Scout London 0035

ART & CULTURE COMEDY FILM FOOD & DRINK MUSIC SHOPPING SMALL SCREEN THEATRE

London this edition goes up to eleven

0035

FREE EVERY MONDAY APRIL 15>21 2013

Rock

INSIDE

milton jones | kylie | olga kurylenko

t a 3 1 0 2 l i r p A 2nd -27th f r a h W y o u B y Trinit

Cover Story 8 Rock London London is awash with musical landmarks. We take you on a tour of the locations that make our city the capital of rock’n’roll history

Regulars

4 Scouted Date Night, Places That Change Your Life, Book Now, Last Chance London 6 Talent Scout Actor Rupert Evans tells us about his favourite places in the capital

Sections 16 20 27 28 32 34 38 40 48

London Food & Drink Shopping Art & Culture Comedy Film Small Screen Music Theatre

The Big Picture

Seminal Wu-Tang member Ghostface Killah is performing for free at one of Converse’s 100 Club gigs – page 42

scoutlondon.com Scout London

3

Strip lighting Chris Bracey, the artist who turned Soho neon and whose celebrity clientele includes Jay-Z and Lady Gaga, has opened an impressive new solo show

I

The light touch Shine A Light In The Darkness Of Your Soul

# love

Date Night

f you’ve ever had your eye drawn, innocently or otherwise, to those neon signs that still glare out from the sex shops and strip clubs of Soho, there’s a very good chance you’ve already been exposed to the work of Chris Bracey.

Bracey was the go-to guy in the 70s for club owners looking to be that little bit gaudier than the competition. His work has rightly become iconic, with fashion designers such as Vivienne Westwood, Stella McCartney and David LaChapelle commissioning work from him. You can see his signs in countless movies (Timothy Burton is a particular fan) and, should you count the likes of Lady Gaga and Elton John among your friends, round your celeb mates’ houses, too.

Scout London scoutlondon.com

Chris Bracey: I’ve Looked up to Heaven and Been Down to Hell, Scream Gallery, Free, Until June 1, screamlondon.com

The one where you go grave snogging...

VENUE Highgate Cemetery and High Tea of Highgate PRICE £ PERFECT FOR Those with a spooky disposition… who like cake The poor old Victorians weren’t as spoiled for choice in their entertainment options as we are.

And they were a morbid bunch to boot. Which is possibly why, back in those days, cemeteries were designed as grand places in which to stroll and admire monuments. Highgate cemetery is perfect for this. For as little as £4 you can wander round the impressive graves and pick out

4

Scout wrote about Bracey when he returned to Soho with a pop-up shop last year. And now he’s opened his own fully-fledged exhibition – at Scream, the gallery just north of Oxford Street owned by Ronnie Wood’s son, Jamie. The exhibition is themed around heaven and hell, and features art that draws on Bracey’s experiences in America, as well as the more familiar rush of his Soho-based sex club signatures.

Perhaps not surprisingly, his Soho-inspired work, such as Hot Burning Love, seems to occupy more of the hell side – but would we really have it any other way?

the famous residents (including Jeremy Beadle and Karl Marx).

After this, stroll through Waterlow Park – there’s an ornamental pond and it’s bursting with spring flowers – to High Tea of Highgate for a delicious cream team served on vintage china. highteaofhighgate.com

FACT TO ENTERTAIN

The cemetery angels don’t just look pretty – there is meaning in their poses. If their hands are pointing downwards it means the death was sudden, upwards means they are heaven bound, and clasped hands mean marriage or a final goodbye.

13: London College of

Beauty Therapy

Beauty comes at a price – but that price is fairly cheap if you head down to the student salon at the London College of Beauty Therapy.

Situated on Great Marlborough Street in Soho, the salon is the place where students are let loose on the general public to hone their beautician skills and salon etiquette before graduating.

And don’t worry, they’re required to practice, practice, practice on each other before being allowed

NOW

community, Jim Lears, The Noun Project

last chance

LONDON

Derren Brown

Palace Theatre June 24-August 17 derrenbrown.co.uk

Brixton Academy July 26 o2academybrixton.co.uk

Three Birds Bush Theatre

Hard-hitting dram a based on the shooting of three IRA members by the SAS in 1988.

An award-winning, darkly-comic play by Janice Okoh, about childhood and fantasy.

Closes sat aPRIL 20

Closes sat april 20

Closes sat april 20

A Doll’s House Young Vic Theatre

David Yarrow: Recent Encounters Eleven

Darling of the Day Union Theatre

Closes Sat April 20

GET IN TOUCH

Wu Tang Clan

Gibraltar Arcola Theatre

Henrik Ibsen’s classic drama about morals, translated by Simon Stephens.

High contrast monochrome photographs of exotic wildlife.

Closes Sat April 20

hello@scoutlondon.com

lcbt.co.uk/lcbtsalon

Send us your favourite spots of inspiration by email, Twitter or Facebook. You might end up in Scouted.

This time it’s personal Hands of God by Chris Bracey

BOOK

anywhere near a paying patron, and even then the treatments are carried out under the watchful eyes of teachers. At worst you can expect a slightly smudgy finish or it all to take a little longer than normal, but any mistakes are quickly fixed by a teacher. A manicure here will set you back just £7.50, waxing starts from £3.50, and an hour-long hot stone massage is just £30.

Evelyn de Morgan: The Lost Paintings The De Morgan Centre

Greg Davies

Queen Elizabeth Hall December 16-19 southbankcentre.co.uk

Cat Power

The Roundhouse June 25 roundhouse.org.uk

BAD MEANING GOOD

BAD MEANING BAD

We were blown away by Pappy’s newest show at Soho Theatre last week.

It’s hilarious, intelligent and moving. It closes on April 20.

It had to happen sooner or later but we’re sorry to see Nicholas Hytner announce his departure from the National Theatre in 2015.

We like this

We don’t like this

Drawings and studies of the lost paintings by the pre-Raphaelite artist.

An award-winning musical from Jule Styn, Yip Harburg and Nunnally Johnson.

Closes Sat April 20

ScoutLondon

@ScoutLondon

020 3553 4523 scoutlondon.com Scout London

5

Rupert Evans Actor Rupert Evans is currently starring alongside John Simm in new BBC drama The Village. Prior to this he appeared in comic book movie Hellboy and historical mini-series World Without End. He is soon to be seen playing Ian Fleming’s older brother in The Man Who Would Be Bond, next to Dominic Cooper as the famous author.

Let’s go for a drink – Scout’s buying. Where shall we go?

The Atlas, on Seagrave Road in Earls Court. I worked there for two years, on and off, during my drama training and had some great nights there. It’s got a good pub garden as well.

How about an outdoor spot – any favourite places to amble?

You just can’t beat Hampstead Heath. Regardless of the time of year, you can always find a place there to escape London.

What’s a great cultural experience you’ve had recently?

I went to see The Winslow Boy by Terence Rattigan at The Old Vic. Some of the best stage acting I’ve seen for a long time. Henry Goodman degenerates before your very eyes.

Do you have any secret tips for Londoners?

For cricket fans, such as myself, the Lord’s cricket ground is the holy grail.

Even when there isn’t a match on you can visit the shop inside the grounds.

If you enter from the north side, you have to pass the cricket square itself.

There is a gap in the seating and you will see the great lawn and club house. Take a moment, it’s awesome.

Now, some retail therapy – any favourite places?

I live in Hackney, and Stoke Newington Church Street has it all. Hub for clothes, Meat is a great butcher, Homa for coffee and Il Bacio for pizza. Where else can you find a Fresh & Wild and a pound shop within a minute’s walk of each other? The Village, BBC One, April 21

Scout London Cover Stars 0035 Rob Flowers, 30, Illustrator, Bethnal Green

What in London inspires you?

I’m a big fan of history, weird facts and odd stories, and I find the hidden history of London very inspiring.

My favourite London tale is that of Spring Heeled Jack who supposedly terrorised Londoners in the 19th century. I also find the V&A Museum of Childhood and The Horniman Museum constant inspirations.

How important is London in your work?

London has influenced my work specifically through characters like

Spring Heeled Jack, and I couldn’t really imagine living and working anywhere else. Being able to access so much culture through museums, and galleries is also amazing.

Favourite part of the city?

This is going to sound a bit weird but I bloody love the Trocadero! Maybe it’s because I have fond memories of going there when I was a kid, but it is always loads of fun... and you can get an old time photo done there.

Any London secrets to share?

If you’re in the market for some pie

and mash, I’d recommend either F Cooke’s on Hoxton market (I’m often found there having lunch with my dad) or L Manze’s in Walthamstow. Jean Cocteau’s frescoes at the Notre Dame de France on Leicester Place (next to the Prince Charles Cinema) are also pretty amazing.

See more at: robflowers.co.uk Rob Flowers is participating in Pick Me Up: Graphic Arts Festival at Somerset House, April 18-28, somersethouse.org.uk

Hey there, are you a talented creative? Fancy reworking the Scout London logo that appears on our cover each week?

We welcome London-based artists, designers, illustrators, photographers. Get in touch: talent@scoutlondon.com 6

Scout London scoutlondon.com

GRAPHIC ARTS FESTIVAL 18–28 APRIL 2013 OPEN DAILY 10.00–18.00 LATE NIGHT THURSDAYS 18 & 25 APRIL UNTIL 22.00 ADULTS £8, CONC. £6, FESTIVAL PASS £15 GET YOUR TICKETS NOW SOMERSETHOUSE.ORG.UK/PICKMEUP #PICKMEUPLONDON SOMERSET HOUSE, LONDON WC2R 1LA

Rock London

We built this city on ...

By Clare Considine

C

all us biased but we’d say that London is quite possibly the single most important city in the world when it comes to contemporary music.

It has birthed, adopted or fostered some of the biggest names and most influential scenes of the past 60 years, and generally played a principle role in the story of modern music. So it’s hardly surprising that any stroll through the capital is likely to pass hallowed ground where musical history was

8

Scout London scoutlondon.com

once made. There are some obvious spots – among them the Abbey Road zebra crossing and Waterloo Bridge, the view from which inspired Ray Davies to write one of the most definitive ‘London songs’. But there are countless other, less well-known points of sonic significance tucked away in every corner of the city. There’s the grimy backstreet where Bob Dylan recorded one of the world’s first and most famous music videos. And the disused

art deco cinema in Finsbury Park where Jimi Hendrix burnt his first ever guitar. These are the kinds of locations that make up our guide to London’s rock and pop heritage – seminal yet surprisingly underknown landmarks that have helped to shape the musical narrative, from the 60s through to the present day. It’s time to hit the streets with Scout, for a heady journey through London’s greatest musical moments.

Album covers Many corners of the capital have David Bowie graced the covers of classic albums, Oasis some more recognisably than others (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?

The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust – Pink Floyd fans will probably find And The Spiders From Mars Berwick Street, Soho it hard to picture Battersea Power 23 Heddon Street, off Piccadilly Circus Oasis’s first LP, Definitely Maybe, was the fastest Station without an inflatable pig selling British debut of all time. The cheeky Mancs Fans of the White Duke make it their business to suspended between the chimneys. followed it in 1995 with this stardom-securing pay their respects at this blue plaque-marked spot. masterpiece, which became one of the biggest But more intriguing are the wellWhen Bowie posed here in 1972, he was blissfully albums of the Britpop era, and of the 90s as a unaware that this would be the album that pounded streets and darkened whole. The album’s cover sported a sufficiently catapulted him to global stardom. The back of the alleyways whose significance is rarely iconic image to match the tracks (including record sleeve also sports a photo of him, complete known or acknowledged. the likes of Wonderwall and Don’t Look Back in with hand-crafted jumpsuit, standing inside an Anger), capturing the bustle of one of Soho’s busiest streets – famously home to a cluster of independent record shops.

Ian Dury & The Blockheads

-

New Boots and Panties!!

Axford lingerie shop, Vauxhall Bridge Road, Westminster The 1977 album that brought us Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll is allegedly named after the only two things that Dury, an ahead-of-his-time upcycler, was willing to buy outside of a charity shop. On the cover he is pictured with his six-year-old son, leaning against the window of the old Axford Lingerie Shop – presumably on their way in to buy some spanking new briefs.

old-school red telephone box on the same street.

The Clash Madness Absolutely Chalk Farm Tube Station

The Clash Camden Stables Market

This one is ripe for a recreation shot. The steps that now lead to Proud Camden are where an Madness are as Camden as they come. Formed up-and-coming Clash posed for their iconic and fostered in the creative North London borough, debut album cover in 1976. The picture was they’re as synonymous with NW1 as tourists and taken outside their HQ and rehearsal space, tat. So it made perfect sense to pay homage to Rehearsal Rehearsals, on what was then a their stomping ground on the front cover of 1980 ramp. It captured three angry young men sophomore album Absolutely, where they can be on the verge of worldwide stardom, and the seen larking about outside Chalk Farm tube. revolutionising of rock music. scoutlondon.com Scout London

9

Rock London

Music videos London’s hotchpotch of grimy streets, grand old buildings and sweaty basement clubs have been the backdrop for MTV offerings aplenty.

There are loads to choose from, but these are our favourites.

Bittersweet The Verve’s Richard Ashcroft

The Verve

Bob Dylan

Bittersweet Symphony Hoxton Street

Subterranean Homesick Blues Savoy Steps

Ever bounced down the street in your Air Max 90s pretending that you’re Lily Allen in a prom dress? No? OK, well then you must’ve swaggered along a busy pavement imagining yourself as a bullish Richard Ashcroft, barging straight through anybody who dares to get in your way. This iconic video was omnipresent in 1998, winning numerous awards and clearly tapping into our collective inner desire to stick two fingers up at good manners.

For an accurate re-enactment you’ll need to start your walk at the intersection of Hoxton Street and Falkirk Street and head all the way down the east side of Hoxton Street towards Old Street. But be warned: if you do decide to pull an Ashcroft, there’s no guarantee that you won’t get the lamping (or worse) that he managed to avoid.

It might have predated MTV by several decades, but Dylan’s much-loved and imitated promotional film clip is considered by many to be one of the world’s first real music videos. The year was 1965 and the newly-electric Dylan was touring the UK, being filmed along the way by documentary maker DA Pennebaker, who shot the iconic cue card video for the opening section of his resulting film, Don’t Look Back. As well as the famous version that was filmed in an alley behind the Savoy Hotel (where Dylan was staying), they also filmed versions in nearby Embankment Gardens and on the roof of the hotel. If you look closely you’ll see poet Allen Ginsberg and singer-songwriter Bob Neuwirth in the background. Along with folk singer Donovan, they helped Dylan write the cards the night before.

Saddled with saddles Queen’s Freddie Mercury and Brian May

Queen Bicycle Race/Fat Bottomed Girl Wimbledon Stadium In 1978 Queen rented Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium for a day to shoot the now infamous video for double A-side single Bicycle Race/Fat Bottomed Girls. What this video entailed was the hiring of 65 naked models for a huge nude bicycle race around the greyhound track. Amusingly, the company that rented the bikes for the video got wind of who was riding them and refused to take the saddles back, insisting that the band pay for replacements. Spoilsports!

10 Scout London scoutlondon.com

movie store collection / brian rasic, lipo musto, REx features

I’m on the pavement... Bob Dylan in the Subterranean Homesick Blues video

PRESENTS

Village Underground Thu 25 April

'Nomad'

out on April 1

st

(Nonesuch) produced by

Dan Auerbach

'

Tickets: ÂŁ12 Seetickets / WeGotTickets villageunderground.co.uk

020 7422 7505

FIND US

2fortheroadproductions.com

Rock London

Legendary gigs & venues We all have our own seminal gigs and life-changing live music experiences.

But there are some shows that transcend personal experience and shine out as transformative moments in musical history.

Parking about Jimi Hendrix in London in 1967

Jimi Hendrix

The Beatles

Bob Marley

Rainbow Theatre, Finsbury Park

The roof of 3 Saville Row

the Lyceum theatre

This striking Grade II-listed art deco building was once the Astoria Theatre. Throughout its history it has been both a cinema and a live music venue, and is now a church. But no Sunday service can eclipse the spirituality of what took place at the venue on March 31, 1967. Prior to his performance at the theatre that evening, Jimi Hendrix sent out his press agent to buy him some lighter fluid. Then, during his set, on the opening night of the Walker Brothers tour, the most iconic guitarist in history set light to his Fender Stratocaster for the first time ever. He was later taken to hospital for minor burn wounds to his fingers, but it was a small price to pay for creating one of the most gloriously iconic performance rituals in musical history.

The date was January 30, 1969 – three years since The Beatles had performed together live. Suddenly, at lunchtime, the well-to-do suit-making district in the centre of town came alive with screaming teenagers and happening hippies all looking in one direction – the roof of Apple Studios. What took place was a 42-minute impromptu gig from the biggest band on the planet (ever), sections of which appeared in the Let It Be documentary the following year. The Fab Four played songs such as Get Back, I Want You and Don’t Let Me Down. But the band was already on its last legs, with relations between the four having soured dramatically since their early years. It would be their last live performance.

Bag O’ Nails, Soho Though long since closed, this venue on Kingly Street was the scene of many epic moments in 60s rock history. It was here that Paul McCartney met Linda and where John and Christine McVie’s eyes first met. But, far more importantly, it was also the place where Jimi Hendrix played his first London show. Some of Britain’s most famous musicians had heard rumours that there was a new kid in town and figured they’d find out what all of the fuss was about. Eric Clapton, Pete Townshend, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, Brian Epstein, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page and many more all piled into the pint-sized venue for the full Experience. Suffice to say, they left quaking in their winkle pickers.

12 Scout London scoutlondon.com

Get back (downstairs)The Beatles performing their legendary gig on the roof of Apple Studios in 1969

Joe Strummer Acton Town Hall Fans of The Clash will forever kick themselves for not getting tickets for this Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros benefit concert for striking fire fighters on November 15, 2002. Not only was it the band’s last ever London gig, it was also the first time that Strummer and Clash bandmate Mick Jones were on stage together in over 20 years. As Strummer and his band launched into their rendition of Bankrobber, Jones joined them on stage and the crowd went wild. He also joined them for an encore of White Riot and London’s Burning. Tragically, Strummer died suddenly barely a month later.

david magnus, REx features / getty images

Jimi Hendrix

He may be the unofficial patron saint of Jamaica, but Bob Marley owed more than a little to London. Not only was his seminal Exodus album recorded here, but it was also the scene of his international breakthrough in 1975, when two sell-out and notably racially-mixed gigs at the Lyceum demonstrated the full extent of his crosscultural appeal. Recorded for the album Live!, the gigs included a transformed version of No Woman No Cry, slowed down into an anthemic ballad, which became his first international hit – it’s the version recorded here that most people now know. The theatre continues the leonine theme, having staged the Lion King musical since 1999.

Lived & died

Gone too soon Amy Winehouse

Behind the closed doors of many Camden Square London residences lie the sites of Amy Winehouse’s Camden some of popular music’s juiciest townhouse might have just been snapped up at auction, but it will be anecdotes. Oh to have been a fly on synonymous with scenes of grieving the wall when Bowie’s wife returned fans for some time yet. It was here home to find him in bed with Mick that the talented singer was found Jagger; or when Ringo Starr evicted dead from alcohol poisoning on July 23, 2011, aged 27. Winehouse was Jimi Hendrix for painting all of the very vocal about her love of walls black in his Brook Street home. always Camden, and a statue of her is to be You might not be able to get inside, erected outside the Roundhouse on but you can gawp from the pavement, Chalk Farm Road. and let your imagination run wild.

23 Brook Street, Mayfair

everett collection, ken mckay, richard young, REx features

Freewheelin’ through London A young Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

Who’s next? Legendary party animal Keith Moon

The Troubadour, Earls Court

Flat 9, 12 Curzon Place, Mayfair

Back in December 1962 Bob Dylan was yet to have secured – or even snatched at – his place in rock’n’roll history. In fact, he wasn’t even famous enough to get his own UK show while on a visit to London. But, nevertheless, while attending a folk night at this café-come-venue (which, quite incredibly, is still going strong), Dylan’s musician friend Richard Farina asked him to join him on the stage. It became his first UK show. He returned to New York the following month, having written Masters of War and Girl From the North Country while in London, and set about recording The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan. He didn’t stay unknown for very long.

The former home of American songwriter Harry Nilsson was the final resting place for two stars.

It was here that The Mamas & The Pappas singer Cass Elliott, aka Mama Cass, died in 1974 – though not, as rumour had it, by choking on a sandwich, but from heart failure caused by obesity.

Four years later, The Who’s hard-living (and hardplaying) drummer Keith Moon was borrowing the flat from Nilsson. He returned home on September 6, 1978, to the same bedroom in the same flat after dining with Paul and Linda McCartney, and died of an overdose of prescription drugs. His bandmate Pete Townshend then bought the flat.

For a couple of years in the late 60s, 23 Brook Street was home to Jimi Hendrix and his girlfriend Kathy Etchingham. Although the guitarist spent much of that period in the US, recording Electric Ladyland, he found time to immerse himself in the music of the composer Handel, who lived at No25. Both now have one of the famous blue plaques, Hendrix being the first rocker to receive one, though his two-story apartment is now used for offices by next door’s Handel House Museum.

34 Montagu Square, Marylebone Ringo Starr’s home was a veritable hotbed of Beatles’ activity. Now the site of a blue plaque honouring the awesome foursome, it was once the scene of a police drugs raid that led to an injunction by Starr’s landlord.

But it wasn’t just a party pad. It was also where Paul wrote Eleanor Rigby.

And, when John and Yoko rented it out, it’s where they shot the famous nude cover for the Two Virgins album. scoutlondon.com Scout London 13

Rock London

Immortalised in song London is the perfect backdrop for musical tales of love, hate and everything in between. Not surprisingly, different areas around the city are name checked in song on a regular basis. Our favourites are, as always, the slightly less famous yet no less iconic geographical hat-tips.

Reggae revolt A young Joe Strummer

The Clash (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais Hammersmith Palais Joe Strummer was moved to write this Clash classic after a trip to an all-night reggae showcase with Don Letts in 1978. He hoped to find a hotbed of roots rock rebellion and was disappointed to happen upon a night of lightweight reggae-pop, matching suits and dance routines from the likes of Dillinger and Leroy Smart. In the song he bemoans his experience before moving on to cover wider political themes of 1970s London Electric Avenue including racial unity and wealth distribution.

Most significantly, the track marked a maturing Electric Avenue, Brixton of the band’s sound, combining classic punk rock This 1982 dancefloor classic from the album Killer with slower ska rhythms for the first time and on the Rampage may sound decidedly chirpy but is establishing The Clash as “the thinking man’s actually the singer’s response to the 1981 Brixton yobs”. It was also one of Strummer’s favourite Riots. Named after Brixton’s famous market street, Clash songs, and was played at his funeral. it posed pertinent questions about why the riots happened and depicts the rage that rose from poverty with lines such as, “Deep in my heart I abhor ya / Can’t get food for the kid”.

Eddy Grant

The Who Who Are You Margaret Street, Soho “I woke up in a Soho doorway, a policeman knew my name,” is the opening line to this blistering tale of inebriation and regret. The exact doorway that Pete Townshend was referring to (though it was Roger Daltry who actually sang the song) is unknown, but it was on Margaret Street, where the once hard-drinking Who songwriter was found passed out by a policeman in 1977. Earlier that day he had been in a 12-hour meeting with his management team, who had driven him to hit the bottle as soon as he was set free to leave. He spent some time in a Soho nightclub badgering members of the Sex Pistols about the state of rock music before curling up nearby for a little nap. He probably didn’t feel too great about it at the time, but he managed to turn the experience into one of the band’s most famous songs.

