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Three To See on 18 Aug: Falstaff, Ladylogue, David Byrne’s Library
By TW Editorial | Published on Wednesday 12 August 2015
And today’s ThisWeek-tipped, LDN-based events are…
EXHIBITION: David Byrne’s Library | Royal Festival Hall | 18-30 Aug (pictured)
Throughout his career David Byrne has collected and read an enormous number of books about music, and throughout this year’s Meltdown Festival, which he is curating, you can read them too, up in the Royal Festival Hall’s Saison Poetry Library. Details here.
OPERA: Falstaff | Arcola Theatre | 18-22 Aug
The final opera by Giuseppe Verdi, ‘Falstaff’ is a comedy based on Shakespeare’s ‘The Merry Wives Of Windsor’ and ‘Henry IV Parts I and II. It is presented as part of this year’s Grimeborn festival in a new production from director Daisy Evans, placing the action in the present day. Details and tickets here.
THEATRE: Ladylogue! | Tristan Bates Theatre | 18-22 Aug
As part of the Camden Fringe, The Thelmas return to the Tristan Bates with six new one-woman shorts, written by some of the UK’s finest emerging, female playwrights. Details and tickets here.
