YOUR GUIDE TO THIS WEEK IN CULTURE
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Comedy Film Theatre
Today in London: Wednesday 16 January 2013
By TW Editorial | Published on Wednesday 9 January 2013
So, we’re over half-way into that rather blue-hued phase that always follows Christmas. Fortunately things are looking rosy as far as culture, comedy and cinema go, so have a look at this lot…
TODAY’S COMEDY CHOICES
Matt Forde’s Political Party, St James Theatre, 16 Jan
TalkSPORT & BBC Radio 4 presenter Matt Forde hosts a topical comic to-and-fro comprising punditry, politics, and special guest George Galloway. Event details and tickets here.
TODAY’S FILM CHOICES
Totally Serialized, Ciné Lumière at Institut français, 16-20 Jan (pictured)
A festival organised in honour of that most beloved of familial focal points, the TV series, as episodes of proven past/present hits ‘Peep Show’, ‘The Thick Of It’ and ‘Doctor Who’ play alongside a reel of hits-in-waiting featuring French mini-serial ‘Flight Of The Storks’, Holy Grail saga ‘Labyrinth’, zombie creep-out ‘Rebound’ and Swedish sci-fi drama ‘Real Humans’. Special guests at the fest are lord of ‘Downton’ Hall Hugh Bonneville, Gallic heartthrob Grégory Fitoussi and Jean Reno, who’ll be talking about his new mini-screen cop romp ‘Jo’. Event details and tickets here.
TODAY’S THEATRE CHOICES
Les Hommes Vides, Soho Theatre, 16-26 Jan
Noiseless theatre troupe Invisible Thread ply a miniature table-top melodrama, brandishing low-tech props, eerie puppetry and “scenes of plank action” as part of the previously plugged MimeLondon, aka the London International Mime Festival. Event details and tickets here.