14 Scout London scoutlondon.com

The Rolling Stones

Getting what he wanted Mick Jagger in the 60s

You Can’t Always Get What You Want The Chelsea Drugstore “I went down to the Chelsea Drugstore, to get your prescription filled,” drawls Mick Jagger in this seminal Stones track. Much has been mused about the cryptic meanings behind the song’s lyrics, many suggesting that it was an attempt to signal an end to the decade-long party that was the 1960s (yeah, right). One thing is for sure though: the Chelsea Drugstore was one hell of a hip hang out back in the swinging 60s. It was a three-storey department store on the King’s Road that stayed open 16 hours a day and contained bars, chemists, record shops and boutiques. You could even have home deliveries from hot ladies in purple cat suits on motorbikes. It was also a film location in A Clockwork Orange. Though it’s now a McDonald’s. Naturally.

sheila rock, graham wiltshire, ronald spencer - daily mail, REx features

Rock royalty The Who guitarist Pete Townshend

Iconic locations of tomorrow Most of our selections might look back to the 60s and 70s, but where will music fans 30 years from now be making pilgrimages to? Might there be a plaque outside Antenna Studios in Crystal Palace, where Florence recorded Lungs? Or a statue of Chris Martin outside the Beak Street pubvenue where Coldplay were spotted

by Parlophone? Here are a few places that we think might acquire status as the years go by.

A bit of a blur The Good Mixer in Camden

The Good Mixer, Camden

Dubstepping stone A young Skream and Benga at Big Apple Records

Often cited as the birthplace of Britpop, this wonderfully scuzzy Camden boozer was the stomping ground of all the stars of the day, and is, allegedly, the spot where Oasis and Blur started their famous feud, with a scuffle in the toilets.

Big Apple Records, Croydon Watching Taylor Swift attempting dubstep at the Brit Awards, it’s hard to believe that this bowelwobbling, globe-conquering scene started out in a small record shop in Croydon. Run by Artwork, and with the likes of Hatcha, Skream and Benga all working behind the counter, it became a frequent hangout for the likes of Digital Mystikz, Zed-Bias and Plastician. They would congregate at the shop and play each other the various tunes they’d been cutting at home, spurring each other on as together they created one of the most definitive genres of the current age.

Rolling in something Adele grew up in West Norwood

alex maguire, david fisher, REx features

This That and the Other Discount Store, West Norwood Looking at the stars Coldplay in 2000

Wandsworth lad Electronic innovator Four Tet

The Bull and Gate, Kentish Town

Notable Schools

When Coldplay were a struggling student band they played lots of shows here and were finally noticed by NME during one of these gigs. The band have been very vocal in the campaign to keep the legendary gig venue open, but it will, sadly, still close next month. Among other alumni of the Kentish Town stage are Blur and Nirvana.

Some schools are particularly good at nurturing talent. Alleyn’s private school in Dulwich was attended by the likes of Jessie Ware, Florence Welch, Jack Peñate and members of The Maccabees. And Elliott School in Wandsworth is where The xx, Hot Chip, Burial and Four Tet all learnt their craft.

It was above this unglamorous discount store, next to a petrol station on Norwood Road, that Adele Laurie Blue Adkins spent her teenage years, and wrote much of her debut album, 19. In fact, the song Hometown Glory is purportedly about West Norwood. Needless to say, the uber-rich award-hogging singer isn’t there any more, but it was an important location in her early life. And, if that doesn’t do it, just down the road in Brixton is Jamm, where the very nervous 16-year-old singer performed her first gig. scoutlondon.com Scout London 15

Where the streets have new names

T

here are many ways of making your mark on our city, and naming a street has to be up there with the coolest.

Now there’s a chance to do just that. A public competition has been launched to find up to 10 new street names for the 67-acre development that’s currently transforming the Kings Cross area.

Street names relating to notable people, activities or events associated with the area are encouraged – though Camden Council has stressed that it will only consider “sensible suggestions”, All aboard Harry and Ron at Kings Cross

so don’t expect them to look too favourably upon Streetwalker Drive or Shoot-up Alley.

To help get you started, here are five possible sources of inspiration from the area’s colourful past.

Harry Potter

Everyone knows that you use Platform 9¾ at King’s Cross Station to get to Hogwarts. So what Potter fan wouldn’t want to go shopping at a real-life Diagon Alley nearby?

You might want to play it a little safer, and suggest something like Hogwarts Pass, or keep it straight down the line with Rowling Way. But whatever happens, it seems entirely legitimate for the new area to pay tribute to its most famous contemporary cultural reference.

After all, it’s the Potter tours and the themed shop that have tourists flocking to the area in their hundreds every day.

Boudicca – who took on the Romans in Britain and almost won – is buried somewhere between platforms 9 and 10 at King’s Cross Station. It is, in all likelihood, utter tosh. But then, if Richard III’s skeleton can turn up in a Leicester car park, who knows?

Either way, the fiery feminist icon is more than deserving of a street named in her honour.

Joseph Grimaldi

Joseph Grimaldi, the so-called ‘king of the clowns’ was buried near Pentonville Road in Kings Cross when his over-sized shoes kicked the bucket in 1837. He was a big celebrity in his day (Dickens edited his memoirs, and clowns are still known as ‘Joeys’ in his honour).

There are, of course, some potential downsides to naming a street ‘Grimaldi Road’. It would probably

The public have been invited to pick the names of new Kings Cross streets.

But what kind of local inspiration can you draw on when making your suggestions?

Paul Prowse picks some handy starting points become a magnet for clowns looking to test drive their silly jalopies.

Worse still would be the influx of jokers clogging up the pavement by pretending to walk against an imaginary wind.

The German Gymnasium

The German Gymnasium in Kings Cross was the first purpose-built gym in England. Now surely that’s worth commemorating. How about Pump Street? Or Pectoral Pass? Washboard Walk? Or Toned Approach? (We could be here all day, and they wouldn’t get much better.) The gym opened all the way back in 1864. As well as offering 19th century gents the chance to make their abs as impressive as their taches, it also provided the opportunity to practise sports as varied as Indian club swinging and

Killer Queen Boudicca statue near Westminster Bridge

There might not be any historical evidence to back this up, but let’s not let that get in the way of a good story. There’s a long-held legend that flame-haired warrior queen

16 Scout London scoutlondon.com

Steve Tanner

Boudicca

The name game Map of Kings Cross area showing the numbered competition streets

broadswordsmanship. Try getting that at your local Fitness First.

ALAN STANTON

The Foundling Museum

The Foundling Hospital (now a museum) on Brunswick Square was London’s first home for abandoned children, playing a significant role in one of our greatest literary texts.

Operating from 1739 to 1954, the hospital boasted some high-profile supporters: the composer Handel performed several benefit concerts for it, and the artist William Hogarth

donated many of his works to raise funds. More famously, it is thought the Foundling provided Dickens with inspiration when he was writing Let’s Twist again Foundling Museum

Oliver Twist. He lived on the same street, was a keen supporter of the hospital, and is even thought to have named one of the novel’s

principal characters after a member of its staff – John Brounlow was the Foundling’s secretary, and Mr Brounlow is the character who rescues the young orphan from Fagin in Oliver Twist. Dickens doesn’t need more immortalising, but the Foundling is a more than worthy option. And if not, how about Orphans’ Way? Or simply The Twist?

To enter your suggestions, go to kingscross.co.uk/street-namingcompetition before the end of May scoutlondon.com Scout London 17

Meet The Neighbours at Royal Observatory Greenwich, Greenwich Park, Blackheath Avenue, SE10 8XJ Greenwich Mon, Wed 12.45pm & 1.45pm, children must be accompanied, £6.50, child/ concs £4.50, family £17.50, mems FREE. A live show exploring the Solar System. Until May 24.

at The British Library, 96 Euston Road, NW1 2DB Euston £7.50, concs £5, adv booking required, 6.30pm-8pm.

Whether the success of egalitarian politics depends on an underlying art of association.

Contemporary Writers From Turkey: Talk at The British Library, 96 Euston Road, NW1 2DB Euston £5, concs £3, adv booking required, 6.45pm-8.15pm.

A rare opportunity to hear from some of the leading names from Turkey’s vibrant literary scene.

The Huguenots’ Story: Talk at Bishopsgate Institute, 230 Bishopsgate, EC2M 4QH Liverpool Street £7, concs £5, 7pm. Michael Gandy discusses the history of the religious group who fled persecution in France.

Tuesday April 16

Monday April 15

An Evening With Chickenshed Hosted

By Professor Jonathan Shalit At ITV Studios at London Studios, London Television Centre, 58-72 Upper Ground, SE1 9LT Waterloo £150, 7.45pm, doors 7pm.Aperformance by members of Chickenshed, hosted by the showbusiness agent, Jonathan Shalit, followed by a champagne reception.

Jacqui Marson: Author Event at Waterstones, Gower Street, 82 Gower Street, WC1E 6EQ Goodge Street £5, concs £3, 6.30pm. Join the counselling psychologist who discusses confidence and the vital role self-esteem plays in careers.

Simon Armitage, Simon Mundy And Bettany Hughes: Poetry at Kings Place, 90 York Way, N1 9AG King’s Cross St Pancras £9.50, 7pm. The poets and historian read works inspired by Greek mythology.

The Art Of Association: The Formation Of Egalitarian Social Capital: Lecture

Dance Currents 2013: 2Faced Dance: Out Of His Skin at Stratford Circus, Theatre Square, E15 1BX Stratford £12, concs £10, 7.30pm. The all-male contemporary dance company are choreographed by Tamsin Fitzgerald.

1000 Years Of The Art Of Japanese Books at Brunei Gallery, SOAS, 10 Thornhaugh Street, WC1H 0XG Russell Square FREE, 10.30am8pm, Until Jun 22. An exhibition of treasures from Tenri Central Library in Japan, which holds an extraordinary collection of rare books.

Wednesday April 17

Energy Conversations: Beyond High Tech: Talk at The Building Centre, Store Street, WC1E 7BT Goodge Street FREE, ticketed, 6.30pm. Energy industry speakers discuss the building of airconditioned glass towers in the country.

The Middle Kingdom Ride: 2 Brothers, 2 Motorcycles, 1 Epic Adventure In China: Lecture at London School Of Economics, Houghton Street, WC2A 2AE Temple FREE, 6.30pm8pm. With Colin and Ryan Pyle and chair Nick Burne.

Hammersmith & City Line Saturday, no service between King’s Cross St Pancras and Barking.

Metropolitan Line Saturday, no service between Harrowon-the-Hill and Uxbridge and between Baker Street and Aldgate. Rail replacement buses operate.

Northern Line Saturday and Sunday, no service between High Barnet, Mill Hill East and Archway. Replacement buses operate.

Piccadilly Line Saturday and Sunday, no service between Acton Town and Uxbridge.

Replacement buses operate between Acton Town and Rayners Lane, for connections with replacement buses to Uxbridge.

For the latest information visit tfl.gov.uk 18 Scout London scoutlondon.com

Saturday April 20

Thursday April 18 Nicholas Collon: Talk at Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, W1U 2BF Bond Street FREE, ticketed, 6.30pm.

The conductor talks about his work and influences.

Professor Chris French: Weird Science: An Introduction To Anomalistic Psychology: Talk at Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, WC1R 4RL Holborn FREE, donations welcome, 7pm, doors 6.30pm. The Professor looks into paranormal phenomena.

Homer’s Iliad: Myth Or History?: Talk at British Museum, Great Russell Street, WC1B 3DG Russell Square FREE, 1.15pm-2pm. Gallery talk.

Who, What, Where, When And Why: How European Leaders Lost The Plot And Went To War In 1914: Lecture at National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, SW3 4HT Sloane Square FREE, 12.30pm. A talk from Professor Christopher Clark.

Mary Berry: Book Signing at Waterstones, Kensington, 193 High Street Kensington, W8 6SH High Street Kensington FREE, 1.30pm-2.30pm. The baking and cookery legend signs copies of her new book.

David Bowie Changed My Life: Talk at Victoria & Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, SW7 2RL South Kensington £9, concs £6, adv booking required, 6.30pm-7.30pm. Join the discussion to reflect on what David Bowie means to his fans.

Curatorial Tour: James Watt And Our World at Science Museum, Exhibition Road, SW7 2DD South Kensington FREE, 6.45pm-11.55pm. When Watt died in 1819, his workshop near Birmingham, was locked and its contents left undisturbed as an ‘industrial shrine’.

Jones The Bones: Talk at Science Museum, Exhibition Road, SW7 2DD South Kensington FREE, 12.30pm1pm, 2pm-2.30pm. Take a journey around the human body with the clever character.

Spring Time, Music And Dance In Ancient Mexico: Talk at British Museum, Great Russell Street, WC1B 3DG Russell Square FREE, 1.15pm-2pm.

With Elizabeth Baquedano.

Textures In Watercolour: Workshop at Bankside Gallery, 48 Hopton Street, SE1 9JH Blackfriars £45, mems £40, 11.30am-5.30pm. Students will be encouraged to use a variety of watercolour techniques.

The Toshiba Japan Ceramics Residency: Keiko Masumoto at Victoria & Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, SW7 2RL South Kensington FREE, 1pm. Watch Masumoto at work and find out more about her processes and Japanese ceramic trends.

Welcome To Plato’s Cave: UnderStanding And The Meaning Of Life: Talk at Bishopsgate Institute, 230 Bishopsgate, EC2M 4QH Liverpool Street FREE, 2.30pm.

A talk about Plato’s allegory of the cave.

Culture Now: Hanaa Mallalah In Conversation With Mo Throp: Talk at ICA, 12 Carlton House Terrace, The Mall, SW1Y 5AH Charing Cross £5, FREE, 1pm. The artist talks about her art on the 10th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq.

The Farrago Spring Slam! at RADA, 6264 Gower Street, WC1E 6ED Goodge Street £6, concs £5, 7.30pm.

With UK and international poets.

Dance Workshop For Everyone With Irene Wernli at Swiss Church, 79 Endell Street, WC2H 9DY Covent Garden £8, 1.30pm-3pm. Learn dance steps and routines.

Kat Francois at Theatre Royal Stratford East, Gerry Raffles Square, E15 1BN Stratford FREE, 8pm. Spoken word, music and comedy from various acts,

Friday April 19

Weekend travel update

Circle Line Saturday, no service between Hammersmith and Moorgate.

Roman Fort Visit: Guided Tour at Museum Of London, 150 London Wall, EC2Y 5HN Barbican phone for prices, 2pm-2.30pm, 3pm-3.30pm. See the military camp’s remains.

Sunday April 21

Press Association Images

ONGOING

W IN N E R : W BES T SHO F O S T E R ’S H E D IN B U R G C O M E DY 12 AWA R D 2 0 t, est, funnies g n a r t s e h ‘T g hour I’ve in it c x e t s o m e Fringe so spe nt a t t h ing mix of n n u t s A far… y.’ d sy m met r anarchy an Times

««««

arless, ‘The most fe festival full-impac t I have appearance nt years.’ seen in rece

W IN N E R : A R D B A R R Y AW E N MELBOUR NAL IO IN T E R N AT CO M E DY 012 2 F E S T IVA L ‘Thrillingly ble unpredic ta sly funny.’ and gloriou Time Out

««««

W IN N E R : AT R E T O TA L T H E12 AWA R D 2 0

«««S« t a n da r d Evening

R O T C O D N W BRO

ent s @ PB J pres M as on Si ster e th & e tr So ho Th ea

H BEFRDFGtT20 Apr, 7.30pm r – Sa Mon 25 Ma

020 7478 0100 SOHOTHEATRE.COM

21 DEAN STREET, LONDON W1D 3NE

Shake it hard 5

MeatMarket

The Deck, Jubliee Market Hall, Tavistock Street, WC2E 8BE

MeatLiquor’s little sister in Jubilee Market has three regular hard shakes on the menu: Vanilla & Rum, Bourbon & Maple Syrup, and our favourite, Chocolate & Mozart Liqueur. It’s a beguiling, bittersweet blend of dark chocolate spirit and sweet, Nesquick-a-like milkshake that’s enormously addictive. In fact, it’s almost a bigger draw than the meat itself...

4

The Diner

190 Shaftesbury Avenue, WC2H 8JL

Given the Americans’ love of a good shake, it’s no surprise that diners were among the first to bring them to our city. There are nine options on the menu at the seven Diner branches across town, including our creamy favourite that mixes hazelnut and pistachio ice-creams with Baileys. An option blending Nutella, brandy and chocolate ice-cream comes a close second.

Milkshakes may seem more US diner than London bar, but the garish, sweet drinks are losing their childlike innocence and popping up on hip cocktail lists, only with alcohol instead of cherries. These aren’t milkshakes, they’re hard shakes. Ben Norum shakes it all about

2

Camden Blues Kitchen

111-113 Camden High Street, NW1 7JN

The philosophy here is to leave it up to diners to customise their own shake however they want it. This means that you’re able to fuse healthy, freshly-mixed berries with zesty Cointreau at the same time as ordering an Oreo milkshake with added peanut butter and a double shot of bourbon. Hey, you could even mix the two if you felt so inclined.

3

Burger & Shake 47 Marchmont Street, WC1N 1AP

The Ovaltini shake at this trendy Bloomsbury burger joint is just about as fun as its name suggests. It mixes coconut, rum, tequila and malted toffee liqueur and comes served in a martini glass.

It’s best described as a vaguely tropical version of its namesake bedtime drink, but the only way this punchy number could put you to sleep is if you drink so many you pass out.

1

Riding House Café

43-51 Great Titchfield Street, W1W 7PQ

Hard shakes get plenty of attention at this Fitzrovia brasserie, and they feel more grown up for it. The Pie & Scoop mixes gin, lemon juice, vanilla ice cream, milk and Crème de Mur blackberry liqueur to create a light shake not far removed from crumble and custard, while the Liquid Toblerone blends Baileys, Frangelico, Kahlua, honey and chocolate ice-cream to taste exactly as it’s named. Only with a bit more of a booze hit, obviously. The inspiration for the latter comes from the bar manager, Sergio Aboy, who says: “I’ve always been prone to bourbon on my vanilla ice cream as it gives it a nice kick. The more creative the combination the more ingenious the shake.”

SHAKING MAD!

DID YOU KNOW...

COMING SOON!

ALSO TRY:

For the most mental, try Lumiere in Hackney, where cakes are shoved into a blender with spirits.

When the term ‘milkshake’ was first used, it referred to an alcoholic drink made with whisky and eggs, which was served both medicinally and for a treat.

Danny Meyer, of US institution Shake Shack, is opening in Covent Garden this summer. Look for Concretes, drinks which blend thick frozen custard and spirits.

All Star Lanes • The Automat, Mayfair • The Breakfast Club • Byron Hamburgers • Ed’s Diner • Love Shake, Shoreditch • Lucky 7, Westbourne Park

88 Chatsworth Road, E5 0LS 20 Scout London scoutlondon.com

Top Ten

korean

Cook your own meat on a tabletop BBQ 1 Asadal WC1V 7DA Holborn Tightly packed and atmospheric, hot udon is a 2 Koba highlight W1T 1NA Goodge Street

3

Kimchee Slick setting with a large range of small and large plates WC1V 6EA Holborn

A whole list of Korean wines alongside 4 Cah-chi the food menu SW18 4HP Earlsfield

Cult Korean street food served where it should 5 Kimchi be – on the street location varies

Small, authentic, cheap, friendly and family-run 6 Naru WC2H 8EG Tottenham Court Road

The clue’s in the name: mixed rice served in a 7 Bibimbap sizzling bowl W1D 4DJ

Tottenham Court Road

8

Corean Chilli A traditional Korean cafe that oozes charm. Ignore the spelling WC2H 0NE Leicester Square

Cee Neh Hearty stews are especially good at this 9 Jee favourite with Koreans KT3 4NU

10

New Malden

Kaya Smarter & more expensive than most, but boasting refined flavours W1S 4JH Green Park

Seven Park Place St James’s ££££ It’s fair to say that Seven Park Place is one of London’s lesser-known Michelin-starred restaurants. Chef William Drabble has held the one-star accolade for over two years now, but receives relatively little attention compared to contemporaries such as Arbutus, Hibiscus and Nobu. If everyone knew about Drabble, who originally gained renown for taking over from Gordon Ramsay when the celeb chef left his first restaurant, Aubergine in Chelsea, over ten years ago, then getting a table at this latest venue of his would be a nightmare.

Seven Park Place is small, with just 26 covers, and a bent, narrow corridor of a space means it really feels it. Thick carpet and glaring golden wallpaper treads somewhere between exuberant and excessive, and is in danger of crossing the line between intimacy and claustrophobia. But if there were a restaurant equivalent to the expression ‘don’t judge a book by its cover’, then Seven Park Place would prove it wrong: just like the room, the dishes served are captivating and intense, somewhat over-the-top and really quite small.

Diners can choose their menu: two courses for £55, three for £61, and a seven-course tasting menu for £72; the latter may be firmly on the special-occasion-only scale, but offers by far the best value. Seared foie gras comes with roasted pear and ginger soup, and is made phenomenal by its juicy, quaking consistency, which is almost mousse-like; the refreshing flavours of the cool

soup stop the richness ever becoming cloying.

Next up is a dish described as ‘seared scallops’, though to be accurate it needs to lose the plural.

Our scallop is perfectly moist, served on a creamy celeriac purée and anointed with a smoky sauce specked with crispy bacon pieces. Poached lobster tail comes with cauliflower purée and a buttery sauce is an equally well-executed and glamorous follow-up. A fish course consists of a plump minifillet of crisp-skinned sea bass in a rich and delicious red wine sauce; the main course is a small chunk of lamb fillet, cooked beautifully rare and oozing flavour, with just a little thymescented jus for good measure.

Everything eaten is picturesque, precise and, for what is served, pretty close to perfect.

