What’s On this Week: 21st January – 28th
Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story
Chicago, 1924. Richard Loeb is obsessed with crime. Nathan Leopold is obsessed with Richard.
High on adrenaline, they leave a trail of arson, theft, and vandalism in their wake.
But Richard wants to take a step further – a step that will test Nathan’s loyalty to the limit.
Can they commit the ultimate crime: a perfect murder?
Until February 5
Jermyn Street Theatre
Hamlet
A country under attack. A family falling apart. A mind in turmoil.
Step inside the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse and be transported to the ostentatious court of Elsinore. Intimately lit and warmly welcoming, it’s the perfect palace.
But ‘something is rotten in the state of Denmark’. Prince Hamlet is shocked that his mother, the Queen, has married his uncle so soon after the death of his father, the King.
And when his father’s ghost reveals a dark secret, it’s clear what he ought to do: exact revenge.
January 21 to April 9
The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, The Globe
Art Now: Danielle Dean
Visual artist Danielle Dean’s thought-provoking work explores the colonisation of the mind and body through media and cultural production.
Drawing on her research in the archives of the Ford Motor Company in Detroit and using footage shot by collaborators across the world, her new multi-channel video installation investigates the changing nature of labour through the labour-crowdsourcing marketplace, “Amazon Mechanical Turk” (AMT).
January 21 to May 8
Tate Britain
Iglooghost
This is a rare opportunity to see the artist in an intimate setting, and one where his imagination has spilled beyond his music.
The show takes place in an other-worldly museum archiving the story around his latest concept, Lei Music.
The installation is also a part of the Purcell Sessions, and can be experienced over the weekend.
January 22
Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall
Albany Theatre Technical Takeover
Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes at a theatre?
Are you looking for a new career in the arts?
Led by industry experts, this day of hands-on workshops will offer participants the opportunity to explore all areas of backstage work.
This opportunity is free and aimed at anyone aged 16-30.
The Albany is actively encouraging applications from those underrepresented in the cultural industries.
January 22
The Albany
Out-Spoken Masterclass: January
Work with Anthony Anaxagorou, the founder of Out-Spoken and a TS Eliot Prize-nominated poet, to learn his approach to writing beautiful, original poetry.
Participants need to bring to the workshop a piece of their own poetry or spoken word. Anaxagorou then gives collective instructions on what to consider when redrafting.
Open to all abilities, Out-Spoken Masterclasses give anyone with an interest in poetry a chance to work with acclaimed writers.
January 22
Southbank Centre
Joe Browne, Live Cafe Session
Local resident, musician, composer and educator Joe Brown is delighted to be programming some Sunday jazz at Woolwich Works and will be looking to feature musicians predominantly from the extraordinary pool of local talent.
This January show will kick off with a relatively new trio featuring rising stars, Myra Brownbridge on double bass and Matthew Holmes on drums, with Joe Browne on saxophone.
The three bonded as musicians and friends on a NYJO Education tour of schools in Cumbria.
January 23
Woolwich Works
“O.zone 3” – O. + Rosie Turton
Redefining DnB rave music as drum & baritone, Tash Keary and Joe Henwood bring you a baritone sax and drums duo with a side of dubs, loud noises and heavy beats.
Sounds like Noname, The Comet Is Coming, and Radiohead. Tastes like peanut butter and jam on toast.
Performing with O. is London based trombonist and composer Rosie Turton, who is one of the up and coming voices on the UK jazz scene.
After exploring the eclectic music scenes of London and New York to the Himalayas of India, Rosie’s ‘5ives’ release with Jazz Re:Freshed showcases her individual and unique voice as a performer, composer and producer.
January 25
The Windmill, Brixton
An Evening with Daisy May Cooper
Daisy May Cooper, creator and star of This Country, invites you to celebrate the launch of her hilarious memoir, Don’t Laugh, It Will Only Encourage Her.
Life hasn’t always been straightforward for Cooper. Growing up in rural poverty in Gloucestershire with her brother Chaz, she had to work myriad low-paid and unrewarding jobs just to make ends meet.
But with the assurance from her Mum that the worst experiences make the most entertaining stories, she stashed away her most humiliating and ridiculous incidents to be revealed in her first memoir – and now, live on stage.
January 27
Royal Festival Hall
The Streets
Following a summer of unforgettable festival appearances, The Streets have announced a UK headline tour for the start of 2022.
Mike Skinner and his band will bring their live show to Brixton.
January 27 and 28
O2 Academy Brixton
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