charing Cross booking essential FREE, Until Sep 23. A selection of works created by artists aged 14 to 19.

Cultural Olympiad: Damien Hirst at Tate Modern, Bankside, Holland Street, SE1 9TG Southwark £14, concs £12.20, mems FREE, Until Sep 9. The first major survey of the acclaimed British artist’s work to be held in the UK. Cultural Olympiad: Mind The Map: Inspiring Art, Design And Cartography at London Transport Museum, 39 Covent Garden Piazza, WC2E 7BB Covent Garden £13.50, concs £10, Until Oct 28. An exhibition detailing the history, inspiration and creativity behind London Transport maps.

Cultural Olympiad: Writing Britain: Wastelands To Wonderlands at The British Library, 96 Euston Road, NW1 2DB Euston £9, child FREE, NUS/disabled/ unwaged £5, OAP £7, Until Sep 25. An exploration in how the landscapes of Britain run throughout great literary works.

Leonardo Da Vinci: Anatomist at The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace, Birdcage Walk, SW1A 1AA Victoria £9.25, NUS/OAP £8.50, family £23, ages 5-16 £4.65, under 5s FREE, Until Oct 7. A major display of works relating to the artist’s studies of the human body.

Grant Museum Of Zoology at Grant Museum Of Zoology, Rockerfeller Building, 21 University Street, WC1E 6DE Euston Square FREE, Until Dec 31.

The Grant Museum is the only remaining university zoological museum in London.

London 2012: Design Stories: The Architecture Behind 2012 at RIBA, 66 Portland Place, W1B 1AD Regent’s Park FREE, Until Sep 21.

Photographs, drawings, scale models and videos of the Olympic sporting venues.

London Festival Of Photography: Frederick Wilfred: London Photographs 1957-62 at Museum Of London, 150 London Wall, EC2Y 5HN Barbican

FREE, Until Jul 8. Historical photographs documenting post-war London.

Magnum On Set at London Film Museum, Covent Garden, 45 Wellington Street, WC2E 7BN Covent Garden phone for prices, Until Sep 1. Photographs and artefacts from films including The Seven Year Itch and Rebel Without A Cause.

Henry Moore: Late Large Forms at Gagosian Gallery, Britannia Street, 6-24 Britannia Street, WC1X 9JD King’s Cross St Pancras FREE, Until Aug 18. Large bronze sculptures inspired by organic forms.

Edvard Munch: The Modern Eye at Tate Modern, Bankside, Holland Street, SE1 9TG Southwark £14, OAP/NUS/ disabled/unwaged/ages 12-18 £12.20, Art Fund £6.10 & £7, mems/under 12s FREE, Until Oct 14. A major reassessment of the Norwegian artist’s work, including paintings and photographs.

The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee: Diamonds: A Jubilee Celebration at Buckingham Palace, Buckingham Palace Road, SW1A 1AA Victoria £18, OAP/NUS £16.50, family £47, under 17s £10.25, under 5s FREE, Until Oct 7. An unprecedented display of The Queen’s personal jewels.

Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition at Royal Academy Of Arts, Burlington House, Piccadilly, W1J 0BD Green Park £11.50, concs/Art Fund £9.50, Until Aug 12.

Contemporary works by UK artists.

The Queen: Art And Image at National Portrait Gallery, 2 St Martin’s Place, WC2H 0HE Charing Cross £6, OAP £5.50, NUS/ages 12-18/unwaged/disabled £5, National Art Pass holders £3, disabled carer/accompanied under 12s/mems FREE, Until Oct 21. Around 60 images and related media of Queen Elizabeth II, marking her Diamond Jubilee.

North Contemporary British Printmaking at Jealous Gallery, 27 Park Road, N8 8TE Highgate FREE, Until Jul 22. Prints by artists including Damien Hirst, Sir Peter Blake and Antony Gormley.

Grayson Perry: The Vanity Of Small Differences at Victoria Miro, 16 Wharf Road, N1 7RW Angel FREE, Until Aug 11. Tapestries inspired by Hogarth’s A Rake’s Progress.

Nicola Dempsey And Simon Burgess: Round The World In 90 Days at Lauderdale House, Highgate Hill, Waterlow Park, N6 5HG Archway phone for prices, Until Jul 8. Photographs and blog excerpts from a round-the-world trip.

recommended Old Hampstead Rediscovered: Village Scenes at Burgh House, Hampstead Museum, New End Square, NW3 1LT Hampstead FREE, Until Sep 9.

Contemporary photography and historic paintings providing a comparison between past and present.

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Children’s Art Commission: Eva Rothschild: Boys And Sculpture at Whitechapel Gallery, 80-82 Whitechapel High Street, E1 7QX Aldgate East FREE, Until Sep 9. A film exploring the relationship young boys have with the material world.

Capture Waltham Forest at Vestry House Museum, Vestry Road, E17 9NH Walthamstow Central FREE, Until Sep 30. A collection of photographs and art to commemorate the experience of the Olympics in Waltham Forest.

CREATE 2012: David Bailey: Bailey’s East End at The Royal Docks Newham, Dockside Road, E16 2QU Royal Albert £6, concs £4, Until Aug 5.

Images of London’s East End, taken over the past fifty years.

CREATE 2012: Free Range at The Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, E1 6QL Liverpool Street FREE, Until Jul 16.

Works by arts and fashion graduates from across the country.

CREATE 2012: Mapping The Change at Hackney Museum, 1 Reading Lane, E8 1GQ Hackney Central FREE, Until Sep 22. Photographs, films and local residents’ stories documenting Hackney’s redevelopment in the run-up to the Olympics.

Snapshots Festival : Passport Control at Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, E1 6LA Aldgate East FREE, Until Jul 21. An interactive pinhole-camera photo booth.

South Andrew Kotting & Iain Sinclair: Swandown at Dilston Grove, SE16 2DD Surrey Quays FREE, Until Jul 29. Film, photographs and artefacts relating to the artists’ pedalo journey.

Cultural Olympiad: Yoko Ono: IMAGINE PEACE at Live Site, Woolwich, General Gordon Place, SE18 6EU Woolwich Arsenal FREE, Until Sep 9.

A large-scale project using posters, words, badges and the Internet.

London Festival Of Photography: Hijacked III: Australia at Photofusion, 17a Electric Lane, SW9 8LA Brixton FREE, Until Jul 20. Pictures by Australian photographers including Michelle Tran, Warwick Baker and Bindi Cole.

Jo Spence: Work (Part 2) at Studio Voltaire, 1a Nelsons Row, SW4 7JR Clapham Common FREE, Until Aug 11. A retrospective of images by the British photographer.

The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee: Royal River: Power, Pagentry And The Thames at National Maritime Museum, Romney Road, SE10 9NF Greenwich £11, child £5, family, 2 adults, up to 2 children £24.50, family, 1 adult, up to 3 children £14.50, concs £9, Until Sep 9. A major exhibition featuring paintings, manuscripts and other artefacts.

Andy Warhol: The Portfolios: Bank Of America Collection at Dulwich Picture Gallery, Gallery Road, SE21 7AD West Dulwich £8, OAP £7, NUS/ unwaged/disabled/Art Fund mems £5, under 18s/mems FREE, Until Sep 16.

Featuring iconic and lesser-known prints and paintings.

Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum at The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club, Church Road, SW19 5AE Southfields Museum £11, child £6.75, concs £9.50, Museum & Tour £20, child £12.50, concs £17, Until Dec 31. The story of the development of the game into today’s exciting sport.

West Codebreaker: Alan Turing’s Life And Legacy at Science Museum, Exhibition Road, SW7 2DD South Kensington FREE, Until Jul 31. Photographs and objects celebrating the centenary of the British computing pioneer.

Cultural Olympiad: Heatherwick Studio: Designing The Extraordinary at Victoria & Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, SW7 2RL South Kensington £6, OAP £5, NUS/ages 12-17/disabled/ES40 holders £4, family of 3 £10, family of 4 £16, disabled carers/mems/under 12s FREE, Until Sep 30. Two decades of contemporary design projects undertaken by the acclaimed British design studio.

Cultural Olympiad: Yoko Ono: To The Light at Serpentine Gallery, Kensington Gardens, W2 3XA South Kensington FREE, Until Sep 9. Works in a range of disciplines by the artist, including a largescale project, SMILE. Cultural Olympiad: Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2012 Designed by Herzog & De Meuron And Ai Weiwei at Serpentine Gallery, Kensington Gardens, W2 3XA South Kensington FREE, Until Oct 14.

A collaborative design formed of 12 columns exploring the history of past Pavilions.

Out Of Focus at Saatchi Gallery, Duke Of York’s HQ, King’s Road, SW3 4RY Sloane Square FREE, Until Jul 22.

Mixed works experimenting with the photographic medium and its conventions.

Valerie Belin: Yohoho at Michael Hoppen Gallery, 3 Jubilee Place, SW3 3TD Sloane Square FREE, Until Jul 7. Photographs capturing the burlesque cabaret clubs of Paris.

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Comedy

Flaming funny Rhod Gilbert has a tattoo. It has a story. Chris Beanland just needs to work out if the comic is telling the truth

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hat’s your favourite lie? I ask Rhod Gilbert. “That I’m Pudsey the dog off Britain’s Got Talent,” he laughs. He warms to the subject of telling porkies: “Greg Davies once got off with seven men in a bistro in Northampton. I video’d it. It’s proper filth, and would be a PG or worse if it ever got out.”

The Welsh comic’s knack for improvisation is a big part of his stony-faced oeuvre. But some of what he tells Scout is true.

We think. Gilbert and Davies are in fact best mates.

“We’re going to travel round doing something,” he reveals to us. “We did this thing

on the BBC called Most Dangerous Roads and had a good time, so we’re going to do some. We could wind up anywhere, although,” Gilbert adds with a smile that suggests what’s coming next: “...the format is limited by his obesity.”

The comedian’s new show, The Man With The Flaming Battenberg Tattoo, comes to the Hammersmith Apollo this week.

Gilbert sits down to tell us the story of the tattoo. It’s a real tattoo and it’s a true story. “I have this stupid tattoo that I never even wanted but it changed my life. I did it just to make a point. I was doing a TV show where I try different jobs and I was being a tattoo artist. The producers thought it would be a good idea if I had a tattoo first, before I tattoo’ed someone else, so that I understood what the person I would be tattooing was going through. We argued about it as I had no interest in having a tattoo. In the end I thought, ‘Right I will have a tattoo, but to show the producers how pointless tattoos are I will have the most pointless thing I can think of. I had a flaming Battenberg cake done, and in my head I won that argument.” He takes a breath.

“In retrospect, I lost quite badly.”

Gilbert has recently moved back from Cardiff to London but he hasn’t lost his sense of Welshness – he’s even appeared in the Visit Wales TV ads. Does he see himself as an unofficial ambassador then? “I don’t think Wales has an ambassador. And my house is nothing like an embassy.” He thinks for a minute. “Having said that, I do have a massive Welsh flag flying outside, am constantly entertaining foreign dignitaries, and insist on spoiling my guests with the Welsh equivalent of Ferrero Rocher – Scampi Nik Naks – which I pile in a pyramid on a silver tray and make my mother carry round in a sequin dress. She’s 80 and can barely stand, but I will beat her to within an inch of her life if a single foreign diplomat goes home without tasting a ’Nak, as they are known in Wales.”

Hammersmith Apollo, Jul 4-7

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recommended ONGOING

Thursday July 5

Lawrence Leung: Beginning. Middle.

End. at Soho Theatre, 21 Dean Street, W1D 3NE Tottenham Court Road From Jul 2, Mon-Sat 9.30pm, ends Jul 14, £10, from Jul 5 £15, concs £12.50.

Anecdotal stand up on the theme of storytelling. Until Jul 14.

Newsrevue at Canal Cafe Theatre, Bridge House Pub, Delamere Terrace, W2 6ND Royal Oak Thu-Sat 9.30pm, Sun 9pm, £10, concs £8.50. Topical sketches and songs. Until Dec 23.

Lewis Schaffer Is Free Until Famous at The Source Below, 11 Lower John Street, W1F 9TY Piccadilly Circus Tue & Wed 8pm, FREE. Self-deprecating stand-up.

Until Jul 25.

Balham Comedy Festival: Paul Chowdhry: What’s Happening White People? at The Bedford, 77 Bedford Hill, SW12 9HD Balham 10pm, £8.

Intelligent stand-up.

Balham Comedy Festival: Harry Hill at The Bedford, 77 Bedford Hill, SW12 9HD Balham 6.15pm-7.15pm, 8pm-9pm, £15, phone for availability. Madcap, surreal stand-up and character comedy.

Wednesday July 4 Comedy Store Players at Comedy Store, 1a Oxendon Street, SW1Y 4EE Piccadilly Circus 8pm, £17, NUS/concs £12. With Richard Vranch, Neil Mullarkey, Andy Smart, Steve Steen, Pippa Evans and Mike McShane.

Rich Hall’s Hoedown at Soho Theatre, 21 Dean Street, W1D 3NE Tottenham Court Road 9.30pm, £15£17.50. A late-night mash-up of music, comedy and gratuitous coloration.

London Improv! at The Miller, 96 Snowfields, SE1 3SS London Bridge 8pm, £5. Featuring We Are Actors and Foster’s Comedy Award winning Cariad Lloyd.

Pear Shaped In Fitzrovia at Fitzroy Tavern, 16a Charlotte Street, W1T 2NA Goodge Street 8.30pm, £5.

With Lewis Bryan, Ean Luckhurst, Leo Conville, Charlie Jacobs, Sheila McCabe, Miranda Dawe, Patrick Lappin, Arna Spek and MCs Brian & Krysstal and Anthony Miller.

Ed Eales-White: Champions at Pleasance Theatre, Carpenter’s Mews, North Road, N7 9EF Caledonian Road 8pm-9pm, £5.

Character comedy.

Vikki Stone: Big Neon Letters at The London Theatre, New Cross, 455 New Cross Road, SE14 6TA New Cross 7pm, £6. Musical comedy.

Sunday July 8

Saturday July 7

Tuesday July 3 Comedy Bin at The Rhythm Factory, 16-18 Whitechapel Road, E1 1EW Whitechapel 8pm-12midnight, FREE. With Al Cowie, Janine French, Simon Lilley, Lee Russell, Steven Anderson, Mihai Antoci, Lea Rose Emery, Chris Pacey, Mark Sallis and MC Gwilum Argos.

Edinburgh Comedy Preview at Downstairs At The King’s Head, 2 Crouch End Hill, N8 8AA Finsbury Park 8.30pm, 9.45pm, £7, concs £5. With Josh Widdicombe and Chris Neill.

Nick Helm: This Means War at Hen & Chickens, 109 St Paul’s Road, N1 2NA Highbury & Islington 9.30pm, £6.50. Aggressive stand-up.

David Schneider & Guests Olympic Comedy: My Son, The Gold Medalist at Jacksons Lane Theatre, 269a Archway Road, N6 5AA Highgate 8pm, £15. A light-hearted look at Jewish Olympic triumphs.

Stand UpRise at The Old Queen’s Head, 44 Essex Road, N1 8LN Angel 7.30pm-11.30pm, £8. With Tom Davis, Sara Pascoe, Michelle De Swarte, Johnny Cochrane, Tony Hendriks, Grainne Maguire, Darius Davies and MC Tom Appleton.

Deborah Frances-White: Cult Following at Leicester Square Theatre, 6 Leicester Place, WC2H 7BX Leicester Square 7pm, £10. Stories and ad libs.

Soho Comedy Club at The Casino At The Empire, 5-6 Leicester Square, WC2H 7NA Leicester Square 8pm, £15, adv £10.

Zoe Lyons, Jason John Whitehead, David Mulholland, MC Kate Smurthwaite.

Up The Creek at Up The Creek, 302 Creek Road, SE10 9SW Cutty Sark 8.45pm, £11, concs £8. With Nick Page, Jeff Innocent and MC Dave Ward.

Rhod Gilbert: The Man With The Flaming Battenburg Tattoo at HMV Apollo, Queen Caroline Street, W6 9QH Hammersmith 6.30pm, £25, phone for availability. The TV regular rants about things that annoy him.

Balham Comedy Festival: Stephen Frost Impro All Stars at The Bedford, 77 Bedford Hill, SW12 9HD Balham 9.45pm10.45pm, £15. Improvisational sketches.

The Big Sketch Bash at 100 Club, 100 Oxford Street, W1D 1LL Oxford Circus 7.30pm-11pm, adv £12. With The Penny Dreadfuls, Sheeps, Totally Tom and Late Night Gimp Fight.

Nina Conti: Work In Progress at Canal Cafe Theatre, Bridge House Pub, Delamere Terrace, W2 6ND Royal Oak 7.30pm, £6, concs £5. Inventive ventriloquism.

The Legendary Comedy Try Out Night at Downstairs At The King’s Head, 2 Crouch End Hill, N8 8AA Finsbury Park 8.30pm, £4, concs £3. With Robert Evers, Steve Roberts, Ian Luckhurst, Nathaniel Metcalfe, Emelie Okeke, Pip Jones, Njambi McGrath, Gwilum Argos, Chris Windle, Jonny Barrett, Andrew Bisgrove, Courtney Bickert, Adam Race and MC Joseph Wilson.

Friday July 6 Balham Comedy Festival: Al Murray: The Only Way Is Epic at The Bedford, 77 Bedford Hill, SW12 9HD Balham 9.45pm, phone for availability £15. The Pub Landlord glues Broken Britain back together.

Balham Comedy Festival: Ardal O’Hanlon at The Bedford, 77 Bedford Hill, SW12 9HD Balham 8pm-9pm, £15, phone for availability. Observational humour.