There’s just something about the Seven Park Place experience which feels incomplete. Even after our intensely indulgent and exquisitely executed banana parfait and caramelised milk pudding, it feels like we’ve enjoyed an array of taste-packed appetisers rather than a truly satisfying meal. If it’s possible for such a thing to exist, this is fine dining by numbers. It’s easy to tell the quality of cooking here, and William Drabble will no doubt be a much bigger name in the near future, but right now Seven Park Place feels like a stepping stone. £72 is quite a lot to pay for a stepping stone. Ben Norum 7-8 Park Place, SW1A 1LS Green Park scoutlondon.com Scout London 21

Hot Stuff Vauxhall £

Old Mary’s Bayswater ££

A small market street on the wrong side of Vauxhall station, sandwiched between a council estate and a supersize Sainsbury’s, is the setting for this truly unique Indian. A proverbial hidden gem for 10 years, it has recently gained attention from food bloggers and now extends to almost double capacity. The charm is still very much alive. On entering, we’re shown to the table, brought glasses and a corkscrew to facilitate our BYO wine drinking, and asked if the chef may prepare a set meal for us rather than have us bother to browse the menu. What follows is a twocourse feast of intricately spiced paneer, plump squash bhajis, tender lamb in a rich cumin-led sauce, vibrant, spiced king prawns, a creamy chicken curry, and one of the biggest freshly baked garlic naans we’ve seen. All for around a tenner a head. Hot stuff, indeed. Ben Norum

The Mitre Townhouse seems like any other spruced-up London pub, but there’s more going on than even many regulars know. While the Lord Craven Grill one floor up serves British gastropub grub, the basement hosts this new cocktail haunt. Rocking a dungeon chic, it knocks up punchy classics such as Sipsmith gin martinis and a bloody mary made with port, alongside an impressive selection of local craft beers and a nifty line in hotdogs. The Lord Craven Dog tops a standard frankfurter sausage with brilliantly succulent pulled pork and homemade mustard mayo, while the signature London Dog tops the same sausage with ham hock, capers, mustard and apple and sage jelly. Sure, it’s attempting to cash in on a foodie trend, but in the process they’ve created a lair we’d be extremely happy to frequent. Do the same if you’re nearby. BN

23 Wilcox Road, SW8 2XA

24 Craven Terrace, W2 3QH

Vauxhall

Lancaster Gate

Salvador & Amanda Holborn ££

Good Earth Wandsworth ££

Following in the footsteps of the original , situated in Leicester Square, this second branch of the all-day Spanish eatery has opened up near Holborn station. A fun-time vibe is fuelled by large paellas and equally oversized jugs of sangria, but Salvador & Amanda’s menu also has a more serious side. Highlights include crab meat croquettes, confit pork belly cooked in pork lard, and a dish of crisp potato squares served sizzling in a frying pan topped with a runny-yolked egg. There’s no great finesse, and nothing feels particularly authentic, but at around £5 for a decent-sized tapas dish, it’d be churlish not to sit back and enjoy it for what it is. We’re not sure about the digestive biscuits served with a cheese and ham platter, and admit we cannot see the point in topping plump, tender scallops with burnt-tasting raisins, but we’ll put aside our petty qualms until mañana as this is unashamed fiesta food. BN

If you’re a fan of bright, gloopy sweet and sour with unidentified fried objects, this isn’t for you. If not, then tuck in: load up the Lazy Susan with meaty chicken dumplings, lettuce wraps, sticky ribs and prawns in a whiskery batter (a posh version of prawn toast). Then move on to the signature specials: meltingly tender fillet steak cooked in a clay pot at the table; and the pièce de résistance, a beautifully fresh and fragrant whole steamed seabass, simply flavoured with ginger, soy and spring onion to let the quality of the fish shine. It’s worth asking for chilli oil to pimp up a side of aubergines, which are just a shade short of umami addictiveness. Desserts will fulfil the need for a guilty pleasure with deep fried banana, a classically good crème brûlée, or a curve ball of lychees, peeled for your convenience. This isn’t your average Chinese, it’s an upscale, luxury treat. Farah Shafiq

1 Vernon Place, WC1A 2EP

11 Bellevue Road, SW17 7EG

22 Scout London scoutlondon.com

Holborn

Wandsworth Common

Exhibition sponsored by

BOOZERS & BYGONES pint-sized pieces of history...

F

or modern Londoners, the Prospect is a favourite spot for a pint by the river. In fact, it has 57 been just that since Wapping Wall, 1543, when it was E1W 3SJ built near London’s expanding docks.

By the 1680s, this proximity gave it a reputation as a favourite meeting place for smugglers and other villains, and thus became known as Devil’s

The Prospect of Whitby

Tavern. It was largely destroyed by fire in the 18th century, and, perhaps understandably, renamed when it was rebuilt, taking the name the Prospect of Whitby from a ship that was moored nearby. Today the sense of history is immense as you walk around both floors; look out for the supporting poles which are made of ships’ masts and the bar made from original barrels. The most poignant piece of history, though, is the hangman’s noose which swings over the river from the terrace. Eerie stuff.

THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE gossip from the foodie frontline...

JUST OPENED

BOOK NOW

Poppies 30 Hawley Crescent, NW1 8NL Camden Town ££ The Spitalfields branch of Poppies is one of London’s most popular chippies – you just have to see the queue outside to know that. This new opening brings the same format to Camden. A vast 110-seater space should help keep queues to a manageable length, while a post-war London makeover means the space is suitably trendy. Fish and chips are accompanied by locally sourced products: ice creams from Marine Ices in Chalk Farm, beers from Camden Town Brewery, and coffee from Nude in Brick Lane.

ONE Table Dining Club Soho Kitchen Club, 2nd Floor, 34-35 D’Arblay Street, W1F 8EY Tottenham Court Road ££ Last year Chris Caudle ran (and very quickly sold out) four similar events in Soho; this next one is taking place on April 29. An open-plan kitchen, music and communal table give you the feeling of being in someone’s home, even if you’re not and the £35 four-course meal is a good way to meet new food-loving faces.

Dishes include lamb breast stuffed with preserved lemons, home-smoked guinea fowl and a marzipan ball with cherry foam and pistachio. enquiries@christophercaudle.co.uk

coming soon

Beagle 397-399 Geffrye Street, E2 8HZ Hoxton ££ Last week saw the opening of this much-hyped new restaurant from James Ferguson, who was previously head chef at Rochelle Canteen. Taking up three railway arches close to Hoxton station, it serves modern British dishes, with an emphasis on the kitchen’s traditional wood grill as a cooking method. The menu features pig’s head croquette and a custard tart with poached rhubarb.

JUST STARTED

Kimchi Cult, featured in our top 10 Korean restaurants selection, is due to start a six-month residency at the Black Heart pub in Camden. The menu will feature their street food favourites like kimchi burgers and bulgogi fries, plus new dishes such as LA-inspired Korean tacos. They will serve from Tuesday to Saturday.

This June will see the inaugural Toast festival come to Shoreditch. It’s described as being “a celebration of food and ideas” and an opportunity to “discuss and debate... what Londoners eat and drink”. There are set to be workshops, talks, book signings and more: Fuchsia Dunlop, Bompas & Parr and Kerb’s Petra Barran are already involved.

24 Scout London scoutlondon.com

Jamie Oliver’s flagship restaurant Fifteen is undergoing a major revamp.

Re-opening later this month, ex-St John chef Jon Rotheram has taken the helm, and the menu has been rejigged to include a bigger focus on sharing plates. We’ve heard that the team have previously struggled to put the restaurant on the map as a foodie destination in its own right, instead relying on drawing in Jamie fans for the celeb factor.

The Hakkasan group has closed its Asian restaurant Chrysan just six months after it opened. In an official statement, the restaurant giant, which also has venues in America, Dubai and India, has said it’s still “considering options” for the site.

#WineWednesdays at the SkyRoom 5th floor, Magdalen House, 136-148 Tooley Street, SE1 2TU London Bridge £ The charismatic enophiles behind A Grape Night In - Laura and Kiki - have just launched their latest weekly popup night. The theme of the tasting will change monthly, with April’s being ‘SKINT!’ and focusing on drinking well for as little money as possible. Each £20 tasting ticket includes a wine cocktail on arrival and a tutored tasting of at least three wines matched with three small plates of food. Sessions run every Wednesday from 6-8pm or 8-10pm agrapenightin.co.uk

The Social Eating House 5859 Poland Street, W1F 7NR Oxford Circus £££ Jason Atherton’s follow-up to award-winning restaurant Pollen Street Social is set to open on Friday. Pollen Street’s head chef Paul Hood will be in charge on a day-to-day basis, while upstairs bar, the Blind Pig, will be run by the original restaurant’s bar manager. The food is set to include peppered heart and kidney, and London honey sponge served with goat’s curd, while something called a Thermonuclear Daiquiri is on the drinks list.

1 Leicester Street 1 Leicester Street, WC2H 7BL Leicester Square ££ The ill-fated St John Hotel in Chinatown went into administration last year, along with the lauded St John Chinatown restaurant. But it seems the eatery is – to some extent, at least – to rise from the ashes. New boutique hotel 1 Leicester Street will open on the site at the beginning of May, and although there are lots of changes in store, head chef Tom Harris remains, as does much of the restaurant’s menu and ethos.

Scout London Price Guide ££££ Over £19 per main £££ £14-18 ££ £9-13 £ Under £9

WIN!

A three-course lunch for two, a glass of champagne or cocktail each, all set in a private vault at new City Champagne bar, Voltaire TWEET TO ENTER : @ScoutLondon @VoltaireBar #FeedMeScout Follow both Twitter accounts and use the hashtag above to enter.

Winners will be chosen at random. Closing date is April 21 2013.

DRINK IN

COOK IN

1936 Biere

Make Your Own Chilli Sauce Kit

This new pilsner-style beer has one major distinction: it is the only Swiss beer available in the UK. Named after the postcode of the famous ski destination, Verbier, it is a beer which is all about crisp refreshment and a clear taste rather than layers of flavour. It is brewed with pure spring water from deep within the Alps, and made using barley from 1,650m above sea level, which supposedly gives it a longer time in the sun, creating a more rounded end result. A Swiss beer may be an off-piste choice for a thirst-quenching summer sip, but 1936 is certainly easy drinking enough to do the job. Be aware that at 4.8%, it’s a lot stronger than it tastes, though!

If you like your food hot, this kit is a great way of spicing up your life. It comes with three different varieties of chilli seed and all the guidance you need to grow them on your balcony, and – once they’re ready – the recipes, jars, sauce bottles and labels that you need to turn them into chilli jams, chutneys and sauces. There’s even a funnel included! All that’s left to do is to decide how hot you want to go... £14.99, available from prezzybox.com

Available to drink at Mosimann in Belgravia, Jaks Bar in Knightsbridge and The Lucky Pig in Fitzrova. Order online at 1936biere.com

scoutlondon.com Scout London 25

‘One of the most stunning pieces of theatre I have ever seen’ Baz Bamigboye · Daily Mail · 22 Feb 2013

12

First ‘Cabaret’ then ‘Chicago’ and now...

TONY AWARD

®

NOMINATIONS

N DIRECTIO

Y

OGR APH

& CHORE

SUSAN AN TROM AVID FRED DTHOMPSON S EBB BOOK

ND LYRIC

MUSIC A

S

JOHN R AND KANDE

A YOUNG VIC AND CATHERINE SCHREIBER PRODUCTION

18 OCT – 23 NOV 020 7922 2922 YOUNGVIC.ORG

Supported by

@ScottsboroLDN

PHOTOGRAPH: CHRIS NASH

Let there be flight Spring is finally here. Cool and blustery to a fault, it’s the perfect time of year to indulge in a spot of kite-flying.

Whether you’re a novice or a pro, there are lots of great kites on the market to suit all ages and abilities

Kiter pilot

double the fun

let’s go butter-fly a kite

There are no complicated instructions or parts to lose with this fun kids’ kite – it’s all-in-one, and simply pops into shape like an umbrella.

Eolo 3D Pop-Up Fighter Plane Kite, £17.50, from amazon.co.uk

This kite’s sliding bridle lets you convert it easily from a stable single-line kite to a high speed, acrobatic dual-line stunt kite, making it a great choice for a family of both beginners and daredevils.

Prism Switch Kite, £39.99, from kiteworld.co.uk

This mini kite is ideal for young children – it’s small, light, designed to fly in low wind, and looks dazzling up in the sky.

Mini Butterfly Kite, £7.45, from amazon.co.uk

airborne to be wild

taking the plunge

another trick in the fall

Experienced pilots wanting to up the stakes should try this all-rounder power kite, which has a winning combination of quick response and raw power.

Flexifoil Proteam 2-Line Power Kite, £122.99, from powerkiteshop.com

This very affordable two-line stunt kite is a great option for someone who wants to start experimenting with some airborne acrobatics.

HQ Orion Stunt Kite Rainbow, £15.99, from skyhighkites.co.uk

This impressive stunt kite is for slightly more experienced pilots. It’s the perfect machine for dazzling, high-velocity tricks.

Vision Stunt Kite, £83.99, from skyhighkites.co.uk

scoutlondon.com Scout London 27

28 Scout London scoutlondon.com

Warning: It’s very graphic Cecelia Huntress (gold foil) © Dan Hillier. Represented by Nelly Duff / Shaun the Sheep © Aardman Animations Ltd 2013 / 7. Mermaid © Liam Barrett. Member of the Puck collective / Rapture © Stuart Patience / Dr Huxtable © Dan Button. Member of the Hero of Switzerland collective / © Kevin Meredith / Gas Station © Emma Kelly. Represented by Handsome Frank

The Pick Me Up graphic arts festival gets underway this week. Here’s a taste of what’s in store

W

ant to make models of Shaun the Sheep (right) under the guidance of experts from the Aardman animation studio that created him?

Or watch foul-mouthed comedy cartoon duo Modern Toss create the F**kyeux Tapestry – aiming to be the world’s longest cartoon, with the highest number of profanities? Or maybe you simply want to browse some of the finest graphic art currently being produced in the UK? Either way, the Pick Me Up festival at Somerset House is the place for you. Kicking off this weekend, the 10-day event is a great place to see (and buy) contemporary art, design and illustration by some of the country’s most talented artists, and an opportunity to take part in

Bird’s eye view Cecelia Huntress (gold foil) by Dan Hillier (main pic left)

workshops held by highprofile experts.

Sections of Somerset House will be turned into bespoke exhibition spaces, taking on the appearance of a tattoo parlour, a toy shop, a flower stall and a pub, each curated by cutting-edge design houses or galleries such as Shoreditch luminaries Beach London and Nelly Duff, and Bristol’s SOMA. There will also be practical classes in screen printing, led by Print Club London, and the festival’s own Pick Me Up Selects room will showcase individual creatives such as east London street artist Malarkey and satirical illustrator Jean Jullien of Dodo Magazine.

The Guardian’s Digital Agency will be among those hosting talks, and prodigiously talented 12-year-old

Driving talent Gas Station by Emma Kelly

comic book artist Zoom Rockman, whose award-winning comic book The Zoom! is stocked around the capital, will have one of his scenes recreated in life-size form.

Kids are catered for over the Children’s Choice weekend (April 20-21), with storytelling sessions and illustration workshops from Axel Scheffler, who illustrated The Gruffalo and other books by Julia Donaldson.

And if all the wandering around gets a bit much, there’ll be a special pop-up nail art bar open to allcomers, as well as temporary tattoos in the tattoo parlour. Those wanting to drink with their design can hang around for one of the evening events, when there’ll be live music and other entertainment until late.

Ariel Winehouse Mermaid by Liam Barrett

Dumbo secret exposed Rapture by Stuart Patience

Pick Me Up: Graphic Arts Festival 2013, April 18-28, £8, £6 concs, £15 for 11 day pass, somersethouse.org.uk/visualarts/pick-me-up-2013

Screen printing There will be demos and workshops

Cosby cartoon Dr Huxtable by Dan Button

scoutlondon.com Scout London 29

A ÂŁ3 booking fee is included in the price of discounted tickets. No booking fee on full price.

TKTS is run by the Society of London Theatre. All profits support the theatre industry.

Central

riflemaker / Sebastiaan Bremer / Richard Patterson

Adam De Boer: Jalan at Riflemaker, 79 Beak Street, W1F 9SU Oxford Circus FREE, Until May 4. A series of paintings fusing Javanese folk art with modern aesthetics.

Richard Ansett at Tenderpixel Gallery, 10 Cecil Court, WC2N 4HE Leicester Square FREE, Until May 4. Award-winning photographs from the London-based artist.

Susan Bower ROI & Tina Morgan SWA at Llewellyn Alexander, 124-126 The Cut, SE1 8LN Waterloo FREE, Until Apr 30. Contemporary British paintings from two leading artists.

Chris Bracey: I’ve Looked Up To Heaven And Been Down To Hell at Scream, 2728 Eastcastle Street, W1J 6QX Oxford Circus FREE, Until Jun 1. The acclaimed London-based neon-artist’s first UK solo exhibition referencing popular culture.

John Brown at Duncan R Miller Fine Arts, 6 Bury Street, SW1Y 6AB Charing Cross FREE, Starts Fri, Until May 10. Vibrant expressionist style paintings from the Scottish artist, combining semi abstract structures, coloured impasto, depth and colour.

Benjamin Butler: In The Midst, Between, Betwixt at Pippy Houldsworth, 6 Heddon Street, W1B 4BT Oxford Circus FREE, Until Apr 27.

American painter’s first solo exhibition in London.

John Davies: Highways at Museum Of London, 150 London Wall, EC2Y 5HN Barbican FREE, Until Jun 16. Photos of major London thoroughfares.

Jillian Edelstein: A Few Portraits at Quaglino’s, 16 Bury Street, SW1Y 6AJ Green Park FREE, Until Jun 1. A series of portraits of international celebrities.

Jacob Epstein: Portrait Sculptor at National Portrait Gallery, 2 St Martin’s Place, WC2H 0HE Embankment FREE, Until Nov 1. A display of portrait busts, mostly made in bronze and made between 1916 and 1951.

Fresh Paint at Lazarides Gallery, 11 Rathbone Place, W1T 1HR Tottenham Court Road FREE, Starts Fri, Until May 16. A group show featuring works by several up-and-coming and established artists.

The Galton Collection UCL at The Galton Collection UCL, Gower Street,

WC1E 6HJ Goodge Street FREE, Until Dec 31. The collection on display once belonged to Sir Francis Galton, a Victorian scientist whose research specialised in criminolgy and identity.

Life And Death In Pompeii And Herculaneum at British Museum, Great Russell Street, WC1B 3DG Russell Square £15, concs £12.50, OAP £7.50, mems/accompanied under 16s/disabled carer FREE, booking essential, Until Sep 29. More than 250 historical artefacts providing an insight into Roman life.

Through American Eyes: Frederic Church And The Landscape Oil Sketch at The National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, WC2N 5DN Leicester Square FREE, Until Apr 28. Paintings by the 19th-century American artist and leading member of the Hudson River School.

In the Warsaw Ghetto: 1941 at London Jewish Cultural Centre, Ivy House, 94-96 North End Road, NW11 7SX Golders Green FREE, donations welcome, Until Apr 25. Poignant monochrome photographs taken in 1941 by a German soldier who was ordered to get behind the Ghetto walls.

East

Vitalic at Hales Gallery, 5-13 Bethnal Green Road, E1 6LA Bethnal Green FREE, Until Jun 1. Highly patterned paintings, painted photographs, collages and sculptures by four up-and-coming international artists.

Richard Patterson at Timothy Taylor Gallery, Carlos Place, 15 Carlos Place, W1K 2EY Bond Street FREE, Starts Fri, Until Jun 1. Contemporary multilayered oil paintings depicting images from popular culture.

Rachel Whiteread: Detached at Gagosian Gallery, Britannia Street, 6-24 Britannia Street, WC1X 9JD King’s Cross St Pancras FREE, Until May 25. A show of latest sculpture from the acclaimed British artist.

David Yarrow: Recent Encounters at Eleven, 11 Eccleston Street, SW1W 9LX Victoria FREE, Until Apr 20. Highcontrast monochrome Giclee-printed photographs of some of the earth’s most exotic wildlife in parts of East Africa and the frozen Antarctic.

David Bailey: East End Faces at William Morris Gallery, William Morris Gallery Forest Road, E17 4PP Walthamstow Central FREE, Until May 26. Celebrity photographer takes time out from the rich and famous.

Mary Fitton: Riverbed Rotherhithe at Oxford House, Derbyshire Street, E2 6HG Bethnal Green FREE, Until Apr 30.

A display of 50 photographs and found objects from the Thames.

The Space Between at The V&A Museum Of Childhood, Cambridge Heath Road, E2 9PA Bethnal Green FREE, Until May 19. Photographs by Tanya Clarke, Peter Gates, Emer Gillespie and Jacqueline McCullough exploring the domestic family environment.

North Jealous Prize Winners: Past & Present at Jealous Gallery, 27 Park Road, N8 8TE Highgate FREE, Until May 5.

Contemporary works in a variety of media created by the winners of the 2012-2013 competition from London’s top art schools.

Serena Korda: Aping The Beast at Camden Arts Centre, Arkwright Road, NW3 6DG Finchley Road FREE, Until May 5. Films and performances, exploring animal symbolism and folklore, including a latex monster puppet.

Duplicity at Transition Gallery, Unit 25a Regent Studios, Andrews Road, E8 4QN Cambridge Heath FREE, Starts Fri, Until May 12. Contemporary paintings and prints by the group of artists.

South Ansel Adams: Photography From The Mountains To The Sea at National Maritime Museum, Romney Road, SE10 9NF Greenwich £7, concs £5, mems FREE, Until Apr 28.

Photographs of the natural landscapes of America.

The Menagerie at Will’s Art Warehouse, 1 Sadlers House, 180 Lower Richmond Road, SW15 1LY Parsons Green FREE, Starts Sat, Until May 30. Works in various media depicting animals and wildlife.

Evelyn De Morgan: The Lost Paintings at The De Morgan Centre, 38 West Hill, SW18 1RX Putney East FREE, plus admission £3.60, with gift aid donation 4, child/Wandsworth Museum Friends £3, Until Apr 20. Drawings and studies of the lost paintings by the English preRaphaelite painter.

Eoghan Ryan: Oh Wicked Flesh! at South London Gallery, 65-67 Peckham Road, SE5 8UH Elephant & Castle FREE, Until May 12. An installation and a short film which features obscure references to everyday encounters.

Jane Ward: Up A Hill Backwards at Bearspace, 152 Deptford High Street, SE8 3PQ New Cross FREE, Until May 18. Contemporary digital prints of reworked land and cityscapes created by the London-based artist.

West Dor Guez: 40 DAYS at The Mosaic Rooms, Tower House, 226 Cromwell Road, SW5 0SW Earl’s Court FREE, Until May 31. A solo exhibition featuring a multi-channel video work and photographic series on the destroyed graves in the Christian Palestinian cemetery in Lod. Bridget Leaman: A Collection Of 10 at Cadogan Contemporary, 87 Old Brompton Road, SW7 3LD South Kensington FREE, Until Apr 27. Colourful abstract landscape paintings created by the contemporary artist who resides on Britain’s most southerly point.

Victor Richardson at The Barbara Stanley Gallery, 27 Connaught Street, W2 2AY East Putney FREE, Starts Tue, Until Apr 30. Soft pastel paintings produced by the Cork-based artist exploring light, texture and colour in the local landscapes.

The Secret Society: A Sculptural Banquet By Kathy Dalwood at PM Gallery And House, Mattock Lane, W5 5EQ Ealing Broadway FREE, Starts Fri, Until Jun 9. An installation of dining plaster figures by the Londonbased artist and designer.

Walk On: 40 Years of Art Walking at PM Gallery And House, Mattock Lane, W5 5EQ Ealing Broadway FREE, Until May 5. Photography, film and installation works from various artists using their travels on foot as inspiration.

scoutlondon.com Scout London 31

come to it thinking, ‘Oh goody, I’m doing Mock the Week’. I think, ‘Oh no, there’s a lot of work that needs to be done now’, and, ‘I hope I can get a word in’.”

The 48-year-old has a big advantage in that respect, as his stand-up style – quirky but concise one-liners – suits the quickfire panel show format perfectly, and some memorable non-sequiturs quickly propelled him to household name status.

Well, household face status, anyway. “Mock the Week fans, they won’t remember my name but they’ll go, ‘Oh yeah, the bloke with the shirts and the hair’. It’s a useful aide-mémoire I’ve stumbled upon,” he chuckles.

The colourful look came about a couple of decades ago, when the aspiring actor and struggling stand-up decided to combine his talents and create a character more suited to oddball gags, which ended up having strong echoes of the great Spike Milligan. Jones then “spent years on the circuit doing a similar 20 minutes” every night. But success has now forced him to up and alter his game.

This Friday he’ll be returning to the stage of the Hammersmith Apollo with new show On the Road. As well as a ream of fresh one-liners, the 90-minute show requires novel musical and visual interludes to break up the onslaught of short, sharp gags – otherwise the audience might end up as wild-eyed as the host. “You

Gagging for it After years as a jobbing comic on the stand-up circuit, a few Mock the Week appearances have helped to make a star of Milton Jones.

The one-line wonder chats to Si Hawkins ahead of a major show at Hammersmith Apollo 32 Scout London scoutlondon.com

need to vary the angle of attack... But it’s all daft,” he reassures us.

This tour is just one of many demands Jones is currently juggling. There’s also another live show to write for October, a new Radio 4 series, a summer of festivals and several episodes of Mock the Week, which require more preparation than you might imagine. A committed Christian, Jones even has his second book of faith-based one-liners coming out later this year. So about that professional schedule…

“It’s quite hard to turn anything down once it’s offered, because you’ve spent years scratching around for work,” he admits. “But my kids are a bit older now anyway, they only come home for money, so I try to make as much of it as I can in the meantime.”

