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Comedy Festivals Music
Thursday 24 October 2013 in London
By TW Editorial | Published on Friday 18 October 2013
TODAY IN LONDON pop charts mainstay Paloma Faith, tipped dance act AlunaGeorge, and comedians inc Shazia Mirza, Maff Brown, Jarred Christmas and Matt Price feature in the following TW-recommended events…
COMEDY: Kingston Comedy Festival, various locations, 24-27 Oct
Dotted over nine venues in KT, Kingston’s inaugural comic fringe has a balance of established stars, like Shazia Mirza, Maff Brown and Jarred Christmas, and newer kids on the scene. Starting as it means to go on with a packed first-night programme, the festival’s events this evening include Matt Price retelling his hellish Turkish trip in ‘Turkeygate, Tinky Winky And The Mafia’, and an appearance by one-time Harrods magic man Danny Buckler. Details and tickets here.
MUSIC: AlunaGeorge, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, 24 Oct (pictured)
Hi-vis pop hybrids AlunaGeorge give their highly covetable new LP ‘Body Music’ a promotional shove tonight following its release earlier in the year. Details and tickets here.
MUSIC: Paloma Faith & The Guy Barker Orchestra – Symphonic Grace, Barbican, 24 Oct
Paloma Faith stages a reprisal of a her 2010 liaison with the 42-man Guy Barker Orchestra, who a la that past performance will be playing strings-and-wind-and-brass-based takes on Paloma’s past singles and LPs, not least last year’s ‘Fall To Grace’, plus new arrangements of classic jazz ballads. Details and tickets here.