Marcus Brigstocke & Barry Castagnola: Edinburgh previews at Colour House Theatre, Merton Abbey Mills, off Merantun Way, SW19 2RD Colliers Wood 10pm12midnight, £10, adv £8. Two stands-up polish their material ahead of the Fringe.

The Comedy Zone And Naz Osmanoglu at Pleasance Theatre, Carpenter’s Mews, North Road, N7 9EF Caledonian Road 7.30pm-9.45pm, £10. Edinburgh previews from the comedy showcase team and the energetic stand-up.

Balham Comedy Festival: Stephen K Amos at The Bedford, 77 Bedford Hill, SW12 9HD Balham 9.45pm, £15.

Feelgood humour.

Balham Comedy Festival: The Best Of Banana Cabaret at The Bedford, 77 Bedford Hill, SW12 9HD Balham 9pm, £15. Henning Wehn, Kerry Godliman, Paul Thorne and MC John Moloney.

Balham Comedy Festival: Diane Spencer: Exquisite Bad Taste at The Bedford, 77 Bedford Hill, SW12 9HD Balham 10pm, £8. Autobiographical stand up and punch-lines.

Foster’s Comedy Live at Highlight, Camden Lock, Middle Yard Chalk Farm Road, NW1 8AB Camden Town 8.15pm-10.15pm, £17 & £18. With Rob Deering, Steve Williams, Steve Shanyaski, Toby Hadoke and Foil Arms & Hog. Jongleurs Comedy Show at Sway, 61-65 Great Queen Street, WC2B 5BZ Holborn 7pm, 8.45pm, phone for prices.

With Ian Stone, Carl Donnelly, Kane Brown and Pete Johansson.

Kieran & Joe: Friends Of Steel at Hen & Chickens, 109 St Paul’s Road, N1 2NA Highbury & Islington 7.30pm, £5.

Sketch comedy.

Monkey Business Comedy Club at Sir Richard Steele, 97 Haverstock Hill, NW3 4RL Chalk Farm 8.45pm, £12.50, concs £10. With Sara Pascoe, Ava Vidal, Tez Ilyas, Lucy Cox and MC Martin Besserman.

Priceless London Wonderground: Graffiti Classics at The London Wonderground Spiegeltent, Jubilee Gardens, off Belvedere Road, SE1 8XX Embankment 3pm, 5pm, £10 & £15. Musical comedy string ensemble.

The Silky Pair: Happy To Help at Leicester Square Theatre, 6 Leicester Place, WC2H 7BX Leicester Square 4pm, £8, concs £6. Sketches and songs.

Tom Deacon & WitTank at Pleasance Theatre, Carpenter’s Mews, North Road, N7 9EF Caledonian Road 7.30pm-9.45pm, £10. Smart stand-up and sketch comedy.

Balham Comedy Festival: Alistair Barrie: Urban Fogey at The Bedford, 77 Bedford Hill, SW12 9HD Balham 9.30pm, £8.

Sharp humour.

Comedy Variety Cabaret at Downstairs At The King’s Head, 2 Crouch End Hill, N8 8AA Finsbury Park 8.30pm, £7, concs £5. With Andrea Hubert, Jim Grant, Alan Francis and James Redmond.

London 2012 Cultural Olympiad: The Hackney Empire Gay Extravaganza at Hackney Empire, 291 Mare Street, E8 1EJ Hackney Central 7.30pm, £10-£25. An evening of performances, film and television footage, celebrating 60 years of comedy between the 1948 and 2012 London Olympic Games.

Jimmy Carr & Guests at The Open Air Theatre, Inner Circle, Regent’s Park, NW1 4NU Regent’s Park 7.45pm, gates 6.15pm, £25. Acerbic wit plus guest acts.

Monday July 9

Chris Ramsey & Roisin Conaty at Pleasance Theatre, Carpenter’s Mews, North Road, N7 9EF Caledonian Road 7.30pm-9.45pm, £10. Upbeat and observational humour.

Blah Blah Comedy Club at The Camden Head, 100 Camden High Street, NW1 0LU Camden Town 7.30pm, £3. With Wil Hodgson and Carey Marx.

Hungry Miller’s Comedy Laughbag! at The Miller, 96 Snowfields, SE1 3SS London Bridge 8pm, £6, NUS £4. With Bridget Christie and Tony Law. United Colours Of Comedy Sketch Show at Leicester Square Theatre, 6 Leicester Place, WC2H 7BX Leicester Square 7.30pm, £15, concs £10. With Patrick Monahan, Nat Bee, Victor, Mo and Jamie Howard.

Andy Zaltzman’s Political Animal at Soho Theatre, 21 Dean Street, W1D 3NE Tottenham Court Road 7.45pm, £10.

Satirical humour.

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Film

Katy Perry has remained tight-lipped about her famous split with Russell Brand.

But now she’s ready to share, tears and all

By Shereen Low

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etting over a broken heart is difficult for anyone, so spare a thought for Katy Perry.

Rather than taking time away from the spotlight to heal after the breakdown of her marriage with Russell Brand, the Grammy-nominated singer has captured the entire experience on cameras, for the big screen.

The result is Katy Perry: Part Of Me, a wartsand-all documentary film in 3D, following the songstress as she embarks on her year-long California Dreams world tour.

The movie, directed by east London filmmaker Dan Cutforth and his American counterpart Jane Lipsitz, begins a few months after Brand and Perry tied the knot in 2010.

They’d quickly become inseparable after meeting a year earlier on the set of Brand’s film Get Him To The Greek.

Clearly smitten, Perry started supporting her man’s football team, West Ham, and selfconfessed sex addict Brand insisted he was a changed man. It was dream tabloid fodder.

But, while Perry’s music career was on the up, off-stage her relationship with Brand was slowly unravelling.

Brand filed for divorce in December 2011, citing ‘irreconcilable differences’, and their parting is set to be made official this month.

Despite keeping a careful check on any public displays of emotion over the past seven months, Perry lets down the barriers in her film.

In one scene, she’s seen crying uncontrollably as she realises, before a concert, her marriage was over – although puts on a brave face for the show. Another scene shows the singer sobbing when she admits she misses Brand.

“Oh my God, I have tear ducts! Crazy! I am human! I had to smack myself across the face and say, ‘These problems are my problems, they are not my audience’s problems, learn to separate that’,” she says.

The 27-year-old insists she has no issues including those moments.

“I think it was important because, if you had seen this movie and I had completely avoided it, you would have been like, ‘Well, what’s she trying to hide?’” she explains.

“I’m not trying to hide anything, and hopefully people can see from what I went through, that they can get through it as well.”

She adds: “Dan and Jane caught me in my most human form, most normal form. It was important for me to leave some of the more difficult things in the film so that it wasn’t just a narcissistic fanfare about how great I am.”

It was Perry who came up with the idea of doing a film, but it was before the split.

“I could instinctively feel that something important was about to happen – it felt like this big wave was coming. So I reached out to two filmmakers and said, ‘Guys, I’d like you to come

on the road and document the ride’.”

That ride was the year-long tour around the world, playing 124 sold-out arena shows across the US, Europe, South America and the Far East.

While Brand reportedly wanted footage of their relationship edited out of the film, Perry had no qualms about including him. He drops in to wish her well on the opening night of her tour, but is later reduced to mostly phone calls and text messages.

“I wanted to show everybody that I’m not just Dorothy and the red ruby slippers but I might be the Oz as well,” she jokes.

“I definitely wanted to show people what’s behind the curtain and give them the access to see what it takes to put this type of huge event on, and get them to feel like they’re closer to me, and to get to know me better, and my perspective.”

She didn’t mind the cameras constantly following her around, she says. “There was nothing difficult about it because I asked for it myself. Also, the guys behind the camera were really good at just being flies on the wall and were never invasive.”

Although the directors were in charge of the cameras, Perry wanted to be quite hands-on too.

“I am so highly involved in everything, which can be exhausting because I have to either see it, create it or hear it. It has to go past me before it goes anywhere, and that can be tedious.”

The film also features rare and frank interviews with Perry’s family, including her pastor parents Keith and Mary, and ‘Team Perry’.

“You get a better understanding of me. Also, it was nice to show off where I got my humour from – my grandmother who’s 91! God bless her.

She lives in Las Vegas and is a total hoot.”

The singer may have collaborated with the Snoop Dogg and Kanye West, but Perry says she wouldn’t mind working with some British stars.

“I’m such a fan of Marina And The Diamonds and her new record,” she says. “I love English music. I love Morrissey and I think some incredible artists come from a little rainy place called England.”

But first, she is finally planning some wellearned time off.

“I’m very congested with thoughts and I can’t wait to get them all out, but until then I will probably kind of recharge.”

Katy Perry: Part Of Me is in cinemas from July 5 - see review page 34 scoutlondon.com Scout London 33

Film The Amazing Spider-Man (12A) Every great story has a beginning. Spider-Man now has two: Sam Raimi’s action-packed 2002 blockbuster and this emotionally richer, though equally exhilarating, opening chapter from Marc Webb. Andrew Garfield is perfectly cast as Peter Parker/Spidey. Vertiginous sequences of the spandex-clad hero swinging between skyscrapers look stunning in 3D and digital effects are polished. However, Webb is equally interested in what goes on behind the mask. A tender romance with Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone) affords a pleasing change of pace from the frenetically edited skirmishes with The Lizard (Rhys Ifans) and the chameleonic Garfield delivers a compelling lead performance to tug the heartstrings. DS

Katy Perry: Part Of Me 3D (PG) “Thank you for believing in my weirdness,” squeals Californian singer Katy Perry to adoring fans during a candy-coloured concert sequence in Part Of Me. While her on-stage shenanigans with dancing cat Kitty Purry certainly err towards eccentric, Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz’s documentary is a conventional behind-the-scenes portrait of Perry’s early years as gospel singer Katy Hudson to the present day on the California Dreams world tour when her marriage to Russell Brand falls apart.

Energetic live performances, including a rousing rendition of Hot & Cold replete with split-second costume changes, are intercut with tributes from celebrity fans and revealing back-stage footage of the singer sobbing uncontrollably before a concert as the reality of the break-up hits home. Despite the heartbreak, the show must go on. DS

Ping Pong (PG) On July 28, paddles will be raised with steely determination for the opening rounds of the table tennis at the Olympic Games. The eight players in Hugh Hartford’s uplifting documentary wouldn’t stand a chance, but their combined age is 703. These protagonists have heart and determination in abundance, chasing glory at the World Over-80s Table Tennis Championships in Inner Mongolia, where 12-times world champion Les D’Arcy contends with cancer, and Vienna-born Texan Lisa Modlich smacks her lips when she is pitted against 100-year-old Dot: “I should get her, she can’t move!” Ping Pong is a heart-warming portrait of growing old with gusto.

Hartford’s subjects woo our affections – apart from fiercely competitive Lisa – and we root for them through every looping serve and slice. DS 34 Scout London scoutlondon.com

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East End Film Festival

Peter Jackson double bill (18)

Founded in 2000 as a creative platform for filmmakers working and living in the region, EEFF has expanded to showcase the best in world cinema, with a particular focus on first- and second-time directors.

Maurice Linnane’s spellbinding documentary Amy Winehouse: The Day She Came To Dingle (pictured) opens festivities at St Anne’s Church, followed by live performances from special guests. Sound and image also collide in the closing night gala of Armando Bo’s dark character study, El Ultimo Elvis. In between, you can hit the road with a pregnant Mormon girl in Rebecca Thomas’s drama Electrick Children, marvel at Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei in Alison Klayman’s documentary Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry and create your own Gromit with Aardman Animations model maker Jim Parkyn. DS

Before Peter Jackson made film history by shepherding The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King to all 11 Oscar statuettes for which it was nominated, the New Zealand writer-director commanded a sizable, cult following as a purveyor of splatter and adults-only humour. This double bill brings together Meet The Feebles, his fantastical orgy of puppet-based bad taste chronicling shocking events leading up to the infamous Feebles Variety Massacre, and the full, uncut version of Braindead, the 1992 fiesta of zombies and excessive gore, which is guaranteed to churn even the strongest stomach. It’s all a far cry from Jackson’s two-part adaptation of The Hobbit, which reaches London multiplexes on December 14. DS

Jul 3-8, from 12noon, various venues, free to £20.

Jul 5, 6.50pm, £12, mems £7 or £6.50, The Prince Charles Cinema, 7 Leicester Place, WC2H 7BY Leicester Square

Eraserhead (18)

A Symphony Of Horror (PG)

The Looking In, Looking Out festival of philosophy and film closes with a double-bill of surreal and baffling fantasies that gleefully distort reality. John Carpenter’s B-Movie homage They Live whets appetites before the main course of David Lynch’s 1977 dystopian nightmare Eraserhead, revolving around beleaguered printer Henry Spencer (Jack Nance), who is trapped in the living Hell of a futuristic, industrial town saturated by smoke. Mary X (Charlotte Stewart) gives birth to Henry’s child but the newborn is deformed, and swiftly creates friction between the parents. It’s a stunning and bewildering journey inside Lynch’s mind that fascinates as much as infuriates. DS

To mark the 90th anniversary of black and white silent Nosferatu, East End Film Festival stages a spine-tingling collaboration between the Queldryk Choral Ensemble, spatial artist Lucy Jones and music collective Mimima. One of London’s finest markets provides a suitably creepy backdrop to the tale of demonic Count Orlok (Max Schreck). While the screen is filled with bloodcurdling imagery, shadows and silhouettes flicker on the walls and the air reverberates with haunting voices, electric guitar, bass, cello and drums. Fittingly, it starts at sundown. Arrive early to stake a claim to the seats, or bring cushions and blankets. Garlic and holy water optional. DS

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Facing West Brit actor Dominic West swaps life as a Baltimore detective in The Wire for Mars in sci-fi flick John Carter. He chats sword-fights and pond-hopping with Shereen Low

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n image of the late Patrick Swayze isn’t what you’d expect to come to mind, when filming a science fiction film set on Mars.

But it did for Dominic West, during a crucial scene on the set of John Carter, the specialeffects-loaded epic fantasy directed by Wall-E’s Andrew Stanton, in which West plays Sab Than, the king of Zodanga.

He explains: “We were acting alongside a tennis ball and Andrew says, ‘It’s a spaceship coming out of the sky firing at you, then it’s going to explode, kill everyone you’ve ever known and you just react to that. OK? Go!’ “For some reason, what’s etched in my mind is this close-up shot of Patrick Swayze in Ghost, when he reacts to seeing a ghost. It’s so awful.

“So there’s always this little voice going, ‘Don’t do a Patrick Swayze!’ I just about got away with it, I think.”

With his cut-glass accent and dashing good looks, 42-year-old West was born to be a leading man.

Whether it’s in period drama The Hour, gritty thriller The Wire, portraying serial killer Fred West in ITV’s Appropriate Adult or even Shakespeare, the Sheffield-born actor can turn

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his charms to anything.

But for this role, West readily admits he felt out of his depth as he let his fists do the talking.

“I haven’t done many action movies. Most of my work tends to be language-based because I do a lot of theatre, so I was very attracted to the idea of immersing myself in an almost entirely action role,” he says.

“The fights were challenging. We did about four weeks of intense training because I had to get the style of the Zodangan swordfighting down. I’m not a particularly good fighter and I got through countless wooden swords.”

As the calculated tribe leader, the father-offour had to grapple with Canadian heart-throb Taylor Kitsch, who plays the titular John Carter.

“Taylor could fight with a sword and not smash it to pieces – like I did,” he admits.

The film is based on Edgar Rice Burroughs’ 1917 classic, A Princess Of Mars, the first novel in the Barsoom series.

This year marks the 95th anniversary of the character, considered to be the first space hero.

West, who was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Dublin, is characteristically good-natured about newcomer Kitsch (who did almost all of his own stunts), and jokes that he

envies his co-star’s talent and good looks.

“He was a nightmare. It can be a pain in the arse, you know, so young and successful...

“He deserves every ounce of success he gets. He really worked hard and got beaten up.

Everything he does in the film, he did 50 times more in real life. By the end of filming, we were really worried about him – I thought he needed a year off in hospital.”

West’s first US film was Michael Hoffman’s big-screen adaptation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream in 1999, which later led to supporting roles in 300, Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace and Chicago.

John Carter marks West’s return to Hollywood, and comes four years after his much-applauded turn as Detective Jimmy McNulty in HBO series The Wire. The police drama, which ran for six years and was filmed in Baltimore, propelled him into the limelight, and his success across the pond doesn’t appear to be diminishing.

“It is a good time to be a Brit actor. I think we’re probably good value for money or something!”

John Carter is available on iTunes, DVD, Blu-Ray and streaming services now

new releases This Means War (15) On return from a failed mission together, CIA agents FDR (Chris Pine) and Tuck (Tom Hardy) both fall for Lauren (Reese Witherspoon), who is recovering from breaking up with her sweetheart (Warren Christie).

Armed with a dazzling array of hi-tech gadgetry, FDR and Tuck compete against each other to win Lauren’s heart. This Means War delivers slam-bang thrills and a few sparkling one-liners as rivalry between the two elite

operatives intensifies. However, comic interludes don’t always hit their target and the voyeuristic nature of the men’s surveillance leaves a nasty taste in the mouth, especially when they resort to documenting entanglements in the bedroom. Witherspoon relies on her strength as a comic actress, placing her at the centre of some elaborately staged set pieces, but Hardy struggles to soften his bruising hard man image while Pine mugs shamelessly. DS

Project X (18) Costa (Oliver Cooper) and JB (Jonathan Daniel Brown) throw a party for their friend Thomas (Thomas Mann), whose parents are leaving town for their anniversary. With the folks out of the way, the boys get drugs, food and booze for a mega-party.

