Culture
Blue by Caridad Svich, Fizzy Sherbet, podcast review: ‘Immersion that pushes the boundaries of traditional theatre’
The Hackney-founded women’s theatre podcast is in the midst of its first full season, and this episode is ‘incredible’
Read MorePoetry: Still Lurking In The Dark by Charlie Cook
The local Year 5 student shares his heartfelt verses about Covid at Christmas
Read MoreCouncil unveils £400k fund to help Hackney’s cultural institutions recover from the pandemic
Around 80 venues can apply for a one-off £5k grant as Town Hall launches Hello Again, Hackney campaign
Read MorePoetry: Covetous Covid’s Crimes by Zac Eisner
The 11-year-old Hackney resident, who has been home-schooled for a year because his mum is shielding, shares a piece to ‘raise your spirits’
Read MorePoetry: Screens by Tamara von Werthern
The award-winning local playwright on the ‘shadow play of life’
Read MorePoetry: Easing by Tamara von Werthern
The award-winning local playwright on emerging from lockdown
Read MorePoetry: Time by Tamara von Werthern
The award-winning local playwright on the slower rhythm of life under lockdown
Read MoreCulture in quarantine: Where to get your fix from home
With venues upping their online game during lockdown, Alice Jones runs you through some of the best art, music, theatre and literature on offer
Read MoreCircus Circus Circus in the heart of East London
Local arts organisation Certain Blacks brings its eclectic new festival to Hackney in November
Read MoreChildren’s theatre company launches offshoot aimed at young adults
Hackney Shed branches out to cater to teenagers who leave its care with ‘nowhere to go’ for drama
Read MoreEnter a secret world at the Museum of London’s week-long Night Museum
The London institution explores the illicit, weird and wonderful world of the capital after dark, from 29 October to 4 November
Read MoreWinterville to make welcome return to Victoria Park
Winter is creeping in as East London’s favourite seasonal town announces its return with its biggest festive programme to date
Read MoreWinterville festival reveals more programme details
A one-woman play inspired by Kate Bush, a travelling arts circus and family rave form part of the festive town’s eclectic line-up
Read MoreParkour life – opening of new academy in Docklands
French sport that’s all about getting from A to B in the most efficient possible way handed new London facility in Trinity Buoy Wharf
Read MoreHackney Bicycle Film Society delivers reels on wheels
Film cycles take on new meaning at monthly movie club
Read MoreEight Days A Week – Fades to Valentine pink
Punk rock outfit The Fades get in the mood for Valentine’s Day with double A-side single
Read MoreEmbracing the random – art on freecycle
Artist Erica Scourti writes about giving away her drawings on Freecycle and making a new art work of the process
Read MoreDalston’s power players
Power Lunches, an arts café which doubles as a rehearsal studio, is boosting Dalston’s growing reputation as a hotspot for musical creativity and innovation
Read MoreThe Pitchfork Disney – review
Until 17 March, Arcola Theatre
Read MoreSocial Fabric: threads of colonialism laid bare
If an antidote were needed to MP Diane Abbott’s notoriously clumsy tweets on the legacy of colonialism, it can be found at a subtle new exhibition which uses the textile trade to unpick the history and impact of the colonial past
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