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Entries from Londonist tagged with 'roundhouse'

August 21, 2008

Unbelievably, the Olympics end this Sunday. But never fear, if your appetite for obscure sport has yet to be sated you can look forward to the World Freerun Championships coming up on 3 September. The interior of the Roundhouse in Camden will be transformed into a challenging urban landscape for the competition and 20 of the world's best freerunners will be showcasing their awesome skill, fearlessness and artistry with Britain represented by Pip Anderson......

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August 19, 2008

Love the extents some people go to to stay famous? Tonight you could be meeting the man behind the stunts as PR guru Mark Borkowski launches his book with a talk at The Roundhouse. Find out exactly what F(T) = B + P(1/10T+1/2Tsquared) means and hear about some of the best publicity stunts in history. Tickets are £6 and you can get them here.......

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August 19, 2008

In the grand setting of Camden Roundhouse, decorated with curtains and a backdrop of glittering stars, you get a great sense of anticipation of what lies ahead at Miss Behave's Variety Nighty. With booze flowing, the show kicks off with Miss Behave in a creakingly tight rubber dress pushing a rose through her tongue and showing off her renowned sword swallowing antics (remember White Mischief?), but comments, with a touch of pathos, that her......

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July 15, 2008

“You want some real death-jazz?” screams The Agitator through a megaphone, to which an exuberant crowd responds with a gutteral “yeeeeeeaaaahhhhhhhhhhhooooooo!!!!!”. Moments later they’re jumping up and down to the strains of Suffocation, a cacophonous blend of latin and modal jazz turned up to 11, whilst the group of Japanese musicians fling themselves around the stage like they’re being pursued by a horde of bees. It’s fair to say Gilles Peterson’s ‘Night Of Death......

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July 10, 2008

At Londonist, there’s one question we get asked incessantly: where can I go to watch a bearded Japanese man shout incomprehensibly through a megaphone at a group of jazz musicians playing with the aggression of a hardcore punk act? At last we can offer you a confident answer. You need to book a ticket to see self-proclaimed ‘death jazzers’ Soil & “Pimp” Sessions at Camden’s Roundhouse next Monday, the 14th July. The Japanese outfit,......

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July 5, 2008

We've always romanticised what our first Lucha Libre would be like. Running from both gangsters and the law through the mean streets of Mexico City, we duck down a back street only to discover the most magnificent fighting arena imaginable. We quickly buy our ticket to become lost in the crowd, adrenaline still coursing through our veins from our crafty escape. Wrestlers fly through the air and crash down to the mat in an......

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July 2, 2008

With their acrobatic leaps and iconic masks, Mexican wrestlers are known all over the world. As one would expect, witnessing one of their wildly energetic matches generally involves buying a plane ticket to Mexico. For three days this weekend, however, you can experience all the thrills of a true Lucha Libre just by taking the Northern Line up to Chalk Farm. Lucha Libre London brings sixteen of the best luchadores in the whole of......

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