Milton Jones: On the Road, Hammersmith Apollo, April 19, £20, hammersmithapollo.com

IDIL SULKAN, DRAWHQ

I

t’s hard to imagine the everyday, offstage world of Milton Jones. The wild hair and wilder stare suggest a chap who’d struggle to navigate his way through a revolving door, let alone negotiate an increasingly hectic professional schedule. And yet, the bewildered demeanour actually does much for his mental wellbeing, not least by allowing him to slip beneath the radar when he’s not in character.

“It helps me when I’m coming home, because I’m not that bloke then, I’m someone else,” the real and considerably more thoughtful Jones tells Scout. “I’ve got three kids and live in the suburbs – fairly normal. It’s true that after you’ve done comedy for a long time it does affect you as a person – you’re always looking for jokes. But what’s also helpful: people might double-take a lot when they see me, but they can’t quite place who I am without the hair up.”

The long-serving comic’s slightly startled onstage persona is rather apt, given the scale and unexpected nature of his new-found fame. Jones had settled into a life of low-key recognition – the highlight being a relatively successful Radio 4 series, Another Case of Milton Jones – until he met one of Mock the Week’s producers while filming a DVD. It hardly seemed an obvious fit, but he went on to become one of the satirical TV show’s most popular figures – and a bona fide comedy star off the back of it.

“I was very dubious about doing it in the first place, because it didn’t look like my cup of tea, and in a way it sort of still isn’t,” he admits. “I don’t

ONGOING Lewis Schaffer Is Free Until Famous at The Source Below, 11 Lower John Street, W1F 9TY Piccadilly Circus Tue & Wed 8pm, FREE. Self-deprecating standup. Until Apr 24.

Monday April 15

Bill Bailey: Qualmpeddler at Leicester Square Theatre, 6 Leicester Place, WC2H 7BX Leicester Square 9pm, Mon & Tue, £20. Surreal songs and off-the-wall humour from the ever-popular TV panellist.

The Comedy Project at Soho Theatre, 21 Dean Street, W1D 3NE Tottenham Court Road 8pm, £10, concs £8. The writing and performance team present two pieces of new comedy.

Pappy’s: Last Show Ever at Soho Theatre, 21 Dean Street, W1D 3NE Tottenham Court Road Mon-Sat 9pm, Apr 15-20 Mon-Wed £12.50, concs £10, Thu-Sat £15, concs £12.50. Sketch comedy from Matthew Crosby, Ben Clark and Tom Parry.

Stand-Up For GamesAid at Comedy Store, 1a Oxendon Street, SW1Y 4EE Piccadilly Circus 8pm, £10, NUS/ concs £8. With Paul Thorne, The Boy With Tape On His Face, Prince Abdi, Paul McCaffrey, Kev Orkian, The Noise Next Door and MC Imran Yusuf.

ANDY HOLLINGWORTH

Tuesday April 16

Simon Donald’s School Of Swearing at Comedy Cafe, 66-68 Rivington Street, EC2A 3AY Liverpool Street 8pm, £5. A subversive look at what makes language offensive from the cofounder and former editor of Viz.

Festival Of The Spoken Nerd: Technobabble at The Bloomsbury Theatre, 15 Gordon Street, WC1H 0AH Euston Apr 16 & 17, 7.30pm, Apr 18, 8pm, £14, concs £12. Computer-related comedy.

Lolitics at The Black Heart, 3 Greenland Place, NW1 0AP Camden Town phone for times, phone for prices. Anarchic political comedy.

Michael Mittermeier: A German On Safari at Soho Theatre, 21 Dean Street, W1D 3NE Tottenham Court Road Apr 16-20, 7.45pm, £10-£20. Fast-paced wit and intelligent satire.

Russell Peters: The Notorious World Tour at The O2, Peninsula Square, SE10 0DX North Greenwich 8pm, £37.50-£48.50. Improvised humour from the Canadian-Indian stand-up.

Clare Summerskill: Well That Explains It! at Chelsea Theatre, World’s End Place, SW10 0DR Sloane Square Apr 16-20, 7.30pm, Apr 21, 4pm, £14, concs £10. Musical comedy act about sexual orientation.

Wednesday April 17

Thursday April 18 Eleanor Conway: Comedy Rumble at Comedy Cafe, 66-68 Rivington Street, EC2A 3AY Liverpool Street 7.45pm, phone for prices. A comedy chatshow with Mark Dolan, Javier Jarquin, Shazia Mirza and chair Eleanor Conway.

Ivor Dembina: Old Jewish Jokes at The Pembroke Castle, 150 Gloucester Avenue, NW1 8JA Chalk Farm 8.30pm, £5.

Intelligent anecdotes and gags.

Cariad Lloyd And Excellent People at Kings Place, 90 York Way, N1 9AG King’s Cross St Pancras 8pm, £12.50, adv £9.50. Sketch and character comedy act.

The Maydays: Confessions! at Leicester Square Theatre, 6 Leicester Place, WC2H 7BX Leicester Square 8.30pm, £8. Improvisational comedy from the Brighton-based collective.

Open Mic Night at Up The Creek, 302 Udderbelly Festival At Southbank Centre: Time Out Introduces: Time Out Live at Udderbelly Festival At Southbank Centre, Jubilee Gardens, SE1 8XX Embankment 9pm, £12.50 & £17.50, concs £11. With Liam Williams, Sunil Patel, Karl Schultz, Sam Savage, Kwame Asante, Larry Dean, Adam Larter, Matt Rees and MC Andrew Maxwell.

Friday April 19

Tiffany Stevenson: Uncomfortably Numb at Soho Theatre, 21 Dean Street, W1D 3NE Tottenham Court Road Apr 1720, 9.15pm, Wed & Thu £10, Fri & Sat £12.50, concs £10. Winner of the Spirit of the Fringe award in 2012 tackles ageing, racism and class hatred.

Chastity Butterworth And The Spanish Hamster at Leicester Square Theatre, 6 Leicester Place, WC2H 7BX Leicester Square 8.30pm, £6.

Character comedy from Gemma Whelan.

Simon Evans: Friendly Fire at Soho Theatre, 21 Dean Street, W1D 3NE Tottenham Court Road Wed-Sat 9.30pm, Apr 17 £10, Apr 18-20 £15, concs £12.50. Sardonic wit.

Matt Forde’s Political Party at St James Theatre, 12 Palace Street, SW1E 5JA Victoria 8pm, £10 & £15.

Topical stand up in which Forde’s guest is former MP Lembit Opik.

Fight For The Funny! at The Clapham Grand, 21-25 St John’s Hill, SW11 1TT Clapham Common 7pm-10pm, £10.

Quick-fire stand-up as 100 acts perform one joke each.

Robin Ince: The Importance Of Being Interested at Artsdepot, 5 Nether Street, Tally Ho Corner, N12 0GA Finchley Central 8pm, Fri & Sat, £13, concs £11. The co-presenter of Radio 4’s Infinite Monkey Cage new show.

Milton Jones: On The Road at Hammersmith Apollo, Queen Caroline Street, W6 9QH Hammersmith 7pm, £20. Surreal one-liners.

Justin Moorhouse: Justin Time at Leicester Square Theatre, 6 Leicester Place, WC2H 7BX Leicester Square 8.30pm, £14, concs £12. Upbeat humour from the Phoenix Nights actor.

The Claudia O’Doherty Experience at The Invisible Dot Ltd, 2 Northdown Street, N1 9BG Kings Cross 8.45pm, £10.

With special guests Josie Long, Maeve Higgins and Sheeps.

Udderbelly Festival At Southbank Centre: Time Out Live’s Friday Night Freakshow at Udderbelly Festival At Southbank Centre, Jubilee Gardens, SE1 8XX Embankment 9pm, £15.50 & £20.50, concs £14. With MCs Bernadette Byrne and Victor Victoria.

Voices In Your Head: The Phil Jupitus Experiment at Pleasance Theatre, Carpenter’s Mews, North Road, N7 9EF Caledonian Road 8pm9pm, £12. The performer interacts with a disembodied voice on a microphone.

Wolfgang Weinberger’s Sex Guru: The Sexological Comedy Show at

Leicester Square Theatre, 6 Leicester Place, WC2H 7BX Leicester Square 9.30pm, £15 & £24. An offbeat look at sexual relations.

Saturday April 20 Dick Coughlan: Internet Celebrity Aka Anonymous Nobody: Work In Progress at Hen & Chickens, 109 St Paul’s Road, N1 2NA Highbury & Islington 9.30pm, £6. The stand-up tries out new material inspired by the internet.

The Funny Side...Of Covent Garden at The George, 213 Strand, WC2R 1AP Temple 8pm, £12.50. With Stuart Mitchell, Joe Wells, David Baker, The Funny Side Of Earlsfield at Tara Theatre, 356 Garratt Lane, Earlsfield 8pm, £10.

SW18 4ES With Rob Heeney, Kneel Before Zod, Daniel Simonsen, James Alderson and Cameron Blair.

Rich Hall at Blackheath Halls, 23 Lee Blackheath 8pm, Road, SE3 9RQ £16, concs £14. Deadpan wit and dry topical humour from the American.

Monkey Business Comedy Club at Sir Richard Steele, 97 Haverstock Hill, NW3 4RL Chalk Farm 8.45pm, £12.50, concs £10. With Nathan Caton, Rob Beckett, Jonny Lennard, Sarah Callagahan, Richard Todd and MC Martin Besserman.

Ricky Grover Presents The Comedy Shuffle at Aspers Casino Westfield Stratford, Montifichet Road, E20 1EJ Stratford 8pm-10pm,£12. MC Bob Mills welcomes Tim Vine, Glenda Jaxson and John Fothergill for an evening of merriment and mirth.

Udderbelly Festival At Southbank Centre: Tony Law: Maximum Nonsense at Udderbelly Festival At Southbank Centre, Jubilee Gardens, SE1 8XX Embankment 7.45pm, £12.50, concs £11, Sirloin seats £17.50. Surreal and energetic humour from the inventive Canadian stand-up.

Wolfgang Weinberger’s Sex Guru: The Sexological Comedy Show at Leicester Square Theatre, 6 Leicester Place, WC2H 7BX Leicester Square 9.30pm, £15 & £24. An offbeat look at sexual relations.

Word Down Walthamstow at Ye Olde Rose And Crown Theatre Pub, 53-55 Hoe Street, E17 4SA Walthamstow Central 8pm, £5. With Rob Auton, Oh Standfast, Emily Capell, Sebastian Hanley and MC Neal Zetter.

Sunday April 21 Russell Howard’s Good News: Warm Up Show at Tabard Theatre, 2 Bath Road, W4 1LW Turnham Green 7pm, FREE, ticketed. The energetic stand-up works on new material for the latest series of his BBC3 show.

Lewis Schaffer’s American Guide To England at Leicester Square Theatre, 6 Leicester Place, WC2H 7BX Leicester Square 5pm, £10. Controversial humour from the New York stand-up.

scoutlondon.com Scout London 33

Cruising for Oblivion O

lga Kurylenko is enjoying the relative anonymity that London offers.

The former Bond girl has recently moved to the Big Smoke, and is in the process of redecorating her home.

34 Scout London scoutlondon.com

“I love London. It’s such a big city, there’s so many things to do.

It’s culturally rich. If people come up to me, they are usually nice and it doesn’t bother me – so far,” she says.

While some of her counterparts are living it up in the capital, the

33-year-old Ukrainian actress prefers to keep herself to herself, admitting she’s still in the process of meeting new people.

“I’m quite a recluse. I like to lie low,” she continues: “I’m starting to get friends here - it’s hard because

I’m still new here, and most of my friends are in Paris. But London is also close to Paris so I can just take the train and be back in two hours, which is great.”

It’s been a busy few months for Kurylenko, who has been promoting

-

She’s fought baddies with Bond and heads into space in Oblivion, but Olga Kurylenko tells Shereen Low she prefers to keep a low profile offscreen

PA Features Archive-

Olga glad Kurylenko turns on the charm at the Oblivion premiere

Terrence Malick’s To the Wonder and the black comedy Seven Psychopaths. “It’s been a busy few years,” she corrects with a smile.

Having done the customary round-the-world trip to promote her new film Oblivion, she’s back in London for the movie’s UK premiere before jetting off to Taiwan.

As a former model, who graced the covers of Vogue and Elle aged 18, Kurylenko is, as you’d expect, beautifully fresh-faced in person, with sparkling green eyes, tumbling brown hair and an enviable svelte silhouette. Despite the chill outside, she’s wearing a delicate grey shortsleeved knit with black shorts and pointed heels, all courtesy of Fendi.

Oblivion, the epic sci-fi and futuristic adventure from Tron: Legacy director Joseph Kosinski, sees her starring opposite Hollywood royalty in Tom Cruise and Morgan Freeman. So what did she take from the experience?

energy and positivity. It’s just a pleasure to be on set with him.”

In Oblivion, Kurylenko plays Julia Rusakova, who brings turmoil to the lives of Jack Harper (Cruise) and Victoria Olsen (Andrea Riseborough).

Jack thinks he and Victoria are the last people on Earth – until Julia comes along.

“Julia is a mysterious character who falls from the sky. From the moment she appears in Jack and Victoria’s life, she shatters the perfect world they live in,” the actress explains.

“Julia brings chaos into their lives and the story takes a turn on her arrival. She takes Jack on a chaotic journey, which becomes very exciting and is action-packed.

“I learn from people I work with She’s the trigger for Jack to question - great actors like Tom and Morgan, everything he had known before.” who I admire and am so honoured With a glint in her eye, she to have worked with. You just learn teases: “I can also tell you what we how they approach their characters, will know about Julia in the end is how they are on set, with people,” not what we think about her at the she gushes. beginning.”

“It’s always interesting to observe Sci-fi acting has its advantages, someone. Everyone is so unique too: she relished the sleep box which and different. They are both such Julia arrives in. “I love it. I don’t like professional and wonderful people rollercoasters or heights, but I have to be around.” no problem being locked in a box.

She reveals she was initially It was so comfortable,” she says. tentative, though, about the thought “It was also soundproof – it was so of working alongside Cruise. “I was quiet in there so it was my relaxing nervous about meeting him in the moment. The others were always beginning, of course, but when I worried they should open the box as met him, he was so open, kind and soon as we cut, but I’d say, ‘Don’t welcoming that right away I relaxed worry guys, just leave me here’.” and felt like I’ve known him for a Far from sleeping, though, while,” she recalls.

Kurylenko enjoyed throwing herself “That’s the great thing about him. into the action scenes.

He makes every person feel that way.

“It is so much fun making action Tom is a generous partner. He takes films. We just get to do so many cool care of everyone on set and he lights things and play with so many cool up the room with his enthusiasm, gadgets that you don’t get to do in

your normal life,” she says.

The actress, who first found international fame as Daniel Craig’s sidekick Camille Montes in Quantum of Solace, had to get back into shape for her Oblivion role.

“I had to go to the gym for just a month, to get in shape and show that Julia is somewhat tough because we realise she’s gone through very hard tests to be able to go into space.

But it was nothing like Quantum of Solace where I did six months’ training,” she says.

Having worked with some of Hollywood’s hottest men, such as Cruise, Ben Affleck, Craig and Michael Fassbender, she’s staying diplomatic about her favourite costar. “You can’t compare people really,” she says. “They are all wonderful and have completely different personalities from each other. But they were all truly professional, fun to work with and hard-working actors.”

With 007 playing such a big part of her life, does she mind the Bond girl tag? “I don’t mind because it will always stay in history. I am rather proud to be a part of that legacy and I had a great time on set,” she explains.

But having starred in Max Payne, action film Hitman and thriller The Expatriate, Kurylenko’s now looking to add more comic roles to her CV. “I’d love to do a romantic comedy.

Romantic characters or funny ones would be fun,” she says.

“I took part in Seven Psychopaths and that was so much fun. Too bad it was a small part because it’s hilarious.”

Oblivion is in cinemas now scoutlondon.com Scout London 35

new releases

Olympus Has Fallen (15) Blockbuster season kicks off with an almighty bang courtesy of Antoine Fuqua’s testosterone-fuelled action thriller, which is essentially Die Hard in the White House, replete with a gung-ho Secret Service agent (Gerard Butler) waging a one-man war on the gang of Korean terrorists responsible for decimating Capitol Hill and holding the president (Aaron Eckhart) and his advisors hostage. Plausibility is a stranger to Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedict’s script, but what Olympus Has Fallen lacks in logic it makes up for in thrilling, high-octane set pieces that guarantee a healthy three-figure body count in the opening hour alone. Butler grimaces, growls and flexes his sweat-drenched pecs, while spitting out the occasional dour one-liner. Damon Smith

Love Is All You Need (15) Award-winning Danish director Susanne Bier (In a Better World, Things We Lost in the Fire) foregoes dark, festering emotions for a change, donning her sunglasses and SPF25 for this frothy romantic comedy set in an idyllic villa in Sorrento where an English widower (Pierce Brosnan) and unhappily married Danish hairdresser (Trine Dyrholm) come together to celebrate the impending nuptials of their respective children (Sebastian Jessen, Molly Blixt Egelind) and kindle a spark of attraction of their own. The wedding conceit and sun-baked locales conjure fond memories of Mamma Mia!, but Love Is All You Need dodges the ABBA songbook while still peddling a winning formula of fizzing dialogue and flirtatious glances. The script moves fluidly between Danish and English, galvanised by sparkling screen chemistry between Brosnan and Dyrholm. DS

Evil Dead (18) In 1981, Sam Raimi reinvigorated the horror genre with The Evil Dead, a deliciously twisted and blackly humorous journey of terror centred on five university students who encounter a malevolent force in the Tennessee hills. Fede Alvarez’s gore-slathered remake is unlikely to make a similar cultural impact, stumbling down a familiar narrative path with Mia (Jane Levy), who decides to kick her drug dependency by going cold turkey in a log cabin, supported by her big brother (Shiloh Fernandez), his girlfriend (Elizabeth Blackmore) and two friends (Lou Taylor Pucci, Jessica Lucas).

The gratuitous bloodletting begins in earnest and Alvarez’s special effects team go into overdrive as the shrieking cast are sliced and eviscerated by an electric carving knife, shards of shattered glass and a pneumatic nail gun. DS

36 Scout London scoutlondon.com

Also showing

The Exorcist (18)

2nd Argentine Film Festival

Almost 40 years since it premiered in New York, William Friedkin’s notorious psychological horror still has the power to shock and unsettle even the most steely-nerved viewer. Linda Blair gives a frighteningly convincing performance as a 12-year-old girl possessed by a demonic spirit, with Ellen Burstyn in support as her terrified mother teetering on the verge of mental meltdown and the majestic Max Von Sydow as the priest who faces evil head on. Unlike contemporary horror, there’s very little on-screen violence, gore or special effects trickery, but that is Friedkin’s genius, encouraging our imaginations to run amok. The Exorcist is an incredible piece of film-making, which grabs you by the throat and refuses to let go for two white-knuckle hours. DS

South American film-making goes from strength to strength and the second outing of this compact film festival brings together a tempting array of fiction, documentaries and imaginative shorts, including Daniel Burman’s crowd-pleasing romantic comedy All In (La Suerte En Tus Manos) (pictured) (Apr 18-19) about a neurotic divorcée (Jorge Drexler) searching for second-time love. Gary Lineker appears in the fascinating documentary The Lost World Cup (Il Mundial Dimenticato) (Apr 20-21), preceded by a football-themed party in the Ritzy’s upstairs bar with music courtesy of DJ Sergio Schuchinsky. Meanwhile, internationally renowned director Carlos Sorín’s touching drama Gone Fishing (Días De Pesca) is confirmed for the coveted Surprise Film slot (Apr 19). DS

Apr 15, 8pm, doors 7pm, free. The Alibi, 91 Kingsland High Street, Dalston, E8 2PB Dalston Kingsland

Apr 17-21, times vary, free-£13.60. Brixton Ritzy and selected cinemas, Brixton Oval, Coldharbour Lane, SW2 1JG Brixton

Tyrannosaur (18)

Rian Johnson Double Bill (15)

Screening as part of the Warp Films at 10 season, Paddy Considine’s incendiary feature directorial debut is a harrowing portrait of domestic abuse, distinguished by tour-de-force performances from Olivia Colman, Peter Mullan and Eddie Marsan as a volatile triangle of tainted love and self-loathing. Joseph (Mullan) lives alone on a rundown housing estate, permanently drunk and fuming. Haunted by memories of the unspeakable horrors he inflicted on his wife, he searches for redemption and finds it in Christian charity shop worker, Hannah (Colman), who is trapped in an abusive relationship of her own. Joseph recognises the signs of a man’s fists and offers Hannah sanctuary. Unfortunately, the battered wife cannot hide forever. DS

Acclaimed writer-director Johnson will take part in a Q&A session between screenings of his recent sci-fi minder-bender Looper and his glorious 2005 debut, Brick (pictured), a classic noir detective story set in a modern-day California high school. Brick casts Joseph GordonLevitt as geeky outsider Brendan Frye, who is devastated when his ex-girlfriend Emily (Emilie de Ravin) is found dead in a tunnel. Guided by insider information from The Brain (Matthew O’Leary), Brendan retraces Emily’s last steps, leading him to a rogue’s gallery of classmates including seductive rich girl Laura (Nora Zehetner), vampish old flame Kara (Megan Good), hard-hitting thug Tugger (Noah Fleiss), pothead Dode (Noah Segan) and football jock Brad (Brian J White). Diabolically twisted and achingly stylish. DS

Apr 21, 6.10pm, Apr 26, 8.40pm, Apr 27, 6.20pm, £5-£10, concs/ mems £5-£8.50. BFI Southbank, Belvedere Road, SE1 8XT Waterloo

Apr 15, 6.50pm, £12, mems £7. The Prince Charles Cinema, 7 Leicester Place, WC2H 7BY Leicester Square scoutlondon.com Scout London 37

Twenty-five years after leaving Neighbours, queen of pop Kylie Minogue is returning to British TV screens in an acting role.

She chats to Kate Whiting about stage personas and the secret to her unending success

I

t’s slightly surreal to hear Kylie’s dulcet tones on the other end of the phone. It’s even stranger to hear her admit that, after 25 years as a hugely successful singer, she misses acting.

The realisation came while filming the critically acclaimed Franco-German fantasy Holy Motors last year. “I found myself totally thrilled and terrified by the experience. It just triggered the button again and I thought, ‘Actually I do miss acting’,” she says.

The role came about after a chance meeting in Paris. “It’s a completely different challenge.

It’s ironic: I started out acting and was more comfortable acting than singing; now I’m more comfortable singing than acting,” she adds.

The petite blonde with a milewide smile first found fame as feisty teenager Charlene Mitchell in Aussie soap Neighbours, a role she played

38 Scout London scoutlondon.com

for three years. She left to pursue a singing career, and Kylie, who now lives in London, has won multiple Brits, a Grammy, and sold more than 68 million records worldwide. She never entirely gave up acting – there were parts in Street Fighter and Moulin Rouge! and a cameo in Doctor Who – but she says she’s not been actively “looking” for work, until now.

Not long after Holy Motors, her good friend Mat Horne asked if she’d like to be involved in fellow actor Muse that girl Kylie in Hey Diddly Dee

Marc Warren’s directorial debut for Sky Arts. Part of the Playhouse Presents series, Hey Diddly Dee follows a group of actors rehearsing to put on a musical about the life of Andy Warhol.

In this black comedy, Kylie plays an actress starring as Warhol muse Edie Sedgwick, who plots with Horne’s character against the leading man, played by Peter Serafinowicz.

