Do This Or Regret It: My Weekly Dose Of Capital Culture (Week 4)
This week’s recommendations: for your viewing/listening/experiencing (delete as appropriate) pleasure.
THEATRE: The Pitchfork Disney, Arcola, Until March 17th
The 21st Anniversary production of The Pitchfork Disney opens this week, at the wonderful Arcola. Philip Ridley’s prophetic masterpiece is a deliciously dark mediation on the macabre; violent, glittering and seductive. Edward Dick’s production promises to be suitably chilling, following his critically acclaimed revival of Ridley’s The Fastest Clock in the Universe at Hampstead Theatre. Famously, terrified patrons ran from its debut at The Bush in 1991. Do this if you dare; you’ll not regret it.
MUSIC: Josh Rouse, Union Chapel, Saturday 28th
The stunning Union Chapel hosts Nebraskan singer-songwriter/guitarist Josh Rouse this weekend, for the London date of his current tour, promoting his new album ‘Josh Rouse And The Long Vacations’. He won the attention of the wonderful Lambchop’s Kurt Wagner early on in his career – with his beautifully realised take on alt-country – and the pair later collaborated on an EP. If it’s good enough for Kurt Wagner . . .
ART: Samsung Art+ Prize, BFI, Until Sunday 29th
It’s your last chance to catch the first annual Samsung Art+ Prize exhibition at the BFI. Ten artists have been short-listed for the award, which is dedicated to digital media art. It is the first award in the UK to showcase the works of technologically inspired contemporary artists. Highlights include Doug Fishbone’s controversial feature film Elmina and Erika Tan’s esoterically named “The Syntactical Impossibility of Approaching With A Pure Heart”.
FILM: A Tribute To Charles Laughton, Rio Cinema, Sunday 29th
It’s now 50 years since the death of the incredible Charles Laughton. This Sunday the Rio are celebrating his work; screening two films featuring the legendary man. The first, Rembrant, stars a mesmeric Laughton as the painter at the peak of his success. The second, The Night of the Hunter, follows an off-kilter preacher through dread-soaked suburbia. Laughton directs the compelling picture; incredibly atmospheric – a lingering image of a shattered American Dream.
WILDCARD: {Event(Dimension):}, Jacksons Lane, 27-29th January
Sugar Beast Circus return to Jackson’s Lane this week; inviting you to participate in a beautiful experiment which elegantly explores Quantum Mechanics. Yep; Quantum Mechanics. Presented in association with the London International Mime Festival, {Event (Dimension) :} divides the audience in two, allowing them entirely different experiences, held together by a common soundtrack. Cutting edge contemporary circus, at its best. Saturday’s show comes particularly highly recommended, as it includes a post-show Q&A with the company and journalist Donald Hutera.
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