NT LIVE: ALL ABOUT EVE
Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night. Broadcast live from the Noël Coward Theatre and starring Gillian Anderson and Lily James in the roles created by Bette Davis and Anne Baxter in the classic 1950 movie, All About Eve is a new adaptation by director Ivo van Hove of Joseph L Mankiewicz's original screenplay. All About Eve...
JOAN CORNELLÀ: I’M GOOD THANKS
Renowned Catalan artist Joan Cornellà returns to London with a solo exhibition that invites us to peer into his dystopic vision of contemporary life. Having amassed over 7 million followers on social media, Cornellà has achieved global acclaim through his instantly recognisable mix of pitch black humour and deeply unsettling imagery. Opening: 3 Apr 2019, 18:30 - 22:00 3RD APRIL -...
Mandy El-Sayegh: Cite Your Sources
Chisenhale Gallery presents a new commission and first solo exhibition in an institution by Mandy El-Sayegh. El-Sayegh’s large-scale paintings, works on paper and object-based installations move between linguistic, material and corporeal registers, often creating double meanings that signal a breakdown in everyday systems and orders. The London-based artist will be using all the gallery space available at Chisenhale, from...
Tots Tunes @ Vortex Jazz Club
Tots Tunes and Tots Gigs are two of SoundsCreative Projects local neighbourhood projects founded by local cellist, composer and social entrepreneur Tara Franks. Tots Tunes are interactive, energetic parent and baby classes combining learning original tunes and songs from around the world with a bit of a workout! Tots Tunes is for local parents who want to connect with other like-minded...
NØ FØRMAT 15TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW
Respected French independent label Nø Førmat! will celebrate its 15th birthday with a label showcase. Headlined by an exclusive acoustic live set-up from Grammy-winner Oumou Sangaré, the show will also include sets by Gérald Toto and latest Nø Førmat! signing, French-Cuban jazz collective Que Vola?. Wednesday, April 10, 2019 | 19:00 23:00 Tickets: £22.00 earthackney.co.uk
Street food delights
Want to travel the world one street food at a time? Head to the food markets in Hackney and the surrounding areas this weekend. Here are some of our favourite stalls. By Mersa Auda Gözleme - Growing Communities Farmers Market Hatice has been making fresh gozleme, the traditional Turkish flatbreads, for over 10 years. Using organic ingredients from the market itself, fillings include...
Hot Bikram yoga in East London
Sadhana Yoga & Wellbeing is an urban oasis, where you can disconnect from the daily grind and reconnect with the real you. Offering the only original hot Bikram yoga in East London, Sadhana is a hidden gem located in the heart of Dalston. With state of the art facilities, a range of yoga (Bikram Hot, Vinyasa and Yin) and...
The Assembly Market returning to Stoke Newington in May
The Assembly Market is returning with a new showcase of some of the best slow and ethical designers and makers working in fashion, interiors and print and assembled together by Jannine Newman founder of Hackney based loungewear company Under The Cloth. After the response to the first The Assembly Market in November 2018 the event is back by popular demand from...
The winner is: Stoke Newington School
Rhiannon Lewis-Brooke, Cerys Glynn Ramsden, and Oben Atamturk, pupils at Stoke Newington School in London, bagged Best Music Video award at this year's WJEC Eduqas Moving Image Awards. Both judges and audience were captivated by their perfectly executed music video - Serial Killer - which explores the devastating impact of unrequited love. Social media was their inspiration - Rhiannon said: "You...
Beyond kebabs: Hackney’s Turkish speakers
Our part of London is home to a Turkish-speaking community more diverse than you might think. Two centuries-old faiths with links to Islam are practiced here in vast numbers. The term “Turkish community” is widely used to describe the thousands of Turkish speakers who live in London today. But it is in fact an umbrella term that covers mainland Turks,...
