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Chichester’s summer musical is a top dollar delight

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Half a Sixpence
Chichester Festival Theatre
Until 3 September. www.cft.org.uk 01243 781312

Photo credit: Manuel Harlan

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Taking David Heneker’s original musical and giving it an almighty kick up the behind, the result is a slick, stylish and fabulously feel-good show.

Set in Edwardian England and based on a story by H.G. Wells, Arthur Kipps is a young lad with dreams beyond selling curtain fabric to the well-to-do. Bidding farewell to childhood sweetheart Ann (Devon-Elise Johnson) to take up an apprenticeship as a draper in Folkston, Kipps splits a sixpence in half so they will each have a memento of the other. Alas, our hero has his head turned by the genteel Helen Walsingham (Emma Williams) and, following a stroke of good fortune that transforms him into a man of means, he promptly proposes to her. But getting to grips with etiquette is a minefield that he struggles to navigate and makes him wonder if becoming a gentleman is all it’s cracked up to be.

sterFestivalTheatre'sHALFASIXPENCE.PhotobyManuelHarlan43Chichester’s sixpence is definitely all the richer for having been overhauled. Thanks to Julian Fellowes new book and George Stiles and Anthony Drew’s additional songs, and their arrangements of the original score, the simple story is now fluidly told to sparkling effect.

Under the direction of Rachel Kavanaugh a superb and energetic cast give their all, with no shortage of oomph, flash, bang and wallop. But it is to newcomer Charlie Stemp as Kipps that the big applause belongs. The full triple threat, with buckets of charm and a beaming grin that warms right up to the back row and beyond, this young man is surely destined for a career that is going to give him plenty to keep smiling about.

A co-production between Chichester Festival Theatre and Cameron Mackintosh Productions, there’s simply not a  duff element. A musical gem that shines as brightly as a newly minted coin, the title may be low budget but Chichester’s big summer musical is a top dollar delight.

Breaking news – Granny Power reigns By Margaret Graham

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Today we begin our Gransthread, a column which will be a regular feature on Frost from now on.  So let’s start with what comprises the stupid selfish old biddies as someone recently labeled grannies.

 

We might have been born during the 2nd World War in which our parents fought, or during austerity – with rationing lasting until the mid 50s. As children we were always hungry as the country determined to get back on its feet and begin recovery after our efforts to defend our essential sovereignty and democracy.

 

At school we were often taught by spinsters who had lost their men in the first or second world war. At home and at school we were taught to put ‘self’ to the rear and make sure that others were alright.

 

We lived beneath the cloud of the cold war and Armageddon, and some husbands were there, deep in the sea or up in the sky, defending us all over again.
We screamed at Beatles concerts. The pill arrived, along with the hippy revolution. We wore flowers in our hair, and kaftans, and loved wisely we thought, but probably not. We debated politics, and were always aware of world affairs.

 

We endured the IRA bombing campaign. We saved for things we needed because credit cards – ‘take the waiting out of wanting’ had not yet arrived. We wives couldn’t access our joint bank accounts into which our salaries went, without a letter from our husbands, even as late as the end of the 60s.

 

In a referendum in 1975 the UK electorate voted to stay in the EEC under renegotiated terms of entry. We trotted through Heath’s 3 day week,

 

We set up house. We sewed and knitted, because it was cheaper to make our children’s clothes. Some of us worked, or helped out with the childcare of our friends. We began to understand our parents as people, because we were tackling a changing world as indeed they had and were. We listened to their advice.

 

We became grandparents, and wondered about social media, its benefits and anonymous bullying. We resumed childcare, this time for our grandchildren, and parent care, for our own parents.  We downsized to help with children’s house   deposits, we handed over interest free loans.

 

We kept fit, ran marathons, set up and ran charities. Many of us continue to work, but as well we volunteer: charity shops, drop in centres. We keep helping, even when our 87 year old colleague is punched in the face by an irate shoplifter. We mop up the changing rooms which have, yet again,  been used as latrines.

 

We realize we have become invisible through age, as people in streets expect us to move to accommodate their passage. We are learning to stand our ground.

 

We used to stand on crowded trains while younger people sat but we increasingly force our way past spread legs to claim a seat.

 

We continue to follow politics. We respect the opinions of others, and expect that ours will be respected in turn.

