Music & Dance

Music & Kids: Family Sing-Along with Cerys Matthews

25 May 2013, 3pm

We’ve been fans of singer, songwriter and broadcaster Cerys Matthews ever since we first heard the song Road Rage by her band Catatonia in 1998. We still love that song and Matthews’ voice, and always enjoy her Sunday morning radio… Continue reading

Music: Mumford & Sons plus guests Vampire Weekend & Haim

6 Jul 2013, midday

We went to see Mumford & Sons in concert last year with Kings of Leon and absolutely loved them.  Incredibly charismatic and full of energy, we’re thrilled that they’re coming back this year.  Plus they’re teaming up with a special… Continue reading

Music, talks & film: book now for The Rest is Noise Festival – America

Runs all year, America is 23 - 24 Mar 2013

We’re huge fans of Alex Ross, the music critic of The New Yorker, so we think it’s a genius idea of the Southbank to hold a year long festival inspired by his book The Rest is Noise, which looks at… Continue reading

Dance: book now to see Sylvie Guillem in 6000 Miles Away at Sadler’s Wells

20 - 25 May 2013, 7.30pm

We’ll never tire of watching Sylvie Guillem dance – just seeing her scissor her legs open and shut makes our mouths fall open, and as she gets older (she’s now 48) she gets even more interesting to watch. And

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Theatre: Once, the musical, transfers from NYC to London

From 16 Mar 2013, 7.30pm. Matinees on Thurs & Saturdays, 3pm

We saw Once in New York way back in 2011 when it opened off Broadway at the New York Theatre Workshop. We absolutely loved it – it’s unlike any musical you’ve seen before, as the actors create all the music… Continue reading

Theatre & Music: book now for our top picks at the Manchester International Festival

4 - 21 July 2013

The Manchester International Festival is always one of the highlights of our cultural year. We’ve seen performances there that we’d never see anywhere else, from a lesson in how to watch performance art by Marina Abromovich to being chased through… Continue reading

Music: book now for Devendra Banhart at the Barbican

18 July 2013, 7.45pm

The Venezuelan singer, songwriter and artist is back with a new album, Mala, and a gig at the Barbican.  Devendra (whose middle name is Obi after Obi-Wan Kenobi from Star Wars) grew up in Venezuela before moving to Los Angeles… Continue reading

Music: Massive Attack & Adam Curtis at the Manchester International Festival

4 - 13 July 2013

Such is the allure of both Massive Attack and documentary maker Adam Curtis, that although the specifics of this ‘gig’ haven’t yet been released, some of the dates have already sold out.  We’re certainly intrigued by the list of people… Continue reading

Music: book now to see Jane Birkin sing Serge Gainsbourg songs reinterpreted through Arabic music

9 Nov 2013 at 8pm

Ten years ago Jane Birkin recorded a live concert at Paris’s Olympia Theatre. She was singing songs by Serge Gainsbourg naturally enough (he was her mentor, producer and late ex-husband), but what made the concert and subsequent album,

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Music: a playlist of our favourite (mostly) new tracks

Oh the joys of a grey January (let’s hope February get’s a little sunnier).  To cheer ourselves up we’ve put together a playlist of the great, the good, the old and the new.  You can listen to it below –… Continue reading