SHORTLIST LISTINGS
The
To-Do
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Eight ways to spice up
your leisure time
INTERACT WITH ART
Liverpool Pipilotti Risti; 27 Jun-31 Aug
at FACT, 88 Wood St, L1; free;
fact.co.uk Swiss-born Risti, one of
Europe’s leading contemporary artists,
is bringing her hit show, examining the
interfaces between the natural and
industrial worlds, to Liverpool. Mixing
fantasy and humour, she challenges the
very way we look at art, physically as well
as emotionally – be it lying on the floor
watching a ceiling projection or perching
on huge furniture. Look out for Open, My
Glade, a work originally commissioned
to be shown in New York’s Times Square.
LAST CHANCE TO SEE CUTTING-EDGE DRAMA
London SubUrbia; until 28 June at Southwark Playhouse, Shipwright
Yard, SE1; 7.30pm; from £7; southwarkplayhouse.co.uk Celebrated
author Eric Bogosian’s original play has been updated and Anglicised
for this deeply attractive production from the theatre company that
launched the career of Ralph Fiennes. A dysfunctional group of friends
wait at a suburban cornershop for ‘Pony’, an ex-school mate now a
success in the music business, as they confront the issues of growing up.
MARVEL AT DARING MID-AIR EXPLOITS
Blackpool Aero GP Blackpool; 28-29 Jun at North Shore
beachfront; free; aero-gp.com Have you ever considered climbing into
a high-performance sports aeroplane and racing seven others round
a course? We hope not, it’s madness. Lucky for us, that sanity is in
short supply in Blackpool this weekend, as eight courageous pilots
do just that, for your entertainment. Given the risks they’re taking,
it would be rude not to head to North Shore to see them in action.
Casper’s tie-die phase:
short-lived
“I’m gonna hit the brakes
and he’ll fly right by”
Laugh at another man’s heartbreak
Nationwide A Complete History Of My Sexual Failures; at cinemas nationwide from 27 Jun;
completehistorymovie.co.uk The post-Morgan Spurlock vogue for gonzo documentaries continues with this
staggeringly revealing and personal film from MTV’s Chris Waitt. Frustrated after a series of failed relationships, he
embarks upon a quest to interview each and every one of his ex-girlfriends, asking them all the same question in the
process: why they dumped him. The bedraggled Waitt is equally endearing and maddening in his cluelessness, but
his guts are never in question – there has arguably never been a film where one man’s failings are so scrupulously
and honestly documented in all their painful and awkward glory. It’s somehow also the funniest British film in years.
BOOK YOUR OSCAR
NOMINATION EARLY
Cheltenham International
Screenwriters’ Festival; 1-3 Jul at
Cheltenham Film Studios, Arle Court;
£330; screenwritersfestival.com
They say everyone has at least one
novel in them, and since screenplays
are far easier the UK should be
drowning in scripts every day. That
we’re not is something this festival
seeks to counteract, gathering
together for a series of seminars
led by industry bigwigs and
award-winning movie scribes such
as Mike Leigh (below), ), Peter (The (The
Queen) Queen) n Morgan, Ronald (The (The
Pianist)
Pianist) tt Harwood and Julian
(Gosford (Gosford Park) kk Fellowes, all pooling
their knowledge
just for you.
The road to
Hollywood
starts here.
Pick of
the week
Santa wasn’t angry with
Rudolph, he was just
incredibly disappointed
PLAY Y PARTY Y GGAMES
A 2.0
London n Hide & Seek;
26-29 Jun at various venues, South Bank, SE1;
free; hid hideandseekfest.co.uk deandseekfest.
This is your chance to join the new global
craze of
social gaming, where w people are brought together through
good old-fashioned oldd-fashioned
tomfoolery. tom
The Southbank Centre has signed
a host of f renowned artists artis who have created innovative social games
for all to take t part in, ran ranging from surreal tours to encouraging random
acts of ki kindness ndness to photographic phot
treasure hunts around the city.
ENJOY Y A FESTIVAL FESTIV
WITH A DIFFERENCE
SAVOUR SPAIN’S
FINEST PRODUCE
London Tapas Fantasticas;
28-29 Jun at Ely’s Yard,
The Truman Brewery, Brick
Lane, E1; 12pm-6pm; free;
winesfromrioja.co.uk/
tapasfantasticas If you’re tired of
tapas, you’re tired of life, as they
no doubt say on the streets of
Barcelona. Combine it with wine
and you’re really talking – and
that’s just what this celebration
of all things Spanish has to offer.
Look out for tastings of the finest
plonk as well as live music.
Suffolk Suffolkk
Faster Than
Sound; 27-28 Jun at various venues around
Aldebu
Aldeburgh urgh and Snap Snape; prices vary; fasterthansound.com If you like
your music mmusic
with extr extra chin-stroking, this is the event for you. Billed as a
‘sound
d experiment’
as opposed to a festival, this two-day series brings
togeth
together her the seemin
seemingly disparate worlds of classical music, electronica
and int interactive teractive visua
visual art, showing the various ways in which these
can overlap oveerlap
with each eac other. Just don’t try and dance, whatever you do.
Lemon regretted entering the
notorious Shellfish District
Tom’s ‘useful’ Valentine’s
gift went down a storm
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