Punk-poet Brigitte Aphrodite brings her acclaimed musical My Beautiful Black Dog about mental health to Hackney Showroom
Political activist premieres video for Pussy Riot single ‘Refugees In’ at Connor Brothers exhibition
A new play at the Arcola looks at the legacy of the ‘anti-psychiatrist’ whose mental illness centre in Bow became notorious for its controversial methods
A Hackney three-piece were so amazed by the recording of a recent gig at Oslo that they made it their debut LP
Joan Littlewood’s only foray into film, this knotty East End romance starring Barbara Windsor – with a cameo from The Krays – has been newly restored
Films about sex work and related issues such as migration, race, gender and violence to be screened this weekend at the Rio Cinema
Bee Rowlatt embarked on a full-blown love affair by tracing Mary Wollstonecraft’s journey across Scandinavia
Painter’s latest collection uses a highly layered style resembling early cameraless photography
Life drawing group Nude for Thought wants the male nude to regain its stature in contemporary art
One woman show at Dalston’s Arcola Theatre is a tour de force
Big names and lesser known acts wreaked musical havoc at the first ever Mirrors festival in Hackney this weekend
