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Civilised, grown-up venues are something of a rarity in Shoreditch. As entrepreneurs masquerade as chavs and secretaries as gypsies, so do doss pits as style destinations. Occupying the former site of the Electricity Showrooms, Cube & Star is something of a departure from the Hoxton scene altogether (hallelujah!). |
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Twelfth Night has kicked off the annual Open Air Theatre season. Pray for dry nights. 8pm. Regent's Pk, NW1. £8- 27. 0870 154 4040 or here. |
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| Punkscience at Dana Centre makes science fun: Albert Einstein Experience. 7:30pm 165 Queen's Gate, SW7. £0. Book 020 79424040 or mail. | ||||
| Chris Coco and Rothko play live sets at NHAC's Chiller Cabinet. 8pm-1am. 11 Notting Hill Gate, W11. £8. | ||||
Claiming to be the first Nuevo Latino restaurant in London (which basically means a Euro South American fusion), it's slim, slick and monochrome, has the requisite blingtastic chandeliers and giant, backlit pics of Old Havana forming a photographic ceiling. There's a fabulous cocktail list (word on the street has it that when the competition's been in there's not a menu left on the table) and food that's delish - chocolate cigars are a definite highlight. It holds a restaurant, bar and cigar bar and September will see the opening of a Cuban jazz lounge in the basement. |
Mark Knopfler plays solo at Royal Albert Hall, SW7. 7:30 £20. 020 7589 8212 or here. |
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Parisian trio nlf3 provide live sounds to Eisenstein's Que Viva Mexico at Ciné Lumière 8pm. 17 Queensberry Place, SW7. £10. 020 7073 1350. |
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And as mojitos are to Latin America as ephemerality is to the locale, it's worth knowing that Cube & Star boasts the authentic strain, which is always an unexpected treat. Cube & Star |
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Derren Brown blows minds at Cambridge Theatre. 8pm. Earlham Street, W1. £15-20. 0870 264 3333 or online. |
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Living legend Neil Diamond is at Earls Court, SW5. 8pm. £30. 0870 264 3333 or here. |
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| Last week for John Virtue's London Paintings at the NG, Kuba at Artangel and Avant Garde Graphics at Estorick. | ||||
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