Homeland’s David Harewood also appears, as the slightly camp director himself.

“I think I know all of those characters, being a performer,” says Kylie, giggling. “It was a great opportunity to work with the cast, do some comedy and play a scheming bitch!” she says, cackling with laughter.

As queen of the highly polished stage show, the 44-year-old could Hey Diddly Dee, part of the also relate to all the rehearsal glitches Playhouse Presents series, is on depicted in the programme. “There’s Sky Arts on Thursday, April 18

PA Features Archive/Press Association Images

Kylie’s second act

always a few things going wrong,” she says. “Just to get a show on is a miracle, let alone a good one.”

Despite all her years performing, she still gets nervous before a show and has always had to adopt a persona before going on stage.

“I don’t have a name for her, like Beyoncé’s Sasha Fierce, but definitely there’s this plane you pass through. You might not be feeling that fabulous, but when you step on stage, you need to look it and you need to deliver your show for people, for the audience. It’s fascinating what happens to the psyche of a performer, because obviously we get home and you don’t have all of that attention, you’re not that person.”

Last year marked Kylie’s 25th year as a singer. She parted company with long-time manager Terry Blamey and is now withJay-Z’s Roc Nation, though still with Parlophone in the UK. So what’s the secret of her ongoing success?

“What is the special ingredient?

What is the bit of magic that happens?” she throws back. “I honestly don’t know. I do know that it’s a lot of hard work and it’s persistence and it’s how you cope with the failures as well. But I also think it’s just my path. I’m completely unqualified for any other job, so for the time being, I’ll stick at it.”

Pitch Perfect (12)

Available on DVD, Blu-ray and iTunes Glee meets Bring it On with the sassy swagger of Clueless in Jason Moore’s feel-great comedy. Beca (Anna Kendrick) arrives at Barden College with dreams of becoming a music producer, to the chagrin of her professor father (played by John Benjamin Hickey). He promises to fund a career in LA if she gets involved in campus life. So she reluctantly joins a female a cappella group, The Bellas, who flopped spectacularly at a sing-off when soloist Aubrey (Anna Camp) projectilevomited over the audience. Aubrey’s right-hand gal, Chloe (Brittany Snow), embraces Beca’s bold ideas to reinvigorate the repertoire, but Aubrey insists they stick to her 90s songbook. As a major competition draws near, tensions are evident. Pitch Perfect delivers a menagerie of memorable characters: Kendrick brings emotional depth to her plucky heroine, while Rebel Wilson scene steals with Australian gusto as Fat Amy, threatening to take down a male rival as only she knows how. “I’m going to finish him like a cheesecake,” she growls. Kay Cannon’s script, adapted loosely from Mickey Rapkin’s book, is an embarrassment of riches, peppered with deliciously tart one-liners. Damon Smith

Seven Psychopaths (15)

Available on DVD, Blu-ray and iTunes Boozy Irish scribe Marty (Colin Farrell) has reached an impasse with a script called Seven Psychopaths, to the despair of his long-suffering girlfriend, Kaya (Abbie Cornish). “I got the title - I just haven’t been able to come up with all the psychopaths yet,” Marty tells best friend Billy (Sam Rockwell), a jobbing actor involved in a dog-napping scam with elderly associate Hans (Christopher Walken). Billy places a newspaper advert asking bona fide psychos to share their life stories, and mad man Zachariah (Tom Waits) answers the call. Meanwhile, Billy and Hans kidnap a shih-tzu called Bonny, unaware it belongs to sadistic gangster Charlie Costello (Woody Harrelson).

Written and directed by Martin McDonagh, Seven Psychopaths is a twisted black comedy that builds on the promise of his 2008 debut, In Bruges, balancing giggles and gore in a similarly breathless manner. The paucity of detailed female protagonists is a disappointment and Farrell is somewhat bland, but Walken, Rockwell and Harrelson savour their colourful supporting characters, whose fates become inextricably entwined in the desert. DS

One Stop Arts 30 Rock Season 6 (15)

Available on DVD and Blu-ray box set Entering its penultimate series, the award-winning comedy created by Tina Fey is in rude health. There’s a sense of renewed vigour in the characters and Fey exploits the real-life furore over Tracy Morgan’s on-air homophobic rant (for which he later apologised), turning it into comedy gold in an episode called Idiots Are People Two. Kim Kardashian and Paul McCartney make guest appearances in the show’s second ever live instalment – performed twice due to the time difference between west and east coasts – and Jane Krakowski is in fine form as Jenna, gaining popularity as a judge on the TV talent show America’s Kidz Got Singing.

30 Rock has got its mojo back. DS

Free web app onestoparts.com

Leading London site, One Stop Arts, has gone mobile, so culture vultures can look up their reviews and listings on the go. Though it works like an app, the mobile site is designed to use minimal memory and works with any phone with a web browser, rather than just on smartphones.

Whether you’re after theatre, exhibitions, museums or just something to entertain the kids, you can look up what’s on offer nearby while you move around the city. The site has over 8,000 listings and 1,800 reviews. It’s easy to use, plus there are quick links to top attractions. Best of all, you can download and save content – so you can then scour through it on the Tube (when you’re done reading Scout London, that is). Sam Mayers

scoutlondon.com Scout London 39

This record isn’t broken

International Record Store Day returns this Saturday. Taking place in the wake of HMV’s well-publicised financial difficulties, the event is more important than ever before. Fortunately, as the occasion increases in importance, so too does its profile and the calibre of the live acts taking part. Tej Adeleye rounds up this year’s London highlights

Top 5 live fixtures

forest of independent record stores, this cult destination for vinyl lovers has been open for business for just under two years. With regular band nights and DJ sets, the store has already made its mark, and will be pumping up the RSD volume with a The West Ends’ longest running line up as diverse as the records you’ll independent record store will curate find painstaking curated inside its a special show with other stores in wooden panelled interior. The Horrors Berwick Street, which will be closed will be bringing their skinny jeanoff for the day. Brace yourselves clad, electro, post-punk goth rock to for a cracking line up that includes the store for a special live show, as the experimental soul-jazz-indie will revered Chicago DJ Jamie 326, of Matthew E White, the wistful, who travels the world with his house, haunting harmonies of Smoke Fairies, soul, nu-jazz and disco mixes. and bellowing troubadour of love, life and politics Frank Turner. Veteran English rock band Wire will also be Frank Turner will be journeying east gracing the stage, as will former Beta for the first of two RSD appearances Band frontman Steve Mason. (also see Sister Ray), kick-starting the live music at this Brick Lane institution at 11am. Resident Fabric A young sapling in London’s thinning DJ Daniel Avery will be behind the

Sister Ray Records, Soho

Rough Trade, Brick Lane

Kristina Records, Dalston 40 Scout London scoutlondon.com

desks throughout the morning.

Bringing some chilled techno vibes to the affair will be Sam Willis, who’ll take to the stage just after midday. And be excited – very excited – for London’s own Public Service Broadcasting will be putting in a mid-afternoon appearance at 2.30pm with their innovative fusing of contemporary sounds with archive audio, visual information and by-gone propaganda. Teenage quartet The Strypes, who have been exciting everyone from Paul Weller to Jeff Beck with their razor-sharp covers of 60s R&B, will be performing at 4pm. Recent Ninja Tunes signing King Midas Sound will be on at 6pm, bringing some bass and dub to the proceedings. And visual artist Pete Fowler will be creating a mural to commemorate the day.

Rough Trade, Notting Hill

Punk legends UK Decay will be playing in the hallowed halls of the Rough Trade West store. Expect fresh cuts from their forthcoming album, New Hope For the Dead.

and Da Lata. In the evening the fun will move on to Plastic People, with DJ’s Jean–Claude, Marc Mac, Patrick Forge and Nick Salmon.

Art and soul Gilbert & George have designed a 7” cover for Record Store Day

More punk offerings come in the shape of brother-sister double act Joe Gideon and the Shark, whose driving rhythms and powerful poetic vocals should leave hair standing on end. Fimber Bravo, one the most influential steel drum artists of all time, who has collaborated with everyone from Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor to Soul II Soul, will be playing with UK producer Zongamin. And up-coming star Lewis Watson will be performing some gentle acoustic love songs.

BM Soho

Lovers of underground dance, dub, drum’n’bass and roots should head to BM Soho on any day of the week,

but more so now than ever. The store has put together a line-up of hot underground stars, including Rinse FM DJ and producer Icicle, drum’n’bass veteran DBridge, techno maestro Blawan, and Citizen, whose “house over everything” motto speaks for itself. Underground stalwart John Swing will also be in the building for a set.

Best of the rest Alongside a special release in conjunction with Ninja Tunes, there will be in-store performances at IF Music on Langham Street from 11.30am onwards from William Adamson, Tom Price Stephens

Saint Etienne’s Bob Stanley and DJ Jonny Trunk of Trunk Records will be doing in-store sets with more acts to be confirmed at Flashback Records in Islington.

DJs Sean P and Richard ‘Padded Cell’ Sen will be playing at the Music and Good Exchange in Notting Hill.

Phonica Records on Poland Street in Soho will be teaming up with The Vinyl Factory for a special event.

Casbah Records in Greenwich will have a special performance from Spanish singer-songwriter Miri May. Audio Gold in Crouch End is running turntable surgeries on site, plus guest stalls from seasoned collectors.

Soulbrother Records will see an in-store signing and set from soul outfit Doggett Brothers.

Film screening Critically acclaimed documentary The Last Shop Standing will have a special screening at the Curzon Theatre in Soho on April 18, followed by a Q&A with the film’s writer and director, Pip Piper. Based on the book of the same name, the film charts the rise and fall of the UK’s diminishing independent record stores, with input from the likes of Paul Weller, Johnny Marr, Richard Hawley and Billy Bragg.

International Record Store Day, April 20, recordstoreday.co.uk

Secret 7” RSD will once again be teaming up with creative philanthropic outfit Secret 7” for a unique project that marries art, music and charity. Seven 7” vinyl singles will be released for the occasion: Bennie and the Jets

by Elton John, Better Off by Haim, Still Love Me by Jessie Ware, The Beast by Laura Marling, The Don by Nas, Rider on the Wheel by Nick Drake, and Harder Than You Think by Public Enemy.

Only 100 copies of each single will be released, and each

will come inside a totally unique sleeve, designed explicitly for that record by one of 700 participating artists. And not just any old artists – major players such as Ai Wei Wei, Gilbert and George and David Shrigley are all taking part.

The fun part is that you won’t know which cover is by which artist – or even which single is contained inside – until you’ve paid for it.

The cost of each single is £40, with the money going to Art Against Knives, a Londonbased youth empowerment group that works to “reduce

the root causes of knife crime through arts initiatives”.

Check the Record Store Day website for which stores will be stocking the singles. recordstoreday.co.uk

scoutlondon.com Scout London 41

THIS WEEK The Magic Numbers April 21, Shakespeare’s Globe, £10-£30 If Shakespeare were alive today who would he have playing his big celebrity birthday bash?

The team at The Globe have organised a grand ol’ knees-up to celebrate the Bard’s birthday, and they’ve decided he’s a Magic Numbers kind of guy.

Maybe it’s the beards (though our money would’ve been on Beyoncé). Singer-songwriter

Johnny Flynn and comedy acts like Piff the Magic Dragon and Chris Cox will join the pop-rock chirpsters for this joyous and beautifully located occasion.

Get your tickets before they sell out and get ready to party like it’s 1564. Clare Considine New Globe Walk SE1 9DT

Blackfriars

Charli XCX

April 17, Old Blue Last, £10 releasing her first LP, with an accompanying tour. At this low-key gig you can expect to be met with some wellproduced ambient pop, distinctively fresh vocals and shoes that you’ll probably recognise from Top of the Pops circa ‘95. CC Great Eastern Street EC2A 3ES Old Street

Ghostface Killah & Doom April 18, 100 Club, Free (with ticket) A$AP Rocky, Kendrick Lamar, Tyler the Creator be upstanding.

There’s a hip-hop legend in the building. Rap may be enjoying an exciting renaissance, but none of the new-school would know their onions without front-line pioneers like Wu-Tang Clan’s Ghostface Killah. His uniquely jumbled slang-heavy flow and innovative approach 42 Scout London scoutlondon.com

to songwriting have seen him remain at the helm of the scene since the Wu’s glory days. For your chance to see the man in action, money alone won’t suffice – you’ll have to try your luck in the lottery on the Converse website. CC Oxford Street W1D 1LL Oxford Circus

TIM BRODDIN

There have been rumblings about this 90s-obsessed 21-year-old for some time now.

She has taken a thoroughly modern approach to her flourishing career, releasing her first single herself, aged just 16.

Since then she has bided her time, issuing singles and mixtapes while slowly developing her sound and status. Now, five years on from that debut track, she is

Scout Stereo

1

Fink Warm Shadow (Sideshow’s Closer remix)

A sparse atmospheric remix for Fink at his finest.

Alice Russell April 17, Scala, £15.50

Alice Russell was making high-quality heartfelt British soul long before the likes of Amy Winehouse and Adele took it stratospheric. Her underground status may seem a little unfair, but it does ensure that we can still enjoy her mischievous magic in intimate venues. Showcasing her new album, To Dust, she will be performing with a full band and horn section. Whether you know her from crowd pleasers such as her Seven Nation Army cover or have never even heard of her before, this show is well worth checking out. An evening of retro warmth and first-rate musicianship is guaranteed. CC Pentonville Road N1 9NL King’s Cross St Pancras

2

Bev Lee harding Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic

Plinky plonk guitars and fragile vocals ooze charm on this Police cover.

3

Long Arm When Children sleep

4

Quantic & Alice Russell with The Combo Barbaro Magdalena (Hint Remix)

Broken samples never sounded so good.

Predictably inspiring with so much talent on display.

5

The Jones Girls You’re Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else (LW Edit)

Nice re-rub for this classic disco standard.

Listen to our playlist: j.mp/scout0035

Also this week: Wiley, Skepta & JME Eva Vermandel / steve glashier / ashley hampton

April 20, The Forum, £14.50 With Dizzee cosying up to the big commercial dance producers, it’s been up to the Boy Better Know crew of late to fly the flag for inventive, forward-focussed UK grime. OK, so they may be inclined towards the occasional hit-seeking EDM disaster, but they’ve managed to maintain an edge that is crucial to the genre’s continuing credibility. When the

crew’s three big hitters come together on stage in Kentish Town, it’ll be a high-octane affair, packed with whiplash lyrics and heavy bass. Plus, Wiley’s last Eskimo Dance rave took place at the end of last year, so expect a hefty grime fix. CC Highgate Road NW5 1JY Kentish Town

Albert Hammond Apr 17, Bush Hall, adv £25 Archive Apr 19, KOKO, £16 Beth Orton, Dan Michaelson Apr 17, Southbank Centre, £15-£25, concs £7.50-£12.50 Big Country Apr 21, The Forum, £23.50 Dexys Apr 15-16, 18-20, 22-23, The Duke Of York’s, £26-£41 Dwele Apr 17-Apr 19, The Jazz Cafe, £22.50 Fun Apr 18, Hammersmith Apollo, £18.50 James, Echo And The Bunnymen Apr 19 & Apr 20, O2 Academy Brixton, £38.50 KMFDM, Sheep On Drugs Apr 20, O2 Academy Islington, £16 King Creosote Apr 15-Apr 17, The Slaughtered Lamb, phone for availability

British Sea Power Apr 17, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £15 Matchbox Twenty Apr 16 & Apr 17, Hammersmith Apollo, £29.50 Onyx Apr 16, The Jazz Cafe, adv £17.50 Portico Quartet Apr 17, KOKO, £19.50-£22.50 Skunk Anansie Unplugged Apr 15, Cadogan Hall, £27.50 Sun Araw Apr 18, Corsica Studios, adv £11

scoutlondon.com Scout London 43

BOOKING AHEAD

!!! May 7, Village Underground, £13.50 ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead Apr 25, O2 Academy Islington, £14 5ive, Atomic Kitten, B*witched, Liberty X, 911, Honeyz May 14, Dec 14, The O2, phone for prices ASAP Rocky May 21 & May 22, O2 Academy Brixton, £20 Action Bronson Jun 7, KOKO, adv £16.50 Akala Jun 3, XOYO, adv £12 Alexandra Burke Jun 4-Jun 7, Jun 8, Royal Albert Hall, £37.50 Alison Moyet Jun 26, Bush Hall, £11.50, & Oct 15, Southbank Centre, £25-£45, concs £12.50-£22.50 All Tomorrow’s Parties I’ll Be Your Mirror: I’ll Be Your Mirror 2013: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Grizzly Bear May 4 & May 5, Alexandra Palace, day ticket £59, twoday ticket £110 Alt-J, Princess Chelsea May 16, O2 Academy Brixton, £16 AlunaGeorge Jun 20, Electric Brixton, £14.50 An Evening With Gregg Allman And John Paul White Apr 27, IndigO2, £25£35 Andreya Triana May 31, Union Chapel, £22.50, adv £17.50 Angel Haze May 7, The Scala, adv £12.50, & May 9, Heaven, phone for prices Arrested Development May 12 & May 13, The Jazz Cafe, adv £22.50 Art Brut May 29, The Scala, adv £11 As One In The Park: Rita Ora May 26, Victoria Park, £35 Asian Dub Foundation May 17, IndigO2, phone for prices Austra Jun 17, Hoxton Square Bar And Kitchen, £10 Barbra Streisand Jun 1 & Jun 3, The O2, £65-£450 Ben Harper And Charlie Musselwhite Jul 16, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £26

44 Scout London scoutlondon.com

Classical

Deptford Goth Sep 27, Union Chapel, £12 Chvrches Apr 29, Village Underground, phone for prices Clement Marfo Jun 6, The Jazz Cafe, adv £10 Craig David May 22, IndigO2, £35 & £45 Crystal Fighters May 23, KOKO, £14, & Nov 22, O2 Academy Brixton, £16.50 Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip Jul 18, Birthdays, £12.50 Danzig Jun 24, Roundhouse, £27.50 De La Soul May 8, The Forum, £22.50 Dead Can Dance Jul 2, Roundhouse, £30 Deep Purple Oct 16 & Oct 17, Roundhouse, £35 Depeche Mode May 28 & May 29, The O2, £40 & £50 Devendra Banhart Jul 18, Barbican Centre, £20 Devlin Apr 30, KOKO, £15 Dub Pistols May 23, XOYO, adv £12 Edwyn Collins Apr 24, Union Chapel, £25 Electric Six Dec 14, O2 Academy Islington, £15 Eliza Carthy & Jim Moray May 16, Union Chapel, £20 Elvis Costello & The Imposters Jun 4-Jun 6, Royal Albert Hall, £45 Emilie Autumn Sep 13, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £17 Eric Clapton May 17-18, 20-21, 23, Royal Albert Hall, £70 & £85 Eska May 4, MAP Studio Cafe, £10

Bonobo Nov 23, O2 Academy Brixton, phone for prices Candi Staton Jun 29 & Jun 30, The Jazz Cafe, adv £25 Cerys Matthews May 25, Southbank Centre, FREE Chas & Dave May 18, IndigO2, £26.50£45 Chevelle May 27, O2 Academy Islington, £14 Chris De Burgh Apr 24, Royal Albert Hall, £35-£50 Christine Collister Sep 30, Half Moon, Putney, £15, adv £13 Christy Moore And Declan Sinnott Apr 17 & Apr 18, Southbank Centre, £25£37.50, concs £12.50-£18.75

Frank Ocean Jul 9 & 10, O2 Academy Brixton, £35

Cedric Tiberghien Apr 16, Wigmore Hall, £15£30 Academy Of Ancient Music Apr 18, Wigmore Hall, £18-£32 Academy Of St Martin In The Fields Apr 16, St Martin-In-TheFields, £10-£20 Alamire Apr 24, Cadogan Hall, £18-£30, mems £26 BBC Symphony Orchestra Nov 10, Royal Albert Hall, £8-£36 Budapest Festival Orchestra With Imogen Cooper Apr 22, Southbank Centre, £12-£45, concs £6-£22.50 Charles Castronovo Apr 29, King’s Head, Islington, £35

Yundi Apr 18, Southbank Centre, £10-£40, concs £5-£20 Il Divo And Katherine Jenkins Apr 19, The O2, £35-£95 London Schools Symphony Orchestra Apr 15, £8-£24, & Apr 21, £25-£85, Barbican Centre Max Raabe & Palast Orchester May 24, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £27 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/ Royal Choral Society Apr 21, Royal Albert Hall, £14.50-£50 Tippett Quartet & Nick Van Bloss Apr 18, St Peter’s Church, £15, concs £10 Young Stars Of Vladimir Spivakov International Foundation/The Junior Department Of The Royal College Of Music Apr 22, Cadogan Hall, £10-£26

AndrewdeFrancessco / NE iderkin / Uli Weber / Benjamin Ealovega

Alicia Keys May 30 & 31, The O2, £39.50 & £45

Ben Howard Jun 13, Hammersmith Apollo, £25 Beres Hammond Jul 17, IndigO2, phone for prices Beyoncé: The Mrs Carter Show Apr 29May 1, May 3-May 5, The O2, £55-£85 Big Daddy Kane Apr 24 & Apr 25, The Jazz Cafe, £20 Billy Bragg Jun 5, Union Chapel, £20, & Dec 1, Southbank Centre, £20 & £22, concs £10 & £11 Blondie Jul 7, Roundhouse, £37.50 Blue May 3, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £25 Bonnie Raitt Jun 27, Royal Albert Hall, £40-£50 Brian May And Kerry Ellis May 1, Royal Albert Hall, phone for prices British Summer Time: Bon Jovi, Kaiser Chiefs, Bush, Rival Sons Jul 5, Hyde Park, £65 The Rolling Stones, The Vaccines, The Temper Trap, Gary Clark Jr, King Charles Jul 6, Hyde Park, £95£299, tickets on sale Apr 5, 9am Bryan Ferry Nov 4, Royal Albert Hall, £35-£95 Built To Spill Sep 23, Electric Ballroom, £17.50 Burt Bacharach Jun 26, Southbank Centre, £30-£75, concs £15-£37.50 Caitlin Rose Sep 12, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, phone for prices Camper Van Beethoven May 29, Dingwalls, adv £17.50

Everything Everything Oct 24, The Forum, phone for prices Fairport Convention May 10, The Borderline, £24 Femi Kuti & The Positive Force May 9, KOKO, £20 Field Day Festival 2013: Bat For Lashes, Solange, Animal Collective May 25, Victoria Park, £49.50

cat bradley / danny north /

Jocelyn Brown Jun 7, Under The Bridge, £28 Fleetwood Mac Sep 24-25, 27, The O2, £80-£125 Frank Turner And The Sleeping Souls Apr 25, The Forum, £22.50, phone for availability Ghostpoet May 30, Village Underground, adv £15.50 Goat Jun 27, The Scala, adv £12.50 Gold Panda Jun 12, Electric Brixton, £12 Green Day, Kaiser Chiefs, All Time Low Jun 1, Emirates Stadium, £45-£65 Gun May 22, The Borderline, adv £18 Haim Apr 24, Heaven, £10, & May 30, KOKO, phone for availability Hard Rock Calling 2013: Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Kasabian Jun 29 & Jun 30, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Sat day ticket £45, Sun day ticket £62.50 Hugh Laurie Jun 14, Hammersmith Apollo, £35 & £40 Hypnotic Brass Ensemble May 19 & May 20, The Jazz Cafe, adv £18.50 Iamamiwhoami May 30, Electric Brixton, £15 Ian Anderson Jun 30, Royal Albert Hall, £30-£55 Iron & Wine May 31, Barbican Centre, £18-£22.50 JLS Dec 21 & 22, The O2, £25 & £33.50 Jaguar Skills Jun 22, KOKO, £15 Jah Wobble & Bill Sharpe Apr 26, Islington Assembly Hall, £17.50 & £20 Jake Bugg Oct 23 & 24, O2 Academy Brixton, £20 Janet Kay, Carroll Thompson May 31, Islington Assembly Hall, £22.50 & £27.50 Jessie J Oct 29 & 30, The O2, £25 & £33.50

