YOUR GUIDE TO THIS WEEK IN CULTURE
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Comedy Festivals Film Theatre
Saturday 2 August 2014 in London
By TW Editorial | Published on Monday 28 July 2014
And the LDN-based events the ThisWeek team is tipping today are…
COMEDY/FESTIVAL: Phoenix Fringe | The Phoenix, Cavendish Square | 2-9 Aug
A closer-to-home Fringe option worth considering (only if Edinburgh is a no-go, that is), the Phoenix ignites one long, hot week of comedy. Opening with shows from Ed Byrne, Lee Nelson and Gavin Osborn, it burns on c/o Frankie Boyle, Nick Helm, Danielle Ward, Aisling Bea, Joe Lycett, Brian Gittins, and also a go on ace panel-game podcast ‘Do The Right Thing’ starring two-thirds of Pappy’s, Matthew Crosby and Ben Clark, and Isy Suttie. Details and tickets here.
MUSIC/FESTIVAL: Visions Fest | various locations | 2 Aug
Criss-crossing various sites in East London, the all-day bank of Visions 2014 has locked in an (opposite of shit) ton of cool original bands and acts, not least party aficionado Andrew WK (who’s doing a ‘very special’ solo show BTW), sensitive singer-pianist Perfume Genius, moody pop ring Polica, scraggly trash-rock band Fat White Family, Weird World-signed synth whizz Jaako Eino Kalevi, and still many local/international imports besides. Details and tickets here.
THEATRE/FILM: The Forbidden Zone | Barbican | 2 Aug (pictured)
An ‘immersive’ film event live-streaming via this year’s Salzburg Festival, Katie Mitchell’s ‘The Forbidden Zone’ posits the sad and strained story of the Habber family (whose patriarch, Fritz, first developed poison gas as a weapon), remade with five video cameras and innovative set-pieces, like a moving subway train. Details and tickets here.
