Run Riot Counter Culture

London Premiere: BEV / Drew Barrymore: ‘Whip it’ + Live Roller-derby Extravaganza at the BFI Southbank

Vienna de Tavora — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:05:17 +0000

London Premiere: BEV / Drew Barrymore: ‘Whip it’ + Live Roller-derby Extravaganza at the BFI Southbank

Date: 12/03/2010
Time: 20:40
Promoter: BEV
Price: £12.90, £9.65
Get ready for for the roller derby league.
Bring along roller skates.
Surf to http://www.birds-eye-view.co.uk/2346/features/whip-it.html
See you at BFI Southbank

Jammed pack full of the most vital ingredients, Barrymore's directorial debut has enough charm, energy, and good-natured humor to leave you rollerskating out of the cinema on a closing night high!

Guided Walk: ''Wonderful Women of Whitechapel and Spitalfields' at the Women's Library

Patrick Hussey — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:33:52 +0000

Guided Walk: ''Wonderful Women of Whitechapel and Spitalfields' at the Women's Library

Date: 13/03/2010
Time: 11:00
Promoter: The Women's Library
Price: £10
Get ready for to learn.
Bring along your bra ash.
Surf to http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/thewomenslibrary
See you at The Women's Library (at the London Metropolitan University)

In Women's History Month take the tour and visit sites associated with women who have defined Whitechapel and Spitalfields.

Cafe du Pique-Nique: 'Weeklong Pop-up Picnic' at the Future Gallery

Katie Antoniou — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:17:39 +0000

Cafe du Pique-Nique: 'Weeklong Pop-up Picnic' at the Future Gallery

Date: 13/03/2010
Time: 12:00
Promoter: The Robin Collective
Price: Free
Get ready for for al fresco indoors.
Bring along your sunnies.
Surf to http://www.cafedupiquenique.co.uk
See you at The Future Gallery

The brains behind Bompass and Parr jelly-mongers bring us the Café du pique-Nique; an indoor picnic to provide the perfect antidote to the depressing British weather!

'Alice's Adventures in the New World' at The Old Red Lion Theatre

Katie Antoniou — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:48:37 +0000

'Alice's Adventures in the New World' at The Old Red Lion Theatre

Date: 13/03/2010
Time: 19:00
Promoter: Fluff Productions
Price: £13, £11
Get ready for for wonderland.
Bring along your inner Alice.
Surf to http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=285367010738
See you at The Old Red Lion Theatre

Until 13 March. Alice's Adventures is a music hall show that explores myths about women, sexuality and gender relations in the Victorian era, written for Fluff Productions by Sarah Sigal and directed by Jessica Beck.

'ChessBoxing' at the Boston Dome

Patrick Hussey — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 10:36:29 +0000

'ChessBoxing' at the Boston Dome

Date: 13/03/2010
Time: 19:00
Promoter: London ChessBoxing Club
Price: £10
Get ready for to bash the bishop.
Bring along your monocle and cup.
Surf to http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=319820529425&ref=mf
See you at The Boston Dome (at the Boston Arms)

Featuring Sergio "The Phoenix" Leveque against Hubert "The Wardrobe" Van Melick it can only be the return of ChessBoxing, the sport for the intelligent brute.

Tom Basden: ‘Party’ at The Arts Theatre

Patrick Hussey — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:37:44 +0000

Tom Basden: ‘Party’ at The Arts Theatre

Date: 13/03/2010
Time: 19:30
Promoter: The Arts Theatre
Price: £20/£18.50
Get ready for to think big
Bring along your party pieces
Surf to http://www.artstheatrewestend.com/event_Party_4192.aspx
See you at The Arts Theatre

1st - 13th March: In a humble garden shed in deepest suburbia, four young idealists have decided to form a new political party to save the world from itself.

OMGIMY: 'Grind A Go Go' at the BGWMC

Becky Forknall — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:48:29 +0000

OMGIMY: 'Grind A Go Go' at the BGWMC

Date: 13/03/2010
Time: 21:00
Promoter: Oh My God! I Miss You
Price: £8
Get ready for to shake it!
Bring along dancing shoes!
Surf to http://www.myspace.com/grindagogo
See you at Bethnal Green Working Men's Club

Grind and unwind with the Go Go Girls, eyeball the strange 60’s burlesque from Trixie Malicious & Fancy Chance & dance your socks off! Plus live music from French Kissing & novelty songs from DJ Dead & Showboats!