 

And, most importantly, we laugh, and eat cake, or have a glass with our friends even when we our waists tell us we shouldn’t. We have dogs we walk, and make full use of our bus passes while we have them. We live every day to the full.

 

Grannies of all ages, and some are very young, are people. We are as difficult, as pleasant, and as inspiring as everyone else, plus we have with a distillation of experience which could be termed wisdom.

 

What’s more, we’ve reached the age where we feel we’ve earned our place in the world, so we’re not moving over just so others can diminish or walk through us.

 

Flower power? Forget it. Granny power reigns.

 

* We will be featuring Gransthread lives and thoughts and memories as the months go by. If you have any that you would like to share, Frost Magazine would love to hear from you:   frost@margaret-graham.com

 

 

Review: Ross at Chichester Festival Theatre

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Joseph Fiennes leads the cast in in Terence Rattigan’s bio-drama about TE Lawrence

Photographs: Johan Persson

When it comes to writing repressed and complex characters Rattigan is something of a dab hand. The life of TE Lawrence, therefore, gives him plenty to work with.

The story is well known, not least thanks to David Lean’s epic (if not strictly accurate) movie, Lawrence of Arabia. But while the play is light on Hollywood glitz, the writing is pure class. Rattigan’s account of how Lawrence (who was routinely beaten as a child and was a repressed homosexual) rose from being a civilian in the Map Office to a celebrity who led the unconventional but effective 1916-18 Arab Revolt against the Turks is both compelling and disturbing.

The play opens in a far less exotic setting than the Middle East. Having chosen to hide himself away from public scrutiny by assuming a false name and joining the lowly ranks of the RAF, at a base in Uxbridge Aircraftman ‘Ross’ is being charged with insubordination.

Asked to explain his unauthorised absence of the previous night, his insistence that he was dining with Lord and Lady Astor, The Arch Bishop of Canterbury and Mr and Mrs George Bernard Shaw is deemed outrageous cheek. But while his superiors don’t believe him, one of his fellows does. Having assured himself of Ross’s real identity, the opportunity for blackmail is too easy to resist. Cue the beginning of Lawrence’s Arabian story, told through a malaria-induced flashback.

Designer William Dudley uses every inch of Chichester’s thrust stage to evoke the sense of desert expanse, with occasional black and white film footage aiding historical context.

There is much to admire in Adrian Noble’s polished production, but one of the greatest joys is the casting. Without a single ‘slightly less than’ contribution, the overall result is absolutely cohesive and effortlessly fluid.

Joseph Fiennes is superb. Perfectly judging Lawrence’s complexities and contradictions, every nuance is beautifully captured.

Michael Feast is terrifyingly brilliant as the Turkish Military Governor (his vile orders being audibly carried out make for uncomfortable listening and saw theatre-goers shifting awkwardly in their seats), while Paul Freeman as General Allenby and Peter Polycarpou Sheik Auda Abu Tayi also achieve gear changes between light and shade with dexterity and conviction. But it is undeniably a magnificent Team Effort.

A maverick, the conquering hero, an intellectual who was profoundly driven, what is perhaps most interesting about the Lawrence story is the essence of the man himself; someone plagued by demons who waged their own war on him. And someone who longed, more than anything, to fit in and belong.

Highly recommended and with a short run, this ticket looks likely to be as hot as desert sand. Get in quick.

Until 25 June. Box Office: 01243 781312 www.cft.org.uk

An interesting concept comes to London in July

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Duncan Graham’s CUT has already taken the 2015 Adelaide Fringe by storm, and the good news is that CUT’s  London premiere will take place at The Vaults in July.

Where? Yes, that’s right, The Vaults – under the Waterloo Railway arches.  Set against a black backdrop with unsettling moments of complete darkness, a small audience is sealed in an atmospheric Vault under the Waterloo railway arches.

A woman prepares for work. Pursued by a man, she is hunter and hunted. CUT is a total work of art. A Lynchian dream that transports an audience deep into the heart of 21st century fears – the psychological equivalent of extreme turbulence. Part installation, part theatre poem, part noir thriller, prepare to be sealed into this intimate and unforgettable experience.

Part installation, part theatre poem, part noir thriller, this promises to be an interesting experience.

The fragmented storylines, technical wizardry and first class performance manifest into a theatrical trip you will find fascinating.

