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Tonight, dear friends, heralds the Hoxton launch of the UK's first ever classical music club night. Yes, that's right, electro beating, sweaty, scruffy Shoreditch is hosting a classic music night (the mullets are getting old you know). |
Kick the winter depression (really)@Dana Centre. 7pm. 165 Queen's Gate SW7. Free booking reqd 020 7942 4040 | ||||
Renowned Ghanaian vocalist Paulina Oduro sings @Kemia Bar. 9pm. 25 Heddon St, W1 Free, book 020 7434 2011. |
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| Discover funky jazz quintet Led Bib tonight@The Vortex. 8:30pm. 11 Gillett St, N16. £7. 020 7254 4097 or here. | ||||||
This Isn't For You, set in the Council Chamber of Shoreditch Town Hall (benefactor of a recent £2.3m refit), will deliver an hour of live chamber music and ambient film backdrops with classical DJs manning the decks in between. 'Concerto clubbers' will be encouraged to move between the concert hall, bar and gallery areas and engage with featured artists performing works from composers including Bach, Britten and Webern. |
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Kenneth MacMillan's staging of Sleeping Beauty is now on at Coliseum. 7:30pm. St Martin's Lane, WC2. £10-45. 020 7632 8300 or online. |
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On paper the night already delivers on two fronts: moving classical music away from its traditional elitist image (no tux, no Tchaikovsky) whilst also offering the increasingly bored locals a clubbing experience beyond the housed-up anthems they are used to. It also confirms that, when pushed, Shoreditch can still definitely deliver. This
Isn't For You - launch tonight |
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The Cirque du Soleil: Alegría is now on at the Royal Albert Hall, SW7. 7:45pm. £22-55. 020 7589 8212 or online. |
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| Start 2006 with space camp: Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens still on at The Venue. 8pm. 5 Leicester Place WC2. £30. 0870 154 4040 or here. | ||||||
| Show and tell: Nick Danziger on Afghanistan at the RGS. 7pm. 1 Kensington Gore, SW7. £10. 0871 288 1144. | ||||||
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