The Hackney Empire has another full and fascinating
programme over the summer. On 11 June Henry Rollins, the frenetic,
one-time frontman for punk legends Black Flag, gives a spoken word
performance as part of his ongoing world tour. Don’t miss
this. The man is a legend.
Shaman, offering spectacular choreography and music on the history
of Anatolia begins on 12 June, and the Oxford Stage Company presents
a rich, theatrical production of the greatest epic poem in the English
language, Paradise Lost, beginning on 27 June. The Empire is also
staging the Spice Festival, between 9 and 23 July, featuring the
likes of Lost Vagueness, Michael Nyman, Rock’n’Roll
Cinema and Trojan Sound System.
For details of prices and times of these and other events at the
Empire ring 020 8985 2424 or visit www.hackneyempire.co.uk.
 As
we go to press, the Rio Cinema has not forwarded us its programme
for June, but it kicks off with, in the first week of the month,
Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room, the story behind the infamous
Enron scandal, currently being played out in the US courts. Greed
is good? Don’t think so. Find out more on 020 7241 9410, mail@riocinema.org.uk
or www.riocinema.ndirect.co.uk.
The Arcola Theatre presents Zenzi Zenzi: The Pursuit, from 13-24
June, a physical theatre piece by Adam Marvel. On 29 and 30 June,
the Theatre hosts Peter Weiss’s The Investigation, a dramatic
reconstruction of the Frankfurt War Crimes trials, based on the
actual evidence given. Phone 020 7503 1646, www.arcolatheatre.com
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