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There’s a lot happening at the Hackney Empire in October. English Touring Opera present Monteverdi’s Orfeo (6th), Cavalli’s Erismena (7th), Handel’s Tolomeo (13th) and Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas (14th). For those of you with somewhat less classical interests, Jo Brand and Guests are appearing on the 8th, Flamenco Express on the 15th, a musical – The Billie Holiday Story – on the 23rd and, ‘cor, strike a light’, the inimitable 1960s pop star Joe Brown (without the Bruvvers but with his multi-talented daughter Sam) on the 25th. The month concludes with Numbi, a celebration of Somali culture and music in London, on the 26th. www.hackneyempire. co.uk for more info.
The Arcola Theatre is also pulling out all the stops. From the 17th October till the 4th November, the venue is presenting Can’t Stand Up For Falling Down, a play in which three young women reminisce about their childhood in Doncaster. Also, up to 14th October is a domestic social tragedy Not The Love I Cry For. Broadway In The Shadows runs from 10th October till 4th November, a series of short stories based on the writings of O Henry and described by Time Out as ‘always involving and utterly gripping’. King Arthur is a main production from 8th November till 9 December, an irreverent epic which walks the line between history and mythology, and which the Times considered ‘outstandingly affecting’. For information about the theatre, these productions and everything else occurring in this, Stoke Newington’s leading performance space, visit www. arcolatheatre.com.
Likewise, the Rio Cinema is going to be a busy place. The Venice Film Festival critically-acclaimed Children Of Men, directed by Alfonso Cuaron, runs for two weeks from 22nd September. The film is a dark, dystopian view of the future of humankind, set in London in 2027 in a world with no children and human reproduction having ceased. The film stars Clive Owen, Michael Caine and Julianne Moore and was described by the Daily Telegraph as ‘an invigorating blast of reality’. October continues at the Rio with Brothers of the Head, from 6th October, The History Boys, the Broadway smash hit written by Alan Bennett and now filmed by Nicholas Hytner, from 13th October for two weeks, and The Clown (Hokkabaz) which begins its run on 27th October. Denis Dercourt’s The Pageturner (La Tourneuse de Pages) opens on 3 November. www. riocinema.org.uk. |
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