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Musical - Prince Edward, Old Compton Street, London: Mary Poppins Box office: + 00 44 (0) 87 08 50 91 91
Theatre - Various venues present: London International Mime Festival www.mimefest.co.uk 11.01 – 29.01.2006
Exhibition - Horniman Museum presents: Amazon to Caribbean: Early Peoples of the Rainforest 01.10.05 – 31.10.2006 Admission Free
Theatre - New London Theatre: The Blue Man Group Enigmatic, endlessly inventive and musically thrilling, spectacle” Tickets sold exclusively at: www.seetickets.com www.bluemangroup.co.uk
Clubbing - Ministry of Sound: Crossover. Eddy TempleMorris / Go Home Productions @ Crossover / Switch www.ministryofsound.com, Elephant and Castle. For advanced tickets 0044+ (0) 8700 600 100 www.ticketweb.co.uk
Living in a city with a pub on every corner makes it difficult to know where to start, so Boz divides them up by social scene. “If you want to hang out with musicians try the Dublin Castle in Camden, for actors go to the French House in Soho, New Media types can be found in the Vibe Bar on Brick Lane. If it is authentic London you’re looking for there are many other places like the Dog and Bell in Deptford where bricklayers, students, actors, office workers – everyone – drink together.” Boz offers a piece of advice for those trying to separate the touristy from the real, “Just pop your head around any pub door. If there’s no jukebox and no TV then it’s probably worth staying for a pint. You just may have found a gem.” “I like eating,” says Boz. Indian food in Brick Lane is a pleasure (and cheap). For quality English food – yes, go for it – you’ll not be disappointed by the Quality Chop House, (94 Farringdon Road, www.qualitychophouse.co.uk, + 44 (0) 20 78 37 50 93) or Roast in Borough Market (The Floral Hall, Stoney Street, www.roast-restaurant.com,
+44 (0) 20 79 40 13 00). Ollie’s in Herne Hill offer the best fish ‘n’ chips. Other personal favourites are Le Chardon, French Cuisine on Lordship Lane, and TAZ (good Turkish food in Waterloo & London Bridge).” Nightlife - When it comes to nightlife, Boz personally doesn’t like “sitting down at music venues so anywhere bigger than Brixton Academy (211 Stockwell Road, www.brixton-academy. co.uk, +44 (0) 20 77 71 30 00) or Shepherds Bush Empire (Shepherds Bush Green, www.shepherdsbush-empire.co.uk, +44 (0) 20 83 54 33 00) is wrong. These are both great venues.” It goes without saying that Boz has a theatre or two to recommend. For mainstream theatre, he cites Mary Poppins as “a great production with all the big scale results.” For alternative fare, try BAC, Battersea Arts Centre (Lavender Hill, www.bac.org.uk, +44 (0) 20 72 23 65 57), the Menier Chocolate Factory (51-53 Southwark Street, www.menierchocolatefactory.com, +44 (0) 20 79 07 70 60) or Arcola Theatre
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Comedy - London Palladium, Argyll Street: Omid Djalili No Agenda. “Britain's funniest Iranian stand-up comedian and actor” www.omid-djalili.com 26.03.2006 at 8 pm
(27 Arcola Street, www.arcolatheatre.com, +44 (0) 20 75 03 16 46 (box office). Clubbing is a staple of Londoners’ nightlife. Boz recommends The Remix at Cargo on the 3rd Friday of the month (83 Rivington Street, Kingsland Viaduct, Shoreditch Fri 11 am – 3 am www.cargo-london.com), or Fabric (77a Charterhouse Street www.fabriclondon.com) every Friday or Saturday. Densely populated, multicultural and yet oh, so British, London is a sprawling urban paradox that effortlessly fits history beside the ultra modern. What makes London so special for Boz? “It’s true that small scale music and theatre in London is like nowhere else; also that tea at Simpson’s on the Strand or the Fortnum and Masons on Piccadilly is a quintessentially London experience. However, discovering a pub and enjoying a late night of stories and songs with people who you don’t know has to come top of the list”. You can find out more about Boz at www.boztemplemorris.com. || Mary Carey
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