NW6 Film Club July 21st – Boyhood
The next Film Club will be the last before we take a short summer break, but it should be a good one. The film is Boyhood – a movie as unusual as its creator and the only film to be … Continue reading →
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Review: Making Stalin Laugh @ JW3
You’re probably familiar with David Schneider from his work on The Day Today and I’m Alan Partridge. At the very least, you’ve almost certainly stumbled upon his prolific Twitter presence – short, snappy laughs often accompanied by amusingly-Photoshopped images. However, … Continue reading →
NW6 Film Club June 1st – Jimmy’s Hall
After the mega-budget monster mayhem of Godzilla, NW6 returns to its usual home of the Tricycle for an all-together smaller scale drama – Jimmy’s Hall (not to be confused with Jimmy Hall – the harmonica player from Alabama). This is … Continue reading →
Bradley Wiggins honoured in Kilburn at last
It’s been a long time coming but in the wake of Bradley Wiggins’ astonishing achievements in 2012, his secondary school in South Kilburn now looks out over a shiny new sculpture that commemorates these and the rest of his illustrious … Continue reading →
Godzilla – Opening night screening event
Up from the depths, 30 storeys high…. breathing fire all over the sky… Ballymore. GODZILLA Thursday May 15th is the opening day of Godzilla and before the screening sells out completely we dived in and got the best 24 Odeon … Continue reading →
Polite apologies not required at Good Ship gig night
At a loose end on a Saturday night, we decided to check out the gigs at The Good Ship. After wandering down the hill, we stopped for a drink at Kilburn’s The Black Lion, intrigued by two things – the … Continue reading →
Sunny Afternoon shines at Hampstead Theatre
Sunny Afternoon is a musical that charts the rise of The Kinks, incorporating (unsurprisingly) the music and lyrics of Ray Davies and a new book by Joe Penhall, the Olivier-award winning playwright. The story follows the ups and downs of … Continue reading →
The eventful life of singer and composer Turner Layton
Turner Layton was a great black singer, pianist and composer, who lived in Aberdare Gardens from the 1930s to 1978. He was born John Turner Layton Jr. on 2 July 1894 in Washington D.C., the son of a singer, hymn … Continue reading →
Film Club April 6: The Double
What do you get if you cross Dostoyevsky with The IT Crowd? Possibly The Double, a movie from Richard Ayoade (star of TV comedies and director of the impressive debut Submarine) based on a novella by the giant of Russian … Continue reading →
Get passionate about Kilburn in new Tricycle play
The Tricycle Theatre has always been vocal in its support of young people but for the first time, Kilburn’s premier cultural venue is putting its money where its mouth is and handing over control of the building for a week … Continue reading →