'The Do or Dies' at The Water Rats

Vienna de Tavora — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:59:00 +0000

'The Do or Dies' at The Water Rats

Date: 13/03/2010
Time: 21:30
Promoter: The Do or Dies
Price: £6
Get ready for for good times, good music.
Bring along your pogo stick.
Surf to http://www.myspace.com/thedoordies
See you at The Water Rats

Not to be confused with the American rap trio from Chicago, these young, fresh, creative folks are actually the big smoke's very own Indie band - who’ve been compared to the likes of Joy Division and Interpol. Yeeeeha!

Artprojx / Tai Shani: ‘W.O.W. Noumenon Dilation: Reduced To 3’ at the Rio Cinema

Vienna de Tavora — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 14:15:14 +0000

Artprojx / Tai Shani: ‘W.O.W. Noumenon Dilation: Reduced To 3’ at the Rio Cinema

Date: 13/03/2010
Time: 23:45
Promoter: Artprojx / Tai Shani
Price: £7.50, £5
Get ready for for a parallel universe.
Bring along a teleport.
Surf to http://www.taishani.com
See you at Rio Cinema

This fantastical new project is a Fassbinder inspired anti-hero performance with B-movie sci-fi themes of time travel and parallel universes. Film! Animation! A live Fassbinder chorus line! A Greek chorus – and more!

The Moonshine Jamboree: 'The Sunday Social' at the Old Queens Head

Patrick Hussey — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:36:03 +0000

The Moonshine Jamboree: 'The Sunday Social' at the Old Queens Head

Date: 14/03/2010
Time: 15:00
Promoter: Goddontlikeit
Price: FREE!
Get ready for to put a flower in your hair.
Bring along your mum!
Surf to http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/event.php?eid=10150113063315580
See you at The Old Queen's Head

The Moonshine Jamboree's all day folk out leading up to a big party finish. Featuring DJ 'Team Run-Riot' getting the party going late on fresh from winning the Peanut Butter Ipod Soundclash!

'Arae Exhibition' at Ten Gales

Katie Antoniou — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:03:59 +0000

'Arae Exhibition' at Ten Gales

Date: 18/03/2010
Time: 12:00
Promoter: Ten Gales
Price:
Get ready for
Bring along
Surf to http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=311833568886
See you at Ten Gales

Art gallery, hair salon, vintage boutique and coffee shop, 10 Gales is the next big thing on the East London circuit.

'The Circuit Project' at Toynbee Studios

James Cowan — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:01:26 +0000

'The Circuit Project' at Toynbee Studios

Date: 18/03/2010
Time: 19:00
Promoter: The CIRCUIT Project
Price: £3
Get ready for for tangerines, cups of tea, and bottles of wine!
Bring along your love for new writing.
Surf to http://www.thecircuitproject.co.uk
See you at Toynbee Studios

An immersive and experimental showcase of talent from three young theatre makers; The Circuit Project consists of three short plays performed in the Arts Bar and Café at Toynbee Studios!

‘Meow Meow’ at the Soho Theatre

Vienna de Tavora — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:43:59 +0000

‘Meow Meow’ at the Soho Theatre

Date: 19/03/2010
Time: 21:30
Promoter: Soho Theatre / Time Whitehead
Price: £10 - £17.50
Get ready for for performance art exotica.
Bring along your kitty kit.
Surf to http://www.sohotheatre.com/pl1825.html
See you at Soho Theatre

19 Mar-10 Apr. Hypnotising audiences worldwide, and a star of the award winning show La Clique, Meow Meow brings her purr-fect and unique brand of kamikaze cabaret kitsch and performance art exotica to the big smoke.

'The Big Clothes Swap' at The Cross Kings

Katie Antoniou — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:43:18 +0000

'The Big Clothes Swap' at The Cross Kings

Date: 20/03/2010
Time: 13:00
Promoter: Sara Sha'ath for Mencap
Price: £8
Get ready for to swap.
Bring along clothes you've outgrown.
Surf to http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=310843881685
See you at The Cross Kings

The big clothes swap is your chance to trade your wardrobe deadweight for new things! (Well, new to you.) All this, while polishing your halo of eco-friendliness and raising money for charity.

London Word Festival: 'Keep Printing and Carry On' at Stoke Newington International Airport

Katie Antoniou — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:56:40 +0000

London Word Festival: 'Keep Printing and Carry On' at Stoke Newington International Airport

Date: 20/03/2010
Time: 18:00
Promoter: London Word Festival
Price: £8
Get ready for to get wordy.
Bring along
Surf to http://www.londonwordfestival.com/?p=1266
See you at Stoke Newington International Airport

Printmaking, music, film and art all combine in your friendly local airport turned ‘prints hamlet’ to celebrate minor British institutions of all shapes and sizes.