Posts by Gabriel Wilding
Singburi review – an East End institution brought back to life
This cornerstone of Leytonstone’s dining scene recently shut its doors after 25 years, but the concept has been revived in a swish new Shoreditch location
Read MoreGround-breaking short film challenging narrative around asylum seekers to be shown in Parliament
Anti-immigration discourse is rife, with much of it aimed at people arriving in small boats. A new short film hopes to change that.
Read MoreCrudelia review – ‘Fantastic weaving of culture, fun and fandom’
Crudelia’s comida exquisita now has a permanent residency
Read MoreThe Black Eel review – ‘Can I ever forgive Fisher?’
Have you ever been swimming with eels? A nightmare for some, a strange fascination for my friend and me.
Read MorePower Station review – ‘If we’re going to save this life-giving world we’re squatting on, we need radical, grassroots change’
‘A combining of Powell’s artistic audio-visual epics with Edelstyn’s narrative vision and director-producer drive’
Read MoreA combination of imagination and tradition – India Club at Gunpowder
‘This is the epitome of intimate dining’
Read MoreThe Harder They Come – ‘a message of persistence rings loud and clear’
Olivier Award-winner Matthew Xia directs this stage adaptation of the film The Harder They Come at Stratford East
Read MoreKokin, Stratford, food review: ‘So romantic, so artfully curated’
Learn from me though, put your best heels on, clunk on your baubles and move money over from your savings (you’ll need a fair wad)
Read MoreKokin: ‘So romantic, so artfully curated’
Put your best heels on, clunk on your baubles and move money over from your savings (you’ll need a fair wad)
Read MoreBlinds, Hackney Road, food review: ‘Well-realised wine, disappointing food’
This natural wine bar fulfils its main brief, but the food feels like an afterthought
Read MoreBad Boy Pizzeria, Bethnal Green, food review: ‘One for the die-hard pie fans’
The New York-style restaurant is proof that the ‘appetite for pies with zippy, cartoonish branding has not abated’
Read MoreLovestruck, Stratford East, stage review: ‘Cheese on toast’
This musical by the co-creators of a hit comedy podcast is ‘silly and salacious’ – when it’s not trying to hard to philosophise
Read MorePatty and Pickle, Dalston, food review: ‘Big stupid grins’
Taking up residence at the Crown and Castle pub, this burger joint will keep ‘passionate bun fans happy’
Read MoreA Moon for the Misbegotten, Almeida Theatre, stage review: ‘Wild fury’
Ruth Wilson shines in the Eugene O’Neill classic, but this three-hour-long adaptation does fall victim to a lack of variety
Read MoreDragon Flame, Hackney Downs, food review: ‘Bloated, besmirched, and oh so happy’
At The Star By Hackney Downs, the BBQ experts from Dragon Flame are cooking up fare that is ‘far from standard’
Read MoreBing Bong Pizza, Morning Lane, food review: ‘Stuffed after six slices’
Bing Bong Pizza, from inside a cocktail bar, offers up nonna-style pies in ‘gloriously sleazy surroundings’
Read MoreTasca at Câv, Bethnal Green, food review: ‘Flavour fiesta’
Paradise Row’s newest restaurant may offer only tiny plates, but we licked them all clean
Read MoreThe Glass Menagerie, The Yard Theatre, stage review: ‘Sombre symbolism’
A Tennessee Williams classic, lovingly staged, is a fitting tribute to The Yard’s past ahead of its big revamp
Read MoreStalled: A New Musical, King’s Head Theatre, stage review: ‘Circling the drain’
This production, set in a ladies’ loo, shows ‘not every place of human interaction needs to be musicalised’
Read MoreAs Long As We Are Breathing, Arcola Theatre, stage review: ‘Deeply heartbreaking yet soaringly uplifting’
This new work by Diane Samuels leaves you ‘grateful for every gulp of air’
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