That night, Thomas enjoys a flirtation with the prettiest girl at school and wrestles with his feelings for childhood sweetheart Kirby (Kirby Bliss Banton). Meanwhile, goth misfit Dax (Dax Flame) documents everything on his handheld video camera. Recounted in first-

person perspective through the lenses of assorted video cameras, mobile phones, CCTV and police surveillance, Project X is a raucous comedy about youthful exuberance and raging hormones that escalate out of control. The flimsy plot provides screenwriters with the perfect excuse to flood the screen with bare-chested girls, wanton debauchery and gleeful drug-taking. A paucity of consequences for the teenagers’ irresponsible behaviour leaves a bitter aftertaste. DS

Jack And Jill (PG) Ad man Jack Sadelstein (Adam Sandler) lives with wife Erin (Katie Holmes), their daughter Sofia (Elodie Tougne) and adopted son Gary (Rohan Chand).

Every Thanksgiving, Jack braces himself for the arrival of twin sister Jill (Sandler again), who lacks social graces. Usually Jack can’t wait to be rid of Jill, but this time she becomes useful.

Jack hopes to persuade Al Pacino to star in an advert. The actor has developed a crush on Jill, so Jack surmises that he can use her “like some kind of prostitwin”. Unfortunately for Jack,

Jill has feelings for the family’s Mexican gardener. Jack And Jill is a grotesque comedy that plumbs the depths of human behaviour, revelling in the uncomfortable moments when characters are reduced to their base instincts.

It’s mind-boggling that an actor of Pacino’s stature would align himself with such a vulgar farrago.

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Party, politics and parade World Pride comes to London and although it’s not as grand as hoped, Jack Cullen finds there’s still plenty to do

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ride never comes without parade, which has now been scaled the risk of a fall. And sadly, down to a procession. Organisers this year the fall comes are describing the change as a at the cost of some red “return to the roots” of the original faces at organisers, Pride London.

Pride London rallies. It will cover With just a week to go before the same route as planned, but the event, the organisation there will be no vehicles or floats announced that “funding shortfalls” participating. The procession will would mean a major scaling-back get underway at the earlier time of the parade and entertainment. of 11am. Starting in Baker Street Still, the show must go on, the route will take-in Oxford Street and the three central tenants of and Regent Street, moving down Pride – procession, performance Pall Mall and Cockspur Street, past and partying hard – remain. Here’s Trafalgar Square to Whitehall. what’s ahead for Saturday: The entertainment in Trafalgar Square is expected to proceed, The PROCESSION but with some changes to the The largest victim of the budget programme that were unavailable shortfall is the traditional street at press time.

Soho Street Parties: There will be no official World Pride events in Soho. Licensing regulations will be that of any normal day, and the Golden Square event has been cancelled. The Family Area in Soho will proceed independently. Whilst World Pride will have no official activities in Soho, expect the day’s celebrations to go ahead with gusto as nothing will stop the party.

Culture East End Film Festival: American entertainer Lea DeLaria will host a discussion on Organising Prides in Hostile Environments with Sam Dick from Stonewall and Amnesty International’s Emily Gray, followed by a film about Pride in Latvia.

July 6, 7pm Amnesty Headquarters, 17-25 New Inn Yard, EC2A 3EA Old Street Free London Gay Men’s Chorus: 100 gay choristers will raise the rafters of Southwark Cathedral with an inspirational on the eve of Saturday’s partying. For a recommended donation of £10 don’t miss this opportunity to see a magnificent choir which sometimes charges three times that much.

July 6, 7.30pm, Southwark Cathedral, SE1 9DA London Bridge £10 donation recommended.

F20-12: The Gay Photographers Network presents its third annual exhibition. The work is for sale, so

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is opportunity to bag yourself a talking point to hang in the hall.

Until July 8, The Strand Gallery, 32 John Adam Street, WC2N 6BP Charing Cross Clubs Hustlaball: This is potentially 48 hours long if you start with Bear Necessity on Friday. The Saturday night’s Hustlaball boasts a “jacuzzi show” with 50 male erotica models. Things move across the road to Brixton Club House at 6am for Hot Rods Recovery Party.

July 7, 10pm-6am, The Electric, Town Hall Parade, SW2 1RJ Brixton £16 for Hustlaball ball (£59 for all three events) Boylesque: Boy George takes the stage at one of London’s most intense gay clubs, Fire.

July 7, 10pm until next day, Fire, South Lambeth Rd, SW8 1RT Vauxhall £10 adv.

Eurofest: Britain’s leading Eurovision DJ, Dave Simmons, is joined by Swedish sensation Shirley Clamp for a dedicated Europop night. Wrapping up at 3am, there’s room for an afterparty or a kebab.

July 6, 9pm-3am, RVT, 372 Kennington Lane, SE11 5HY Vauxhall £6 World Pride Party: Heaven is hosting a huge G-A-Y party. Free entry wristbands will be dished out by promo boys on Old Compton

recommended Tuesday July 3 Queerly Out Shots at Escape Bar, 10A Brewer Street, W1F 0SU Piccadilly Circus FREE, 9pm-late. DJ Julio Bravo spins pop, disco, 1980s, old skool R&B, Motown and hip hop.

Ruby Tuesdays at Ku Bar, 30 Lisle Street, WC2H 7BA Leicester Square FREE, 9pm-3am. Pop, R&B and 1980s hits from Sandra D and Joe Grohl.

Wednesday July 4 Trannyshack at Madame Jojo’s, 8-10 Brewer Street, W1F 0SE Piccadilly Circus £5, w/flyer £3, FREE before 12midnight, 10pm-3am. Miss Dusty O, Tasty Tim and Lady Lloyd spin commercial dance and pop.

Work at Fire, South Lambeth Road, SW8 1UQ Vauxhall £5, £4 before 1am, 11pm-5am. Lee Harris, Niyi Maximus Crown and Big John Freeman spin house, pop, electro, R&B, funk and dancehall.

Shake & Pop at Candy Bar, 4 Carlisle Street, W1D 3BJ Tottenham Court Road £5, mems £3, FREE before 10pm, 9pm3am. DJ Bam Bo Tang spins urban anthems, chart, retro hits and pop classics.

Saturday July 7

Shinky Shonky at Ku Bar, 30 Lisle Street, WC2H 7BA Leicester Square FREE, 10pm-3am. Boogaloo Stu spins pop tunes at this burlesque and cabaret show.

Thursday July 5

Street. Don’t leave it too late or you’ll be queuing in the Thames.

Expect Adele remixes and squealing boys enamoured with balloons.

July 7, 10pm-6am, Heaven, Under The Arches, WC2N 6NG Charing Cross Free with wristband Politics As well as Martinis in mankinis, Pride is a time for the LGBT community to highlight important issues. This year the programme of debates includes: Love Without Borders: Homosexuality is still illegal in

Commonwealth nations where The Queen is head of state, including Barbados, Pakistan and honeymoon favourite St Lucia. Pride will focus on showing these places that free love is a human right.

Suicide Rate: Recent studies show that suicide rates amongst LGBT people are higher than that of the general population.

Classroom bullying destroys young gay people while familial intolerance damages adults. Pride is working with organisations like Broken Rainbow and School’s Out to combat this.

Gravity at Fire, South Lambeth Road, SW8 1UQ Vauxhall £10, concs £5, 2pm-late. DJs Alan K and Fat Tony spin electro, house and disco, with hosts Mauricio and Danny Boyce.

QueerlyOut at Escape Bar, 10A Brewer Street, W1F 0SU Piccadilly Circus £5, £3, FREE before 9pm, 5pm-3am. DJ Robby D spins commercial dance, pop and R&B. Retrosexual at Ku Bar, 30 Lisle Street, WC2H 7BA Leicester Square FREE, 10pm-3am. Tasty Tim spins 80s music.

Friday July 6 Popstarz at The Den & Centro, 18 West Central Street, WC1A 1JJ Holborn phone for prices, 10pm-4am. Resident DJs spin indie, pop and R&B. Therapy at The Shadow Lounge, 5-7 Brewer Street, W1F 0RF Leicester Square FREE before 11pm, 10pm-3am. Electropop and dance from DJs Miswhite, Minx, Paul Heron and Sonathaq.

Tonker at Eagle, 349 Kennington Lane, SE11 5QY Vauxhall £6, mems £5 after 10pm, FREE before 10pm, 9pm-3am. DJ Tim Jones and Alan X play house, chart and dance.

Carpet Burn at Eagle, 349 Kennington Lane, SE11 5QY Vauxhall £5, FREE before 11pm, 9pm-4am. PWL Pride with Johnny Kalifornia on the decks.

Discotec World Pride Party at Brixton Clubhouse, 467 Brixton Road, SW9 8HH Brixton £15, before 12midnight £10, adv £7, 10pm. Luke Hope, Femi B, Lee Harris, Kartel Brown and guests supply trance, house and electronica.

Monster at Candy Bar, 4 Carlisle Street, W1D 3BJ Tottenham Court Road £5, mems £3, FREE before 10pm, 9pm-3am.

DJ Sandra D spins chart hits, dance and pop classics.

Urban World Pride Party 2012 at Hidden, 100 Tinworth Street, SE11 5EQ Vauxhall £9, adv £7, 8pm-6am. Host Clington Forbes, DJs, performers and guests provide bashment, grime, Afro beats, disco and soulful house.

Unskinny Bop at Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club, Pollard Row, E2 6NB Bethnal Green £10, adv £7, concs £5, 9pm-late. Resident DJs spin pop, rock’n’roll, girl groups, R&B, disco and punk.

Sunday July 8 S.L.A.G.S / CHILL-OUT Sundays at Royal Vauxhall Tavern, 372 Kennington Lane, SE11 5HY Vauxhall £8, £5 before 7.30pm, 2pm-12midnight. Simon Le Vans, Andy Almighty and Sean Sirrs spin disco, electro and house, plus The D E Experience performs live.

The Social at Candy Bar, 4 Carlisle Street, W1D 3BJ Tottenham Court Road FREE, 8.30pm-12.30am. Resident DJs spin pop, chart and retro.

Monday July 9 Detention at Ku Bar, 30 Lisle Street, WC2H 7BA Leicester Square FREE, 10pm-3am. KU DJs and Doug Silva spin house music.

Popcorn at Heaven, Charing Cross Arches, Villiers Street, WC2N 6NG Charing Cross £8, 11pm-5.30am.

Resident DJs play dance, electro, R’n’B, pop and hip hop.

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Knights of the Soundtable “T he 12-year wait is over and school is back in session. Sign up now. Knights of the Soundtable ride again!”

That’s how Chris Cornell broke the news in January 2010 that Soundgarden were reforming.

Just over two years later and the Seattlebased grunge pioneers, who originally split in April 1997, are recovering after their triumphant first return show on UK soil. They played before Black Sabbath at June metal-fest Download and are readying themselves to headline the opening night at Hard Rock Calling in Hyde Park this month.

With hits including Black Hole Sun and Spoonman, Soundgarden is among those seminal bands credited with popularising the grunge genre, along with Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Alice in Chains.

Yet, as Nirvana’s legacy seemed to burn ever-brighter, Soundgarden’s contribution appeared to be getting eclipsed. It’s something Chris Cornell and gang are back to rectify with a new album and headlining slots at some of the biggest festivals in the country.

Download was Soundgarden’s first UK show in 15 years – how did you feel before you went on?

I don’t think I was nervous, no more than any other show. Our first gig back together at Lollapalooza in Chicago was in front of 75,000 people. I was pretty nervous at that one.

However, once we started playing again and the ball was rolling, I didn’t feel too bad. We were a band for so long before we split and toured for years, so I think some kind of muscle memory kicks in when we play live now.

How long had you been back together behind the scenes before you announced the reunion?

It was just a couple of months of talking, and then we told everyone. At that point we didn’t know what we were going to do, but we knew we were going to do something. That’s why the announcement wasn’t so specific. The first thing we did was to start up the website and fan-club again, to get people interested and involved, and let everyone know. We then decided that we’d make more music, but in a comfortable timeframe as other things came up.

Does it feel different in the band now to before you broke up?

Definitely. The big thing is that in the interim we all started doing other things, so we have to be

Soundgarden are preparing to take London crowds by storm. Unlike us, frontman Chris Cornell tells Andy Welch he won’t be too bothered if it rains

respectful of all of those projects. Everyone seems to be really conscientious about the fact that Soundgarden is something we’re doing because we enjoy doing it, enjoy each other’s company and we enjoy being in a band.

In the time you were away, were you concerned about Soundgarden’s legacy? Did you ever feel overshadowed by other grunge bands? And is that why you reformed?

I think we came to the realisation that however big your musical legacy is, it has to be continually revised over the years. You have to keep beating that drum for you and for your music. And if you’re not together, touring and making records, and thus shining a light on the old material, your legacy is going to diminish.

You have to do something, and there’s only so much fan forums can do. That’s what originally got us together. We’re so proud of the music we’ve made, and we feel great putting it in front of a new generation of rock fans.

Are you looking forward to Hard Rock Calling in July?

Yes hugely. I love playing in London, period. I love the city. All our UK gigs were memorable, and I have particularly fond memories of recording the Bond theme [You Know My Name from Casino Royale] in London, too. I played at Hyde Park once before, as a solo artist supporting Aerosmith.

It rained heavily that day.

Yeah, not surprisingly! But it never matters to me or Soundgarden, and that’s not just because we’re from rainy Seattle, but it just seems to have been our luck on tours. And at a lot of festivals, you’d have scorching sunshine for days, then we’d walk out and it would pour down. That was the opposite of what happened at Download, actually. It was raining all weekend until we had our picture with Black Sabbath, just before we went on. The sun came out and it was actually hot. Maybe things are different this time?

Soundgarden’s new album is finished now.

How was recording that?

There were concentrated periods where we were really busy with it, and other times when we were doing other things. It’s been over 18 months since we started recording. It was no different from any other Soundgarden album in terms of process. Everyone brought in song ideas and we worked through them as a band, adding things and arranging sections. It’s always an exciting process, and there are four songwriters in the band so there are always a lot of different styles in the mix. You never know what the album’s going to sound like.

And you’ve said previously that it carries on from where you left off with Down on The Upside in 1996?

It definitely feels like it was made immediately after that. It feels like we were away for two or three years and just went back into the studio as normal. It doesn’t feel like there are 15 years between these records. It sounds as vital as anything we’ve ever done. A lot of bands that take 15 years off make too many considerations about the way they fit into the marketplace commercially, but for us, we never worried about that first time around so we didn’t need to start now.

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Music Bloc July 6-7, London Pleasure Gardens, £55 per day, £99 weekend

Also this week:

July 6-8, Hyde Park, £55.25-£148.50

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Faith No More July 8, Hammersmith Apollo, July 10, Brixton Academy, £33.50

Two dates for the US rockers who rediscovered their faith in each other in 2009, having been split up for 11 years. Getting hold of tickets for the reunion tour was – justifiably – like finding hen’s teeth. These two dates are likely to be almost as popular due to the band’s feverish following. Epic.

Action Bronson Jul 4, The Garage, £14.50 Active Child, The Invisible, Hospitality, Nzca/Lines Jul 5, Village Underground, adv £11 All Shall Perish, Dyscarnate, Honour Is Dead, Foreboding Ether Jul 3, The Underworld, £12 Art Themen Jul 7, Bull’s Head, £10 Bill Posters Will Be Band Jul 5, Bull’s Head, £10 BluesFest 2012: Gov’t Mule Jul 4, Under The Bridge, adv £23 BrynFest: Gruff Rhys Jul 6, Southbank Centre, £12-£18, concs £6-£9 Cars Like Sharks, Code500, Your Mind Is A Weapon Jul 7, Nambucca, £6 Chambao Jul 5, KOKO, £25 City Of London Festival 2012: Kazimier Krunk Band Jul 6, Paternoster Square, FREE Eugene McGuinness Jul 3, The Lexington, adv £7.50 Fun. Jul 9, Heaven, £11 George Crowley Quartet Jul 6, The Constitution, £5 Gossip, Comanechi Jul 5, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £17 Groove Warriors Jul 9, Bull’s Head, £10 Incubus Jul 9, O2 Academy Brixton, £29.50 KISS Jul 4, HMV Forum, £50 La Shark Jul 5, Birthdays, £7 Lianne La Havas Jul 9, Rough Trade East, FREE w/wristband Mad Dog Mcrea Jul 5, Half Moon, Putney, £8

Toy Jul 4, Proud Camden, £8 Marc Almond Jul 9, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £19.50 & £27.50 Paul Heaton Jul 5, Barbican Centre, £18-£28 Rodney P & DJ Skitz, Pyrelli, Frenglish Connexion Jul 6, Vibe Bar, £4 Sneakbo, Funkystepz, Magic & Chronik Jul 6, XOYO, £10, adv £5 & £8 The Brian Jonestown Massacre Jul 7, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, adv £15 The Psychedelic Furs Jul 5, The Garage, £20 The Tallest Man On Earth Jul 3, Hackney Empire, £20 The Wailers Jul 4, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £19.50-£28.50 Tiger Lilly, The Glass Child Jul 9, Nambucca, £3 Twin Shadow Jul 4, Dingwalls, adv £12.50 Wolfmother Jul 6, IndigO2, £22.50 & £27.50

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The annual pop extravaganza in the Queen’s back garden will be headlined on each respective day by electronic music superstar Deadmau5, Drake and the girl he and Chris Brown have been fighting over, Rihanna. Elsewhere on the bill there’s Rizzle Kicks, Afrojack, Maverick Sabre, Jessie J and Labrinth and a whole host of others. It’s a feast of top pop – and you can sleep in your own bed at the end of the night.

Just remember to tip-toe out – we’ve heard her majesty hits the hay at 10pm.

