20th May 2012
Illustration by Julie Khan
Olympic Art!
As if you hadn't already noticed, the Olympics are getting closer. As well as lots of people running around, jumping and throwing things for a few weeks, London will also be hosting a myriad of art and exhibitions, ranging from tanks at Tate Modern to a giant Prometheus in Greenwich. Luckily, our guys on the art team have put together a list of all the best Olympic art events, giving you enough time to plan your cultural itinerary before the madness begins.
But before then, the theatre team spoke to stage legend Steven Berkoff, who gave us his thoughts on actors, the stage and his new play, and we gave four stars to the National Theatre's new show Detroit. We also talked heroes and Nazis with comedian and Edinburgh Best Newcomer award winner Humphrey Ker.
And if you just can't wait that extra day to get out clubbing, ultra-cool record label Visionquest take over Village Underground tonight for a 10 hour set. Don't worry, we won't tell your boss where you've been tomorrow.
But before then, the theatre team spoke to stage legend Steven Berkoff, who gave us his thoughts on actors, the stage and his new play, and we gave four stars to the National Theatre's new show Detroit. We also talked heroes and Nazis with comedian and Edinburgh Best Newcomer award winner Humphrey Ker.
And if you just can't wait that extra day to get out clubbing, ultra-cool record label Visionquest take over Village Underground tonight for a 10 hour set. Don't worry, we won't tell your boss where you've been tomorrow.
Features
Pandora's BoxAt Arcola Theatre.
DJ PlaylistWith King Britt.
GraphologyAt Drawing Room
Spoonfed Singles ClubNo love for The Wanted, but we love Porcelain Raft.Friday 18th
New paintings from the hotly tipped Sarah Lederman go on display in Fitzrovia from Friday.
Freeze are an inventive, silly and downright hilarious comedy duo who come highly recommended by us. There's ghetto house from Night Slugs and Bugged Out at Jacks. Thunder are having a stormer of a party down in Dalston with Detroit star Patrice Scott. while another Detroit native Nate Young throws together analog synths, tape delays and loop pedals at The Victoria. Saturday 19th
The excellent Photographer's Gallery relaunches this Saturday with a great exhibition from Edward Burtynsky, and we really love the sound of Pink Does Not Exist, an exhibition exploring the notion of reality in light of quantum physics.
Elsewhere, some of the world's finest independent record labels get together for a big vinyl love-in at Spitalfield's Market. And on Sunday night, Ministry of Sound and DJ legend Paul Trouble Anderson host a fundraiser with an almost impossibly good line-up. Well worth the Monday hangover. Next week
Fans of innovative design should head over to EC1 next Tuesday for the start of the ever popular Clerkenwell Design Week,
featuring the six meter tall Solar Tree. And speaking of trees, summer
gets underway in a quintessentially British manner at the Chelsea Flower Show next Tuesday.
There's odd goings on at The Young Vic for The Suit. When a young South African worker finds his wife in bed with another man, he scares the guy off but insists his wife treat her lover's suit like an honoured guest. The bloke with the loud shirts from Mock the Week and king of daft one-liners Milton Jones is at Udderbelly. We may seem all modern and internet-savvy and stuff, but in truth there's few things we love at Spoonfed more than antiquarian books. And if you're like us, you'll love The London International Antiquarian Book Fair, over at Olympia on Thursday. Eccentric mustachioed polymath Billy Childish exhibits some new paintings in Clerkenwell, and Spoonfed favourite Julie Cockburn shows her skill in making the messy seem elegant with her new show at Flowers. And for gigs next week, Australian indie kids Pond hit Cargo as part of their first ever UK tour, and new Dalston venue Birthdays keeps the high calibre of bands flowing with Bleached on Tuesday. Get Spoonfed Elsewhere
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