Posts by East End Review
Swimming with Diana Dors – book review
Swimming with Diana Dors, a collection of short stories penned by Hackney-based author Jeremy Worman, is an elegiac look into family life and the significance of place
Read MoreMezcal mania at 184 Hackney Road
From Melanie Symonds, who set up the popular Quiquiriqui mezcal pop-up last year and events duo Stagg & Barber, comes 184 Hackney Road
Read MoreZavier Ellis – Type One Zealotry at Cock ‘n’ Bull Gallery
Exhibition in basement gallery contemplates the nature of spirituality, insanity and the occult, and their place in urbanised society
Read MoreThere’s a Monster in the Lake – review
Attitudes towards care for the elderly is the sober subtext to a surreal play at the Rosemary Branch
Read MoreYvonne Rainer: Dance Works
Raven Row hosts first exhibition in which live performances of Yvonne Rainer’s dance works feature alongside her theoretical and lyrical writing
Read MoreThe Frida Kahlo of Penge West – review
Hilarious two-woman show retells the life of the feminist revolutionary artist Frida Kahlo
Read MoreHackney Empire cafe reopens as the latest food and music venture by Platterform
Former cafe has become the newest addition to Hackney’s ‘cultural quarter’
Read MoreEast End designers celebrate summer at London Collections: Men
The pleasures of going on holiday provided inspiration for menswear designers at this year’s London Collections: Men SS15
Read MoreFutures – book review: things are never 'stupid A to B'
Two City analysts who decide to speculate with cocaine become embroiled in a criminal underworld in novel Futures by Stoke Newington author John Barker
Read MoreNew hidden Dalston Tango hub
Learn the art of tango with an expert dance instructor
Read MoreJoseph Mercier: 'The erotic has a different appeal to that of pornography'
Director and choreographer Joseph Mercier talks about his new show Of Saints and Go-Go Boys that opens this month at Toynbee Studios
Read MoreOld Spitalfields to host Independent Label Market
Over 100 independent record labels and 20 of London’s best breweries will be pitching up at the Independent Label Market on Saturday 12 July at Old Spitalfields Market. We speak to some of East London’s label bosses, who will be selling their fresh vinyl produce directly to the fans
Read MoreChris Laurence Quartet review: Invisible polymath
Jazzman Chris Laurence plays was joined by Frank Ricotti, Martin France and John Paricelli on the stage at the Vortex last month
Read MoreSam Lee's Campfire Club takes live music back to its roots
Campfire nights are going ahead all summer long at Bethnal Green Nature Reserve
Read MoreThe Arcola Theatre launches supporter scheme
New initiative will help fund the theatre while providing a range of benefits for supporters
Read MoreLiving the highlife: Ibibio Sound Machine gear up for Walthamstow Garden Party
Eight-piece Ibibio Sound Machine fuse Ghanaian highlife with disco, funk and analogue synths. Ahead of performing at Walthamstow Garden Party, singer Eno Williams talks about their debut album, Nigerian folk tales and why she chooses to sing in the Nigerian Ibibio language
Read MoreViv Albertine: ‘If I’m not passionate I won’t do it’
Viv Albertine of The Slits talks about being an original punk, band life and living for the moment
Read More'Strange meeting' of painters at Haggerston Riviera exhibition
Wilfred Owen poem provides inspiration for a group painting exhibition at Canal project space
Read MoreBow Traveller children photograph their community in face of Crossrail development
Rich Mix exhibition is the fruit of year-long project aiming to break down negative stereotypes
Read MoreWilliam Burroughs in Hackney: photographs of Beat writer go on display at Red Gallery
Thurston Moore curates exhibition celebrating 100 years since the birth of William S. Burroughs
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