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Q&A: The Roundhouse's Punk Weekender With Jane Beese

This year London celebrates the 40th anniversary of punk's explosion out from the streets of the city and across the world. The Roundhouse hosts a weekender from the 8th to the 10th of July to celebrate the subculture with a series of shows, film showings and discussions. We asked Jane Beese, The Roundhouse's Head of Music since 2015, to talk us through a weekend of well-deserved rebellion.

 

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Review: Field Day 2016

Almost as soon as punters started arriving at Field Day, monsoon-like rainfall ensued, turning Victoria Park into a mud pit. More prepared attendees donned their waterproofs with a wry smile; the majority tried to grin as their New Balances and floral flares became completely saturated. All stoically went on in, compelled by the excellent line-up.

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Q&A: Ekow Eshun on Style, Race and Identity

Writer, journalist and broadcaster Ekow Eshun was the youngest editor of a British men's magazine at Arena and served as Director of the Institute of Contemporary Art until 2010. He regularly appears as a cultural critic on TV and radio and has also written a book about his Ghanaian-British identity, Black Gold of the Sun.

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Choreography for Lights: A Q&A with Michael Hulls, Lighting Designer

Turning Sadler's Wells inside out, No Body is an unprecedented undertaking for the venue – a series of choreography pieces without any performers. Dances without dancers. Instead, there's film, music, lighting installations and soundwalks of one of London's favourite dance venues. The result is a series of pieces that maintain the full immersive experience of theatre & dance, while completely challenging our traditional relationships with it.

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