Writer Duncan Graham, comments: The idea for CUT was conceived in London, as I flew into the city, moved around on its trains, through its parks. Having had a season in Sydney at Belvoir, it’s so great to be presenting the work in what I consider to be its home. Hannah Norris is startling in the role, and she’ll haunt The Vaults with her breed of pure vengeance.

‘Hannah Norris’s ability to flicker from victim to predator in the blink of an eye truly sends shivers down the spine… If you enjoy taking a step into the darkness, then this award winning show certainly delivers the chill factor’ (Edinburgh Evening news).

When: Tuesday 5th – Sunday 31st July 2016 Tuesday-Friday, 7.45pm
Weekend, 5pm and 8pm

Where: The Vaults, Launcelot Street, London SE1 7AD

The Vaults are located underneath Waterloo station (on the Northern, Bakerloo and Jubilee lines). Leave Waterloo Station via Exit 1 and they are a short walk away.

Tickets are available from £12.50 from http://www.thevaults.london/#!cut/c1e1t.

 

 

True: Lee’s scrumptious! Vicky Edwards talks to Lee Mead

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Starring in one of the most famous musicals of all time, Lee Mead tells Vicky Edwards why he’s so happy to be in the driving seat…

Pictures: Alastair Muir

At the wheel of the most fantasmagorical car in history, Lee Mead freely admits that when the offer to play Caractacus Potts in the stage musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was made, he didn’t have to think twice. It is debatable, however, who was more excited: Lee, or five-year-old daughter Betsy.

“I took her to see the show in Southampton and watching her get so involved was really special. She knows all the songs and sings them all the time,” grinned Lee, who is clearly both a proud and hands-on dad.
Having grown up watching the film version, Lee was already familiar with the Chitty story and score, but he also has another link to our fine four-fendered friend; a connection that dates back to the early days of his career.

“When I was just starting out, the show was opening in the West End and I went to an open audition to be Michael Ball’s second cover. Now, I can move really well, but I’m not a trained dancer and you needed to be part of the dance ensemble to be second cover for the role”.
Game over. Footwork not quite up to scratch, Lee lost the gig.

“It makes it all the more special playing the role now,” he told me, eyes twinkling with both amusement and delight.
Talking of things being special, I asked Lee what he thinks makes Chitty such a well-loved show and why audiences of all ages are still so enchanted by Ian Fleming’s story of a magical car and a single dad.
“I think what makes it one of the most iconic shows in the world is that it has such a heart,” he answered, thoughtfully, adding:
“The relationship between Potts and the children, Grandpa and Truly are really important, but you have to hit those beats or it becomes just a show about a flying car; you need those truths. The scenes going into songs are quite tiny so you have to really work to get those transitions right and to mark those moments.
“It’s also a great story. Even as an adult you are taken on that journey; you can’t help but allow yourself to do that. It’s a very clever show with brilliant characters and brilliant songs.”
Ah yes, the songs. Wonderful they are indeed, and thanks to an ace 12-piece orchestra the impact of the music in this particular production is nothing short of spellbinding.
“It’s unusual for a touring production to have such a big orchestra and they are incredible,” agreed Lee, who shot to fame when he won the BBC talent show Any Dream Will Do, and with it the title role in the West End revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
Leading West End roles in Wicked and Legally Blonde followed, along with the release of several solo albums, and also being cast in TV’s Casualty as Ben ‘Lofty’ Chiltern, for which he earned a Best Newcomer at the National Television Awards 2015.

Picture Alastair Muir

Not bad going for a lad whose first job was singing on a booze cruise ferry where the clientele was often so well lubricated that Lee sang from a cage in case any of them, worse for drink, took exception to his dulcet tones.
“But actually I loved it and looking back I realise that not being able to afford to go to drama school in London was no bad thing. A lot of young actors now aren’t prepared to go on tour; they just want to walk into the West End, but that’s not where you learn your craft.”
From schlepping around the country on low-budget tours to playing gigs on car ferries and doing cabaret with seasoned old-timers like Ken Dodd, Lee soaked up experience and learnt as much as he could.
“Apart from being great fun I think you have a far greater appreciation of success when it comes than if you had just walked into the West End,” he nodded, explaining that the ratio of actors out of work at any time far and away exceeds those with jobs.
“I do talks in colleges and I always advise kids to go and learn on the touring circuit.”
Starring in a major musical, being a devoted dad, talking to college kids – nobody can accuse Lee of being a slacker.
Laughing, he said: “I’ve also released a new album called Some Enchanted Evening. I wanted to do an album of songs from the 40s and 50s film era, giving them a modern twist.”
A huge hit with fans, the album smashed into the top 20 in the Independent Charts. Typically modest, Lee is quick to credit his band, but is nevertheless thrilled.