Orbital, Snoop Dogg, Richie Hawtin, Amon Tobin, Squarepusher – Bloc has pulled out the big guns for its move from Somerset to its new home of London Pleasure Gardens in Docklands. Whether it’s techno, House, IDM, or glitch-y tweaks that gets you up and dancing, if you like electronic music, you’ll love Bloc. Minehead’s loss is London’s gain.

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Africa Utopia July 1-28, Southbank Centre, various prices

Summer Series July 7-19, Somerset House, various prices A calendar event for London’s summer since it launched in 2001, Somerset House’s Summer Series never disappoints. This year the line-up ranges from comedian Tim Minchin, roots/spoken word diva Jill Scott and the dubstep of Katy B to Temper Trap, M83 and Tindersticks. As if the line-up weren’t tempting enough, it all takes places in the courtyard of one of the best-looking buildings on the banks of the Thames. A more-than-memorable musical experience.

Kew The Music July 3-8, Kew Gardens, £35.50-£39.50

How can music and the arts be mobilised as a force for change in Africa? That’s the question Senegalese singer and humanrights campaigner Baaba Maal is posing in this month-long festival of music, debate, literature, theatre, film and dance at the Southbank Centre. The main man himself performs on July 28, while other music highlights are Grammywinning multi-instrumentalist Taj Mahal, who plays this week, plus Angelique Kidjo, Funmi Olawumi and an afrobeats night (the latest pop sounds to come from Africa, not to be confused with afrobeat sounds of Femi Kuti).

It’s all about the outdoors this week, whether you’re a basshead, a culture vulture or, like this series of concerts, fancy indulging in some top pop and classic acts. Set against the backdrop of the Victorian Temperate House at Kew Gardens, the line-up ranges from Will Young (pictured), James Morrison and M People to the old-school rockings of Status Quo and even those summer-holidaysoundtrack chaps The Gypsy Kings.

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Laura Marling July 7, Royal Albert Hall, £20-£45

For this special one-off concert, Marling and her band will be performing her latest album, A Creature I Don’t Know, from start to finish, followed by a varied set from her two previous albums. A rare treat from the folk femme du jour who’s been wooing the USA recently – and winning.

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Primal Scream Higher Than The Sun Creation Records

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Hot Butter Popcorn Audio Fidelity Records

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Foals Miami Warner Music

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KC and the Sunshine Band Give It Up Epic

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Kool and the Gang Summer Madness De-Lite Records

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Hot Chip Flutes Domino Records

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The Lovin’ Spoonful Summer In The City Kama Sutra

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Ramones Runaway Beach Sire

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Snoop Dogg ft Pharrell Drop It Like It’s Hot Geffen Donna Summer I Feel Love Casablanca Records

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Adolescents, Mammut Jul 14, Jamm, £12 Agnostic Front, Terror Aug 8, The Underworld, £17.50 Alex Clare Oct 25, KOKO, £17.50 Alex Metric Jul 13, The Nest, £7 Andy Fairweather Low Sep 30, Millfield Arts Centre, £18, adv £17 Anna Calvi Jul 12, Somerset House, £25 Anthony Strong Jul 15, Royal Albert Hall, £28.50, under 12s £12 Antony’s Meltdown: Joan As Police Woman, Julia Kent, Matteah Baim Aug 3, Southbank Centre, £12.50 & £17.50, concs £6.25 & £8.75 Antony’s Meltdown: Lou Reed Aug 10, Southbank Centre, £45-£65, concs £22.50-£32.50 Antony’s Meltdown: Marc Almond Aug 9, Southbank Centre, £22.50-£27.50, £11.75-£23.75 Average White Band Jul 16-19, Ronnie Scott’s, £30-£45 Azealia Banks Oct 12, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £15 Babelfish Jul 15, Pizza Express Jazz Club, £15 Back Door Jul 13, Bull’s Head, £15 Bad Ass Brass Jul 14, The Hideaway, £12 Bastille Oct 19, KOKO, £11 Bat For Lashes Oct 29, HMV Forum, adv £20 Baxter Dury Oct 17, The Scala, adv £11 Beach House Nov 2, Roundhouse, £16, phone for availability Beirut Sep 14, HMV Apollo, £20 Ben Howard, Willy Mason Nov 28-Nov 30, O2 Academy Brixton, £17.50 Ben Kweller Nov 8, Electric Ballroom, £13.50 Billy Ocean Jul 21, Under The Bridge, £27.50 Bitty McLean Jul 31, The Jazz Cafe, £20 Blink 182 Jul 25 & Jul 26, O2 Academy Brixton, £35 Blood Red Shoes Oct 18, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £13.50 Blue Harlem Jul 22, Ronnie Scott’s, £15£18 Blur, The Specials, New Order Aug 12, Hyde Park, adv £55 Bobby Womack Jul 12, Heaven, £22.50, phone for availability Boo Hewerdine Sep 5, The Green Note Cafe, adv £12.50 Bush Aug 30, KOKO, £27.50 Calexico, Laura Gibson Sep 18, HMV Forum, £20 Cate Le Bon Sep 12, XOYO, adv £9.50 Cerebral Ballzy, Zulu, Sauna Youth Jul 18, Birthdays, £6 Charli XCX Aug 1, XOYO, £9 Charlotte Gainsbourg And Connan Mockasin Jul 19, Somerset House, £25 Cheryl: A Million Lights Tour Oct 7, The O2 Arena, £35 & £40 Darren Hayes Sep 24, IndigO2, £22.50£37.50 Dave Stewart Sep 7, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, phone for prices Deacon Blue Oct 22, Roundhouse, £29.50-£39.50 Death In Vegas Sep 29, Electric Brixton, adv £15

Dexys Sep 16, Barbican Centre, £30 & £32.50 Dirty Projectors Oct 17, Roundhouse, £16.50 Django Django Oct 31, Nov 1, Heaven, £12 Doom, Dels Oct 12, HMV Forum, £28.50 Dr John Jul 18 & Jul 19, Under The Bridge, £30-£50

Lianne La Havas Jul 16 & Jul 17, Village Underground, £16.25 Eagles Of Death Metal Aug 21, O2 Academy Islington, adv £17.50 Ed Sheeran Oct 13-Oct 17, HMV Apollo, £24 Eddie Vedder Jul 30 & Jul 31, HMV Apollo, £37-£50, phone for availability Efterklang & Northern Sinfonia Oct 30, Barbican Centre, £15-£22.50 Emeli Sande Nov 11, Royal Albert Hall, £22.50-£37.50 Evile Oct 28, The Garage, adv £13 Excel 21, The Kingskins Jul 17, Dublin Castle, £6, concs £4.50 Fat Freddy’s Drop Aug 4, HMV Forum, £29.50 Field Music Oct 17, Electric Ballroom, £12.50 Godspeed You! Black Emperor Nov 4, HMV Forum, £20 Grandaddy Sep 4, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £20 Gravenhurst Sep 26, Cecil Sharp House, £12.50 Grimes Sep 5, Heaven, £11 Grizzly Bear Oct 22, O2 Academy Brixton, adv £22.50 Hard Rock Calling Festival 2012: Hard Rock Calling 2012: Soundgarden, Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band, Paul Simon Jul 13, Jul 14 & Jul 15, Hyde Park, Fri £50, Sat £60, Sun £55, Sat & Sun £110 Hit Factory Live: Kylie Minogue, Steps, Jason Donovan, Bananarama, Rick Astley, Dear Or Alive Jul 11, Hyde Park, £54.25 Hot Chip, Django Django Oct 19, O2 Academy Brixton, adv £20 Iron Cross Jul 14, The Coronet, adv £35 James Yorkston Sep 24, Southbank Centre, £16.50, concs £8.25 Jason Mraz Dec 1, The O2 Arena, £32 Jehst Jul 26, 229 The Venue, £12.50 Jennifer Lopez Oct 22, The O2 Arena, £50-£75 John Cale Oct 13, Southbank Centre, £20£30, concs £10-£15 KRS-One Jul 23 & Jul 24, The Jazz Cafe, adv £20

Katie Melua Oct 10, HMV Apollo, £37.50 Labrinth Oct 20, O2 Academy Brixton, adv £17.50 Lacuna Coil Oct 28, KOKO, £17.50 Lady Antebellum Jul 16, HMV Apollo, £30, phone for availability Lawnmower Deth, Beholder Dec 15, The Garage, £15 Lincoln Center Orchestra, Wynton Marsalis, Yacub Addy Jul 10, Barbican Centre, £15-£35 London 2012 Cultural Olympiad: Angelique Kidjo, Baaba Maal, Justin Adams, King Sunny Ade, Seckou Keita, The Invisible Republic Of JuJu, Wizboyy Jul 21, London Pleasure Gardens, FREE, ticketed, adv booking required at btriverofmusic.com London 2012 Cultural Olympiad: Ben L’Oncle Soul, The Brazz Brothers, Amira, Big Gay Sing, Youth Music Voices Jul 21, Trafalgar Square, FREE, ticketed, adv booking required at btriverofmusic.com London 2012 Cultural Olympiad: Carlinhos Brown, Aurelio Martinez, Ondatropica Jul 22, Tower Of London, FREE, ticketed, adv booking required at btriverofmusic.com London 2012 Cultural Olympiad: Eurostar Presents Traction Jul 14, Granary Square, £20 London 2012 Cultural Olympiad: Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra, Saxophone Massive, Beverley Knight Jul 22, Somerset House, FREE, ticketed, adv booking required at btriverofmusic.com London 2012 Cultural Olympiad: Krar Collective, Muntu Valdo, Staff Benda Bilili & Zao, The Noisettes Jul 22, London Pleasure Gardens, FREE, ticketed, adv booking required at btriverofmusic.com London 2012 Cultural Olympiad: Penguin Cafe, Mariza, Concha Buika Jul 21, Somerset House, FREE, ticketed, adv booking required at btriverofmusic.com London 2012 Cultural Olympiad: Scissor Sisters Jul 21, Tower Of London, FREE, ticketed, adv booking required at www. btriverofmusic.com London 2012 Cultural Olympiad: The Black Arm Band And 9Bach, Frank Yamma, Wantok Musik Sing Sing, Gurrumul Jul 21, Old Royal Naval College, FREE, ticketed, adv booking required at btriverofmusic.com London 2012 Cultural Olympiad: The Black Arm Band, The Barons Of Tang, Coastal Voices, Green Fire Islands Jul 22, Old Royal Naval College, FREE, ticketed, adv booking required at btriverofmusic.com

Pharoah Sanders Jul 3, Ronnie Scott’s, £30-£42.50

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BrynFest: Bryn Terfel And The Orchestra Of Welsh National Opera Jul 4, Southbank Centre, £10-£75, concs £5-£37.50 Andre Rieu, Johann Strauss Orchestra Dec 16, The O2 Arena, £40-£90 Andrea Bocelli Nov 14 & Nov 15, The O2 Arena, £45-£120 BBC Proms 2012 Jul 13-Sept 8, Royal Albert Hall & Cadogan Hall, various prices City of London Festival To Jul 27, various venues, various prices Juliane Banse And Aleksandar Madzar Jul 14, Wigmore Hall, £15£30 Leopold String Trio And Steven Osborne Jul 8, Wigmore Hall, £15£30

London 2012 Olympic Games: Opening Ceremony Celebration Concert: Snow Patrol, Stereophonics, Duran Duran, Paolo Nutini Jul 27, Hyde Park, £60 London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay: Olympic Torch Relay Finale: Dizzee Rascal, The Wanted, Mark Ronson & Katy B, You Me At Six, Eliza Doolittle, Rizzle Kicks, Wretch 32 Jul 26, Hyde Park, £15 London Irish Village 2012: Eddi Reader Aug 10, Under The Bridge, £25-£50 London Irish Village 2012: The Undertones Jul 28, Under The Bridge, £17-£34 London Jazz Funk All-Stars Jul 21, The Hideaway, £14 M83 Jul 16, Somerset House, £25 Madeleine Peyroux Aug 18, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £37.50

Muse Oct 26 & Oct 27, The O2 Arena, £47.50 & £55

Joyce Didonato And David Zobel Jul 4 & Jul 6, Wigmore Hall, £18-£35, London 2012 Cultural Olympiad: Kronos Quartet, Asif Ali Khan, Bamboo Pearl Orchestra, Bardic Divas, Gong Linna, Homayun Sakhi, Sanchita Farruque Jul 21, Battersea Park, FREE, ticketed, adv booking required at btriverofmusic.com

BBC Proms: Prom 1 Jul 13, Royal Albert Hall, £13£55 Philip Glass Ensemble Dec 15, Union Chapel, adv £20 Festival At The Scoop: London Gay Men’s Chorus Aug 9, The Scoop At More London, FREE Trafalgar Sinfonia Jul 19, St MartinIn-The-Fields, £8-£22

Madonna Jul 17, Hyde Park, £70 & £125 Marc Bolan 35th Anniversary Concert Sep 15, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £25£35 Maverick Sabre Oct 6, O2 Academy Brixton, £18.50 Micachu & The Shapes Jul 24, Arcola Tent, adv £10 Michael Kiwanuka Dec 5, Southbank Centre, £17.50 & £20, concs £8.75 & £10 Mika Jul 26, Heaven, £22.50 Mike And The Mechanics Jul 18, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £30 Ministry, Djerv Jul 20, HMV Forum, £20 Nanci Griffith Jul 25, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £29 Neneh Cherry & The Thing Jul 15, Village Underground, £15.50 Never The Bride Jul 26, Bull’s Head, £10 Nicki Minaj Oct 30, The O2 Arena, £40 & £46 Patti Smith Sep 13, Troxy, £27.50 Pennywise, The Flatliners Jul 10, O2 Academy Islington, £18.50 Portico Quartet Oct 18, Roundhouse, adv £16 Post War Years Jul 17, Birthdays, £7 Public Image Ltd Aug 11, HMV Forum, £27.50 Queen & Adam Lambert Jul 11, Jul 12, Jul 14, HMV Apollo, £70 & £75 Radiohead Oct 8 & Oct 9, The O2 Arena, £47.50 & £65 Ray Davies And Band Oct 4, Royal Albert Hall, £45 Reverend & The Makers Oct 26, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £15

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We Are Scientists Jul 25, The Garage, £15 Rufus Wainwright Nov 18, HMV Apollo, £35.50-£60 Scissor Sisters Oct 23 & Oct 24, Roundhouse, £32.50 Shed Seven Aug 17, O2 Academy Islington, £17.50 Stacey Kent Jul 15, The Open Air Theatre, £21 Sweet Billy Pilgrim Jul 11, Bush Hall, £9 Tame Impala Oct 30, O2 Academy Brixton, £17.50 Teebs, NosagThings, Eskmo Jul 12, XOYO, £9, adv £14.50 The Beach Boys Sep 27, Royal Albert Hall, £55-£150 The Crookes, The Kabeedies, Panda Cubs Jul 17, Bull And Gate, adv £6.50 The Farm Oct 28, O2 Academy Islington, £17.50 The Mars Volta Jul 15, HMV Forum, £25 The Pharcyde Jul 17, KOKO, adv £20 The Temper Trap Jul 11, Somerset House, £27.50 The Whitest Boy Alive Aug 28, The Coronet, adv £25 Three Trapped Tigers, Gallops, Portasound Jul 24, Birthdays, £7 & £9 Tindersticks Jul 15, Somerset House, £25

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Tuesday July 3

Balearic at The Shadow Lounge, 5-7 Brewer Street, W1F 0RF Leicester Square £5, guestlist FREE, 10pm-3am. Deep, vocal, and Balearic house courtesy of Amir Groove and Nick Tcherniak.

Bossa Nova Disco at Guanabara, Parker Street, WC2B 5PW Holborn FREE, 5pm-late. Resident DJs spin Brazilian jazz music.

The Elite Leagues at The Macbeth, 70 Hoxton Street, N1 6LP Old Street £3, 7pm. DJ Sugai spins hip hop and beats at this networking showcase.

Panic at The Roxy, 3-5 Rathbone Place, W1T 1HJ Tottenham Court Road £5, NUS/w/flyer £3, guestlist w/flyer FREE before 10.30pm, 10pm-3am. Max Panic, Gaz Panic and That Perfect Fumble spin indie, electro, retro and pop.

Stupid Tuesday at Thirst, 53 Greek Street, W1D 3DR Tottenham Court Road £3, FREE before 10pm, 5pm-3am. Resident DJs play funky house, disco and pop.

We Were Bitten By Jaws at The Barfly, Camden, 49 Chalk Farm Road, NW1 8AN Chalk Farm FREE, 7.30pmlate. Resident DJs and guests spin surf, psychedelic 1960s rock and soul.

White Heat at Madame Jojo’s, 8-10 Brewer Street, W1F 0SE Piccadilly Circus £5, concs/flyer £4, 10.30pm-3am. DJs Matty, Olly and Marcus spin electro, techno and indie.

Wednesday July 4 Beach Bum at Ladybird Bar, 70 Upper Street, N1 0NY Angel FREE, 9pm-2am.

DJ Larry Sun plays a mash-up of dance, hip hop, electro and party.

Choke at The Roxy, 3-5 Rathbone Place, W1T 1HJ Tottenham Court Road £5, guestlist NUS/w/flyer £3, NUS £4, 10pm-3am. Resident DJs play hip hop, drum’n’bass, electro, indie and grime.

Death2Disco at Notting Hill Arts Club, 21 Notting Hill Gate, W11 3JQ Notting Hill Gate £3, FREE before 11pm, 7pm-2am. DJs Danny Watson, Nigel Thomas and BlagSound DJs spin indie, punk and rock, plus Kites, Swanton Bombs and Kentish Fire perform live.

