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Three To See on 18 Aug: Dele Sosimi, Opera Della Luna Presents Tales Of Offenbach, Aditi Mittal – Things They Wouldn’t Let Me Say

By TW Editorial | Published on Thursday 11 August 2016

And today’s ThisWeek-tipped, LDN-based events are…

Dele Sosimi | Battersea Arts Centre | 18 Aug
“Dele Sosimi stands out as one of the most active musicians currently on the Afrobeat scene worldwide. His music is a blend of complex but highly danceable funk grooves, Nigerian traditional music (including hi-life), African percussion, underpinning the jazz horns and solos from other instruments, as well as rhythmical singing”. Part of that previously mentioned Borderless live music strand at Battersea Arts Centre, this, and I am really keen to see this gig. See this page here for info.

Opera Della Luna Presents Tales Of Offenbach | Wilton’s Music Hall | 18-19 Aug
And so to another musical offering, but this time it’s operatic, and also outrageous. The critically acclaimed Opera della Luna offer up two funny one act from Jacques Offenbach, Croquefer and L’ile De Tulipatan. Which sound French, yes, because Offenbach was French (though born in Germany, I recently discovered) but they’re doing it in translation so hopefully you’ll be able to understand every word. See the venue website here for info.

Aditi Mittal – Things They Wouldn’t Let Me Say | Soho Theatre |17-20 Aug (pictured)
Aditi Mittal is a “helpless Indian woman”, according to the blurb – yet of course, she is anything but. This star of Asian media is fed up of being told to sit down and be quiet, and she has an awful lot to say. I for one would love to listen to her speak on the subject of everything that plagues the modern Indian woman. Click on this link here for details.