What to watch, see and listen to in 2015: From Avengers and Shaun the Sheep to an exhibition about beards January 21, 2015 Our pick of the upcoming films, music art and theatre. FILM SELMA David Oyelowo in Selma 6 February This movie chronicles Martin Luther King’s epic march from Selma to Montgomery as part of the civil rights movement, which culminated in President Johnson signing the Voting Rights act of 1965. English actor David Oyelowo [...]
Riba Stirling Prize 2014: London loses out to Liverpool as The Shard, London Aquatics Centre and LSE’s Saw Swee Hock Student Centre fail to win top architecture award October 17, 2014 Three of London’s most exciting new buildings have lost out on winning the biggest prize in British architecture. The Riba Stirling Prize, architecture’s most prestigious award, has been scooped by the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool, trumping The Shard, The London Aquatics Centre and the London School of Economics’ Saw Swee Hock Student Centre in the [...]
Film Review: Hector and the Search for Happiness August 14, 2014 You’d think a psychiatrist would understand why people are unhappy. As it happens, Hector (played by ubiquitous everyman Simon Pegg) doesn’t even know why he’s unhappy. He lives a seemingly comfortable life with his beautiful and successful (but stubbornly childless, we’re reminded) girlfriend Clara in London. But he feels like a fraud imparting worldly advice [...]
Battersea Power Station hosts London’s latest pop-up cinema July 17, 2014 The sun has definitely got his hat on, so it’s perfect weather for heading south of the river to watch a film outdoors in the shade of London’s most iconic derelict building. Boutique cinema franchise Everyman has set up a nine metre screen in front of an army of pastel beanbags for the city’s [...]
Everyman Cinemas star in stock market debut as it raises £8.1m November 7, 2013 EVERYMAN Cinemas, which runs a string of upmarket theatres across London, raised £8.1m in a float on the junior stock market Aim yesterday, giving it a market value of £31m. The independent chain said it will use the funds to fuel its expansion and strengthen its working capital. Shares in Everyman, which has 10 branches [...]
Edinburgh Fringe comedy awards nominations: Remember these names August 20, 2014 The largest arts festival in the world is preparing to wrap for another year. Thousands of performers have taken to hundreds of stages over the course of the month-long event, which will go out with a bang on bank holiday Monday. Originally a theatre festival, the fringe now encompassed comedy, theatre, dance, cabaret, magic and [...]
Eight ways technology has reinvented fiction July 16, 2014 At a recent lecture in Oxford, Will Self announced the death of the novel. The internet, he said, has mercilessly invaded the silent, solitary leisure time we once filled with “serious” reading. As a result, serious books will no longer feature as a central part of culture. Like classical music, they will continue to exist, [...]
Canary Wharf Crossrail building to launch before station opens February 24, 2014 CANARY Wharf’s new Crossrail building is set to open next year – three years before the station starts operating. Plans for the six-storey building were released yesterday, with glimpses of the semi-open plan balcony for waterside diners. The first firms to occupy the Foster + Partners-designed development include the Everyman Cinema, a Sports Bar and [...]
Merlin gets set for stock market rollercoaster October 20, 2013 ALTON Towers owner Merlin Entertainments is closing in on plans to launch its long-awaited stock market debut after the roaring success of the Royal Mail float and temporary fixing of the US debt ceiling cleared its path to a listing. Merlin, which is co-owned by private equity titans Blackstone and CVC Capital Partners, is due [...]
Travelex owners weigh up plans for market float October 13, 2013 TRAVEL money shop Travelex is considering plans to float on the stock market after a string of favourable floats in London laid the ground for a lucrative sell-off of the business. The shop’s co-owner Apax, which also owns fashion chain New Look, is looking to exit its 50 per cent stake either through a sale [...]