What's on - East End Review

‘Dancing is the best therapy’ - Sadler’s Wells’ Company of Elders stars gear up for double bill

The Company of Elders was founded in 1989 and this year will put on an exciting bill of performances

Author: Lizzie McAllister

‘Dancing is the best therapy’ - Sadler’s Wells’ Company of Elders stars gear up for double bill

'The Rite of Spring / Mirror' at Sadler’s Wells East uses pioneering AI tech to ‘reveal elements of the human’

Artificial intelligence seems to be everywhere these days, including on the stage at Sadler’s Wells East

Author: Lizzie McAllister

'The Rite of Spring / Mirror' at Sadler’s Wells East uses pioneering AI tech to ‘reveal elements of the human’

'Unstable and emotionally charged' - 'Of Walking on Fire' at Autograph

Senior curator Bindi Vora speaks about the gallery's new show opening 16 April

Author: Michelle Tonta

'Unstable and emotionally charged' - 'Of Walking on Fire' at Autograph

Cometh the Hour, cometh the folk: Ninebarrow to play Hackney concert

Folk twosome Ninebarrow will soon be back on the road, and met with East End Review ahead of their upcoming Hackney gig

Author: Gabriel Wilding

Cometh the Hour, cometh the folk: Ninebarrow to play Hackney concert

London’s best-loved queer night is back – and it’s been given a grown-up twist

Duckie is back after a four-year hiatus, bringing five evenings of revelry to an unexpected Stoke Newington venue

Author: Gabriel Wilding

London’s best-loved queer night is back – and it’s been given a grown-up twist

Women’s History Month arts programme shines spotlight on 'extraordinary' East London figures

Alternative Arts’ programme of workshops, exhibitions, talks and performances begins on 1 March and takes place across the East End

Author: Lizzie McAllister

Women’s History Month arts programme shines spotlight on 'extraordinary' East London figures

Hackney's unsung heroines to be celebrated at International Women’s Day film screening

‘Women from Hackney’s History’, inspired by the two-part book series of the same name, will premiere at the Rio Cinema next month

Author: Lizzie McAllister

Hackney's unsung heroines to be celebrated at International Women’s Day film screening

‘It was filmic gold’ – Trainspotting exhibition at Atom Gallery celebrates 30 years of iconic Danny Boyle film

Choose Life. Choose 30 years of Trainspotting. Choose gazing at a Periodic Table of Swearing at Newington Green’s Atom Gallery from 21 February

Author: Michelle Tonta

‘It was filmic gold’ – Trainspotting exhibition at Atom Gallery celebrates 30 years of iconic Danny Boyle film

'My first poem was about getting stabbed' – rapper Dan Whitlam talks vulnerability and youth as he launches new project

Whitlam released his first full-length album, ‘Strangers (Again)’, before a packed-out crowd at Rough Trade East last week

Author: Sam Foxell

'My first poem was about getting stabbed' – rapper Dan Whitlam talks vulnerability and youth as he launches new project

Encounters: Giacometti x Lynda Benglis – earthy dialogue with a pop of glitter

Artists Lynda Benglis and Alberto Giacometti may not be a natural pair on the surface, but in an exhibition at the Barbican, the parallels are plain to see

Author: Sarah Birch

Encounters: Giacometti x Lynda Benglis – earthy dialogue with a pop of glitter

'It's an uplifting show about how everyone you know is going to die' — 'Age Is A Feeling' at Soho Theatre Walthamstow

This one-woman show might be about death, but its creator — Haley McGee — wants audiences to feel hopeful

Author: Lizzie McAllister

'It's an uplifting show about how everyone you know is going to die' — 'Age Is A Feeling' at Soho Theatre Walthamstow

Laisul Hoque's 'The Ground Beneath Me' – capturing the moments national histories meet

Fresh from winning the 2025 East London Art Prize, Hoque's solo show at the Nunnery Gallery explores the turbulent moments national identities and pasts intertwine

Author: Sarah Birch

Laisul Hoque's 'The Ground Beneath Me' – capturing the moments national histories meet