Unusual Things To Do in London This Week | 30 March – 5 April 2015
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Your one-stop culture shop – everything you really need to know if you’re looking for quirky, kooky or unusual things to do in London this week!
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Monday 30th March – Sunday 5th April 2015
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CABARET
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Sven Ratzke: In Concert | Soho Theatre | 5 April | 9pm | £15
Sven Ratzke makes his London debut – a one-night-only performance which ranges across Weimar-era cabaret, glam rock, 60’s diva ballads as well as original songs.
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THEATRE
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Freshly Scratched | BAC | 30 March – 2 April | 7:30pm | Pay What You Can
Battersea Arts Centre celebrates the 15th birthday of Scratch with four nights of Freshly Scratched performances each featuring 6-8 different artists trying out new ideas. Each piece is in an early stage of development and lasts no longer than 10 minutes. Check out the lineup here!
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COMEDY
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April Fools with SuZanna GonZo: The Dark Lady | Queen of Hoxton | 1 April | 7pm | £10
A star-studded APRIL FOOLS NIGHT headlined by the indescribably LOL-tastic SuZanna GonZo (Katie O’Brien – recipient of five golden To Do List stars at the 2015 Edinburgh Fringe!)
Also featuring Holly Burn, Frank Sanazi & Jayde Adams, and an afterparty with DJ Lectric Lady!
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FILM
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The Alibi Film Club: Simon, King of the Witches | The Alibi | 30 March | 8pm | FREE
The Alibi Film Club continues with this screening of 1971’s Simon, King of the Witches: Simon, a young man with magic power, invokes the help of the evil forces in order to take revenge of a man who cheated him with a bad cheque.
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EVENTS
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Joey Fourr Album Launch | Power Lunches | 2 April | FREE
The debut album from Joey Fourr arrives as all albums should: with a
FREE party!
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ART
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Designs Of The Year 2015 | Design Museum | Until 23 August | 10am – 5:45pm | £13
The 8th Designs of the Year exhibition “celebrates design that promotes or delivers change, enables access, extends design practice or captures the spirit of the year”.
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FOOD & DRINK
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Fry Hard | Boxpark | 2-5 April
“Culinary renegades” Messhead present an Easter Special pop-up where every single item on sale will be deep-fried!
Yes, leave all health concerns at home for an artery-clogging taste of battered goods the likes of which you’ll never have dared dream of!
Messhead have selected over 100 different items to deep fry, both sweet & savoury with the menu changing daily. Expect craziness like deep-fried cheese-strings, buttered crumpets, cheese filled hot cross buns, and Tunnock’s Caramel, as well as classics like deep-fried crème eggs.
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PARTY TIME
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The East Helsinki Bhangra Bus ft. Shava | The Bussey Building | 1 April | 7pm
From East Helsinki to The Punjab via SE15 – of course! Shava are, we kid you not, the world’s only live Finnish Bhangra group. Prepare for “a union of Punjabi music and traditional folk story-telling from the concrete jungle of East-Helsinki that’ll have you screamin’ and dancing for more fo sho!”
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Shinky Shonky | The Black Cap | 4 April | 10pm
Pure party dynamite from Boogaloo Stu! Promising an incredible eggsperience: wicked smokin’ beats, gaudy, smutty, late-nite cabaret capers and naughty-botty showbiz shenanigans! Expect classic Shinky Shonky games Celebrity Holes, Penny Up The Crack and the Easter Egg Hunt!
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ODDITIES
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Bar Wotever: Erotica Cabaret | The RVT | 31 March | 7pm | £5
Another fantastic lineup at this haven for emerging offbeat culture, The Fabulous Marnie Scarlet and Mzz Kimberly, with more to be announced!
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Pussy Faggot – The Second Coming | The Glory | 3 April | 7pm | £12.50
They Say: Spark the fire! Stop the clocks! New York’s renowned, revered performance collective PUSSY FAGGOT is touching down in EAST LONDON TOWN!
Featuring: Penny Arcade, David Hoyle, Jonny Woo, John Sizzle, Bourgeois & Maurice, Rachel Mason, Needles Jones, Viva Deconcini, Greg Potter, Billy Lloyd & A Man To Pet!
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Scottee: Fraff | Rich Mix | 3 April | 8pm | £8
Poetry for drunks and dyselxics (sic). Curated and compered by Scottee, the line-up includes Ginger Johnson, Lorraine Bowen, Jacqui Potato, Izzy Tennyson and Rhiannon Faith.
Also expect: the bestest shitty poem award, cheap beer, and sweets that are bad for your teeth!
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