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Andrew O'Hagan

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quote A smart, prickly and rewarding view of sexual and emotional confusion quote

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2012 Theatre

Rob, London

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Bernard, London

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Pick of the pop Proms

By David Smyth, Evening Standard 24.10.06

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Why Billy Bragg is feeling electric

In the first of what it hopes will be an annual festival to complement the classical Proms, the BBC's Electric Proms aims to persuade a wide cross-section of contemporary musicians, young and old, to try something a bit different over five nights across Camden.

So there are arena-fillers Jamiroquai revisiting their early days with a set of old material in the tiny Jazz Cafè (Wednesday), James Brown foregoing his usual funk workout for a more jazzy set (Roundhouse, Friday) and Kasabian attempting to lift themselves from loutishness by playing with the BBC Concert Orchestra (Roundhouse, Saturday). A series of music films will add even more variety to a long weekend that can also be experienced on TV, radio and the internet. Here are five highlights:

THE WHO
Roundhouse, Sunday 29 October
Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey premiere highlights from the first new Who album since 1982, including ambitious "mini-opera" Wire & Glass.
• Radio 2, 9pm Sat 4 Nov; BBC1, Wed 8 Nov, time tbc; 6Music, 10pm Mon 30 Oct; online, Mon 30 Oct-Sun 5 Nov.

THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE QUEEN
Roundhouse, Thursday 26 October
Damon Albarn takes a break from cartoons to get serious with a new band that includes Paul Simonon of The Clash, Verve man Simon Tong and Afrobeat veteran Tony Allen.
• Live on Radio 1 and online, 9.30pm Thur 26 Oct; 6Music, 10pm Thur 26 Oct; BBC Three, 9pm Sat 28 Oct.

NITIN SAWHNEY
FREEDM Studio, Roundhouse, Friday 27 October
The genre-leaping polymath performs his complex electronica with the help of an impressive lineup of guest vocalists, including Natacha Atlas and Will Young.
• BBC Asian Network, 12.30-4pm Fri 27 Oct; 6Music, 10pm Tue 31 Oct; online, Sat 28 Oct-Fri 3 Nov.

BASEMENT JAXX
KOKO, Sunday 29 October The carnivalesque dance duo's latest album is loosely linked around fictional radio station Crazy Itch. Here they bring the concept to life with the Crazy Itch Club, which should recall their early days as pub DJs.
• 6Music, 10pm Tue 31 Oct; online, Mon 30 Oct-Sun 5 Nov.

ARENA: PETE DOHERTY
FREEDM Studio, Roundhouse, Wed 25 October 3pm
A 10-strong film schedule is opened by the world premiere of Arena's exclusive documentary about our most troubled rock star. Expect footage of fiery live shows and a certain supermodel.
• BBC2, November, date and time to be confirmed. Full details and internet broadcasts at www.bbc.co. uk/electric proms.