A prison leaver tries to get his life back on track with mixed success in new musical The Realness by Big House Theatre company
A year’s worth of detritus and one of the earliest photographic techniques form the basis of Walead Beshty’s installation at the Barbican centre
Dutch and British artists to explore how nationality affects their artistic practice in last big exhibition at the Karin Janssen Project Space
The East London Strippers Collective (ELSC) is campaigning to redefine mainstream views of stripping – but is it dancing out of time with popular opinion?
Public to decide over songs that tread the blurred line between ‘sexy’ and ‘sexist’ at the latest YesNoDisco club night
Globe Education Project sees Year 7 students at Stoke Newington School explore notion of change by performing A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Fans of Scott Walker gathered last month at St John at Hackney church to hear the artist’s latest album, a collaboration with Sunn O)))
Richard Sheridan’s 18th-century comedy of manners is a masterclass in lampooning and satire
Erran Baron Cohen talks about writing songs for the new musical alongside David Baddiel
After years of playing in other people’s bands, jazz bassist Alison Rayner now has her own quintet – and a new album, August
Italian rock outfit found inspiration in East London for their latest record Banks Of The Lea
Whitechapel’s Idea Store gallery is holding an exhibition by award-winning painters Brian Cheeswright and Ed Hill
