PREVIEW
ELECTRIC PROMS
Roundhouse, NW1
Booking opened this morning for next month's BBC Electric Proms, which present an array of intriguing concerts. Triple number-one star Dizzee Rascal appears with a live band and an orchestra for the first time; Doves perform with a 40-strong choir; Florence and the Machine team up with dance act Metronomy and Motown legend Smokey Robinson, once labelled America's greatest songwriter by Bob Dylan, closes the festival.
20-24 October (03703 333 432, www.bbc.co.uk/electricproms. Free-£25

MEET ME AT
Edinboro Castle
57 Mornington Terrace, NW1 (020 7255 9651, www.edinborocastlepub.co.uk) Open Mon-Sat noon-1pm; Sun noon-10.30pm
Just the place to take advantage of any hint of an Indian summer as it has a huge and comfortable beer-garden. On Monday night there is a great wine offer (any bottle under £14 for £7.95, and anything over £14 for £11.95). The barbecue is cranked up every evening — weather permitting.

BOOK NOW
Timing
King's Head, 115 Upper Street, N1. 30 September–8 November (0844 209 0326, www.kingsheadtheatre.org)
Bafta-winning impressionist and actor Alistair McGowan has written his first play, which explores love, work, fatherhood “and all the difficult decisions that men and women have to make together”. It's directed by Tamara Harvey and stars Edward Baker-Duly and Louise Ford — and look out for Dean Gaffney, best known as Robbie Jackson in EastEnders.