Gigwise Presents at Proud Camden, The Horse Hospital, Chalk Farm Road, NW1 8AH Camden Town £8, NUS £7, 7.30pm-1.30am. Toy, Black Black Hills and guests supply indie, electro and garage rock.

Girlfriend Is Better at Bar Music Hall, 134146 Curtain Road, EC2A 3AR Old Street FREE, 8pm-1am. DJ duo Bethan and Christine spin electro, funk, disco, Northern Soul and Motown.

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Hot Rocks at Surya, 156 Pentonville Road, N1 9JL Angel FREE, 10.30pm2am. Resident DJs spin rock’n’roll, rhythm’n’blues, punk-rock and ska.

Madd Raff Wednesdays at The Social, 5 Little Portland Street, W1W 7JD Oxford Circus £5, £3 before 11pm, FREE before 9pm, 7pm-1am. The Heatwave supply bashment and dancehall, plus a dance session with dancehall instructor Safwaan Shoshoni of Pineapple Studios.

Under The Counter at Cellar Door, Zero Aldwych, WC2E 7EN Charing Cross FREE, 9pm-late. Resident DJs spin jazz, swing and vintage hits, plus burlesque and cabaret performances from Desmond O’Connor and Pippa Evans.

Thursday July 5 Bad Sex at Proud Camden, The Horse Hospital, Chalk Farm Road, NW1 8AH Camden Town £7, £5 before 10pm, guestlist £5, NUS FREE before 10pm, 7.30pm-2.30am. Mayton DJs and Fin Munro spin electro and indie, plus burlesque and cabaret performances.

Bones Brigade Thursdays at Zigfrid, 11 Hoxton Square, N1 6NU Old Street FREE, 9pm-late. DJ Francois spins upbeat rock, pop and 1990s dance.

Gold Road Presents Planes EP Launch Party at Ginglik, Shepherd’s Bush Green, W12 8PH Shepherd’s Bush £5, w/flyer £3, 7pm-3am. DJs Binko Swink, Mousedeer and Gold Road spin pop and retro hits.

Latinos at El Penol, 382-384 Brixton Road, SW9 7AW Brixton FREE, 9pm-4am. Diego Rmx, Urbano, Junior, Primo, Mauro Cangri and Kevin Gato spin house, Latin and funk.

Love Present at Orleans, 259-261 Seven Sisters Road, N4 2HZ Finsbury Park £5, FREE before 12midnight, 10pm-late.

DJs Rob Bailey and Chris Dale spin 1960s club soul, ska, Motown, rhythm ‘n’ blues and boogaloo.

Maggot’s Music Factory at The Barfly, Camden, 49 Chalk Farm Road, NW1 8AN Chalk Farm FREE, 7.30pm-late. The Goldie Lookin’ Chain celebrity and guests spin indie, new wave and electro.

Nonclassical Presents at The Macbeth, 70 Hoxton Street, N1 6LP Old Street FREE, 7pm-late. DJs Gabriel Prokofiev, Richard Lannoy and guests supply electronica, modern classical compositions and remixes.

Traumatik at East Village, 89 Great Eastern Street, EC2A 3HX Old Street £10, £8, ladies £5 before 11pm, 9pm-3am.

Gavin Peters, Tim Ross, Adam Cotier and Deja Vu supply underground house and dance vibes.

Vibe at Moonlighting, 16-17 Greek Street, W1D 4DR Tottenham Court Road £7, w/flyer £5 before 12midnight, ladies £5, FREE before 11.30pm, 10pm-3am. DJs on rotation including Anas, Spider, Prezedent, Ice, Commander B, Pioneer and DJ L spin hip hop, R&B, funky house, garage, bashment and reggae.

Friday July 6 90 Free Fridays Presents: Back To The Future at 93 Feet East, 150 Brick Lane, E1 6RU Liverpool Street FREE, 7pm-1am. The Shutes, Escapists, Lonesound and guests supply electro, indie, psychedelic rock and pop.

Bedrock at The Borderline, Orange Yard, Manette Street, W1D 4JB Tottenham Court Road £7, w/flyer £5 before 12midnight, 11pm-4am. DJs Little Chris and George spin indie, electro, rock, retro and pop.

Best Of British Fridays at Rumba, 36 Shaftesbury Avenue, W1D 7EP Piccadilly Circus best of british outfit FREE, 11pm-3am. Resident DJs spin chart hits, party pop, R&B and commercial dance.

Bodymove Weekender at Egg, 200 York Way, N7 9AX King’s Cross St Pancras £20, mems £15, Loylity Card NUS/adv £10, 11pm-late. Darren Emerson and guests supply house, techno and dance beats.

Club NME at KOKO, 1a Camden High Street, NW1 7JE Mornington Crescent £5, 9.30pmlate. Indie, rock and electro courtesy of resident and guest DJs and Walk On The Moon.

Drumcast Rewind at Hidden, 100 Tinworth Street, SE11 5EQ Vauxhall £15 before 1am, adv £10, 10pm-late. Sly, Majistrate, Kane and guests supply old and nu-skool drum’n’bass.

Fabriclive at Fabric, 77A Charterhouse Street, EC1M 6HJ Farringdon £17, adv £16, adv £21 inc CD, NUS £10 before 12midnight, mems £12, £7 after 3am, 10pm-6am. DJs Marky Calibre, Fabio, Marcus Intalex and guests supply drum’n’bass and dance beats.

Joyriders at The Roxy, 3-5 Rathbone Place, W1T 1HJ Tottenham Court Road FREE before 8.30pm, 8.30pm 10.30pm £5, w/ flyer £3, 10.30pm-close £9, £7 w/ flyer, 5pm-3.30 am. Pop and disco in the heart of central London.

Friday Night Pick N Mix at South London Pacific, 340 Kennington Road, SE11 4LD Oval £5, £3 before 10pm, FREE before 9pm, 7pm-3am. DJs Les and Ian spin party tunes, dance vibes and requests.

The Fruit Palace at Jamm, 261 Brixton Road, SW9 6LH Brixton £10, adv £8, £6 early bird, 8pm-4am. The Diamond Noise, The Thirst, Star One, Sarah Lille and guests supply techno, bass, garage, reggae and hip hop.

The Gallery at The Ministry Of Sound, 103 Gaunt Street, SE1 6DP Elephant And Castle phone for prices, 10.30pm-6am. DJ Dash Berlin spins electro and trance.

Garage Nation at Proud 2, The O2 Arena Peninsula Square, SE10 0DX North Greenwich £10, 10pm-5am. Ez, Noriss Da Boss Windross and guests supply garage and electronica.

House Of Disco at The Basing House, 25 Kingsland Road, E2 8AA Liverpool Street £10, concs £6.50 & £7.50, 10pm-4am. Roberto Rodriguez, Dead Rose Music Company, Magnier and

Dave Maslen supply nu disco, deep house and electronica.

Indie-Oke at Buffalo Bar, 259 Upper Street, N1 1RU Highbury & Islington £6, £3 after 12midnight, 9pm-4am.

Resident DJs and guests provide karaoke and indie, grunge and Britpop.

Inferno at Electric Ballroom, 184 Camden High Street, NW1 8QP Camden Town £7, NUS/mems £5 before 12midnight, w/ flyer £5 before 11.30pm, 10.30pm-3.30am.

Resident DJs supply goth, industrial, EBM, glam, rock, metal and black metal.

Meltdown at Plan B, 418 Brixton Road, SW9 7AY Brixton £7, £5 before 11pm, 9pm-4am. Ross Allen, Luke and guests supply hip hop, house, dub, rare groove and electronica.

Merk Chicken Presents at The City Arts & Music Project, 70-74 City Road, EC1Y 2BJ Old Street £7, £5 before 11pm, 10pm.

Scott Garcia, MC DT, Blakey and guests supply grime, dub and drum’n’bass.

Mhkc at The Horse at Horse And Groom, 28 Curtain Road, EC2A 3NZ Shoreditch High Street £4 & £5, FREE before 10pm, concs £3, 9pm-4am. Paton, TK-421, Tim Gale and Jac The Disco supply house and electronica.

Oneglove Summer Madness at The Lockside Lounge, 75-89 West Yard Dock, NW1 8AF Camden Town £3, FREE before 11pm, 3pm-3am. Resident DJs and guests supply 1990s hip hop, acid house, jungle and old skool garage.

One Kiss at Sound, 1 Leicester Square, WC2H 7NA Leicester Square £10, £5 before 11pm, 10pm-3am. DJs Krisis and Melody Kane play chart, R&B, house, electro and hip hop.

Pick N Mix at Arch, 15-16 Lendal Terrace, SW4 7UX Clapham North FREE, 10pm-3am. Resident DJ Jerry spins funky house, soulful electro, indie, rock, pop and soul from the past six decades.

Priority at Fifty Six London, 56 Muswell Hill, N10 3ST Alexandra Palace £10, £5 before 12midnight, 10pm-5am. Resident DJs spin house, R&B and dubstep.

Propaganda at O2 Academy Islington, N1 Centre, 16 Parkfield Street, N1 0PS Angel £5, 10.30pm-3.30am. DJ Dan and guests spin an eclectic mix of indie, electro, pop, dance and drum’n’bass.

Retro Fiva at Walkabout, Temple Station, Temple Place, WC2R 2PH Temple £5, FREE before 9pm, 8pm-1am. DJs Mr T and Amia play hits from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.

Roller Disco at Renaissance Rooms, opposite Arch 8, Arches, Miles Street, SW8 1RZ Vauxhall £12.50, 8pm-2am.

Old school roller disco with resident DJs playing disco, funk, soulful house, electro and breakbeat.

Spectrum at Charterhouse, 38 Charterhouse Street, EC1M 6JH Farringdon FREE, 9pm-4am. Rudeboy Marcus and DJ Rob Maynard spin deep and funky house, disco, 1980s hits, soul and dance beats.

Tranzact at The Rhythm Factory, 16-18 Whitechapel Road, E1 1EW Whitechapel £8, adv £5, 10pm-6am.

Niko T, Theo Komp, Mirko Lampis and guests supply deep house, techno and electronica.

Viper at Cable, 33A Bermondsey Street, SE1 2EG London Bridge £13, NUS £10, adv £7, £6 after 3am, 10pm-6am.

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clubbing Matrix & Futurebound, Sigma, Brookes Brothers, Drumsound & Bassline Smith, Metrik, Culture Shock and Crissy Criss spin dubstep and electro in the main room, with MCs GQ, Felon and Mekar, while Far Too Loud, NAPT, Specimen A, PYRAMID and Flore play drum’n’bass in room two, with MC G Double-Incyte.

We Are SME Blog Party at East Village, 89 Great Eastern Street, EC2A 3HX Old Street £8, £6 before 11pm, FREE before 10pm, 9pm-3.30am. DJ Snips, Rossta, Rohan BM, Jason Taylor and DJ TP supply hip hop, grime, beats and bass.

Saturday July 7

Bloc 2012 at London Pleasure Gardens, 278 Royal Victoria Docks, E16 2BS Pontoon Dock adv £99, 3pm.

Electronic music festival with artists including, Orbital, Snoop Dogg, Richie Hawtin, Amon Tobin, ISAM, Gary Numan, Steve Reich, Flying Lotus, Ricardo Villalobos, Jeff MillsSquarepusher, Battles, DOOM, ATOL, Jamie Jones, Carl Craig 69, Nicolas Jaar, Apparat Band, James Blake, Ellen Allien, Joker, Four Tet, Monolake, Scuba, Hudson Mohawke DJ, Levon Vincent, Surgeon, Clark, Shackleton, Martyn and more.

21st Century Noise at The Lexington, 9698 Pentonville Road, N1 9JB Angel £6, NUS £5, £5 before 11pm, 8pm-4am. The Electric Riot, Z Electric, Wideboy Generation, Antz in the Jam and guests supply electronic disco-rock.

Alcopopalooza IV BBQ at The Windmill, 22 Blenheim Gardens, SW2 5BZ Brixton adv £6.66, 4pm-late.

Stagecoach, Sam Isaac, LightGuides, Jumping Ships, Gunning For Tamar, Katie Malco and guests supply electronica, pop and indie.

Bodymove Summer Sessions at Egg, 200 York Way, N7 9AX King’s Cross St Pancras £15-£20, NUS £10, 8pm-10am. Techno and house from DJ Spen and CJ Mackintosh.

Buttoned Down Disco at KOKO, 1a Camden High Street, NW1 7JE Mornington Crescent FREE before 10pm, 9pm-3.30am. DJs Christian Laing and Pete Wheeler spin indie, electro and pop.

Club De Fromage at O2 Academy Islington, N1 Centre, 16 Parkfield Street, N1 0PS Angel £6.50, 10.30pm3.30am. The resident DJs at Tony and Slow Alfie spin pop hits, with themed fancy dress.

Club Aloha at South London Pacific, 340 Kennington Road, SE11 4LD Oval £5, £3 before 10pm, FREE before 9pm, 7pm3am. DJ Marshmellow Mike and guest Dan Hayes spin rock, pop and dance mash ups.

Cohesion at Club 414, 414 Coldharbour Lane, SW9 8LF Brixton £10, adv £6, FREE before 12midnight, 11pm-8am. Ital, Pan, Sati and guests supply psychedelic trance.

District at The Bowery, 36-38 New Oxford Street, WC1A 1EP Tottenham Court Road FREE, 9pm2.30pm. Hip hop, funk, soul, R&B, dubstep, broken beat and house from resident DJs Hooch, Brian Norman, Renegade, Mr Blue, DJ 279 and D-Bo. Duckie at Royal Vauxhall Tavern, 372 Kennington Lane, SE11 5HY Vauxhall £6, 9pm-2am. Resident DJs spin pop and indie, plus cabaret performances.

Fabric at Fabric, 77A Charterhouse Street, EC1M 6HJ Farringdon £19, adv £18, adv £23 inc CD, £10 after 4am, mems £13, NUS £12, 11pm-8am. Craig Richards, Petre Inspirescu, Jay Haze, Matt Tolfrey, Droog, Bicep and Terence Parker spin electro, house and techno.

Feeling Gloomy at O2 Academy Islington, N1 Centre, 16 Parkfield Street, N1 0PS Angel £8, £6 before 12midnight, adv NUS £5, 10.30pm3.30am. Leonard and Cliff spin melancholy pop and indie.

GlamRacket at Buffalo Bar, 259 Upper Street, N1 1RU Highbury & Islington £6, adv £4, 9pm-4am. Heidi Heelz, Sonic Reducer, Tim Purr and guests supply glitter-rock and glam-pop.

Gorgeous 9th Anniversary at Abacus, 24 Cornhill, EC3V 3ND Bank £10, before 11pm £5, 10pm. Phat Kontrolaz, Mr Deezel and Mr Drew supply R&B, hip hop, old skool, Afrobeats, bashment and funky house.

House Rules at Cargo, 83 Rivington Street, EC2A 3AY Old Street £15, adv £10, FREE before 9pm, 8pm-late. MYNC, Gareth Wyn, David Griffiths, Haran Delucas, Rich Barnard and Dan Jackson supply electronic dance music.

HustlaBall at Electric Brixton, 1 Town Hall Parade, Brixton Hill, SW2 1RJ Brixton £16-£59, 10pm-6am. Cutting-edge DJs provide house and electronica.

Living On Video at Elixir Bar, 162 Eversholt Street, NW1 1BL Euston £4, w/flyer £3, 8pm-3am. Kirlian Blue, Landmine, Terminal Gods and guests supply 1980s synthpop, goth, new wave, rock and industrial.

LogicPress at Jamm, 261 Brixton Road, SW9 6LH Brixton £12, adv £10, 10pm-6am. Eddie Richards, Orbith, Tomasuchy, TDL Crew and guests supply underground tech house and techno.

Mousetrap Rnb Allnighter at Orleans, 259-261 Seven Sisters Road, N4 2HZ Finsbury Park £10, 10pm-late.

Residents and guest DJs spin 1960s club soul, ska, Motown, rhythm’n’blues and boogaloo.

Mumdance Presents at The Queen Of Hoxton, 1-5 Curtain Road, EC2A 3JX Shoreditch High Street £6, FREE before 9pm, 8pm-2am. Different Circles and guests supply breakbeat set to Oriental strings and pulsing ethnic beats.

One Bad Habit at The Book Club, 100-106 Leonard Street, EC2A 4RH Old Street £7 after 10pm, £5 after 8pm, 8pm-2am.

Norman Jay, Andy Bird, Aaron Coultate and guests supply disco and party tunes.

Reggae Rockers at The InSpiral Lounge, 250 Camden High Street, NW1 8QS Camden Town £5, FREE before 10pm, 9pm-1.30am. DJs Toby Ranks and Mista

Matti spin reggae, roots, dubstep and dub, with host Ramon Judah.

Saturday Sessions at The Ministry Of Sound, 103 Gaunt Street, SE1 6DP Elephant And Castle £20, 11pm-7am.

Laidback Luke, Oliver Twizt, Perlussja, Shane Patrick, Tim Cullen, Sheldon, Junior G, Karma & Bunga Bunga, DeeAfro, Derek M, Shaq, Darragh Flynn, Joe Godfrey, Alexandar J, DJ Corvus and Tours Residents spin electro and house.

Soul Sessions at East Village, 89 Great Eastern Street, EC2A 3HX Old Street £10, 9pm-3.30am. DJs Spoony, Booker T, KCC, Good Vibe Clive and guests supply soulful vibes, funk, hip hop and club classics.

Sticky at The Scala, 275 Pentonville Road, N1 9NL King’s Cross St Pancras adv £15, ladies FREE before 11pm, 9pm5am. Skibadee, Brockie, Det, Eksman, Tripsta, Onset and guests supply drum’n’bass and jungle.

