INTERVIEW: Ed Gosling chats to East End Cabaret, the duo behind sensory adventure Silencio
Eastend Cabaret have been making a bit of a stir, touring internationally and winning the odd award to boot. Now coming to the Southbank as part of the Festival of Neighbourhood and London Wonderground, new show Silencio promises to be 'an extraordinary multi-sensory journey painstakingly created from a treasure trove of b-movie film footage and populated by a curious collection of live acts.'
Bright Young Things part 1: Francesca Goodwin meets gallerist Megan Piper
Megan and Chloe
‘Bright Young Things’ is a series focussed upon unearthing the stories of individuals who are bringing fresh perspectives to traditional themes within the arts.
Me and Mrs Jones: Francesca Goodwin interviews Fee Doran aka Mrs Jones about loving clothes but hating fashion.
With a portfolio dressing the likes of Kylie, The Scissor Sisters and Duran Duran and an anecdotal library brimming with stories from sellotaping a gerbil to a record player to hanging out with Banksy, Fee Doran needed little prompting to reflect upon her colourful life and why she ‘Loves Clothes but hates fashion’
KERENZA EVANS DARES TO EXPLORE THE HOUSE OF MAGIC
There are many thrills to be derived from the telling of ghost stories and the macabre; in high school, my friends and I used to spend our music lessons holding fake seances in the rehearsal rooms, in lieu of perfecting performances of Clair De Lune for the fiftieth god-forsaken week. While I'm fairly sure that if we had conjured up the spectre of choice, a lifetime of trauma would have ensued, I think we were always slightly disappointed when nothing happened, other than a teacherly lecture as to why we don't try and raise the dead on school time.
DICKENSIAN LONDON LIVES ON AT THE ZETTER TOWNHOUSE
Be aware: when searching for The Zetter Townhouse, Google-Map is not your friend; it seems convinced that the emerging cocktail bar is located within a rather officious looking block of flats. Resisting clawing at someone's office door and calling for cocktails, we eventually uncovered that the bar is located in the charming unnamed building opposite.