Jimmy Cliff Jun 25, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £27.50 Joe Cocker May 13, Hammersmith Apollo, £30-£40 Journey/Whitesnake, Thunder May 29, Wembley Arena, £48 Junip May 13, Village Underground, phone for prices Jurassic 5 Jun 13, O2 Academy Brixton, £32.50 KRS-One Jun 7 & 8, The Garage, £18.50 KT Tunstall Jun 20, Islington Assembly Hall, £22.50 Kano, Sway, Ghetts, Tyler James, Scorcher, Lunar C May 4, IndigO2, phone for prices Karl Hyde Apr 25, Union Chapel, £25 Katie Melua Oct 2, Roundhouse, £37.50 Ke$ha Jul 15, O2 Academy Brixton, £28.50 Keith Tippett Apr 30, Cafe Oto, £12, adv £10 Killer Mike May 21, XOYO, adv £12 Kings Of Leon Jun 12 & 13, The O2, £57.50 Lana Del Rey May 19 & 20, Hammersmith Apollo, £28.50 Laura Mvula May 1, Islington Assembly Hall, £13.75, phone for availability Laurel Halo Apr 25, XOYO, adv £12 Leona Lewis May 8 & 9, Royal Albert Hall, £35-£65 Leonard Cohen Jun 21, The O2, £25£75 Level 42 Sep 20, IndigO2, £28.50£38.50 Low Apr 30, Barbican Centre, £17.50£22.50 Lucinda Williams Jun 17, Barbican Centre, phone for prices

Lund Quartet Apr 28, Kings Place, adv £9.50 Madness Sep 28, Alexandra Palace, £38.50, disabled £19.25 Major Lazer, Ms Dynamite May 4, Roundhouse, £17.50 Mariza May 13, Barbican Centre, £10£32.50 Maroon 5 Jun 23 & 24, The O2, £40 & £45 Martin Stephenson Apr 23, Half Moon, Putney, £10 Martin Stephenson May 17, The Borderline, £15 Matthew E White Apr 26, Southbank Centre, £12.50 & £15, concs £6.25 & £7.50

Matthew E White Sep 4, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £17.50 Meshell Ndegeocello Apr 22-24, Ronnie Scott’s, £30-£45 Modest Mouse Jul 11, KOKO, phone for availability Mudhoney, Meat Puppets Jun 8, The Forum, adv £18.50 Muse, Dizzee Rascal May 25 & 26, Emirates Stadium, £49.50-£85 Musiq Soulchild May 20, IndigO2, £27.50-£50 Neil Young & Crazy Horse Jun 17 & 19, The O2, £45-£65 Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Oct 26 & 27, Hammersmith Apollo, phone for prices Nitin Sawhney Jun 27, Roundhouse, £23.50-£25 Noah And The Whale Apr 28, May 5, 12, 19, Palace Theatre, £26.50 & £32.50 Oddisee May 20, The Barfly, Camden, £10 Omar, Christopher Ellis: Tribute To Stevie May 18, The Jazz Cafe, adv £17.50

Rudimental May 2, Electric Brixton, £12 OneRepublic Apr 24, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, phone for prices Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark May 3, Roundhouse, £33.50 Pet Shop Boys Jun 18, The O2, £35 Peter Gabriel Oct 21 & 22, The O2, £40 & £50 Rodriguez Jun 7 & 8, Hammersmith Apollo, £10-£29.50 Rush May 24, The O2, £60 & £75 Santana Jul 19, Wembley Arena, £38.30-£65.80 Saxon, The Quireboys, Redline Apr 27, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £20 Shuggie Otis May 11, The Forum, £20 & £25

The Wonder Stuff, Pop Will Eat Itself, Jesus Jones Dec 20, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £20

Sigur Ros Nov 21, Wembley Arena, £25 & £32.50 Simple Minds Nov 30, The O2, £39.50£55 Stereophonics Nov 28, The O2, phone for prices Steve Earle And The Dukes May 21, Southbank Centre, £15-£32.50, concs £7.50-£16.25 Steve Winwood Jun 20, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £32.50 Summer Series: Alex Clare Jul 11, Band Of Horses Jul 12, Basement Jaxx Jul 21, Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros Jul 19, First Aid Kit Jul 15, Goldfrapp Jul 20, Jessie Ware Jul 18, Lianne La Havas Jul 13, Of Monsters And Men Jul 16, Richard Hawley Jul 14, Tom Odell Jul 17, all Somerset House, £27.50 Tame Impala Jun 25, Hammersmith Apollo, £19.50 Tegan And Sara Jun 11, Troxy, £22 Terri Walker, Josh Osho, Ms D, Shezar, Kof, Shea, Kaleem Taylor Jun 9, The Jazz Cafe, adv £10 The Abyssinians May 23, The Clapham Grand, £25 The B-52s Aug 16, IndigO2, £33.50£36.50 The Black Seeds Jul 18, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £14.50 The Breeders Jun 19, The Forum, £27.50 The Dream Syndicate May 24, Dingwalls, adv £17.50 The Fall May 17, The Clapham Grand, £25 The Flaming Lips May 20 & 21, Roundhouse, £32 The Smashing Pumpkins Jul 22, Wembley Arena, £38.50 & £48.50 The Specials May 28 & 29, O2 Academy Brixton, adv £37.50 The Undertones May 24, KOKO, £20 The Untouchables May 23, The Blues Kitchen, FREE The Vaccines May 2, The O2, £27 The Who Jun 15 & 16, The O2, £60-£70 The Who Jul 8, Wembley Arena, phone for prices Tim Burgess And Lambchop Jun 23, Barbican Centre, £15-£25 Tom Odell May 23 & 28, Electric Ballroom, £11, & Oct 22-23, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £14.50 Tony Hadley Oct 16, Royal Albert Hall, £32.50-£65 Tribes May 29, Roundhouse, phone for prices Tricky May 21, Heaven, £20 Ute Lemper Sings Pablo Neruda May 28, Southbank Centre, £17.50 & £25, concs £8.75 & £12.50 Vampire Weekend May 8, Troxy, £27.50 Wishbone Ash Oct 8, O2 Academy Islington, £20 ZZ Top Jun 24, Hammersmith Apollo, £45

scoutlondon.com Scout London 45

Monday April 15 Arrival Present at The Barfly, Camden, 49 Chalk Farm Road, NW1 8AN Chalk Farm adv £12, 7pm-11pm. Hip hop courtesy of DJ Semtex, with a live performance from Dyme-A-Duzin.

Cuban Hideaway at The Hideaway, Stanthorpe Road, SW16 2ED Streatham £7, 9.40pm-late. DJ Rich plays Latin house, funk and R&B. Musa Underground Movemement at Secret Location, E1 adv £10, 4pm12midnight. Vicente Arenillas spins techno and minimal house.

Stay Low at Electric Social, 40 Acre Lane, SW2 5SP Brixton FREE, phone for times. House, two-step, hip hop and bass courtesy of Mochi, Mas Effect and Tom Central.

Tuesday April 16 Koma Jazz at Strongroom, 120-124 Curtain Road, EC2A 3SQ Old Street phone for prices, 7pm-11.30pm. Resident DJs play disco, jazz, trip hop and house music.

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.

Paradox at Egg, 200 York Way, N7 9AX King’s Cross St Pancras £15, £12 before 1am, adv/mems/NUS £8, 11pm6am. Outart spin house with resident support.

Pink Tuesdays at Mother Bar, 333 Old Street, EC1V 9LE Old Street FREE, 10pm-3am. Freight Train spin hip hop, R&B, soul, funk and electro.

United Colours Of Rumba at Rumba, 36 Shaftesbury Avenue, W1D 7EP Piccadilly Circus FREE guestlist before 11pm, 10pm-3am. Resident DJs play R&B, pop and dance.

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

Wednesday April 17 Akira Records at The Old Queen’s Head, 44 Essex Road, N1 8LN Angel £5, 7.30pm-12midnight. Resident DJs play folk, rock, indie and electronica.

Back To My Roots at Zen Sai, 16 Inverness Street, NW1 7HJ Camden Town FREE, 9pm-2am. Paul Trouble Anderson spins 1970s to 1990s jazz, funk, hip hop, disco and R&B. Cheapskates at Moonlighting, 16-17 Greek Street, W1D 4DR Tottenham Court Road adv £5, 9pm-3.30am. Resident DJs and guests supply indie, electro and old-school vibes.

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

46 Scout London scoutlondon.com

Cursed/Hoxtonfm at Trafik, 331 Old Street, EC1V 9LE Old Street FREE, 7pm-2am. Deep house and techno courtesy of Nuno_G and Da Root.

Disco Paradise at Joiners Arms, 116-118 Hackney Road, E2 7QL Old Street FREE, 11pm-2am. Jo Public plays rare groove, disco, soul and rock’n’roll.

Hot Wuk Wednesdays at The Social, 5 Little Portland Street, W1W 7JD Oxford Circus £7, £5 before 10pm, 7pm-1am. Residents play bashment, reggae, dub, dancehall, soca, one-drop reggae, grime and UK funky.

Smile at Thirst, 53 Greek Street, W1D 3DR Tottenham Court Road £4, £3 before 12midnight, 5pm-3am.

Resident DJs play funky house, club classics and pop.

Work at Hidden, 100 Tinworth Street, SE11 5EQ Vauxhall £5 & £7, £3 before 12midnight, FREE before 11.30pm, 11pm-4am. R&B, dancehall, hip hop and grime courtesy of resident DJs. XXL Wednesdays at Pulse, 1-4 Invicta Plaza, SE1 9UF Southwark £3, mems FREE, annual m’ship £10, 10pm3am. DJs Christian M and Alex Logan play funky house in the main room, while Joe Egg spins retro in the Fluff Bar.

Soundcrash Presents at Madame Jojo’s, 8-10 Brewer Street, W1F 0SE Piccadilly Circus adv £14.50, 7pm1am. Illum Sphere and Alexander Nut spin electronica, with a live performance from Letherette, launching their new album.

T Club at Dalston Superstore, 117 Kingsland High Street, E8 2PB Dalston Kingsland FREE, 9pm2.30am. DJs Ricky Almeida and The Librarian spin an eclectic mix of music including Northern soul and riot girl punk.

We Are Live at The Lockside Lounge, 75-89 West Yard Dock, NW1 8AF Camden Town FREE, 9pm-2am.

Dubstep, drum’n’bass and jungle courtesy of RuN RiOT, JFB, Pyramid and Jurassik.

Your Mum’s House at The Nest, 36 Stoke Newington Road, N16 7XJ Dalston Kingsland £7, £5 before 12midnight, FREE before 10.30pm, 9pm3am. Kartel Brown, Budakan, Joshyouare and Scott Whippy spin hip hop, R&B, trap, house, garage and club classics.

Friday April 19

Thursday April 18 Akira Records Launch at Bar Music Hall, 134-146 Curtain Road, EC2A 3AR Old Street FREE, 8pm-1am. DJs and live acts from the label play folk, rock, indie and electronica.

All Tomorrow’s Parties Presents at Birthdays, 33-35 Stoke Newington Road, N16 8BJ Dalston Junction £8.50, 7.30pm-11pm. The Haxan Cloak, Micachu and Raime play electronic music.

CB Radio 2am at Charterhouse, 38 Charterhouse Street, EC1M 6JH Farringdon phone for prices, 10pm2am. DJs Kojock and Robbie Rob Dimba play pop, dance and indie.

Evolution Of Dub Presents Pull Up at Arch, 15-16 Lendal Terrace, SW4 7UX Clapham North £4, FREE before 10pm, 8pm-3am. Reggae, dub and jungle courtesy of Da Vinci Sound, Ambassador, Disorda, NFinnerty and Japu Selektah.

French Kiss at Vibe Bar, 91 Brick Lane, E1 6QL Aldgate East FREE, 7.30pm11.30pm. Adam French plays house, nudisco, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, dub, reggae, funk, jazz, disco and swing.

Globetronica at The Player, 8 Broadwick Street, W1F 8HN Oxford Circus £5 after 9pm, 8pm-2am. Resident DJs and guests supply house, dub, broken beat, nu jazz and world beats.

On:1 at Euphoriom, 1-3 High Street, W3 6NG Acton Central FREE before 11.30pm, 10pm-3.30am. Resident DJs supply drum’n’bass, dubstep, future garage, house, old skool and hip hop.

Season Sessions at Bar Vinyl, 6 Inverness Street, NW1 7HJ Camden Town FREE, 8pm-1am.

Hip hop, rap, electronica and old skool courtesy of resident DJs.

Soltek at The LightBox, 6a South Lambeth Place, SW8 1SP Vauxhall £15, adv £10 & £12, 10pm-6am. House and techno courtesy of A Guy Called Gerald (pictured), Milton Jackson, Glimpse, Trikk, Bobby Champs and more.

Absent Kelly Present at The Scala, 275 Pentonville Road, N1 9NL King’s Cross St Pancras adv £11.50, 7pm-4am. Indie and alternative club classics from Bloc Party (DJ set) and Everything Everything.

Alchemy Spiral at The InSpiral Lounge, 250 Camden High Street, NW1 8QS Camden Town £7, adv £5, 10pm-late. Renegade DJ and Shane Gobi play psychedelic trance, with live performances from Outerloperz and Sonic Species.

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.

Bloc. Series 1 at Autumn Street Studio, Unit 3, 39 Autumn Street, E3 2TT Pudding Mill Lane adv £15, phone for times. Electro, disco and house courtesy of Shackleton and Appleblim.

Bollyparty at Cafe Chai, 34 The Broadway, W5 2NP Ealing Broadway £10, £5 before 10pm, phone for times. Residents play Bollywood, bombass, old skool classics, R&B and funky house.

Church & Madtech Records at Corsica Studios, 4-5 Elephant Road, SE17 1LB Elephant & Castle adv £8 & £10, 10pm-6am. House, hip hop and techno courtesy of Krystal Klear, Citizen, Artifact, Theft, Seb Wildblood, Apes, James Fox and Rumah.

Clock #2 at The Rhythm Factory, 16-18 Whitechapel Road, E1 1EW Whitechapel £10, guestlist £8, adv £6, 10pm-6am. Techno courtesy of AnGy KoRe, Booz, Alpha Channel, Theo Komp and Willers Brothers in room one, while Chris MiMo, Julio Corzo and SoundByte spin house in room two.

Crack Magazine at The Nest, 36 Stoke Newington Road, N16 7XJ Dalston Kingsland adv £7, 9pm4am. Jacques Renault, Maurice Fulton and Pardon My French spin house.

The Drumachine Project at The Bedroom Bar, 62 Rivington Street, EC2A 3AY Old Street £7, adv £5, 9pm-3am. Drummer and musician Oded Kafri performs live.

Fabriclive at Fabric, 77A Charterhouse Street, EC1M 6HJ Farringdon £18, adv £17, CD adv £22, mems £13, NUS £10, £8 after 3am, 10pm-6am.

DJs Caspa, Datsik, Trolley Snatcha, The Others, Logan D, Posij, Variations, IC3, LX One, Ken Mac, Lenzman, Maribou State, Technimatic, Other Echoes and Wrec spin dubstep, jungle and house across three rooms.

Feel Good Fridays!! at Anam, 3 Chapel Market, N1 9EZ Angel phone for prices, 5pm-3am. Resident DJs spin R&B, old skool and club classics.

Fridaymojoes at Funkymojoe, 159-161 High Road, E18 2PA South Woodford phone for prices, 9pm-2.30am. Funky house, R&B and garage from Darrell Privett, Tricky, Mark Haley and Vernon James.

Fridays at The Camden Head, 100 Camden High Street, NW1 0LU Camden Town FREE, 10pm-late.

Indie, rock’n’roll and soul classics courtesy of DJs The Graftsman Bros.

Friday Night Disco at The Social, 5 Little Portland Street, W1W 7JD Oxford Circus £5, FREE before 9pm, 7pm-1am. Resident DJ Anna Greenwood spins pop, rock and disco tunes.

The Funk, Soul and Rare Groove Review at The Bussey Building/CLF Art Cafe, 133 Rye Lane, SE15 4ST Peckham Rye FREE, 8pm-5am.

Funk and soul from Off-Key He-Man Brassband, Jazzheadchronic and special guests.

Funkyzeit Present at Crucifix, 7-9 Crucifix Lane, SE1 3JW London Bridge adv £12 & £15, 11pm6am. DJs Lucy, Mikail and Oli Low play house and techno, plus a live performance from Dense And Pika.

House Of Trax at Birthdays, 33-35 Stoke Newington Road, N16 8BJ Dalston Junction £7, guestlist £5, 10pm-3am. Techno, house and electro courtesy of DJs MikeQ, NikNikNik, Fools and Rushmore.

Ben Wolf

C LU B B I N G

Mono_cult London at Dance Tunnel, 95 Kingsland High Street, E8 2PB Dalston Kingsland £10, adv £7, £5 before 11pm, 9pm-late. Portable, Matt Long, Brad Mercer and Paul Kaminski play underground dance and house.

The More I Get The More I Want at The Big Chill Bar, Drury Walk, E1 6QL Liverpool Street phone for prices, 8pm-1am. DJs from The Sounds of the Universe record shop spin soul, rare groove, disco, house, reggae and lovers rock.

Nein Records Launch Party at Babble Jar, 176 Stoke Newington High Street, Rectory Road FREE, N16 7JL 9pm-late.

NLP Presents: Limitless Bass at Relay, 33 Bermondsey Street Tunnel, SE1 3JW London Bridge £10, adv/mems/NUS £7, early bird £6, 10pm-6am. DJ Krust, J Bostron, Quintin Christian, DJ Hutch, External Subway, Starpunk, Slim Jim and Alitis spin drum’n’bass, jungle, dubstep and electro-step.

Shifty at Cargo, 83 Rivington Street, EC2A 3AY Old Street adv £10 before 12midnight, 8pm-3am. House and techno courtesy of Sepp, Ricky Ward and Joseph Williams.

Sin City at Electric Ballroom, 184 Camden High Street, NW1 8QP Camden Town £7, NUS/mems £5 before 11.30pm, w/flyer £5 before 12midnight, 10.30pm-3.30am. DJs Adam Lightspeed and Sleazy H play alternative rock and metal in the main room, with classic and old skool metal in room two.

Spending Beyond My Means at Market Place W1, 11 Market Place, W1W 8AE Oxford Circus phone for prices, 8pm2am. Hip hop and party tunes courtesy of The Last Skeptik.

Wild Life! at The Queen Of Hoxton, 1-5 Curtain Road, EC2A 3JX Shoreditch High Street £5, FREE before 9pm, 8pm-late. House, disco, techno and electro from the residents.

Saturday April 20

Bugged Out Presents Oneman & Friends at a secret location EC2, £12, £10.50 adv, 9pm-Late. Taking place in a 300-capacity Shoreditch basement venue to be revealed the day before the night. Oneman will be joined by friends also revealed the day before. 2nd release tickets are available 10am on March 13 from Resident Advisor.

45 Revs Per Minute at Zen Sai, 16 Inverness Street, NW1 7HJ Camden Town FREE, 4pm-8pm.

Resident DJs supply rock’n’roll and retro.

Audio Sushi at The Dogstar, 389 Coldharbour Lane, SW9 8LQ Brixton £5, FREE before 11pm, 7pm-4am. Jeffrey Disastronaut plays reggae, electro, funk jungle, pop, indie and dubstep.

Big Vinyl Circus at Cable, 33A Bermondsey Street, SE1 2EG London Bridge £15, adv £10, mems £8, 5am-12midnight. DJs Luc Ringeisen and Art A Part play house and dance.

Black Night at The Silver Bullet, 5 Station Place, N4 2DH Finsbury Park £4, 10pm-late. Si Cheeba, Dom Cater, Eli S Deutsch, Neil Barker and Elliot Gale play rhythm’n’blues, ska and rare groove.

Bleed at Corsica Studios, 4-5 Elephant Road, SE17 1LB Elephant & Castle adv £12.50, 10pm-6am. House and techno courtesy of Morphosis, Objekt, John Heckle, Container, NHK’Koyxen, Rene Hell and Volte-Face.

Body Talk at Dalston Superstore, 117 Kingsland High Street, E8 2PB Dalston Kingsland £5, FREE before 10pm, 9pm-3am. DJ Rokk and Tristan Reed spin house, soul and funk.

The Burning Beat at House Of Wolf, 181 Upper Street, N1 1RQ Highbury & Islington phone for prices, 8pm-4am. The Roustabouts and David Harris play electro swing, Balkan beats and vintage pop, plus live music and cabaret performances.

The Date at Loft Studios, 7781 Scrubs Lane, NW10 6QW Willesden Junction adv £17.50, earlybird £13.50, 9.30pm5am. Danny Krivit and Greg Wilson (pictured) play back to back three-hour sets of disco supported by residents.

Carwash at Club Aquarium, 256-260 Old Street, EC1V 9DD Old Street phone for prices, 10pm-3am. Resident DJs play pop, rock, hip hop, old skool, funk, soul and disco anthems with live performances and fancy dress.

Club De Fromage at O2 Academy Islington, N1 Centre, 16 Parkfield Street, N1 0PS Angel £6.50, 10.30pm3.30am. Resident DJs play cheese and pop from the 1980s and 1990s, plus themed fancy dress.

Electro Swing Club at The Book Club, 100-106 Leonard Street, EC2A 4RH Old Street £10 after 10pm, £5 after 8pm, 12noon-6pm. Electro swing courtesy of The Puppini Sisters, Marcella, Bart and Baker, DJ Clerkenwell Kid, Shellac Collective and Auntie Maureen.

Fabric at Fabric, 77A Charterhouse Street, EC1M 6HJ Farringdon £20, adv £19, CD adv £24, NUS/mems £14, £10 after 4am, 11pm-8am. DJs Craig Richards, Matthias Tanzmann, Laura Jones, Terry Francis, Sandwell District, Prosumer and Murat spin deep house and techno across three rooms.

Family Jam at Renaissance Rooms, opposite Arch 8, Arches, Miles Street, SW8 1RZ Vauxhall £10 inc skates, £7.50 w/own skates or spectator, 11am5pm. The residents play pop, dance, soul and funk while you skate.

First Word Records at The Bedroom Bar, 62 Rivington Street, EC2A 3AY Old Street £7, adv £5, 9pm-3am.

Resident DJs play Motown, jazz and hip hop, with a live performance from Tall Black Guy.

Groove Armada at Village Underground, 54 Holywell Lane, EC2A 3PQ Old Street £16, concs £12 before 11pm, 10pm-4am. Tom Findlay and Andy Cato play underground house and dance with support from Shadow Child and Horse Meat Disco’s Severino.

Gypsy Hotel at The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Road, N1 9JB Angel £12, adv £9.99, 8pm-4am. Punk and rock’n’roll courtesy of The Bermondsey Joyriders with burlesque and cabaret performances from Frank Sanazi, Trixi Tassels, Miss Miranda and Anna Lou Larkin.

Hip Hop Isn’t Dead Presents at The Garage, 20-26 Highbury Corner, N5 1RD Highbury & Islington £9, 10.30pm4am. Turntablism, hip hop and rap courtesy of Charlie Sloth, English Frank, Skinnyman, Klashnekoff, Durrty Goodz, Black The Ripper, Mic Righteous, Logic, Genesis Elijah, Jaja Soze, Star9z, Leddie And Smoggy.