Subsoul at The Social, 5 Little Portland Street, W1W 7JD Oxford Circus £5, FREE before 8pm, 6pm-1am. Jazzie B, Spin Doctor and Chris P Cuts provide soul, disco, hip hop and house.

Talk Is Cheap at Cable, 33A Bermondsey Street, SE1 2EG London Bridge £12.50, adv £10, 10pm-6am. Luna City Express, Jedd Barry, Chris Solo and guests supply house, tech and electronica.

Trance Santuary Summer Terrace Party at Proud 2, The O2 Arena Peninsula Square, SE10 0DX North Greenwich £8, adv £5, 2pm-10pm. Bryan Kearney and guests supply electronica, trance, garage and dance vibes.

TCR Bbq 10th Birthday at The Lockside Lounge, 75-89 West Yard Dock, NW1 8AF Camden Town FREE, 2pm3am. Rennie Pilgrem And Chickaboo, Terry Hooligan, Meat Katie, Pyramid, Paul Midi and guests supply retro-rave, nu skool and jungle.

Viet Party at Club Colosseum, 1 Nine Elms Lane, SW8 5NQ Vauxhall £20, 11pm-6am. DJs Red & Blue, T-One, Phuong Pharreal, D-Viant, Dr Grey and guests spin R&B and Latin beats.

We Fear Silence Present at Cable, 33A Bermondsey Street, SE1 2EG London Bridge £13, adv £8 & £10, 10pm-6am. Newham Generals, Trim, Logan Sama, Terror Danjah & Riko, Swindle, Elijah & Skilliam, Champion, Mr Mitch and Notion spin hip hop, electro and garage.

Sunday July 8 Deep Disorder Terrace Party at Cargo, 83 Rivington Street, EC2A 3AY Old Street FREE, 12midnight-late. Pel

Robinson, J Roast and Brad Clark spin deep dub, tech house and underground house.

Hangover Lounge at The Lexington, 9698 Pentonville Road, N1 9JB Angel FREE, 2pm-2am. Resident DJs spin vintage soul, reggae, folk, indiepop and psych.

Licked at Gigalum, 7 Cavendish Parade, Clapham Common South Side, SW4 9DW Clapham South FREE, 7pm-late.

Resident and guest DJs spin party tunes and dance anthems.

Open Decks Session at Club 414, 414 Coldharbour Lane, SW9 8LF Brixton £5, FREE guestlist, 7pm-12midnight. New DJ talents spin their mixes.

Pause at The Den & Centro, 18 West Central Street, WC1A 1JJ Holborn £10, 10pm-6am. Resident DJs spin house, disco, hip hop, chart, funk and Latin.

Samba Da Ressaca at Guanabara, Parker Street, WC2B 5PW Holborn £3, 2pm-5pm. Brazilian beats from DJ Andre Carrara and DJ Bruno Camago, plus live music from Zeu Azevedo & Forrodaki Band.

Showtime at Sound, 1 Leicester Square, WC2H 7NA Leicester Square £10, £5 before 11pm, 10pm-3am. DJ Phatman plays house, electro, R&B and chart.

Soulvolution at Zen Sai, 16 Inverness Street, NW1 7HJ Camden Town FREE, 9pm-2am. Terry T-Rex, Jeffrey Hinton, DJ QBee, David Rosen and Johnny Rogue play soul.

Sunday Bass at Mother Bar, 333 Old Street, EC1V 9LE Old Street FREE, 8pm-3am. DJ Obri3n spins dubstep, pop and dance floor anthems.

The Sunday Show at Sound, 1 Leicester Square, WC2H 7NA Leicester Square £10, £5 before 7.30pm, 8pm-late. Resident DJs spin chart, dance and R&B, plus live music.

WetYourSelf! at Fabric, 77A Charterhouse Street, EC1M 6HJ Farringdon £10, NUS £7, adv £5, 11pm-6am. Tred Benedict, Samantha Blackburn and guests supply techno, house and electronica.

Monday July 9 Funday Monday at Cargo, 83 Rivington Street, EC2A 3AY Old Street FREE, 7pm-1am. DJ Jimbo Jangles plays house, dance, indie, pop, R&B and electro.

Rehab at The Roxy, 3-5 Rathbone Place, W1T 1HJ Tottenham Court Road £5, NUS/w/flyer £3, mems £1 before 9.30pm, 10pm-3am. DJ Haley, Zoe Demonette, Dan Udy and Malarky supply indie, electro and pop.

Re-Quest at Mother Bar, 333 Old Street, EC1V 9LE Old Street FREE, 8pm3am. DJ Master Level plays funk, soul, hip hop, house and reggae.

Stampede at Escape Bar, 10A Brewer Street, W1F 0SU Piccadilly Circus £5, FREE before 10pm, 10pm-11pm £1, NUS £3, 9pm-3am. DJ Laurence Rene spins pop-punk, alternative, rock and ska, with hosts Oli Sandler and Matt Boland.

Swing Cats Jam at 229 The Venue, 229 Great Portland Street, W1W 5PW Great Portland Street £6 after 9pm, 9pm-11pm. Resident DJs spin swing, jazz and retro, plus dance lessons with Robert & Claire Austin.

Taylor Made Presents at 93 Feet East, 150 Brick Lane, E1 6RU Liverpool Street FREE, 7pm-11pm. DJ Taylor provides indie, disco and nu house.

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Sport & Fitness

Make a racquet about tennis Until last year, Tim Lovejoy’s interest in tennis was confined to the armchair. But a free lesson saw him fall head-over-heels for the game, as he tells Oliver Pickup

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eventy-six summers have passed since the last Briton – Fred Perry – won the men’s singles at Wimbledon. But let’s not dwell on this increasingly embarrassing statistic – there is nothing quite as infectious in London as tennis during the SW19 fortnight.

By Sunday, after the victors at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club have been garlanded, the capital’s parks and courts will be awash with Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova wannabes, and the gentle ‘pock’ of furry rubber on graphite will punctuate the air.

To take advantage of the fervour for tennis, the Lawn Tennis Association’s Allplay campaign welcomes all-comers to try out the sport for free on Clapham Common, from Wednesday to Sunday.

There will be mini tennis, cardio-tennis – that’s right, a work out – wheelchair tennis, a picnic area with screens for watching the games, and hundreds of people, including a number of celebrities.

One of them will be Tim Lovejoy, the former Soccer AM presenter and host of Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch.

The 44-year-old never had a tennis lesson until he was invited to the inaugural Allplay event last year. He immediately fell headover-heels in love with the game and now is fanatical, sweatbands, headbands and all.

“I was brought up watching players like Jimmy Connors, Björn Borg and John McEnroe, and I absolutely love tennis – but that was it, I’d only been an armchair fan,” the Londoner tells Scout. “I’d played with old wooden racquets in the park, having hopped over the fence, but that was all I knew. I never played at school or anything, so I was thrilled to have been given the opportunity by Allplay.

“I’ve been hooked ever since –

I’m in love! It is an amazing sport, I just wish I had taken it up earlier.

“I picked it up really quickly – you start hitting balls pretty rapidly.

Luckily I’m not a bad sportsman, so it wasn’t too long before I was giving it a good smash and even learning how to put some decent top spin on the ball.”

When asked why tennis is so addictive, Lovejoy explains: “What happens is that you start feeling like a little kid again. As a youngster you do things like smacking tennis balls around. There is something childlike about it, in a really lovely way. Hitting a ball is playing, and that’s what it feels like – and because of that it doesn’t feel like you are doing a lot of exercising when in fact you are.

“It’s hard physically and mentally, but so rewarding. It is an odd sport as it is one-on-one and the great thing is that every shot is different. You never get the same shot – and every shot is coming to you at a different pace, trajectory or angle. That’s where I am at the moment, working on my shot

selection. It is like a sporting game of chess. When you get a decent rally going – about half a dozen shots or more – it is such a good feeling.”

Lovejoy says no one should be shy about picking up a racquet and adds: “After the day on Clapham Common, when I did some cardiotennis, I took two-hour lessons and sweated continually, but could have kept going for another two hours as I was having so much fun.

“In my mind I am a right-handed John McEnroe. My serve is quite good, if I am being honest with you. And my coach says that my best weapon is my forehand. At the moment I am trying to master the drop shot.

“Wimbledon is the catalyst for most Brits taking up tennis. It’s the big one and inspires people to just pick up a racquet – just because it looks like a lot of fun. I’m happy to confirm that it is really good fun.”

Allplay Tennis Park, July 4-8, 10am-9pm, Clapham Common, free, allplaytennis.com

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Theatre

Nordic summer It may be more than 100 years since his death, but the concurrent opening of two plays by Henrik Ibsen in London prove just how popular he remains. By Jim Butler

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ack in 1982, when writer Colin Welland was picking up an Oscar for his screenplay for Chariots of Fire he rather foolishly declared “the British are coming” in his acceptance speech.

Thirty years on and thankfully no one from Norway is indulging in a similar bout of misguided hubris, but whisper it quietly: London’s cultural summer is displaying a remarkably Norwegian hue.

Hot on the heels of the captivating and comprehensive Edvard Munch retrospective, The Modern Eye, at the Tate Modern, two Henrik Ibsen plays are preparing to take the capital’s Theatreland by storm. First up is the Young Vic’s production of one of Ibsen’s most fêted, and controversial, works, A Doll’s House.

This is followed by a play at the other end of the colourful dramatist’s canon, the lesserknown St John’s Night, which makes its debut at the Jermyn Street Theatre on July 10. This staging is significant for two reasons: one of Ibsen’s earliest works, it sank without trace when it was first performed in 1853, and because it was never collated alongside his more notable later plays it was regarded as mythical in some quarters. This is the first time the play will be performed in the UK. Moreover, it’s noteworthy because it allows us a different glimpse of the great playwright.

Although regarded as one of the founding fathers of modern theatre and, in the eyes of purists, right up there with the likes of Shakespeare, Samuel Beckett, George Bernard Shaw, Tennessee Williams and others, Ibsen is seen as something of a serious and sombre writer.

If St John’s Night doesn’t rebuff this contention as such, it does shine an alternative light on Ibsen’s oeuvre. The play is a comedic evisceration of nationalism (in this case Norwegian nationalism), and while displaying many traits that theatregoers have come to associate with Ibsen – a sharp and wicked tongue, a finely tuned and

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impassioned critical eye – it is definitely, even defiantly, more light-hearted than many of his more celebrated works.

Max Barton, assistant director of St John’s Night, concurs: “It’s a surprise from Ibsen. Most people haven’t heard of it – I certainly hadn’t until relatively recently – and it is somewhat out of character. However, at its heart it contains many of the ideas and styles we can find in Ibsen’s later works, when, of course, he became a giant in the theatre.”

For such a recognised figure in theatre, however, it is rare for two of Ibsen’s productions to be running concurrently. And while Barton states there have been no conversations between Jermyn Street Theatre and the Young Vic, believing the timing of the two plays to be coincidental, he recognises there is something “in the ether” when it comes to Ibsen.

“His plays have a current edge,” he says.

“What with the Olympics, the Jubilee and the

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crisis in the Eurozone, the issue of nationalism is at the forefront of a lot of people’s minds. St John’s Night addresses these issues. It explores those notions of thinking your country is best.”

The Young Vic’s artistic director David Lan agrees with Barton that Ibsen was eerily prophetic in much of his writing. A Doll’s House might have been penned over 130 years ago, but much of its narrative remains pertinent.

“It’s a play about marriage,” explains Lan. “It’s about the way we behave within a marriage and has profound things to say about the institution itself. It’s an institution we’re questioning and interrogating more than ever now.”

Lan continues: “The play talks vividly about guilt, shame, justice, self-belief and standing up for yourself: these are themes that will be relevant to all people, always. Ibsen cared fundamentally about the roles we create for ourselves in society: as men and women, as husbands and wives, as humans. I think A Doll’s House makes as powerful a statement about us as people now as it did when it premiered.”

It goes without saying that The Young Vic’s presentation is the more high profile of the two plays, starring heavyweight thespians Hattie Morahan (star of the BBC’s acclaimed 2008 production of Sense and Sensibility) and Dominic Rowan (Law & Order UK).

However, the UK premiere of Ibsen’s earliest work should also lead to a re-evaluation of the writer.

Renowned as the father of prose drama, many expect lashings of Nordic gloom when confronted with one of his works. The astute St John’s Night displays a refreshingly wanton comedic edge.

Either way, the next few weeks will see a timely reminder of Ibsen’s enduring and dynamic talents.

A Doll’s House runs until July 28 at The Young Vic, youngvic.org; St John’s Night is at Jermyn Street Theatre from July 10August 4, jermynstreettheatre.co.uk

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Theatre WEST END

Birthday Booking until Aug 4, Jerwood Theatre At The Royal Court, Sloane Square, SW1W 8AS Sloane Square Jun 22-30 Mon £10, Tue-Sat £12, £20, £28, concs £15, £23, Jul 1-31, Aug 1-4 Mon £10, Tue-Sat £12, £20, £28, under 25s £8, Thu, Sat 2.30pm concs £15, £23, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Thu, Sat 2.30pm, no perf Jul 27, no mat perf Jul 5, 12, 19. Joe Penhall’s drama on the tribulations faced by a couple at the imminent arrival of their second baby.

The 39 Steps booking until Mar 30 2013, Criterion Theatre, 218-223 Piccadilly, Piccadilly Circus, W1J 0TR Piccadilly Circus £15-£55, Mon-Sat 8pm, mats Wed 3pm, Sat 4pm, no perf Dec 26, Dec 24, 4pm. John Buchan’s thriller. @Westendproducer’s#Searchforatwit terstar LIVE! Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, W1D 7ES Piccadilly Circus £25, Jul 9, 7pm. Finalists from the online talent competition battle it out on the West End stage.

Abigail’s Party booking until Sep 1, Wyndham’s Theatre, Charing Cross Road, WC2H 0DA Leicester Square £12.50£49.50, Premium Seats £75, Mon-Sat 7.45pm, mats Thu, Sat 3pm. Mike Leigh’s 1970s suburbia-set comedy drama, featuring Jill Halfpenny as Beverly.

Antigone booking until Jul 21, National Theatre: Olivier, South Bank, SE1 9PX Waterloo Jul 1-21 £12-£32, Tue 2pm OAP £12 & £22, Jul 3 & 4, 18-21, 7.30pm, mats Jul 4, 21, 2pm. Sophocles’s Greek drama features Jodie Whittaker in the title role.

Billy Elliot - The Musical booking until Dec 15, Victoria Palace, Victoria Street, SW1E 5EA Victoria £19.50-£65, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Thu, Sat 2.30pm.

An adaptation of the film.

Blood Brothers booking until Nov 24, Phoenix Theatre, 110 Charing Cross Road, WC2H 0JP Leicester Square £20£65, Mon-Sat 7.45pm, mats Thu 3pm, Sat 4pm. Willy Russell’s musical.

Celebrity Night At Cafe Red booking until Jul 14, Trafalgar Studios, 14 Whitehall, SW1A 2DY Charing Cross £15, Jul 6 & 7, 13 & 14, 9.45pm, Jul 14, 5pm. A saucy and surreal comedy written by Lily Bevan.

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Chariots Of Fire booking until Nov 10, Gielgud Theatre, 35-37 Shaftesbury Avenue, W1D 6AR Piccadilly Circus £26-£55, Premium Seats £85, Mon-Sat 7.45pm, mats Wed, Sat 3pm, no perf Jul 27 (press night Jul 3, 7pm). Mike Bartlett’s stage version of the race to compete in the 1924 Paris Olympic Games.

Chicago booking until Jan 26 2013, Garrick Theatre, 2 Charing Cross Road, WC2H 0HH Charing Cross £26£67.50, Apr 23-Sep 22 Mon-Fri 8pm & 5pm under 26s £20, Mon-Thu, Sat 8pm, Fri 5pm & 8.30pm, mats Sat 3pm, no perf Dec 24 & 25, 3pm, Dec 22, 3pm. Musical.

Chicken booking until Jul 21, Trafalgar Studios, 14 Whitehall, SW1A 2DY Charing Cross Jul 1-21 Mon-Sat 7.45pm & 3pm £17.50, £25, Thu 3pm £17.50, Mon-Sat 7.45pm, mats Thu, Sat 3pm. A dark and gritty comedy by New York playwright Mike Batistick.

Democracy booking until Jul 28, Old Vic, 103 The Cut, SE1 8NB Waterloo Jul 1-28 £10-£45, Wed, Sat 2.30pm OAP £26, under 25s £12, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Wed, Sat 2.30pm. Michael Frayn’s spy drama based on real-life events.

Dreamboats And Petticoats booking until Nov 24, Playhouse Theatre, Northumberland Avenue, WC2N 5DE Charing Cross £17.50-£55, Premium Seats £55-£65, Mon-Fri 7.30pm, Sat 8pm, mats Thu 3pm, Sat 4pm. Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran’s musical.

Ghost - The Musical booking until Apr 20 2013, Piccadilly Theatre, 16 Denman Street, W1D 7DY Piccadilly Circus Mon-Wed/Thu mats £25-£65, Thu eves/ Fri & Sat £25-£67.50, Premium Seats £85, £25 day tickets available Mon-Fri from the box office from 10am on the day of the performance, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Thu, Sat 2.30pm. A stage adaptation of the 1990 film.

Horrible Histories: Barmy Britain! (Over 6s) booking until Sep 21, Garrick Theatre, 2 Charing Cross Road, WC2H 0HH Charing Cross £10-£14.50, Wed-Fri 1pm, Sat 10.30am & 12noon, Sun 3pm & 5pm. A look at all the nasty, crazy things British people have done to each other over many years.