“The response has been brilliant and I’ll be touring the album in October when I finish on Chitty.”
Actors are often slightly rigid about their pre-show routines, so while I put my coat on I asked Lee if he had any such rituals.
“I like the five minutes before the show to be silent and focussed; to have that still moment before you go out on stage and it is like an express train,” he says, unnecessarily apologetically.
Wanting a bit of peace and quiet before a musical marathon hardly counts as diva behaviour, I countered.
“And I’m a bit OCD about my desk area,” he joked, in mock hopefulness of sounding like a highly strung artiste.
Sorry, fella. You’re just too much of a sweetheart to qualify as a foot-stamping prima donna. And, after an hour in his company, and later watching him in rehearsal, I can confirm that this triple threat performer and gentlest of gentlemen is also absolutely perfect as Potts.
Vicky Edwards

For more information, visit www.chittythemusical.co.uk
Facebook: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang The Musical
Twitter: @ChittyMusical / #chittymusical

Review: Travels With My Aunt – new musical opens Chichester’s 2016 season

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Travels With My Aunt
Minerva Theatre, Chichester

Photo:Tristram Kenton

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When retired bank manager Henry Pulling attends his mother’s funeral the idea of globetrotting couldn’t be further from his mind. But finding himself embroiled with his extraordinary Aunt Augusta, of whom prior to his mother’s send-off he knew nothing, the squarest bear that ever there was suddenly finds himself on an extraordinary international schlep.
Following where auntie leads, in quest of the mysterious Mr Visconti, Henry is soon hanging out with hookers, getting comprehensively searched by customs officials and smoking dope aboard the Orient Express with a hippy chick several years his junior. Travel certainly broadens his mind, but for a man better used to the tranquillity of the potting shed it’s all a bit too much of an eye opener.
Christopher Luscombe directs this new musical, based on Graham Greene’s novel, with pep and panache. The late 1960s setting is beautifully realised in Colin Falconer’s effective set and costume designs, aided and abetted by Nicholas Skilbeck’s orchestrations and choreography by Ewan Jones.
Patricia Hodge is on sparkling form as Aunt Augusta, a game and feisty aging beauty with the heart of an adventurer and an insatiable lust for life. If she is occasionally a tad stretched in the musical numbers, Ms Hodge is nevertheless impressively nifty in the dance stakes.
Steven Pacey as Henry is adorable. From nervous hiccupper who would do nothing more reckless than prune his prize dahlias with slightly blunt secateurs, his gradual blossoming is a joy to witness.
Haley Flaherty is in sweet voice as Tooley, the flowers-in-her-hair youngster who brings out Henry’s protective instinct and with it a tenderness he finds both unfamiliar and giddy-making.
Hugh Maynard as Wordsworth is infectiously ebullient (if somewhat clichéd) as Augusta’s toy boy, while Jack Chissick, Sebastien Torkia and Jonathan Dryden Taylor each bring their own gifts to this enchantingly bonkers family party, ably supported by a terrific ensemble.
The Minerva is the perfect space for summer froth and Travels With My Aunt is as elegant and effervescent as the champers being served in the Theatre’s newly renovated restaurant.
Until 4 June at the Minerva Theatre. www.cft.org.uk Box office: 01243 781312

The 2016 Sunday Times Rich List

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sunday times rich list 2016ROLLING STONES WEALTHIEST BAND – WITH £630 MILLION,

AHEAD OF U2 – JOINTLY WORTH £500 MILLION

 

ADELE’S FORTUNE GROWS BY £35 MILLION T0 £85 MILLION

 

DJ CALVIN HARRIS HAS £95 MILLION FORTUNE

 

Adele, who has added £35m to her personal fortune in a year, tops the Young Music Rich List of performers aged 30 and under. The 27-year-old singer is now worth £85m, and rises to 30th place in the overall 2016 Sunday Times list of the wealthiest of performers and composers in Britain and Ireland.

