Features
Hardeep Singh Kohli talks about ‘Indian Takeaway’, coming up at Tara Arts
Hardeep Singh Kohli is a man with many talents - a Bafta winner, a Celebrity Chef contestant, a BBC One Show presenter, a writer and last but not least, a very funny man! He is about to bring his Edinburgh Fringe show Indian Takeaway to… Read More
Inspiring Evenings…What is Musical Bingo?
The London Calling team recently tried out London’s best-kept secret – Musical Bingo! We didn’t have a clue what to expect, except it would involve playing bingo with music clips. What actually happened…well, it involved dancing on benches to… Read More
Roman Amphitheatre at the Guildhall Art Gallery Underground art culture is such that it can go on under the radar for years before being discovered by the masses. In 1988, the Guildhall Art Gallery, home to the City of London’s art collection, unearthed a… Read More
Danny Boyle - Director, Producer, Olympian
London Calling: How do you feel now 2012 is here? Danny Boyle: In truth, I feel completely overwhelmed, like I’ve bitten way more off than I can chew all the time, but it’s such an amazing honour to be involved. There are… Read More
London’s top five small but historic music venues
1. The Halfmoon, Putney In late 2009 a planned refurbishment seemed set to condemn The Halfmoon to gastro-pub hell. The renowned music venue has a proud heritage, yet it took a spirited campaign, supported by almost 6,000 fans on Facebook, to persuade Young’s Brewery to keep… Read More
Tassos Stevens - theatre director, games-designer, writer… man of many talents
Tassos Stevens is co-director of Coney, an adventure agency that makes exciting stories through play, where the audience stars as the lead role. He is a writer, a games-designer, theatre director and comedian. As his new show is about to open at Battersea Arts Centre,… Read More
Flavia Fraser-Cannon - theatre producer extraordinaire
Flavia Fraser-Cannon has been working in theatre since 2006; her productions include 'Sweeney Todd: his life, times and execution' (National Tour 2010 and Edinburgh Fringe 2009), 'Gemma Goggin; Get Laid or Die Trying' (Gilded Balloon) and Frank McGuinness' 'The Lady from the Sea' (Arcola). Flavia is also the… Read More
Tom Hunter talks to the legendary Aleem twins in New York about their time with Jimi Hendrix and why it has taken 40 years to release the album they started recording with Hendrix, shortly before his tragic death in 1970. London Calling: How did this last collaboration… Read More
Inspiring spaces: supperclub London
I was privileged enough to get an invite to the 2nd birthday bash of supperclub London, a somewhat favourite haunt of celebrities with past guests including Madonna, Katy Perry and Sacha Baron-Cohen. What a fantastic treat it was, and if you’re in… Read More
onedotzero’s Adventures in Motion 2011 at the BFI
This week’s Adventures in Motion festival at the BFI marks the company’s 15th anniversary, but for such a forward thinking organisation used to dealing with the most cutting edge technologies, there’s little chance of them resting on their laurels. … Read More
