Comedy Music Theatre

Today in London: Tuesday 18 June 2013

By | Published on Wednesday 12 June 2013

Patti Smith

As per Domino’s Pizza’s two for Tuesday deal (that’s less a recommendation than a reference, by the way) here’s a tasty triple-slice of the various toppings adorning London’s cultural base today…

TODAY’S COMEDY CHOICES

Angel Previews presents… Richard Herring/Nish Kumar, Camden Head, 18 Jun
The basis of Angel’s new pre-Fringe preview shows is really quite basic; big-name comics test-driving their Edinburgh hits-to-be for a fraction of the price. In fact, for no price at all. Tonight, said big names are Richard Herring and Nish Kumar, so general advice is to arrive early. Details here.

TODAY’S MUSIC CHOICES

Patti Smith And Her Band, Shepherds Bush Empire, 18-19 Jun (pictured)
An all-time punk vanguardist and now acclaimed writer thanks to 2010’s ‘Just Kids’, Patti Smith (and her band) consecrate the recent release of what many have said is her greatest LP in years, ‘Banga’. Details and tickets here.

TODAY’S THEATRE CHOICES

Four Farces, Wilton’s Music Hall, 18 – 27 Jun
Moonlighting actor Jonathan Kemp conducts this many-stringed quartet of one-act Victorian farces, not least Joseph Stirling Coyne’s gender-bending ‘Duel In The Dark’, and 1847’s wildly popular (and provocatively titled) ‘romance of real life’ ‘Box And Cox’. Details and tickets here.



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