Jungle Splash Presents at Jamm, 261 Brixton Road, SW9 6LH Brixton £10, adv £6 & £8, 10pm-6am. DJs Kenny Ken, Ray Keith, Ratpack and Digital Niya Binghi play jungle, old skool, dubstep and drum’n’bass.

Kisstory at IndigO2, Peninsula Square, SE10 0DX North Greenwich phone for prices, 10pm-late.

Livin’ Proof at XOYO, 32-37 Cowper Street, EC2A 4AP Old Street adv £8, 9pm-3am. Guest DJs spin hip hop and soul.

Reggae Rockers at The InSpiral Lounge, 250 Camden High Street, NW1 8QS

Camden Town FREE, 9pm-1.30am.

Toby Ranks spins roots, dancehall, ragga, ska and dub with host and vocalist Ramon Judah and guest DJ Perilous Selector.

Remix at Escape Bar, 10A Brewer Street, W1F 0SU Piccadilly Circus w/reentry stamp £10 after 10pm, FREE before 10pm, 5pm-3am. DJ Julio Bravo spins dance music from the last four decades.

Saturday Sessions at The Ministry Of Sound, 103 Gaunt Street, SE1 6DP Elephant & Castle £22, 11pm-7am.

AN21, Max Vangeli, Mat Zo and Rene Amesz play house and dance.

Saturday Social at The Social, 5 Little Portland Street, W1W 7JD Oxford Circus FREE, 6pm-1am.

Resident DJs spin soul, rock’n’roll, funk, disco, house, pop, boogie, psychedelia and classics from the 1960s and 1970s.

Soundcrash Presents at KOKO, 1a Camden High Street, NW1 7JE Mornington Crescent £19.50, adv £15.50, 9pm-3am. Electronica courtesy of Clark, Daedelus, Hidden Orchestra and Kelpe.

Superfiction Recordings Presents at The Basing House, 25 Kingsland Road, E2 8AA Liverpool Street £10, 10.30pm-late. Classic disco and house courtesy of Italoboyz, plus a live performance from Blind Minded.

Volume Presents at Nomad, 58 Old Street, EC1V 9AJ Barbican £12 after 12midnight, adv £8 & £10, 10pm-5am.

Geddes, Scott Rozario, Damian Nova, Kalvyn James and Eltarraz play house and techno.

Sunday April 21 Hangover Lounge at The Lexington, 9698 Pentonville Road, N1 9JB Angel FREE, 9pm-2am. Resident DJs play vintage soul, retro rock, indie-pop, lo-fi reggae, funk and folk.

Hula Boogie at South London Pacific, 340 Kennington Road, SE11 4LD Oval £7, 7pm-1am. Miss Aloha and the Reverend Boogie play vintage tunes from the 1930s to the 1950s, plus dance lessons.

Orange at Fire, Arch, 39-43 Parry Street, corner South Lambeth Road, SW8 1RT Vauxhall £12, £10, w/flyer £5 before 1am, 10pm-late. The Oli, Paul Martin and The Sharp Boys spin house in room one, while Gonzola Rivas, David Jiminez and Hi Fi Sean provide minimal techno and tech house in room two.

Toast at Upstairs At The Ritzy, Coldharbour Lane, SW2 1JG Brixton FREE, 8pm-12midnight. Seventies dub, reggae, rocksteady, ska and dancehall courtesy of Young Professionals and General Slater.

Tutti Frutti at Dalston Superstore, 117 Kingsland High Street, E8 2PB Dalston Kingsland FREE, 8.30pm2.30am. Soul, disco and house courtesy of DJ Squeaky.

Type at Vibe Bar, 91 Brick Lane, E1 6QL Aldgate East FREE, 5.30pm11.30pm. DJ Scott Martin spins house, hip hop, jazz and Latin.

scoutlondon.com Scout London 47

In three years the Olivier Awards has gone from private do to public bash. Caroline Bishop finds out why, if you’re going to throw a party, it’s worth doing it in style

A

few years ago, theatre’s most prestigious awards ceremony was a private affair. Held behind closed doors at a London hotel, with no TV or radio broadcast, its nominees and winners were rightly celebrated within the industry, but received little public attention.

It’s come a long way since then: on Sunday, April 28, the Olivier Awards 2013 will be held at the Royal Opera House, hosted by theatre’s golden girl (and two-time Olivier winner) Sheridan Smith and Downton Abbey’s Hugh Bonneville, broadcast live on BBC Radio 2, with an edited version to be shown later that night on ITV1 – the first time 48 Scout London scoutlondon.com

since 2003 that it’s made mainstream telly. Though you’d be lucky to get into the ceremony itself (only a few public tickets were put on sale), you’ll get the next best thing in Covent Garden piazza, where Claudia Winkleman and musical star Michael Xavier will host an all-singing, all-dancing (quite literally) event for the public, complete with a live stream of the action from inside the Opera House itself. BAFTA eat your heart out.

All this is the culmination of a three-year plan devised by Julian Bird, CEO of the Society of London Theatre (SOLT), the industry body that has organised the awards since their creation in 1976. “When I was

Awards Dahlings Last year’s Best Actresses in a Musical winners from Matilda

being interviewed for the job it was one of the things we discussed,” he says of his appointment in 2010.

“Why had the Oliviers fallen a little bit off the radar? While BAFTA had gone in one direction – upwards – the Oliviers seemed to have slipped off.”

Named in honour of British theatre’s most acclaimed leading man, Sir Laurence Olivier, the Oliviers may celebrate the best of London’s stages, but the industry’s reach goes far beyond the capital. Many hit shows tour the UK and abroad, with productions such as Matilda, War Horse and Billy Elliot making the leap to Broadway and often cleaning up at

the US equivalent to the Oliviers, the ever-glitzy, heavily publicised Tony Awards. London theatre does its part for the UK economy, too, generating over £88m in VAT in 2012. In short, it deserves to be shouted about as much as our film and television industries. “It does give us this enormous opportunity to market London theatre around the world,” says Bird. “You can only do that around one main event a year. This has become that.”

The increased profile is long overdue, feels two-times Olivierwinning actress Janie Dee, nominated again this year for her

Theatrical giant The legendary Lord Olivier in Hamlet Helen Maybanks / Itv, Rex features

Oliviers take it centre stage

simon annand / Manuel Harlan / Ellie Kurtz

performance in NSFW at the Royal Court. “I have always felt the public need to be included in the celebration of their own property, which is British theatre,” she says. “To big up the Oliviers is to remind people of the excitement, the choice of entertainment and the great talent that exists in this country.”

But, as she points out, to keep the public (and TV execs) interested, you need to put on a good show. “I felt very sad when it was taken off the TV but I think a break at that time was needed as the actual awards ceremony was not entertaining enough. The awards are important in their own right but if they are going to be televised they also have to be worth watching.”

Ironic really, given this is an industry that really knows how to entertain. ITV’s resurrection of mainstream television coverage this year (it was only broadcast on the BBC red button last year) implies we now have something that will pull an audience. As well as a roster of big name presenters connected with the London stage – including Damian Lewis, Daniel Radcliffe, Kim Cattrall, David Suchet and Tim Minchin – the show will feature performances from nominated musicals and American stars Idina Menzel (Wicked) and Matthew Morrison (TV’s Glee), plus an appearance from 80-year-old British singer and actress Petula Clark. All this is funded by sponsorship deals, as well as SOLT itself. Is it money well spent? “I hope so,” says Bird. “Only if we raise the profile is it worth doing.”

There are limits, though. With Bird’s three-year plan complete, the show can’t get much bigger; future years will focus on expanding international TV coverage. And though the Oliviers may now match the Tonys in glitz, glamour and international stars, we shouldn’t forget what lies at the heart of the event. “I have worked in America,” says Dee, “and although I adored it, I found the difference is that we would [create theatre] here for nothing, whereas it is much more of a business there. It’s a fine balancing act to retain that special heart of the arts here, and make it pay, without becoming slick and superficial.”

Best Actor

Across the universe Constellations

T

here are many deserving winners, but these are our picks in the major categories

Best New Play

Nominees: Constellations (Royal Court), The Audience (Gielgud), The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (National Theatre), This House (National Theatre) Scout picks: A hard choice, but we’re rooting for Nick Payne’s imaginative two-hander, Constellations, a tear-jerking love story played out across parallel universes.

Nominees: James McAvoy (Macbeth at Trafalgar Studios), Luke Treadaway (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the NightTime at the National Theatre), Mark Rylance (Twelfth Night at Shakespeare’s Globe), Rafe Spall (Constellations at the Royal Court), Rupert Everett (The Judas Kiss at Duke of York’s Theatre) Scout picks: He may be David against several Goliaths, but Luke Treadaway’s touching performance in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time earned our admiration.

Play the Piper Billie in The Effect

Nominees: Billie Piper (The Effect at the National Theatre), Hattie Morahan (A Doll’s House at the Young Vic), Helen Mirren (The Audience at the Gielgud), Kristin Scott Thomas (Old Times at Harold Pinter Theatre)

Best Director

Nominees: Jeremy Herrin (This House at the National Theatre), Marianne Elliott (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the NightTime at the National Theatre), Simon McBurney (The Master and Margarita at Barbican), Stephen Daldry (The Audience at the Gielgud) Scout picks: For making one of our favourite novels work on stage, Marianne Elliott gets our vote for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.

Scout picks: For ditching his cheery persona and delving into darkness as the demon barber, Michael Ball should earn his second Olivier.

Best Actress in a Musical

Nominees: Hannah Waddingham (Kiss Me Kate at the Old Vic), Heather Headley (The Bodyguard at Adelphi Theatre), Imelda Staunton (Sweeney Todd at Adelphi Theatre), Summer Strallen (Top Hat at Aldwych Theatre).

Scout picks: It’ll be a hat trick for Staunton if she deservedly picks up the Olivier for her performance as pie-maker Mrs Lovett alongside Michael Ball in Sweeney Todd.

Best Revival

Best Actress

Hothead Luke Treadaway in The Curious Incident...

Theatre), Will Young (Cabaret at Savoy Theatre).

Nominees: Long Day’s Journey into Night (Apollo Theatre), Macbeth (Trafalgar Studios), Old Times (Harold Pinter Theatre), Twelfth Night (the Globe) Scout picks: The sheer delight of Mark Rylance in a dress and Stephen Fry in yellow stockings makes this production of Twelfth Night hard to beat.

Scout picks: It’s tempting to side with the Dame, but Hattie Morahan wins us over with her poignant portrayal of a suffocated young wife in A Doll’s House.

Best New Musical

Nominees: Loserville (Garrick Theatre), Soul Sister (Savoy Theatre), The Bodyguard (Adelphi Theatre), Top Hat (Aldwych Theatre) Scout picks: There’s only one winner for us. With its incredible dance sequences and joyful heart, Top Hat taps into our affections.

Best Actor in a Musical

Men only Rylance and Fry in Twelfth Night

Best Musical Revival

Nominees: A Chorus Line (London Palladium), Cabaret (Savoy Theatre), Kiss Me Kate (the Old Vic), Sweeney Todd (Adelphi Theatre).

Scout picks: It’s a shoo-in for Chichester Festival Theatre’s production of Sweeney Todd, with its macabre humour and stand-out performances.

Nominees: Alex Bourne (Kiss Me Kate at the Old Vic), Michael Ball (Sweeney Todd at Adelphi Theatre), For a full list of nominees, Tom Chambers (Top Hat at Aldwych visit olivierawards.com

scoutlondon.com Scout London 49

P R E V I E WS

Romeo and Juliet Sadler’s Wells April 17-21, £12-£45 It’s been 26 years since Canada’s national ballet company last performed in London, so this new version of Romeo and Juliet, choreographed by former Bolshoi Ballet director Alexei Ratmansky, is a major event for the north London dance house. CB

Othello National Theatre, April 16-July 6, £12-£48 and the evil turncoat Iago. Lester, best known for TV’s Hustle, returns to the National after 10 years; Kinnear is the theatre’s poster boy, appearing as Hamlet and winning an Olivier for The Man of Mode. Caroline Bishop SE1 9PX Waterloo nationaltheatre.org.uk

Orpheus Battersea Arts Centre April 16-May 11, £10-£20 The Little Bulb theatre company charmed us with Operation Greenfield, and now they’re back with an imaginative take on the Orpheus myth. Led by the singer Yvette Pépin, the play is accompanied by a live score of jazz, opera and chanson, and performed in a 1930s Parisian music hall setting. CB SW11 5TN Clapham Junction bac.org.uk 50 Scout London scoutlondon.com

Sleeping Arrangements Landor Theatre April 17-May 12, £15-£18 Chick-lit novelist Sophie Kinsella has seen Confessions of a Shopaholic filmed, but this is her first book to make it to the stage. There’s hints of Coward’s Private Lives in the plot, in which ex-lovers are re-entangled abroad. CB SW9 9PH Clapham North landortheatre.com

Tiddler and other Terrific Tales Wyndham’s Theatre April 20-May 4 £12.50-£17.50 Stories by Children’s Laureate Julia Donaldson and illustrator Axel Scheffler have been filling daytime slots in West End theatres for years, but we’ll gladly take more. This compendium of short tales should impress ages three and over.

CB WC2H 0DA Leicester Square delfontmackintosh.co.uk

Bruce Zinger

Shakespeare’s tale of a successful man brought down by jealousy and betrayal provides two of the best – and most sought after – roles in the canon. Chiwetel Ejiofor and Ewan McGregor did it a few years ago, as did, more surprisingly perhaps, Lenny Henry and Conrad Nelson. Now it’s the turn of Adrian Lester and Rory Kinnear, two actors at the top of their game, to embody the Moor Othello

EC1R 4TN Angel sadlerswells.com

Doktor Glas The Shed, Wyndham’s Theatre, April 16-May 11, £10-£65 The Killing et al may have sent the British masses (well, BBC4) nuts for Scandinoir, but it was Henning Mankell’s Wallander that kickstarted it. Riding the wave to the West End is the Swedish TV show’s star Krister Henriksson, with a one-man stage version of a novel by Hjalmar Soderberg, considered “the best novel ever written in Sweden” (according to Henriksson). Expect a tale of love, murder and passion, delivered in Swedish (as with BBC4, there are surtitles). CB WC2H 0DA

Leicester Square drglas.com

The Weir Donmar Warehouse, April 18-June 8, £10-£35

Mats Bäcker

Irish playwright Conor McPherson won an Olivier Award in 1999 for this ghost story set in an isolated pub, where the locals attempt to impress a newcomer with tales that become increasingly chilling. Josie Rourke, artistic director of the Donmar Warehouse, has gathered together some of Ireland’s finest for her production, including Dervla Kirwan, Peter McDonald and funnyman Ardal O’Hanlon. And if you love it, Rourke’s handily giving us a second helping of McPherson: his brand new play, which he’ll direct himself, will follow on from The Weir in June. CB WC2H 9LX

Covent Garden donmarwarehouse.com

LISTINGS WEST END

Beautiful Thing booking until May 25 2013, Arts Theatre, 6-7 Great Newport Street, WC2H 7JB Covent Garden £20£35, Mon-Sat 8pm, mats Thu, Sat 3pm (press night Apr 17, 7pm). A love story between two classmates and neighbours on an inner city estate, written by Jonathan Harvey.

The Audience booking until Jun 15 2013, Gielgud Theatre, 35-37 Shaftesbury Avenue, W1D 6AR Piccadilly Circus £10-£59, concs available, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Wed, Sat 2.30pm. Peter Morgan’s fictional renditions of private meetings between Queen Elizabeth II and her Prime Ministers.

Between Ten And Six Starts Tue, booking until Apr 20 2013, Leicester Square Theatre, 6 Leicester Place, WC2H 7BX Leicester Square £10, concs £8, Apr 16-20, 7pm. A one-act dark comedy by Chris Mayo, with additional material by Owen Llewelyn, about two strangers co-habiting in a dingy flat in North London.

Billy Elliot - The Musical booking until Dec 21 2013, Victoria Palace, Victoria Street, SW1E 5EA Victoria £19.50£65, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Thu, Sat 2.30pm. Adaptation of the film about a miner’s son, who dreams of becoming a ballet dancer.

The Bodyguard booking until Sep 28 2013, Adelphi Theatre, 409-412 Strand, WC2R 0NS Charing Cross £20-£67.50, The stage adaptation from director Thea Sharrock, of the early 1990s film which starred Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston The Book Of Mormon booking until Sep 21 2013, Prince Of Wales Theatre, 31 Coventry Street, W1D 6AS Piccadilly Circus £37.50-£67.50, Premium Seats £95, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Wed, Sat 2.30pm, no perf May 31.

Musical satire from the South Park team chronicling the misadventures of two missionaries in Uganda.

Doktor Glas Starts Tue, booking until May 11 2013, Wyndham’s Theatre, Charing Cross Road, WC2H 0DA Leicester Square £15-£49.50, From

52 Scout London scoutlondon.com

Apr 16, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, Sat 5pm, mats Wed 2.30pm. A tale set in the 19thcentury about a physician, the wife of a corrupt clergyman and a battle of passion and morality. In Swedish with English subtitles.

Jersey Boys booking until Mar 2 2014, 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, Sun 5pm, mats Tue, Sat 3pm.

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

Les Miserables booking until Oct 26, Queen’s Theatre, 51 Shaftesbury Avenue, W1D 6BA Piccadilly Circus £20£85, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Wed, Sat 2.30pm. Musical based on Victor Hugo’s classic novel.

Let It Be booking until Oct 5, Savoy Theatre, Savoy Court, Strand, WC2R 0ET Charing Cross £20£60, Mon, Wed-Sat 7.30pm, Sun 7pm, mats Sat & Sun 3pm. Marking 50 years since the release of their first single, The Beatles are celebrated in this musicalnarrative, created by RAIN Productions.

The Low Road booking until May 11 2013, Jerwood Theatre At The Royal Court, Sloane Square, SW1W 8AS Sloane Square Mon £10, Tue-Sat £12-£28, concs available, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Sat 2.30pm, Apr 18, 25, 2.30pm, no perf May 6. A modern fable on modern, savage capitalism, written by Bruce Norris.

Mamma Mia! booking until Apr 5 2014, Novello Theatre, 5 Aldwych, WC2B 4LD Covent Garden Mon-Fri £15-£64, Sat £15-£67.50, Mon-Sat 7.45pm, mats Thu, Sat 3pm, no perf Dec 25, extra mat perf Dec 23, 27, 3pm, Dec 24, 3pm, Dec 26, 7.30pm. Musical comedy based at a family wedding and set to the ABBA songbook.

Matilda: The Musical booking until Dec 22 2013, Cambridge Theatre, Earlham Street, WC2H 9HU Covent Garden Until Dec 22 2013 £19-£58.50, disabled £28.75, Tue-Thu under 18s £19-£48.50,, Tue 7pm, Wed-Sat 7.30pm, mats Wed, Sat 2.30pm, Sun 3pm. Dennis Kelly and Tim Minchin’s musical adaptation of Roald Dahl’s tale.

The Mousetrap booking until Dec 21, St Martin’s Theatre, West Street, Cambridge Circus, WC2H 9NZ Leicester Square £16-£42, Premium Seats £61, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Tue 3pm, Sat 4pm. Agatha Christie’s murder mystery.

Narrative booking until May 4, Jerwood Theatre At The Royal Court, Sloane Square, SW1W 8AS Sloane Square Mon £10, Tue-Sat £20, concs £15, MonSat 7.45pm, mats Thu, Sat 3.30pm.

Anthony Neilson’s latest play, a play about stories, features Zawe Ashton and Oliver Rix. Once booking until Nov 30 2013, Phoenix Theatre, 110 Charing Cross Road, WC2H 0JP Leicester Square £19.50-£67.50, Premium Seats £95,

Macbeth booking until Apr 27 2013, Trafalgar Studios, 14 Whitehall, SW1A 2DY Charing Cross Mon £15 available online on the first day of each month, Tue-Sat £24.50-£54.50, Premium Seats £65, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Thu, Sat 2.30pm. James McAvoy and Claire Foy headline Jamie Lloyd’s staging of Shakespeare.

Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Thu, Sat 3pm.

The romantic stage musical of the 2006 Irish film about an Irish busker and young Czech immigrant and their shared love of music.

One Man, Two Guvnors booking until Aug 31 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. Richard Bean’s comic tale, based on Carlo Goldoni’s The Servant Of Two Masters.

Peter And Alice booking until Jun 1 2013, Noel Coward Theatre, 85-88 St Martin’s Lane, WC2N 4AU Leicester Square £10, £27.50, £57.50, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Sat 2.30pm. John Logan’s drama about the chance meeting between Alice Liddell Hargreaves and Peter Llewelyn Davies, the original Alice and Peter Pan. Robin Windsor And Kristina Rihanoff: Burn The Floor booking until Sep 1 2013, Shaftesbury Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, WC2H 8DP Holborn £16£57, Mon, Wed & Thu 7.30pm, Fri & Sat 8pm, mats Thu 3pm, Sat & Sun 4pm. An entertaining dance spectacular featuring two of the stars of Strictly Come Dancing, and special guest Karen Hauer.

Rock Of Ages booking until Nov 2 2013, Garrick Theatre, 2 Charing Cross Road, WC2H 0HH Charing Cross £25-£65, Mon-Sat 7.45pm, mats Fri & Sat 3pm. Chris D’Arienzo’s musical celebrating Los Angeles rock culture.

Singin’ In The Rain booking until Jun 8 2013, Palace Theatre, 109-113 Shaftesbury Avenue, W1D 5AY Leicester Square £15-£65, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Wed, Sat 2.30pm. Musical based on the MGM film about the end of silent movies.

Third Finger, Left Hand booking until Apr 27 2013, Trafalgar Studios, 14 Whitehall, SW1A 2DY Charing Cross £15-£30, Mon-Sat 7.45pm, mats Thu, Sat 3pm. A poignant, 1970s-set drama

featuring a music soundtrack of Northern Soul sounds, written by Dermot Canavan.

Thriller Live booking until Oct 15 2013, Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, W1D 7ES Piccadilly Circus £26£87.50, Tue-Fri, Sun 7.30pm, Sat 8pm, mats Sat 4pm, Sun 3.30pm. A celebration of the music of Michael Jackson.

Top Hat - The Musical booking until Apr 27 2014, Aldwych Theatre, 49 Aldwych, WC2B 4DF Covent Garden £20£65, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Thu, Sat 2.30pm, Feb 28 Q & A session with Linda Emmett, daughter of Irving Berlin, after mat perf, Jan 1 2013-Apr 20 2013, Mon & Tue, Thu-Sat 7.30pm, Sun 4pm. Irving Berlin’s romantic musical.

Untold Stories: Hymm & Cocktail Sticks booking until Jun 15, Duchess Theatre, 3-5 Catherine Street, WC2B 5LA Covent Garden £12-£59.50, concs available, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Wed, Sat 3pm. Alan Bennett looks back over his childhood and recalls memories of his late father, in this double bill featuring Alex Jennings as the writer.

Viva Forever! booking until Feb 14 2014, Piccadilly Theatre, 16 Denman Street, W1D 7DY Piccadilly Circus £20£67.50, Mon-Thu, Sat 7.30pm, Fri 5pm & 8.30pm, mats Sat 3pm, no perf Dec 25, extra mat perf Dec 23, 31, Dec 24, 27, 3pm. Jennifer Saunders’s comedy musical, featuring the songs of the Spice Girls.

War Horse booking until Feb 15 2014, New London Theatre, 166 Drury Lane, 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 about a farm horse caught up in the horrors of the First World War. The Woman In Black booking until Dec 14 2013, Fortune Theatre, Russell Street, WC2B 5HH Covent Garden £16.50£48, Tue-Sat 8pm, mats Tue, Thu 3pm, Sat 4pm. Adaptation of Susan Hill’s ghost story.