The Hurly Burly Show booking until Sep 22, Duchess Theatre, 3-5 Catherine Street, WC2B 5LA Covent Garden Jul 2-12 preview £15-£39.50, Jul 13-31, Aug 1-31, Sep 1-22 £25-£49.50, Mon-Thu 8pm, Fri & Sat 6.30pm & 9pm, press night Jul 13, 9pm.

A contemporary burlesque-inspired revue show, starring Miss Polly Rae. Jersey Boys booking until Feb 17 2013, Prince Edward Theatre, 28 Old Compton Street, W1D 4HS Tottenham Court Road Tue-Thu £20-£65, Fri-Sun £20-£67.50, Premium Seats Tue-Thu £85, Fri-Sun £95, Tue-Sat 7.30pm, mats Tue, Sat & Sun 3pm, except Jul 3-Oct 21, Sun 5pm, no perf Dec 25, Dec 30, 3pm, extra mat perf Dec 27, 3pm.

Musical drama about the career of Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons.

Les Miserables booking until Oct 27, Queen’s Theatre, 51 Shaftesbury Avenue, W1D 6BA Piccadilly Circus £10-£65, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Wed, Sat 2.30pm.

Musical drama.

The Lion King booking until Jan 6 2013, Lyceum Theatre, 21 Wellington Street, WC2E 7RQ Charing Cross Tue-Thu £30-£60, Fri, Sun £32.50-£62.50, Sat

£35-£65, Jul 3-Jan 6, Sep 2-Dec 31, Jan 1-6 2013, Tue-Sat 7.30pm, mats Wed, Sat & Sun 2.30pm, Jul 24-Sep 1, Tue-Sat 7.30pm, mats Wed & Thu, Sat 2.30pm, no eve perf Jul 27, no perf Dec 25, no mat perf Dec 26, extra mat perf Dec 27, 2.30pm.

Musical.

London 2012 Cultural Olympiad: Gatz booking until Jul 15, Noel Coward Theatre, 85-88 St Martin’s Lane, WC2N 4AU Leicester Square £25.50-£75.50, Jun 8 previews £10.50-£45.50, Jun 9 & 10 previews £10.50-£65.50, Premium Seats £117.50, Wed, Fri-Sun 2.30pm10.30pm inc two 15-minute intervals and a 90-minute supper break. A loving enactment of F Scott Fitzgerald’s seminal novel, The Great Gatsby.

Long Day’s Journey Into Night booking until Aug 18, Apollo Theatre, 31 Shaftesbury Avenue, W1D 7EZ Piccadilly Circus £21-£53.50, Premium Seats £76, Mon & Tue, Thu-Sat 7pm, mats Wed 2.30pm.

David Suchet and Laurie Metcalf star in Eugene O’Neill’s drama.

Mamma Mia! booking until Sep 1, Prince Of Wales Theatre, 31 Coventry Street, W1D 6AS Charing Cross Mon-Fri £20-£64, Sat £20-£67.50, Premium Seats £85 & £95, Mon-Thu, Sat 7.30pm, Fri 5pm & 8.30pm, mats Sat 3pm, extra mat Jul 27, 3pm, no eve perf Jul 27. Musical comedy.

Matilda: The Musical booking until Feb 17 2013, Cambridge Theatre, Earlham Street, WC2H 9HU Covent Garden Feb 14 2012-Feb 17 2013 £20-£62.50, disabled £31.25, Tue-Thu under 18s £19-£52.50, Tue 7pm, Wed-Sat 7.30pm, mats Wed, Sat 2.30pm, Sun 3pm, extra mat perf Nov 1, 2.30pm. Dennis Kelly and Tim Minchin’s musical adaptation of Roald Dahl’s tale.

The Mousetrap booking until Dec 15, St Martin’s Theatre, West Street, Cambridge Circus, WC2H 9NZ Leicester Square £15.60-£41.60, Premium Seats £60.60, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Tue 3pm, Sat 4pm.

Agatha Christie’s murder mystery.

Singin’ In The Rain Booking until Feb 23 2013, Palace Theatre, 109-113 Shaftesbury Avenue, W1D 5AY Leicester Square £14-£84, £25 day seats available from the box office from 10am on day of the performance, Mon & Tue 7pm, Wed-Sat 7.30pm, mats Wed, Sat 3pm, Jul 3-Sep 30, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mat Jul 3-Sep 30, Wed, Sat 3pm, Oct 1-Feb 23 2013, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mat Oct 1-Feb 23 2013, Wed, Sat 2.30pm. Musical based on the MGM film about the end of silent movies.

Naked Boys Singing booking until Dec 29, Charing Cross Theatre, The Arches, Villiers Street, WC2N 6NL Embankment £15 & £22.50, Fri & Sat 10pm. Comedy revue celebrating the male nude form.

One Man, Two Guvnors booking until Jan 12 2013, Theatre Royal, Haymarket, 18 Suffolk Street, SW1Y 4HT Piccadilly Circus £15-£55, premium seats £85, concs available, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Wed, Sat 2.30pm, no perf Dec 25, extra mat perf Dec 27, Jan 3, 2.30pm, Dec 24, 2.30pm, Dec 26, 7.30pm. Richard Bean’s comic tale, based on Carlo Goldoni’s The Servant Of Two Masters.

The Phantom Of The Opera booking until Oct 27, Her Majesty’s Theatre, 57 Haymarket, SW1Y 4QL Piccadilly Circus £22.45-£85, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Thu, Sat 2.30pm.

Musical.

Playwrights’ Playwrights: Look Back In Anger The Duke Of York’s, St Martin’s Lane, WC2N 4BG Leicester Square £8, £10, concs £6, Jul 6, 2pm. Polly Stenham directs a reading of John Osborne’s classic drama.

Posh booking until Aug 4, The Duke Of York’s, St Martin’s Lane, WC2N 4BG Leicester Square £15-£52.50, NUS £25, OAP £29.50, adv OAP £32.50, Premium Seats £75, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Wed, Sat 2.30pm. Laura Wade’s drama about members of an elite student dining society.

Putting It Together Arts Theatre, 6-7 Great Newport Street, WC2H 7JB Covent Garden £12, Jul 8, 2.30pm.

Musical revue featuring Stephen Sondheim’s musical numbers.

Rock Of Ages booking until Feb 17 2013, Shaftesbury Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, WC2H 8DP Holborn Mon-Thu £20£57.50, Fri & Sat £20-£65, Mon-Thu 7.30pm, Fri 5.30pm & 8.30pm, Sat 8pm, mats Sat 4pm, no perf Dec 25, Dec 31, 3pm & 7pm, extra mat perf Dec 27, 3pm. Chris D’Arienzo’s musical celebrating Los Angeles rock culture.

Shrek - The Musical booking until Mar 31 2013, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Catherine Street, WC2B 5JF Covent Garden £20-£65, Wed & Thu eves family of four £99-£150, additional seats £29.50 (upper circle) & £45 (best available), Premium Seats £95, Mon, Thu-Sat 7.30pm, Wed 7pm, mats Thu, Sat & Sun 3pm, no perf Oct 10. Musical based on the computeranimated film.

South Downs & The Browning Version: Double Bill booking until Jul 21, The Harold Pinter Theatre, 6 Panton Street, SW1Y 4DN Piccadilly Circus £20-£49.50, Premium Seats £75, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Thu, Sat 2.30pm. One-act dramas by David Hare and Terence Rattigan.

Stomp booking until Dec 15, Ambassadors Theatre, West Street, WC2H 9ND Leicester Square £20-£49.50, Mon, Thu-Sat 8pm, Sun 6pm, mats Thu, Sat & Sun 3pm, extra eve perfs Aug 1, 15, 22, Oct 31 2012, 8pm, extra mats Aug 15, 22, Oct 31 2012. Steve McNicholas and Luke Cresswell’s show.

The Sunshine Boys booking until Jul 28, Savoy Theatre, Savoy Court, Strand, WC2R 0ET Charing Cross £20£58.50, Mon-Wed OAP £25, Mon-Thu under 25s £20, concs available, Premium Seats £75, 20 top price seats at £10 each, available in person only from 10am on day of performance, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats

recommended Wed, Sat 2.30pm. Neil Simon’s comedy with Danny DeVito and Richard Griffiths as the estranged comic duo Willie Clark and Al Lewis.

Thriller Live booking until Sep 23, Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, W1D 7ES Piccadilly Circus £27.50-£59.50, Premium Seats £85, Tue-Fri, Sun 7.30pm, Sat 8pm, mats Sat 4pm, Sun 3.30pm.

A celebration of the music of Michael Jackson.

The Tiger Who Came To Tea Starts Wed, booking until Sep 2, Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, W1D 7ES Piccadilly Circus £9-£16, Premium Seats £20.50, Jul 4-6, 11-13, 17-19, 11am, Jul 7 & 8, 14 & 15, 21 & 22, 28 & 29, Aug 4 & 5, 11 & 12, 18 & 19, 25 & 26, Sep 1 & 2, 10am & 12noon, Jul 24-26, 31, Aug 1-3, 7-10, 14-17, 21 & 22, 24, 11.30am, Aug 23, 30 & 31, 11.30am & 2.30pm. Judith Kerr’s popular book is adapted by David Wood.

Top Hat - The Musical booking until Jan 26 2013, Aldwych Theatre, 49 Aldwych, WC2B 4DF Covent Garden £20-£65, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Thu, Sat 2.30pm, no perf Dec 24 & 25, 31. Irving Berlin’s romantic musical.

A Walk On Part: The Fall Of New Labour booking until Jul 14, Arts Theatre, 6-7 Great Newport Street, WC2H 7JB Covent Garden £15-£29.50, standby for NUS/OAPs/child £20, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Thu, Sat 3pm. An adaptation of former government minister Chris Mullin’s diaries.

War Horse booking until Oct 26 2013, New London Theatre, 166 Drury Lane (corner of Parker Street), WC2B 5PW Covent Garden £15-£55, Premium Seats £85, Mon, Wed-Sat 7.30pm, Tue 7pm, mats Thu, Sat 2.30pm. Michael Morpurgo’s story.

We Will Rock You booking until Oct 20, Dominion Theatre, 268-9 Tottenham Court Road, W1T 7AQ Tottenham Court Road May 15-Oct 20 2012 £27.50-£60, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Sat 2.30pm. Musical.

London 2012 Cultural Olympiad: The Last Of The Haussmans Booking until Oct 10, National Theatre: Lyttelton, South Bank, SE1 9PX Waterloo Jun 12-18 previews £12-£29.50, Jun 19-30, Jul 1-31, Aug 1-31, Sep 1-30, Oct 1-10 £12£47, Mon-Fri/Sun 7.30pm, 2.15pm & 2.30pm child £12-£23.50, Wed 2.15pm OAP £12-£27, Jul 3-7, 9 & 10, 27 & 28, Aug 3 & 4, 9-11, 13, 20-22, 27-30, Sep 3-6, 14 & 15, 17-19, Oct 5 & 6, 8-10, 7.30pm, mats Jul 4, 7, 28, Aug 4, 11, 22, 29, Sep 5, 15, 19, Oct 6, 2.15pm, Jul 29, Aug 5, 12, Sep 16, 2.30pm. A witty, moving and savage look at a family that is losing its collective grip. Written by Stephen Beresford.

Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street Booking until Sep 22, Adelphi Theatre, 409-412 Strand, WC2R 0NS Charing Cross £20-£67.50, £25 seats available in person from the box office from 10am on day of performance (max 2 per person), Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Wed, Sat 2.30pm. Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton star in Stephen Sondheim’s musical.

What The Butler Saw booking until Aug 25, Vaudeville Theatre, 404 Strand, WC2R 0NH Charing Cross May 4-15 previews £15-£39.50, May 16-31, Jun 1-30, Jul 1-31, Aug 1-25 £25-£49.50, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Thu, Sat 2.30pm, no perf Jul 27, extra mat perf Jul 24, 2.30pm. Joe Orton’s final play features Omid Djalili as Dr Rance.

Wicked booking until Apr 27 2013, Apollo Victoria Theatre, 17 Wilton Road, SW1V 1LG Victoria Mon-Fri eves/mats £15£62.50, Sat eves £15-£65, 24 front row day tickets priced £27.50 each released 10am at the box office, maximum two per person.

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The Wizard Of Oz booking until Sep 2, London Palladium, 8 Argyll Street, W1F 7TF Oxford Circus £25-£65, Premium Seats £84, £25 day seats available from the box office from 10am on day of the performance, Tue 7pm, Wed-Sat 7.30pm, mats Wed, Sat 2.30pm, Sun 3pm. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s version of L Frank Baum’s tale.

The Woman In Black booking until Dec 15, Fortune Theatre, Russell Street, WC2B 5HH Covent Garden £16.50-£45, Premium Seats £55, Jan 9 2012-Jul 15 2012, Sep 2 2012-Dec 15 2012, Tue-Sat 8pm, mats Jan 9 2012-Jul 15 2012, Sep 2 2012-Dec 15 2012, Tue, Thu 3pm, Sat 4pm, Jul 16 2012-Sep 1 2012, Mon-Sat 8pm, mats Jul 16 2012-Sep 1 2012, Tue 3pm, Sat 4pm. Susan Hill’s ghost story.

Yes, Prime Minister booking until Jan 1 2013, Trafalgar Studios, 14 Whitehall, SW1A 2DY Charing Cross £26.50, £46.50, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Thu, Sat 2.30pm. Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn’s comedy.

OFF WEST END Fear Ends Jul 14, The Bush Theatre At The Old Library, 7 Uxbridge Road, W12 8LJ Shepherd’s Bush Jul 1-14 Mon-Sat 7.30pm £24, concs £12, under 26s £10, Wed & Sat 2.30pm £18, concs £10, MonSat 7.30pm, mats Wed, Sat 2.30pm, audio described mat perf Jul 14 (captioned Jul 5).

Drama in which a late-night robbery goes badly wrong.

Henry V Starts Thu, ends Jul 21, Hampstead Theatre, Eton Avenue, NW3 3EU Swiss Cottage £29, concs £15, Jul 21 mat £15, From Jul 5, Jul 5, 7, 9 & 10, 14, 18 & 19, 7.30pm, mats

Jul 6, 11, 2pm, captioned Jul 20, 7.30pm, audio described Jul 21, 2pm. Propeller’s production of Shakespeare’s history play.

I Love You But We Only Have Fourteen Minutes To Save The Earth Starts Wed, ends Jul 7, Soho Theatre, 21 Dean Street, W1D 3NE Tottenham Court Road £10-£15, Jul 4-7, 7.45pm. Alt-cabaret performances along with live performance art and film, in this show created by Nathan Evans.

London 2012 Cultural Olympiad: The Dark Side Of Love Ends Jul 8, Roundhouse, Chalk Farm Road, NW1 8EH Chalk Farm £12.50, concs £10, under 25s £5 limited availability, Jul 3 & 4, 6, 7pm & 8.30pm, Jul 5, 5pm, 7pm, 8.30pm, Jul 7 & 8, 5.30pm & 7pm, mats Jul 7 & 8, 4pm.

Dreamlike meditation on the nature of love.

London 2012 Cultural Olympiad: The Tempest Ends Jul 5, Roundhouse, Chalk Farm Road, NW1 8EH Chalk Farm £12-£47, Jul 5, 7.30pm. Magical tale of a usurped Duke, a shipwreck and retribution.

London 2012 Cultural Olympiad: Twelfth Night Ends Jul 5, Roundhouse, Chalk Farm Road, NW1 8EH Chalk Farm £8£47, mat Jul 5, 1.30pm. David Farr directs Shakespeare’s comedy of disguises and wounded hearts.

Mary Shelley Ends Jul 7, Tricycle Theatre, 269 Kilburn High Road, NW6 7JR Kilburn Mon eves/Wed mats £14£21, Tue-Fri eves/Sat mats £20-£27, Sat eves £24-£31, Mon-Sat 8pm, mats Sat 3pm, extra mat perf Jul 4, 2pm. Helen Edmundson’s drama exploring the life of the Frankenstein author.

Penny Arcade: Bitch! Dyke! Faghag!

Whore! Ends Jul 22, Arcola Tent, 2 Ashwin Street, E8 3DL Dalston Junction £20, concs £15, Table of 4 includes bootle of wine and signed programme £120, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, Sun 5.30pm. New York’s leading performance artist presents her outrageous theatrical show.

The Physicists Ends Jul 21, Donmar Warehouse, 41 Earlham Street, WC2H 9LX Covent Garden Jul 1-21 £10-£32.50, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Thu, Sat 2.30pm.

A satirical drama written by Friedrich Durrenmantt, adapted by Jack Thorne.

The Play’s The Thing: Henry V Ends Aug 26, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, 21 New Globe Walk, SE1 9DT Mansion House lower/middle/upper galleries seated £15£39, yard standing £5, under 18s £12-£36, Jul 3, 5, 7, 11-13, 27, Aug 2, 4, 7, 11, 14, 18, 21 & 22, 25, 7.30pm, Jul 8, Aug 12, 19, 26, 6.30pm, mats Jul 4, 6, 28, Aug 3 & 4, 8, 22 & 23, 2pm, Jul 8, Aug 12, 19, 26, 1pm. Jamie Parker stars as the young English monarch warring with the French, in Shakespeare’s history play.

The Play’s The Thing: The Taming Of The Shrew Ends Oct 13, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, 21 New Globe Walk, SE1 9DT Mansion House lower/middle/upper galleries seated £15-£39, yard standing £5, under 18s £12-£36, Jul 4, 6, 16, 18, 20, 23, 26, 30, Aug 3, 6, 10, 13, 17, 20, 27, 29, Sep 4, 6, 10, 14, 19-21, 24, 27, 29, Oct 1, 4, 6, 8, 11, 13, 7.30pm, Aug 3, 12midnight, mats Jul 3, 5, 7, 19, 21, 24, 27, 31, Aug 7, 11, 14, 18, 21, 28, 30, Sep 5, 7 & 8, 11, 14 & 15, 28, Oct 2, 5, 9, 12, 2pm. Shakespeare’s romantic comedy is directed by Toby Frow.

