YOUR GUIDE TO THIS WEEK IN CULTURE
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Comedy Music
Today in London: Monday 12 August 2013
By TW Editorial | Published on Wednesday 7 August 2013
Starting today in London, the following array of arts options…
TODAY’S COMEDY CHOICES
Sam Simmons’ Shitty Trivia, Soho Theatre, 12-24 Aug (pictured)
A virtual TV prince in his native Australia, master of suburban stand-up absurdism Sam Simmons rolls into the Soho with a new show based on the not-so trivial pursuit of As to his many, many Qs. “You’ll learn nothing, but you’ll look at the world differently”, warns/promises its poster. Details and tickets here.
TODAY’S MUSIC CHOICES
Las Kellies, The Shacklewell Arms, 12 Aug
Fire Records signings Las Kellies new LP ‘Total Exposure’ (released 16 Sep) dices the band’s erstwhile basslines with slip n slide eighties reggae vibes that are all new, and all pleasing to hear. See/hear Argentina’s main no-wave girl gang playing said vibes live tonight at the Shacklewell. Details and tickets (which are free to them’s that RSVP) here.
Prom 40: 6 Music Prom, Royal Albert Hall, 12 Aug
6 Music’s Steve Lamacq and Radio 3’s Tom Service curate a cross-station collaboration as part of this year’s BBC Proms, acting as hosts to folk darlin Laura Marling, one-time Catatonia star Cerys Matthews, The Stranglers and the London Sinfonietta, who’ll play works by Varèse, Berio, John Adams and Anna Meredith. Details and tickets here.
