YOUR GUIDE TO THIS WEEK IN CULTURE
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Comedy Music
Today in London: Saturday 19 January 2013
By TW Editorial | Published on Saturday 12 January 2013
Hey, it’s Tin Can Day, ostensibly not all that special as novelty occasions go. But whilst we all lever last year’s spam from its cylindrical mini-larder in resignation (honour) of this day, it’s time to take a glance at a comical/musical alloy of London’s most precious cultural metals…
TODAY’S COMEDY CHOICES
WeGotTickets Musical Comedy Awards 2013: Heat III, Wilmington Arms, 19 Jan (pictured)
The Wilmington plays host to the third heat of WeGotTickets’ fifth ever Musical Comedy Awards. Acoustic trio Fair & Square headline an evening of dance, drama, music and laughs, competing against PG puppet-masters the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre, witty lyricist Jo Stephenson and Regina Spektor-esque singer Emily Rose. Event details and tickets here.
A Comic Darkly: Art And Humour, October Gallery, 19 Jan
The October Gallery presents an all-day complement to its William S Burroughs exhibition, mining the strange relationship between art and laughter via a rolling programme of workshops, a vintage vinyl DJ set, and talks by guest speakers like ultra-trim sketchists Lady Garden, comedienne Lou Sanders and event compere, artist/comic Leigh Clarke. Event details and tickets here.
TODAY’S MUSIC CHOICES
Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide Awards, Koko, 19 Jan
Gilles Peterson MCs his very own internationally-inclined music awards, inviting the likes of Neneh Cherry, The Invisible, Nick Mulvey and Mala In Cuba to play live parallel to the prize-giving. Event details and tickets here.