The Prophet Ends Jul 21, Gate Theatre, 11 Pembridge Road (above the Prince Albert Pub), W11 3HQ Notting Hill Gate Jun 14-19 previews £10, Jun 20-30, Jul 1-27

Mon-Sat 7.30pm £20, concs £15, Sat 3pm £10, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Sat 3pm. A part-verbatim drama written by Hassan Abdulrazzak, set during the 2011 Egyptian revolution.

Spinach Ends Jul 7, King’s Head, Islington, 115 Upper Street, N1 1QN Angel £17.50-£22.50, concs £15, Tue-Sat 7.15pm, mats Sun 3pm. An exploration of abduction and disorientation in which every line is sung instead of spoken.

Torch Song Trilogy Ends Aug 12, The Menier Chocolate Factory, 53 Southwark Street, SE1 1RU London Bridge Jul 1-31, Aug 1-12 £29.50, concs £27, £37 inc meal, Tue-Sat 8pm, mats Sat & Sun 3.30pm. Harvey Fierstein’s comedy drama is directed by actor-director Douglas Hodge.

The Two Most Perfect Things Ends Jul 21, Riverside Studios, Crisp Road, W6 9RL Hammersmith £20, concs £18, Jun 27-30 previews £18, concs £16, Tue-Sat 7.45pm, mats Wed, Sat 2.45pm (press night Jul 3). Conceived by opera singer Adrian Fisher, this musical play explores the lives of the acclaimed contemporaries, Noel Coward and Ivor Novello.

The Winter’s Tale Ends Jul 21, Hampstead Theatre, Eton Avenue, NW3 3EU Swiss Cottage £29, concs £15, From Jul 3, Jul 3-6, 11 & 12, 16 & 17, 21, 7.30pm, mat Jul 7, 18, 2pm, captioned Jul 13, 7.30pm, audio described Jul 14, 2pm. Propeller Theatre Company presents Shakespeare’s drama.

FRINGE The 10th More London Free Festival At The Scoop: Agamemnon Starts Thu, ends Aug 5, The Scoop At More London, The Queens Walk, SE1 2AA London Bridge FREE, From Jul 5, Thu-Sun 8pm-9pm, signed perf Jul 26 (press night Jul 7). The king is reunited with his queen in the second instalment of Oresteia.

The 10th More London Free Festival At The Scoop: Orestes Starts Thu, ends Aug 5, The Scoop At More London, The Queens Walk, SE1 2AA London Bridge FREE, From Jul 5, Thu-Sun 9.30pm-10.30pm, signed perf Jul 26 (press night Jul 7). The final part of Steam Industry Free Theatre’s adaptation of Oresteia.

The 10th More London Free Festival At The Scoop: The Trojan War Starts Thu, ends Aug 5, The Scoop At More London, The Queens Walk, SE1 2AA London Bridge FREE, From Jul 5, ThuSun 6.30pm-7.30pm, signed perf Jul 21 (press night Jul 7). The first part of Oresteia, adapted by Steam Industry Free Theatre.

27 Wagons Full Of Cotton & The Interview Starts Sat, ends Jul 26, The Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, E1 6QL Liverpool Street £10.50, From Jul 7, Mon-Sun 7.30pm, mats Sat 3pm, Tue 1pm, no perf Jul 12-15, 20. Two short dramas written by Tennessee Williams and Octave Mirbeau.

The Alchemist Starts Wed, ends Jul 21, Upstairs At The Gatehouse, Hampstead Lane, N6 4BD Highgate Tue-Thu, Sun £12, concs £10, Fri & Sat £14, concs £12, From Jul 4, Tue-Sat 7.30pm, mats Sun 4pm. Dunnico Theatre presents an updated version of Ben Jonson’s comedy drama.

Are There More Of You? RADA, 62-64 Gower Street, WC1E 6ED Goodge Street £10, Jul 7, 2pm. Alison Skilbeck’s solo show telling the stories of four women.

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Theatre As You Like It Ends Aug 4, St Paul’s Church, Covent Garden, Bedford Street, WC2E 9ED Covent Garden Jun 2830, Jul 1 preview £9, Jul 2-31, Aug 1-4 £14, concs £10, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Fri-Sun 2.30pm, no perf Jul 5, 8, 12, 15, 19, Aug 2. Shakespeare’s comedic celebration of romance is directed by Dan Winder.

Beariety Variety Volupte, 7-9 Norwich Street, EC4A 1EJ Chancery Lane 3 courses £58, Jul 5, 7.30pm, doors.

Burlesque and cabaret show.

Being Tommy Cooper Ends Jul 7, Old Red Lion, 418 St John Street, EC1V 4NJ Angel Tue & Wed, Fri & Sat £15, concs £12, Sun £7, Thu Pay What You Can, Tue-Sat 7.30pm, mats Sat & Sun 3pm. A provocative comedy-drama on the brilliance and equally dark side of the late comedian Tommy Cooper, written by Tom Green.

Bookworms Ends Jul 8, Etcetera Theatre, 265 Camden High Street, NW1 7BU Camden Town £5, Jul 3-7, 7.30pm, Jul 8, 6.30pm. Comedy-drama set in a bookreading group.

Cabaret Confidential The Pheasantry, 152-154 Kings Road, SW3 4UT Sloane Square £12, Jul 5, 8.30pm, doors 7pm. Flamboyant cabaret showcase, with compete Jamie Anderson.

Celebrity Night At Cafe Red Ends Jul 4, RADA, 62-64 Gower Street, WC1E 6ED Goodge Street £10, Jul 3 & 4, 7pm.

Surreal comedy about a celebrity chef causing havoc in a French restaurant.

Diary Of A Madman RADA, 62-64 Gower Street, WC1E 6ED Goodge Street £10, Jul 3, 4.30pm. Jeff Lewis’s translation of Nikolai Gogol’s classic tragi-comedy.

Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde Ends Jul 14, The Courtyard, Bowling Green Walk, 40 Pitfield Street, N1 6EU Old Street £12, concs £10, Tue-Sat 8pm. Revera Productions presents an adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s chilling novella.

The Drawer Boy Ends Jul 14, Finborough Theatre, 118 Finborough Road, SW10 9ED West Brompton Jun 19 & 20 previews £9, Jun 21-30, Jul 1 Wed-Sat £14, concs/ Tue £10, Jul 3-14 Wed-Sat £16, concs/Tue £12, no concessions Sat, Tue-Sat 7.30pm, mats Sat & Sun 3pm. A bitter-sweet drama on friendship, storytelling and the thin line between truth and fiction.

Evidence & Coup Ends Jul 21, White Bear Theatre, 138 Kennington Park Road, SE11 4DJ Kennington £14, concs £10, Jul 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 21, 7.30pm, Jul 8, 5pm, mat Jul 13, 1.30pm. Double bill presented by Rosebery Repertory.

Face To Face: A Festival Of Solo Theatre Starts Mon, ends Jul 22, LOST Theatre, 208 Wandsworth Road, SW8 2JU Stockwell Mon-Sat £15, concs £10, 6-day pass £75, 12-day pass £125, Sun MiniFest 1-day pass £15, concs £10, times vary. Performances, workshops and masterclasses.

The Fantastical Adventures Of [Not] Being With You Ends Jul 7, Blue Elephant Theatre, 59a Bethwin Road, SE5 0XT Elephant & Castle £12.50, concs £10, preview £8, Tue-Sat 8pm. Physical theatre piece in which two men share their love story.

The Five O’Clock Club Ends Jul 7, Theatre 503, The Latchmere Pub, 503 Battersea Park Road, SW11 3BW Sloane Square £10, concs £8, Jul 3, 5, 7, 7.45pm. Chris Bennion’s drama set against the backdrop of London 2012.

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Boom Boom Club Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, SW7 2AP South Kensington £25, £50 inc drink, £75 inc meal, Jul 7, 9.30pm.

Pop-up cabaret and circus show.

The Fix Ends Jul 14, Union Theatre, 204 Union Street, SE1 0LX Waterloo £18, concs £15, Tue-Sat 7.30pm, Sun 2pm & 6pm, extra mat Jul 14, 3pm. Satirical musical set during the US presidential race.

Flora The Red Menace Ends Jul 14, Landor Theatre, 70 Landor Street, SW9 9PH Clapham North £18, concs £15, Tue-Sat 7.30pm, mats Sat & Sun 3pm, no perf Jul 4, 11. The John Kander and Fred Ebb musical, set during the Great Depression.

Friday Folies Bergere Starts Fri, ends Jul 27, Cellar Door, Zero Aldwych, WC2E 7EN Charing Cross FREE, Fri 9pm. Burlesque show starring Miss Beatrix Von Bourbon.

The Gambler RADA, 62-64 Gower Street, WC1E 6ED Goodge Street £10, Jul 3, 9.30pm. Conceived by Guillaume Pige, this play explores how one man is forever reliving one decisive moment.

Holmes & Watson: The Farewell Tour: Cherwell Theatre Starts Thu, ends Jul 6, The Courtyard, Bowling Green Walk, 40 Pitfield Street, N1 6EU Old Street £12£14, Jul 5 & 6, 7.30pm.

Jubilee Ends Jul 21, Tabard Theatre, 2 Bath Road, W4 1LW Turnham Green £18, concs £16, Tue-Sat 7.30pm, mats Sat 4pm. Cole Porter’s rarely performed musical comedy.

Kid Carpet & The Noisy Animals: Kid Carpet & Theatre Bristol (Over 3s) Polka Theatre, 240 The Broadway, SW19 1SB South Wimbledon £9, concs £7, Jul 7, 2pm. A mixture of comedy, animation, music and storytelling about a charismatic singer and his animal band.

Knight Watch: SouthS’tory Starts Thu, ends Jul 7, Coronation Gardens, Pirbright Road, SW18 5NB Southfields £13, concs £9, Jul 5-7, 9pm, gates 8.45pm. Fuel Theatre’s site-specific drama about gang culture.

LIFT 2012: 20/20 Starts Wed, ends Jul 6, Platform Theatre, Granary Building, 1 Granary Square, N1C 4AA King’s Cross St Pancras £15, concs £10, Jul 4-6, 7.30pm. A devised theatrical piece about ethnic conflict and the divisions which existed by Hungarians and Romanians during the early 1990s.

Live At The Hippodrome: Tony Christie Starts Mon, ends Jul 14, The Hippodrome Casino, 1 Cranbourn Street, WC2H 7AJ Leicester Square £25-£35, Jul 9 & 10, 12-14, 8pm, Jul 11, 7pm. The popular singer and musician performs.

London 2012 Cultural Olympiad: Crow Ends Jul 7, Greenwich Dance Agency, The Borough Hall, Royal Hill, SE10 8RE Greenwich Jun 18-20 previews £10, Jun 21-30, Jul 1-7 £15 & £18, concs £12 & £15, Mon-Sat 8pm, Jul 7, 5pm. A puppet and dance adaptation of Ted Hughes’s dark poem, from Matthew Dunster.

London 2012 Cultural Olympiad: En Route Ends Jul 21, Theatre Royal Stratford East, Gerry Raffles Square, E15 1BN Stratford solo £15, duo £24, trio £30, booking essential, Tue-Sat 10am, 1pm & 4pm. Instructions, directions and audio communication offer a different insight into your city surroundings, where you can create your own story. A mobile phone is required.

La Reve Ends Jul 6, Cafe De Paris, 3-4 Coventry Street, W1D 6BL Piccadilly Circus £15, adv £12, £50 inc 2 course dinner, £55 inc 3 course dinner, all tickets include admission to after show club event until 3am, Fri 8.30pm, doors open 7pm, dinner served at 8pm. A decadent and entertaining show featuring well-known personalities from the alt-cabaret and burlesque world.

Mack And Mabel Starts Thu, ends Aug 25, Southwark Playhouse, Shipwright Yard, corner of Tooley Street and Bermondsey Street, SE1 2TF London Bridge £10£22.50, Jul 5-27, Aug 13-25, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Sat 3pm, Jul 28-31, Aug 1-12, Mon-Sat 8pm, mats Sat 3pm (press night Jul 11, 7.30pm). Jerry Herman’s romantic musical drama, based on the real-life relationship between film director Mark Sennett and screen actress Mabel Normand.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream Ends Sep 5, The Open Air Theatre, Inner Circle, Regent’s Park, NW1 4NU Regent’s Park Jul 5-7, 9-11, 19-21, 2326, Aug 16-18, 20-22, 30 & 31, Sep 1, 2-5 £22.50-£42.50, Premium Seats £49.50, Jul 25 & 26, Aug 2-4, 6-8 Olympics Tickets pricing when booked before Apr 30 £20.12, Jul 5-7, 9-11, 19-21, 23-26, Aug 2-4, 6-8, 16-18, 20-22, 30 & 31, Sep 1, 3-5, 7.45pm, mats Jul 7, 11, 21, 25 & 26, Aug 4, 8, 18, 22, Sep 1, 5, 2.15pm. Shakespeare’s evergreen forest fantasy.

Mosquito Note Starts Mon, ends Jul 13, Theatre 503, The Latchmere Pub, 503 Battersea Park Road, SW11 3BW Sloane Square £10, concs £8, Jul 9, 11, 13, 7.45pm. Drama about a group of disparate youths who come together after a local teenager commits suicide.

Muncitor: All Workers Go To Heaven Starts Sat, ends Jul 11, Theatre Royal Stratford East, Gerry Raffles Square, E15 1BN Stratford £7-£15, concs £12, Jul 7-11, 8pm, extra eve perf Jul 7, 11, 5pm.

Performance installation exploring the abuse of power in the workplace.

National Theatre Inside Out (Watch This Space Festival): All That Is Solid Melts Into Air Starts Fri, ends Jul 8, Theatre Square, National Theatre, Upper Ground, SE1 9PX Embankment FREE, Jul 6 & 7, 10pm, mat Jul 8, 1pm. Physical theatre and aerial show exploring how towns change over time.

Powerplay & Click Starts Wed, ends Jul 20, White Bear Theatre, 138 Kennington Park Road, SE11 4DJ Kennington £14, concs £10, Jul 4, 6, 10 & 11, 18, 20, 7.30pm, Jul 15, 5pm, mats Jul 6, 14, 20, 1.30pm.

Priceless London Wonderground: Briefs Starts Wed, ends Jul 14, The London Wonderground Spiegeltent, Jubilee Gardens, off Belvedere Road, SE1 8XX Embankment £10-£20.50, limited availability concs £5-£10.25, Jul 4-6, 9.30pm, Jul 7, 10-12, 14, 9pm. An all-male team of performers showcase absurd modern boylesque, dancing and clowning.

Priceless London Wonderground: Cantina Ends Sep 30, The London Wonderground Spiegeltent, Jubilee Gardens, off Belvedere Road, SE1 8XX Embankment Jul 1-31, Aug 1-31, Sep 1-30 £15-£50, booths £175, £200, Jul 3-6, 7.30pm, Jul 7 & 8, 11-14, 17-22, 31, Aug 1-4, 7-11, 14-18, 22-25, 28-31, Sep 1, 4-8, 11-15, 18-22, 26-29, 7pm, Jul 7, 21, Aug 18, Sep 1, 22, 5pm, Jul 15, Aug 5, 19, 26, Sep 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, 6pm, mats Jul 15, Aug 12, 26, Sep 16, 4pm. A glamorous mix of vaudeville, circus-theatre, dance and music, all taking place inside a traditional Spiegeltent.

Priceless London Wonderground: Saturday Night At The Spiegeltent The London Wonderground Spiegeltent, Jubilee Gardens, off Belvedere Road, SE1 8XX Embankment £17.50 & £22.50, concs £16, Jul 7, 10.45pm. Variety, comedy, music, cabaret and clowns for over 16s.

RADA Cabaret Ends Jul 7, RADA, 62-64 Gower Street, WC1E 6ED Goodge Street £10, Jul 7, 9.30pm.

RADA graduates perform song, dance and comedy.

Ragtime Ends Sep 8, The Open Air Theatre, Inner Circle, Regent’s Park, NW1 4NU Regent’s Park Jul 2-4, 12-14, 16-18, Aug 13-15, 23-25, 27-29, Sep 6-8 £22.50-£42.50, Premium Seats £49.50, Jul 28, 30 & 31, Aug 1, 9-11 Olympics Tickets Pricing when booked before 30 April £20.12, Jul 3-4, 12-14, 1618, 28, 30 & 31, Aug 1, 9-11, 13-15, 23-25, 27-29, Sep 6-8, 7.45pm, mats Jul 4, 14, 18, 28, Aug 1, 11, 15, 25, 29, Sep 8, 2.15pm.

Musical about three families separated by race and destiny.

Six Point @ 93 Feet East 93 Feet East, 150 Brick Lane, E1 6RU Liverpool Street FREE donations welcomed, Jul 4, 8pm. Up-and-coming writers and performers are given the opportunity to stage their work.

Spring Awakening Ends Jul 14, Brockley Jack Studio Theatre, 410 Brockley Road, SE4 2DH Honor Oak Park £12, concs £10, Tue-Sat 7.45pm, mat Jul 7, 3.30pm. Frank Wedekind’s drama exploring authority, education, sexuality and religion.

Uncle Vanya Ends Jul 7, The Print Room, 34 Hereford Road, W2 5AJ Notting Hill Gate £20, concs £15, phone for availability, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Sat 3pm. Mike Poulton adapts Anton

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