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Art & Events Comedy Music
Friday 6 December 2013 in London
By TW Editorial | Published on Sunday 1 December 2013
TODAY IN LONDON ice-cool thespian Ruth Wilson, art darling Jeremy Deller, rock-pop sensations Peace and comedic live-wire Harriet Kemsley feature in the following TW-recommended events…
ART: Tate Lates – Warp x Tate, Tate Britain, 6 Dec
High-factor Warp Records signings Oneohtrix Point Never, Hudson Mohawke and Rustie provide sonic titivation tonight at this special free-entry installation co-hosted by the label and Turner-winning artist Jeremy Deller. All acts will dedicate their sets to Deller’s 1998 piece ‘The History Of The World’, a spider diagram likening acid house to traditional British brass band music. Details and here.
COMEDY: The Dead Parrot Society feat Harriet Kemsley/Gary Tro/Rachel Gleaves/Jay Cowle MC, The Royal Oak, 6 Dec
Monty Py-who? Exactly. Tonight’s fine-feathered Dead Parrot Society birdcage features the highly alive likes of small-but-switched-on comic dynamo Harriet Kemsley, “piquant” Brixton stand-up Gary Tro and Funny Women Awards 2013 finalist Rachel Gleaves. Details and tickets here.
MUSIC: Peace, Shepherds Bush Empire, 6-7 Dec
Floppy-haired nineties-style-pop fops Peace – part of a wave of Midlands youth bands harking back to the off-golden glory days of grunge – ply their one and only LP, ‘In Love’, to anyone who cares to embrace it. Details and tickets here.
THEATRE: The El Train – Three One Act Plays by Eugene O’Neill, Hoxton Hall, 6-30 Dec (pictured)
Hollywood (and ‘Luther’) actor Ruth Wilson adds gravitas to this trio of shortish scripts by one-time Nobel laureate Eugene O’Neill, each enriched by live music and ‘immersive’ set design. As well as appearing in the blackly comic ‘Before Breakfast’ and fraught passion play ‘The Web’, she’ll also make her directorial debut at the head of ‘The Dreamy Kid’, a thrilling tale of family, faith and redemption. Details and tickets here.
