Arts

If you've been hanging around on Kickstarter lately you might have come across a project called Sensory Percussion. I won't go into the details too much (the video speaks for itself) but this new technology enables drummers to easily control an unlimited array of electronic samples, synths and audio effects with any acoustic drum kit. I encourage you to go and check out their Kickstarter page, right after watching this intensely cool video from Other People showing the tech being used...

Chairman Kato is an artist and musician, but until just last year he worked as an A&E doctor. Here we find out how he made such a leap. Why did you originally become a doctor, if your real passion was art? I was a bit of an 'all rounder' at school and had interests in lots of things. Growing up I didn't really have any exposure to positive career examples of people in the arts either. So I ended up...

Ever wanted to take the plunge, drop everything and become the artist you always knew you were destined to be? If so, you’re in luck. Chairman Kato is a musician and artist based in Hackney Downs, working in a variety of visual media, ranging from photography through to painting and collage. Things weren’t always this way though: up until just a year ago, Kato was working as a doctor in A&E. Then, at the beginning of 2014, Kato woke up...

By Hannah Pinnock, Arts Critic On the surface The Art’s Club in Mayfair is an impressive venue boasting some brilliant wine, but the service and food fails to leave an impression. On arrival, we were seated in a booth in the busy Brasserie and there we sat for a long 30 minutes before we managed to beckon a waiter over to quench our thirst on the hottest of London days. After ordering an uncomplicated few drinks - that managed to...

You can buy pretty much anything in London if you’ve got the money, but where’s the fun in that? A series of workshops in South East London aims to put a spotlight on craft, and on where objects come from, by encouraging people to get together and create things for themselves (with the help of the experts of course). LOIS founder, Helen Ward, says: “I know not everything we buy can be straight from source – I get my wardrobe basics...

Street art? Secret location? Free booze?! If any of these pique your interest (and frankly, we don’t know many that can resist the latter) then you are in luck, friends. This evening (Thursday 2 July) the team behind GraffitiStreet.com bring us their new show, ‘Underground’. The online street art gallery, founded in 2013, is on a mission to urbanise our lives, and switch more people on to the world of street art. Underground promises to be a night of fun: complimentary drinks,...

Zoe Lyons is currently touring her critically acclaimed solo show, Mustard Cutter, direct from last year's Edinburgh Fringe. It's packed full of her trademark high energy, brilliantly observed routines and sharply written material. We grabbed five minutes with the award-winning comic to chat about how she got started in London, and how important it is to keep the arts accessible. I attended The Poor School in London. It was the only way I could afford to go on and take a two-year course...

By Hannah Claire Pinnock, Arts Critic As a big ‘Alice in Wonderland’ fan, it was with great excitement that I recently attended this immersive production of Lewis Carroll’s classic. Reworked by Les Enfants Terribles to celebrate the 150 year anniversary of the story, the experience did not disappoint. Entering the production, deep in the vaults under Waterloo station was a surreal experience. The creation began slowly as we cautiously entered unknown rooms with only the group of twenty five audience...

From bulimia to trolling, being labelled a “feminazi” to being sectioned, with comedian Juliette Burton, nothing is off the table. Seriously, nothing. As her show, Look At Me, hits London, she told us about the process of creating it, about breaking down barriers with comedy, and about that Protein World ad. Firstly, tell us a bit about the show? ‘Look At Me’ is a docu-comedy - a documentary mixed with comedy - all about whether what we appear to be...