London To Do List – 22-28 July 2013
Our fab weekly London To Do List continues, with plenty of free, cheap and offbeat treats to get you through the week!
// Monday //
NOVEMBERUNDERGROUND | Theatre503 | 9pm | £10/8
Novemberunderground is an unnerving and highly distinctive play exploring identity and communication in a world where you can express all your opinions with a semicolon and a bracket. It’s written by Thomas Clancy who recently burst out of the Royal Court Theatre Young Writers programme.
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White Cubicle vs Art Fag | The Joiners Arms | 8pm | FREE
Launch of the second issue of gay indie comic book ART FAG at the WHITE CUBICLE gallery at The George & Dragon – drink! dance! look at art! buy the comic!
// Tuesday //
The Joy and Wonder Show | BAC | 8.30pm | £10/8
Sanderson Jones and Pippa Evans, founders of The Sunday Assembly, unleash a new show that is part-interactive-digital-improv-church-service and 100% celebration of life.
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Chris Fitchew | The Lord Stanley | 8.30pm | £8
Chris Fitchew brings his menagerie of quirky characters to the Lord Stanley for a one-off Edinburgh preview.
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// Wednesday //
Mat Ricardo’s Last London Varieties | Leicester Square Theatre | 7.30pm | £15/12.50
A great chance to catch Mat Ricardo before he jets up to Edinburgh for his one man show. Top guests including the legendary powerpoint king, Dave Gorman, cheeky geezer magic from Paul Zenon and epic musical comedy from Rayguns Look Real Enough.
// Thursday //
Songs for Cynics | Lost Theatre | 8pm | £10/8
Another great Edinburgh preview at our fringe fave, Lost Theatre. Sarah-Louise Young (Fascinating Aida, The Showstoppers) and Michael Roulston (Black Cat Cabaret, Boom Boom Club) preview their hilarious songbook in this intimate show.
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BIS + ACE CITY RACERS + THE ETHICAL DEBATING SOCIETY [Guided Missile Special People Club] | The Lexington | 8pm| £11
Candy covered delight in the guise of a rare gig from BIS, the high-pitched pop-punk band. Do not miss. This will sell out!
Push the Button’s HIGH SCHOOL REUNION | RVT | 9pm | £6
Channel your inner beauty queen and head for a high school reunion unlike any other with pop classics by Hits & Mrs, Top tranny talent from Myra Dubois and Stockwell’s own Cola Phalquero and your new name on a free badge.
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Withnail & I Quote-a- Long | Prince Charles Cinema | 9pm | £12.50
The perfect way to vent your summer angst at this quote-a-long anarchy classic.
// Saturday //
At Home with the Ludski’s | Rio Cinema | 11.30pm | £6.50
The original London art & performance happening returns with a late night line up of salacious acts, films & live art.
The Moriarty – Cockney Festival Closing Party | Bethnal Green Working Mens Club | 7.30pm | £8
A good old-fashioned cockney knees up to celebrate the end of the Cockney Heritage Festival, with live acts such as the marvellous Underbling & Vow – be sure to snap up an advance ticket.
Bodies International – Work Out | Duckie at Royal Vauxhall Tavern, Vauxhall | 8pm | FREE
Start your night with a work-out from the retro fitness performance team Bodies International. LET’S GET PHYSICAL!
Silencio | London Wonderground | 7.30pm | £17.50
Put on your headphones and enter into another dimension. A spectacular adventure beyond time, space and sound, where live performance and celluloid oddities collide! This is a world unlike any other: created from a secret treasure trove of b-movie film footage and populated by a curious collection of live acts, from the strangely beautiful to the downright bizarre.
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// Sunday //
Brick Lane Village Fete | Brick Lane | From 3pm | FREE
Come and celebrate the Brick Lane village with Bow Wow Wow’s Fido Fiesta Dog show, great acts, assorted stalls & lots of East End charm.
About Rupert Dannreuther
I am Joint Editor at To Do List. I like free, cheap & offbeat London, especially: cabaret, art, theatre, pop-ups, eating out, quirky films, museums, day trips, social enterprise & much more.