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Today in London: Thursday 15 August 2013

By | Published on Thursday 8 August 2013

Yard Party

Hear ye, hear ye, calling all who appreciate a nice bit of artistic enlightenment on a Thursday eve. And here, especially for ye, are the city’s ‘what’s on’ flavours of the day…

TODAY’S COMEDY CHOICES

Top Secret Comedy Club presents… Luisa Omielan/Tom Allen/Robert White, Africa Centre, 15 Aug
Likeable Luisa Omielan poses her bold and bootylicious Fringe hit, ‘What Would Would Beyonce Do?’, as part of tonight’s Top Secret variety show, as also features natty, chatshow host Tom Allen and keyboard comedian Robert White. Details and tickets here.

TODAY’S FESTIVAL CHOICES

Yard Party, Yard Theatre Hackney Wick, 15-18 Aug (pictured)
Promotions co Upset The Rhythm books a cool constellation of acts (cult singer-guitarist Michael Chapman, Thatcher-hating sludge punks Fat White Family, alt-rock band Merchandise, and real life marrieds Slim Twig and US Girls) to light up its first Yard Party. Its main aim? Oh, only to “to haul the DIY concert out of its parameters and to dismantle the passive nature of what witnessing live music in 2013 is not meant to be”. Yeah, right on. Details and tickets here.

TODAY’S THEATRE CHOICES

Dracula, The Poor School, 15-24 Aug
A group of Poor School grads, aka The Canting Crew, recast Liz Lochead’s take on the ‘original’ vamp lord in truly in-your-face fashion, thrusting ticket-holders into the gory heart of this most horrid of horror stories. ‘Head will roll, blood will spill, Dracula will rise’, they warn. Muahahahaha… ha, and all that. Details and tickets here.



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