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Ready for the Ultimate Festive Period?

Amidst woeful stories of London's diminishing Nightlife, we've found someone bucking the trend - our Guest Editor, Dr. Marisa Carnesky.

Marisa has been challenging, upending and redefining ideas around cultural identity, popular entertainment and ritual performance for more than 20 years.

Now she's launching two of her most ambitious projects to date, both in Soho: Carnesky's Finishing School, a pop-up underground cabaret school and performance venue; and Dr. Carnesky's Incredible Bleeding Woman, a ritual spectacular themed around menstruation - ready for the festive period!

Writer Ben Walters interviews Marisa about her Soho adventures, activism and performance, ritual, her festive period, working with London's finest cabaret stars - and founding the UK's leading alternative stage school.

In our Magazine section we pick up Adam Curtis' artistic, social commentary documentary 'Hypernormality'; Unclean Pictures are fundraising for a documentary about 'anti-cult' The Temple Ov Psychick Youth - read about it here; film maker Rosie Baldwin's latest work challenges stereotypes in the music industry on We Rise - watch the trailer here. Theatre makers Gameshow talk about their latest production at Camden People's Theatre, 'Grown Up'.

For more culture gems and competitions - browse our Offers page. As for the Best of the rest - rummage through our genre-bending pages where you'll find plenty of haut happenings!

Here's to wishing you a bloody excellent week dear Players! Bottoms up! RRxx

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