Stage
The Cervantes Theatre (London) announces 5 productions of new plays comprising the New Spanish Playwriting Season III, the Spanish Contemporary Theatre Season II, and for the very first time, a late Autumn reading of a Spanish Golden Age piece.
‘I Will Miss You When You’re Gone’, by the Canadian writer Jessica Moss, is a dark comedy about grief, isolation, connection, and mental health. Discover the new production of Starbound Theatre at the Hen & Chickens Theatre in Highbury & Islington this September.
Andy Dickinson, writer and founder of Stolen Elephant Theatre, along with Enrique Muñoz, actor, director, and designer, will be at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, presenting the play ‘Shackleton’s Stowaway’ (From 3rd to 25th August 2018).
Flamenco Festival London, Sadler’s Wells’ renowned annual season of flamenco dance and music returns. In a fortnight featuring 12 unique shows and film screenings, audiences will be able to enjoy performances from some of the world’s most outstanding flamenco talent.
Directed and produced by Zaragoza native Javier Senz, ‘Manchester Keeps On Dancing’ is a documentary that takes a look at how house music got started in the city of Manchester during the 1980s. It serves as a reminder of just how important this city was as the first music scene in Europe to import house music from the north-eastern United States, before going on to expand this brand-new genre. The story is told by the DJs themselves, not to mention the managers of nightclubs like The Haçienda, which were responsible for taking house music to the heights it reached. It also features names from today’s scene, who are keeping the spirit of house music alive.
Starbound Theatre is delighted to bring ‘Pizza Man’ by Darlene Craviotto to the London stage! At the Etcetera Theatre (Camden) from December 5th to 9th.
It all started with a DNA test.
A sample of saliva that would compel Puerto Rican rapper René Pérez Joglar (a.k.a Residente) to embark on an immense journey of self-discovery. A genetic revelation that would force him to walk away from all the fame and fortune of his internationally-acclaimed hip-hop outfit Calle 13, in order to reconnect with his ancestral roots…
Since 2001, Matthew Herbert has performed all over the world with his big band, from Montreux Jazz Festival to Trafalgar Square, from the Hollywood Bowl to the Sydney Opera House. For the last few years, however, the band has taken a backseat to more of his experimental work made out of pigs, bombs, and bodies. Now in 2017, Herbert has announced that he is to restart the Big Band in response to the challenges of Britain’s departure from the European Union.
Naima, the keyboard-led contemporary jazz trio from Valencia, will be playing two dates for the 25th Edition of London’s EFG Jazz Festival: Saturday 11 November 8:30pm at Iklectik and Sunday 12 November 8:00pm at Rabbit Hole. The Festival will be held between Friday 10th and Sunday 19th November, with more than 350 performances taking place in 60 venues around London, including top artists such as Pat Metheny, Brad Mehldau, Herbie Hancock, Paolo Conte, Angelique Kidjo, Eliane Elias, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Robert Glasper…