 

The Music Millionaires top 50 is released today, ahead of the 28th annual Sunday Times Rich List to be published this weekend. Adele, Britain’s richest ever female musician, has benefited from the worldwide success of her long-awaited third album, 25, released last November. The London-born singer/songwriter is now hard on the heels of Ireland’s wealthiest female performer, Enya, who is worth £91m, up just £1m on 2015.

 

The Rolling Stones – Sir Mick Jagger, worth £235m; Keith Richards, £220m; Charlie Watts, £120m; and Ronnie Wood, £55m – with combined fortunes of £630m, up £40m on 2015, are the wealthiest band in Britain and Ireland, ahead of U2 with a joint fortune of £500m, an increase of £69m on the 2015 Sunday Times Music Rich List. U2 was the highest-grossing rock act last year selling 1.29m tickets worth £66m for 76 concerts.

 

The 2016 Sunday Times Music Rich List is headed by Sir Paul McCartney, who with his wife Nancy Shevell, shares a joint fortune of £760m, up £30m on last year. American-born Shevell has a £150m stake in her father’s New England Motor Freight trucking operation.

 

Calvin Harris, the Dumfries-born international DJ, who writes, sings, records, remixes and produces his own music, has seen his personal wealth leap by £25m in a year to rank him at 27 in the 2016 Top 50, worth £95m.

 

David Bowie’s widow and his filmmaker son by his first marriage to Angie, Iman Abdulmajid and Duncan Jones, join this year’s list with a joint family fortune of £90m, based on the £70m from Bowie’s will, their own wealth and royalties from the chart success of Bowie’s music after his death.

 

 

THE SUNDAY TIMES RICH LIST 2016

THE TOP 50 MUSIC MILLIONAIRES IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND

 

2016

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 2015

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 Name 2016

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 Wealth increase,

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1 1 Sir Paul McCartney and Nancy Shevell £760m £30m
2 2 Lord Lloyd-Webber £715m £65m
3 3 U2 £500m £69m
4 4 Sir Elton John £280m £10m
5 5 Sir Mick Jagger £235m £10m
6= New Olivia and Dhani Harrison £220m £20m
6= 6 Keith Richards £220m £10m
8 8= Ringo Starr £200m £20m
9 7 Michael Flatley £198m £3m
10 8= Sting £185m £5m
11= 11 Eric Clapton £160m £5m
11= 12= Rod Stewart £160m £10m
11= 10 Roger Waters £160m No change
14 12= Sir Tom Jones £155m £5m
15 12= Sir Tim Rice £150m No change
16 15= Robbie Williams £145m £10m
17 17 Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne £135m £5m
18= 18= Brian May £120m £10m
18= 18= Charlie Watts £120m £10m
20 21= Roger Taylor £115m £10m
21 18= Phil Collins £110m No change
22= 21= George Michael £105m No change
22= 23= Jimmy Page £105m £5m
24 23= Robert Plant £103m £3m
25= 27 John Deacon £100m £15m
25= 25= David Gilmour £100m £10m
27 30= Calvin Harris £95m £25m
28 25= Enya £91m £1m
29 New Iman Abdulmajid and Duncan Jones and family £90m –
30 43= Adele £85m £35m
31= 33= Gary Barlow £75m £10m
31= 30= Mark Knopfler £75m £5m
31= 29 Nick Mason £75m No change
31= 30= Pete Townshend £75m £5m
35 33= Engelbert Humperdinck £70m £5m
36= 28 Noel and Liam Gallagher £65m  Down £12m
36= 43= Brian Johnson £65m £15m
36= 39= Chris Martin £65m £13m
39= 35= Barry Gibb £60m No change
39= 35= John Paul Jones £60m No change
41 37= Sir Cliff Richard £58m £3m
42= 39= Guy Berryman £55m £3m
42= 39= Jonny Buckland £55m £3m
42= 39= Will Champion £55m £3m
42= 37= Kylie Minogue £55m No change
42= 46= Ronnie Wood £55m £10m
47= 46= Jay Kay £50m £5m
47= 43= Sir Van Morrison £50m No change
49= 46= Peter Gabriel £45m No change
49= 50 Mick Hucknall £45m £5m
49= New Ed Sheeran £45m New
49= 46= Bernie Taupin £45m No change

 

Britain and Ireland’s wealthiest young band, with all the members aged under 30, is One Direction, with a combined wealth of £132m. The four musicians in the One Direction line up, Niall Horan, aged 22, Liam Payne, 22, Harry Styles, 22, and Louis Tomlinson, 24, have each added £8m to their personal fortunes in a year and are individually each worth £33m, up from £25m last year.