OFF WEST END #Aiww: The Arrest Of Ai Weiwei Ends May 18, Hampstead Theatre, Eton Avenue, NW3 3EU Swiss Cottage Apr 17-30, May 1-18 Mon, Wed, Sat 7.30pm, 2.30pm & 3pm £22, Tue-Sat £29, Wed, Sat 2.30pm & 3pm OAP £15, concs £15, £18, Apr 11-16 previews £22, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Wed 2.30pm, Sat 3pm. Howard Brenton’s play is based on conversations between the Chinese artist Al Weiwei and Barnaby Martin.

Ailie And The Alien: 360 Youth Theatre Lyric Hammersmith, Lyric Square, King Street, W6 0QL Hammersmith £5, Apr 16, 6.30pm. The story of a girl whose life takes a lucky turn when she befriends an alien.

Before The Party Ends May 11 2013, Almeida Theatre, Almeida Street, N1 1TA Highbury & Islington £8-£32, concs available, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Sat 2.30pm. Rodney Ackland’s drama about a family struggling to rebuild shattered lives.

richard hubert smith

California Lives (Los Feliz/ Ben And Joe’s/Sunset) Starts Sun, ends May 26 2013, King’s Head, Islington, 115 Upper Street, N1 1QN Angel £11.50-£19, From Apr 21, Sun & Mon 7.15pm, mat May 26, 3pm (press night Apr 22).

Three monologues which offer a look at the lives of three different people, written by Martin Foreman.

Bryony Kimmings: Sex Idiot Soho Theatre, 21 Dean Street, W1D 3NE Tottenham Court Road £15, concs £12.50, Apr 16, 9.30pm. Solo show in which the performance artist reconsiders her sexual history.

Children Of The Sun booking until May 19 2013, National Theatre: Lyttelton, South Bank, SE1 9PX Waterloo £12-£34, Apr 15, 17 & 18, 23-25, 30, May 1-4, 10 & 11, 17 & 18, 7.30pm, press night Apr 16, 7pm, mats Apr 17, 24, May 1, 4, 11, 18, 2.15pm, May 5, 12, 19, 3pm.

Andrew Upton’s version of Maxim Gorky’s drama, set in pre-revolution Russia.

Dancing Around Duchamp: Ubu Roi booking until Sat, Barbican Centre, Silk Street, EC2Y 8DS Barbican £21-£26, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Sat 2.30pm. Alfred Jarry’s satire about greed and the abuse of power. Performed in French with English surtitles.

A Doll’s House Ends Apr 20 2013, Young Vic, 66 The Cut, SE1 8LZ Waterloo £10-£32.50, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Wed, Sat 2.30pm.

Henrik Ibsen’s classic drama on morals, translated by Simon Stephens.

The First 20 Minutes Ends Apr 27 2013, Soho Theatre, 21 Dean Street, W1D 3NE Tottenham Court Road £15, adv £10 & £12, Apr 15, 8pm, mat Apr 27, 4pm. New-writing competition which presents the first 20 minutes of three dramas.

Gibraltar Ends Apr 20 2013, Arcola Theatre, 24 Ashwin Street, E8 3DL Dalston Junction £17, concs £12, MonSat 8pm, mats Sat 3pm. Hard-hitting drama by Alastair Brett with Sian Evans, based on the shooting by the SAS of three unarmed IRA terrorists in 1988.

The Life And Sort Of Death Of Eric Argyle Ends Apr 20 2013, Soho Theatre, 21 Dean Street, W1D 3NE Tottenham Court Road Apr 3-20 £15, concs £10, Tue-Sat 7.15pm, mats Sat 3.30pm, no perf Apr 16, 7.15pm. 15th Oak Productions presents a tragicomic play about Eric, who is still in his pyjamas and died at 11.42am, two days ago. Not suitable for under 12s.

Mies Julie Ends May 19 2013, Riverside Studios, Crisp Road, W6 9RL Hammersmith £25 & £26, Tue-Sat

8pm, Sun 6pm, mats Sat 2.30pm. An award-winning modern reworking of August Strindberg’s drama, adapted and directed by Yael Farber. Contains nudity and scenes of a sexual nature.

Mobile Phone Show: Brentford School For Girls Lyric Hammersmith, Lyric Square, King Street, W6 0QL Hammersmith £5, Apr 17 & 18 8.30pm. A chorus line of chaos in a rhapsody of rap, text, tweet and gabble.

Moby Dick Ends May 4 2013, Arcola Theatre, 24 Ashwin Street, E8 3DL Dalston Junction Mon-Sat 7.30pm £18, concs £14, Apr 20, 27, May 4 2.30pm £16, concs £12, MonSat 7.30pm, mats Sat 2.30pm. A play adapted from Herman Melville’s novel.

My Perfect Mind Ends May 4 2013, Young Vic, 66 The Cut, SE1 8LZ Waterloo £19.50, Mon-Sat 7.45pm, mats Wed, Sat 2.45pm. A two-man comedy drama, fusing Shakespeare and the experiences of a stroke victim.

National Theatre Connections 2013: Don’t Feed The Animals: The Langley Academy Lyric Hammersmith, Lyric Square, King Street, W6 0QL Hammersmith £5, Apr 16, 6pm.

Short drama set in a circus, written by Jemma Kennedy.

Table booking until May 18 2013, National Theatre, South Bank, SE1 9PX Waterloo Stage and Gallery Level £20, Gallery Restricted View £12, Tue-Sat 8pm, mats Sat & Sun, Wed 3pm. An epic tale covering 115 years of one family’s life, love and ghosts, written by Tanya Ronder.

National Theatre Connections 2013: Don’t Feed The Animals: Sacred Heart High School Lyric Hammersmith, Lyric Square, King Street, W6 0QL Hammersmith £5, Apr 17, 8pm. Short drama set in a circus, written by Jemma Kennedy.

National Theatre Connections 2013: Forty Five Minutes: West Thames College Lyric Hammersmith, Lyric Square, King Street, W6 0QL

Hammersmith £5, Apr 18, 6pm.

Anya Reis’s drama involving those allimportant UCAS forms.

National Theatre Connections 2013: We Lost Elijah: Bridge Academy/ Beachcroft School/Latimer Education Centre Lyric Hammersmith, Lyric Square, King Street, W6 0QL Hammersmith £5, Apr 18, 8pm. Ryan Craig’s drama set during the August 2011 riots.

National Theatre Connections 2013: We Lost Elijah: Fulham Cross Girls’ School Lyric Hammersmith, Lyric Square, King Street, W6 0QL Hammersmith £5, Apr 17, 6pm. Ryan Craig’s drama set during the August 2011 riots.

Nineveh Starts Tue, ends May 11 2013, Riverside Studios, Crisp Road, W6 9RL Hammersmith Apr 16 & 17 £12, Apr 18-30, May 1-11 £15, concs £12, From Apr 16, Tue-Sat 7.30pm, mats Sun 3pm, preview perf Apr 16 & 17. An exploration of the trauma of combat and the hope that comes afterwards.

Orpheus Starts Tue, ends May 11 2013, Battersea Arts Centre, Lavender Hill, Clapham Junction Apr SW11 5TN 16-20 £10, Apr 22-30, May 1-4 £17.50, concs £12.50, May 5-11 £20, concs £15, From Apr 16, Tue-Sat 7.30pm, mats Sat 2.30pm (press night Apr 18). Little Bulb Theatre’s jazz-infused adaptation of the classic myth, set in a 1930s Parisianstyle music hall.

Othello Starts Tue, booking until Jul 6, National Theatre: Olivier, South Bank, SE1 9PX Waterloo £12-£48, Apr 16-20, 22, 24 & 25, 29 & 30, May 1 & 2, 9-11, Jun 14 & 15, 25 & 26, Jul 4-6, 7.15pm, press night Apr 23, 7pm, mats Apr 24, May 1, 11, Jun 15, Jul 6, 1.30pm, May 12, 2pm. Adrian Lester stars in the title role of Nicholas Hytner’s production of the Shakespeare tragedy.

Paper Dolls Ends Apr 28 2013, Tricycle Theatre, 269 Kilburn High Road, NW6 7JR Kilburn Mon/Wed 2pm & 8pm £14, Tue-Thu/Sat 4pm & 8pm £20, concs £18, Fri & Sat 8pm £22, concs £20, Mon-Sat 8pm, mats Wed 2pm, Sat 4pm, no perf Apr 22, extra mat Apr 28, 3pm. Philip Himberg’s drama adapted from the film by Tomer Heymann.

People booking until May 15, National Theatre: Lyttelton, South Bank, SE1 9PX Waterloo £12-£47, Mon-Fri under 18s £19 & £23.50, other concs available, Apr 19 & 20, 22, 26 & 27, 29, May 6-9, 13-15, 7.45pm, mats Apr 20, 27, May 8, 15, 2pm, Apr 21, 28, 3pm. Alan Bennett’s drama about the owner of a British stately home contemplating a sale of the house’s contents.

Proof Ends Apr 27 2013, The Menier Chocolate Factory, 53 Southwark Street, SE1 1RU London Bridge £31, Premium £35, Meal Deal £39, concs £27.50, Tue-Sat 8pm, mats Sat & Sun 3.30pm. David Auburn’s award-winning drama is directed by Polly Findlay.

Say It With Flowers Ends May 4 2013, Hampstead Theatre, Eton Avenue, NW3 3EU Swiss Cottage £12, concs £10, Mon-Sat 7.45pm & 9pm,

Sat 4.30pm, mats Sat 3.15pm, Apr 17, 7.45pm. A selection of American modernist Gertrude Stein’s writing is performed in this ensemble piece.

Three Birds Ends Apr 20 2013, The Bush Theatre, 7 Uxbridge Road, W12 8LJ Shepherd’s Bush Apr 15-20 Mon-Sat 7.30pm £19.50, concs £12, Wed/Sat 2.30pm £15, concs £10, Mar 20 & 21 previews £15, concs £10, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Sat 2.30pm, Apr 17, 2.30pm. An award-winning, darkly comic play by Janice Okoh, on childhood and fantasy.

Tomorrow I Will Be Happy: Arts Ed High School Lyric Hammersmith, Lyric Square, King Street, W6 0QL Hammersmith £5, Apr 18, 6.30pm.

When a stranger comes to a crumbling seaside town looking for his friend Darren, he discovers that he was killed in a homophobic hate crime.

The Weir Starts Thu, ends Jun 8 2013, Donmar Warehouse, 41 Earlham Street, WC2H 9LX Covent Garden Apr 18-24 previews £10-£27.50, Apr 25-30, May 1-31, Jun 1-8 £10-£35, From Apr 18, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Thu, Sat 2.30pm (press night Apr 25, 7pm, no mat perf Apr 18, 20, 25). Conor McPherson’s drama features Risteard Cooper, Brian Cox and Dervla Kirwan.

We Lost Elijah: SL5 Youth Theatre Lyric Hammersmith, Lyric Square, King Street, W6 0QL Hammersmith £5, Apr 17, 6.30pm. Elijah’s older brother and two friends were charged with getting him home safely while the riots were raging. Did he get caught up in the events or was there another reason for his disappearance?

The Winslow Boy booking until May 25 2013, Old Vic, 103 The Cut, SE1 8NB Waterloo Apr 15-30, May 1-25 £11-£50, Wed/Sat 2.30pm OAP £26, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Wed, Sat 2.30pm. Classic drama written by Terence Rattigan about principles and the powerful establishment.

FRINGE 33% London: Around The House Starts Tue, ends Apr 27, £4, Tue-Sat 6.15pm & 6.30pm. All at Ovalhouse, 54 Kennington Oval, SE11 5SW Oval Site-specific short plays presented by up-and-coming writers, directors and actors. First Bites Starts Thu, ends Fri, £8, concs £5, 8pm. A platform for two young companies to showcase full-length work. Take A Deep Breath And Breathe Starts Tue, ends Sat, £8, concs £5, Apr 16-20, 8.30pm. Bola Agbaje’s latest drama is inspired by the ancient Greek tale of Lysistrata.

Aristophanes Now Starts Wed, ends Apr 18 2013, RADA Studios, 16 Chenies Street, WC1E 7EX Goodge Street £15, concs £8, Apr 17 & 18, 7.30pm, mat Apr 18, 2.30pm. RADA under the auspices of the Embassy Of Greece presents a production which focuses on the chorus sections of the original ancient Greek comedies.

scoutlondon.com Scout London 53

LISTINGS

The Life Of Stuff Ends May 4 2013, Theatre 503, The Latchmere Pub, 503 Battersea Park Road, SW11 3BW Sloane Square £15, concs £10, Tue-Sat 7.45pm, Sun 5pm, captioned Apr 20. A comic fly-on-the-wall snapshot of eight lives careering out of control.

The Last Days Of Judas Iscariot Starts Wed, ends May 19 2013, St Leonard’s Church, Shoreditch High Street, E1 6JN Old Street £12-£18, From Apr 17, Wed-Sat 7.30pm, mats Sat 2.30pm, Sun 3pm, post show talks after every Sun perf (press night Apr 19). Stephen Adly Guirgis’ courtroom-set comedy drama, based on the biblical tale. Contains strong language.

Love Vs Hate Ends Apr 20 2013, Tristan Bates Theatre, The Actors Centre, 1a Tower Street, WC2H 9NP Leicester Square £12, concs £10, Apr 15-20, 7.30pm. Two brand new plays by two exciting emerging writers, in a battle of the sexes.

The Man Of Destiny & The Fascinating Foundling Ends Apr 28 2013, Pentameters Theatre, Three Horseshoes, Heath Street, NW3 6TE Hampstead £12, Tue-Sat 8pm, Sun 5pm. A double bill of short dramas by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Michael Friend.

The National Ballet Of Canada: Romeo And Juliet Starts Wed, ends Apr 21 2013, Sadler’s Wells, Rosebery Avenue, EC1R 4TN Angel £12-£45, Apr 1720, 7.30pm, mats Apr 20, 2pm, Apr 21, 4pm (press night Apr 17). The acclaimed company performs its latest production, originally created in 2011.

On Approval Ends May 4 2013, Jermyn Street Theatre, 16B Jermyn Street, SW1Y 6ST Piccadilly Circus £20, concs £16, Early Bird offer if booked before Mar 18 £15, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Sat 3.30pm. Frederick Lonsdale’s 1927 comedy is directed by Anthony Biggs.

The Prisoner Of Second Avenue: Tower Theatre Company Starts Tue, ends Sat, Theatro Technis, 26 Crowndale Road, NW1 1TT Mornington Crescent £14, concs £13, mems/adv £12, adv concs £11, adv mems £10, Apr 16-20, 7.45pm, mat Apr 20, 3pm. Neil Simon provides a string of one-liners whilst also making shrewd points about urban crisis.

The Place Prize For Dance: The Finals (Duet/Athletes/ Dead Gig/The Wishing Well) Starts Wed, ends Apr 27 2013, The Place: Robin Howard Dance Theatre, 17 Duke’s Road, WC1H 9PY Euston phone for prices, From Apr 17, Mon-Sat 8pm. Four dance works chosen to compete for the prize of £25,000.

A member of Ask 4 Group Ltd Heston Park House 32-42 New Heston Road, Hounslow TW5 0LJ

Creative Director Sam Proud

Film Reviews Damon Smith

Editor Dan Frost

020 3553 4524

Editorial editorial@scoutlondon.com

Contributors Abi Jackson Nicky Williams Clare Considine Caroline Bishop Si Hawkins Shereen Low Paul Prowse Tej Adeleye

Sub-Editor Steve Yates

Streets Project Ends Apr 21 2013, The Cockpit, Gateforth Street, NW8 8EH Marylebone Apr 15-21 £15, concs £12, Tue-Sat 7.30pm, mats Sat 3pm, Sun 4pm. A group of friends try to make ends meet and to create better futures, in this musical drama from Interval Productions.

The Trial Ends Apr 27, Shoreditch Town Hall, 380 Old Street, EC1V 9LT Old Street £30, Tue-Fri 4pm7.40pm, start times at 20 minute intervals, Sat 2pm-7.40pm, start times at 20 minute intervals, Part One. A largescale, immersive theatre piece from RETZ.

Food & Drink Editor Ben Norum

Chairman & Managing Director, Ask Group of Companies Ltd. Sudhir Sharma

Something Is Rotten At The Rose Starts Tue, ends Apr 18 2013, The Rose, Bankside, 56 Park Street, SE1 9AR London Bridge £12, concs £10, Apr 16-18, 7.30pm. Performance inspired by Shakespeare’s sonnets and passages from Hamlet.

The Trial Ends Apr 27, The Mill Co. Project – Rose Lipman Community Centre, 43 Downham Road, N1 5SQ Haggerston £30, Tue-Sat 6pm9pm, start times at 20 minute intervals, Part Two. A large-scale, immersive theatre piece from RETZ.

Creative artwork@scoutlondon.com

hello@scoutlondon.com

The Royal Ballet: Mayerling Starts Fri, ends Jun 15 2013, Royal Opera House, 45 Floral Street, WC2E 9DD Covent Garden £4-£93, Apr 19, 25, 30, May 30, Jun 5 & 6, 10, 12 & 13, 7.30pm, Jun 1, 15, 7pm, mats May 3, 12.30pm, Jun 1, 1.30pm. Choreographer Kenneth MacMillan’s 1978 dancedrama, inspired by the suicide of the Austro-Hungarian Empire’s heir and his mistress.

Venus/Mars Ends Jun 15 2013, Old Red Lion, 418 St John Street, EC1V 4NJ Angel Tue-Sat £14, concs £12, Sun £10, Tue-Sat 7.30pm, mats Sat & Sun 3pm. Daniel and Michelle first cross paths on the dance floor and gradually become an item. But they soon realise that relationships don’t always have fairytale endings.

A Woman Inside Starts Sun, ends Apr 22 2013, Hen & Chickens, 109 St Paul’s Road, N1 2NA Highbury & Islington £10, concs £8.50, Apr 21 & 22, 7.30pm.

A tense drama about imprisonment.

Advertising advertise@scoutlondon.com Media Pack: sayhellotoscout.com Head of Sales Erika Haag erika@ask4group.com 020 3553 4529 Distribution Emblem Group Please send all listings to listings@scoutlondon.com

Scout London is published by Ask Prints and Publications Ltd. Registered company number 08201672. Scout London is a registered trademark. Reproduction in whole or part is forbidden. Copyright of all original content is held by Scout London. Scout London makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information it publishes, but cannot be held responsible for any consequences arising from errors or omissions. Please confirm with the venue before setting out.

54 Scout London scoutlondon.com

Eva Recacha

Beating McEnroe (Work In Progress) Starts Thu, ends Apr 19 2013, Camden People’s Theatre, 58-60 Hampstead Road, NW1 2PY Euston £10, concs £8, Apr 18 & 19, 8pm. An entertaining solo show about how Bjorn Borg comes back to Wimbledon to absolve his dark thoughts about his nemesis, John McEnroe.

Boys’ Life Starts Tue, ends May 5 2013, Etcetera Theatre, 265 Camden High Street, NW1 7BU Camden Town £10.50, Apr 16-20, 23-27, 30-May 4, 7.30pm, Apr 21, 28, May 5, 6.30pm. The hilarious story of three former college pals making it big in New York.

The Broken Heart: MA Acting Classical Students Ends Apr 17 2013, Central School Of Speech And Drama, The Embassy Theatre, Eton Avenue, NW3 3HY Swiss Cottage £10, concs £5, Apr 15-17, 7.30pm. Students perform John Ford’s masterpiece of the Renaissance stage.

Darling Of The Day Ends Apr 20 2013, Union Theatre, 204 Union Street, SE1 0LX Waterloo £19.50, concs £17.50, Tue-Sat 7.30pm, mats Sat & Sun 2.30pm. Jule Styne, Yip Harburg and Nunnally Johnson’s award-winning musical.

The Duke In Darkness Starts Tue, ends May 11 2013, Tabard Theatre, 2 Bath Road, W4 1LW Turnham Green £17, concs £15, From Apr 16, Tue-Sat 7.30pm, mats Sun 2pm (press night Apr 18).

Patrick Hamilton’s rarely staged ‘lost’ play is adapted by actor Orlando Wells.

Halbwelt Kultur Starts Wed, ends Apr 20, New Wimbledon Theatre, 93 The Broadway, SW19 1QG Wimbledon £10, Apr 17-20, 7.45pm. Musical cabaret focused on seven women in Germany’s Weimar Republic.

Hormonal Housewives 2013 New Wimbledon Theatre, 93 The Broadway, SW19 1QG Wimbledon £20, Apr 19, 7.30pm. Toyah Wilcox stars in this topical sketch show.

Jane Eyre Starts Wed, ends May 5 2013, Rosemary Branch Theatre, 2A Shepperton Road, N1 3DT Old Street £13, concs £10, Tue-Sat 7.30pm, Sun 6pm. An adaptation of Charlotte Bronte’s Gothic romance which remains faithful to the text.

WIN a top-of-the-range

Coffee Machine and tickets to the London Coffee Festival with Alpro

T

he London Coffee festival gets underway later this month, at the famous Old Truman Brewery in Brick Lane. To mark the occasion, Scout has teamed up with Alpro to offer readers the chance to win a Nespresso Magimix Maestria coffee machine, worth £350.

The lucky winner will also get a selection of flavoured coffee syrups, a copy of London Coffee Guide 2013, an Alpro branded keep cup and a range of Alpro plantbased products.

Plant-based eating is a growing trend in the UK, and soya is a big part of this. More and more people are opting for dairy-free alternatives in their coffee.

Britain’s coffee shops served up 25 million soya cappuccinos and lattes in 2012 alone.

Plant-based foods company Alpro will be giving everyone the chance to taste ‘Alproccinos’ and ‘Alprolattes’ at the London Coffee Festival, which runs from April 26-28. With the finest coffee connoisseur’s sharing the hottest tips, this is an essential event for any bean-fiend.

We’ll also be giving our lucky winner two tickets to the festival. And they’ll be able to put whatever they learn into practice when they get home, making their own ‘Alproccinos’ and ‘Alprolattes’ on their impressive Nespresso Magimix Maestria.

Visit londoncoffeefestival.com for more information on the London Coffee Festival.

Visit alpro.com/uk/coffee for tips on how to make the perfect Alproccino.

To be in with a chance of winning, just answer the following question:

Where is the London Coffee Festival going to be held?

A) The Meantime Brewery B) The Old Truman Brewery C) The Hackney Brewery To enter text SCOUT COFFEE and your answer to 88010 or head to scoutlondon.com/win Texts cost £1*, and count for TWO entries!

* TERMS & CONDITIONS: Messages cost £1 each + standard network rate. 18+ bill payers only. Send STOP to end. Number may show on bill. A2B 08700460138. Contest closes Sunday April 21. There is no cash alternative. Prize is non-transferable and not for re-sale. The promotion is open to residents of the UK except employees of the Promoter, their families, agents or anyone professionally connected with the promotion. Promotion limited to one entry per person. Responsibility is not accepted for entries lost, damaged or delayed as a result of any network, computer hardware or software failure of any kind. Proof of sending will not be accepted as proof of receipt. For full T&Cs for all competitions, visit scoutlondon.com/win

scoutlondon.com Scout London 55

ay M 9 h– c r a 1M

Images: Accattone, Il Decameron

O BF I S

BA UTH

BFI SouthBank London Waterloo tickets 020 7928 3232

bfi.org.uk/pasolini

NK

ng reaki d b d n an rou and g g T heorem hew e v i t t a voc Mat udin c, pro ema, incl ording to i t e o P cin Acc osp el G e h T

In partnership with

Promotional Partner