Snow in Paradise is an East End gangster film based on the true story of screenwriter Martin Askew
World’s first ‘mindfulness opera’ to go ahead
Lost in Thought is based on an extended meditation and sees performers and audience members do yoga, eat and wash up
East London Painting Prize opens for entries
Bow Arts-run prize offers East London painters the chance to win £10,000 and a solo exhibition
Sex Shop exhibition to open this month
Transition Gallery is to be decked out with dildos and fetish objects for Sex Shop exhibition
Hackney artists to stand in the General Election
Two Hackney artists are the latest to announce they are running for Parliament. We speak to them about their political ambitions
Kay Adshead: ‘I never thought I would be seeing women shot in the street for wanting an education’
Playwright Kay Adshead talks about giving a generation of forgotten, ignored and deleted women protesters a voice in her play The Singing Stones
The Singing Stones – stage review: ‘reflecting a familiar feeling of impotence’
The Singing Stones carries an important message about the plight of women during the Arab Spring but suffers from a lack of structure
Made in heaven – with love from Yum Yum
Enjoy one of four special Valentine’s Day cocktails when you celebrate your evening At Yum Yum
Bob and Roberta Smith: ‘Wealthy kids don’t tend to make terribly interesting art’
The Leytonstone artist running for Michael Gove’s seat in the general election outlines his views on art in schools
Kaffa Coffee brings a taste of Ethiopia to Dalston
Gillett Square coffee shop scores low on pretension and high on authenticity