 

Former One Direction member Zayn Malik, 23, has added £5m to his personal wealth, now worth £30m, helped by the success of his debut solo album, Mind of Mine, which topped the sales charts in the UK and the US this month.

 

Sam Smith and Florence Welch, who were new entries in the Young Rich List  in 2015, worth £12m, have both added £8m to their personal wealth to join the Young Musicians Top 10 – each with fortunes of £20m.

 

THE SUNDAY TIMES RICH LIST 2016

THE 10 RICHEST YOUNG MUSICIANS

IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND (Aged 30 or under)

 

2016

rank

 2015

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 Name 2016  wealth Wealth increase

 
1 1 Adele £85m £35m
2 7 Ed Sheeran £45m £25m
3= 2= Niall Horan £33m £8m
3= 2= Liam Payne £33m £8m
3= 2= Harry Styles £33m £8m
3= 2= Louis Tomlinson £33m £8m
7 2= Zayn Malik £30m £5m
8= New Sam Smith £20m £8m
8= New Florence Welch £20m £8m
10 8= Ellie Goulding £17m £4m

 

THE SUNDAY TIMES RICH LIST – 148 PAGES ON APRIL 24

 

The 2016 Sunday Times Rich List – the definitive guide to wealth in Britain and Ireland – is published on Sunday, April 24. The 148-page special edition of The Sunday Times Magazine is the biggest issue of the Rich List ever published since it first appeared in 1989. It charts the wealth of the 1,000 richest people in the UK and the 250 richest in Ireland. The list is based on identifiable wealth, including land, property, other assets such as art and racehorses, or significant shares in publicly quoted companies. It excludes bank accounts, to which the paper has no access.

 

The Sunday Times Rich List is compiled by Philip Beresford and Robert Watts, and edited by Ian Coxon. The complete list will be available to all the paper’s digital members and will be fully-searchable online at thesundaytimes.co.uk/richlist

 

With thanks to The Sunday Times Rich List

 

 

What’s On This Weekend

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A round up of another glorious four-day week with a host of spectacular activities in and around The Capital. Our top picks include;

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The London Whisky Weekender 1-3rd;

Starting today, The London Whisky Weekender will transform the East London venue, Oval Space into a Dramtastic dream. With Whisky’s to try from all around The World this is the perfect day out for any Whisky Lover of any degree. Enjoy a dram of something you love or something brand new amidst a backdrop of blues music and some quality street food.

For tickets and info;

Whisky

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Saturday Brunch at Gaucho’s Electro Brunch;

From 11am-3pm every Saturday, work your way through Gaucho’s impressive, unlimited brunch menu complete with cocktails and sparkling wine. Available at their Canary Wharf, Piccadilly and Smithfield branches and priced at £45 this is the absolute perfect way to start the weekend.

For more info and booking;

Brunch

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Feast of Rugby takeover Urban Food Fest 2nd April;

This year’s HSBC London Sevens will be celebrating their partnership with Urban Food Fest by hosting a ‘Feast of Rugby’ takeover at the Shoreditch street food market on Saturday 2nd April.The market will be fully HSBC London Sevens themed and there will be special guest appearances from the England sevens team – who will be helping vendors cook up a storm on the day. From France to Fiji, think Sweet and Savoury Crêpes, slow roasted and pulled pork burgers and Venezuelan Maize arepas. Yum Yum.

Entry is free just turn up;

Euro Car Parks
162-167 Shoreditch High Street, Shoreditch
London, E1

For more info;

Food 

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The cosiest “Night In” at Pillow Cinema.

This Saturday, snuggle up to a loved one… or two in a stunning Tudor House setting in the heart of Hackney and enjoy a screening of either Romeo and Juliet or The Danish Girl. Complimentary blankets and fatboy beanbags provided. All you need to do is turn up for a super chill Saturday Night at The Movies.

For tickets and info;

Cinema