Critics' Choice

Fay Maschler

quote With a single dessert and just two glasses of wine our bill was kept in check - but the effort of doing so was not much fun quote

Babbo Film

Andrew O'Hagan

quote This is a film with beautiful performances and a visual style that urges you towards reflection quote

Bright Star Theatre

Henry Hitchings

quote Although the first half of Kwei-Armah’s production is pacy, funny and intelligent, the energy level then drops off quote

Seize The Day

Reader reviews

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Squiz, Islington

quote I loved this film from start to finish. Take the girlfriend, tell your mum - I'd see it again tomorrow and will buy the dvd. quote

An Education Theatre

Joe, London

quote I saw this last night and can't remember the last time I was so moved in the theatre. quote

This Much Is True Restaurants

Hiroshi Sugiyama

quote I have been to many of London's so-called best Japanese restaurants and none have been as good as the food that I've had at Aqua Kyoto quote

Aqua Kyoto

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Madstock
Join Suggs and Co for their annual summer hoedown in Victoria Park. Expect to hear classics such as House of Fun and It Must Be Love alongside new numbers from their latest album, The Liberty of Norton Folgate.
Friday, Victoria Park, E9 (0871 220 0260, www.esfestivals.co.uk)

Lovebox
The consistently fine dance weekender celebrates its seventh birthday. Duran Duran, N*E*R*D (right), Friendly Fires and Florence and the Machine are the draws tomorrow, with Groove Armada, New York Dolls and Doves on Sunday — and there's plenty more over five stages.
Saturday and Sunday, Victoria Park, E9 (0870 534 4444, www.lovebox.net)

Morrissey
After cancelling his recent London shows due to illness, Mozzer returns for the first of three nights at Brixton Academy. Expect a set with plenty from his recent album — and a grudging smattering of Smiths classics.
Sunday, Brixton Academy, SW9 (08444 771 000, www.o2brixton academy.co.uk)

Marianne Faithfull
The husky-voiced diva comes to the South Bank on Monday to promote her new album, Easy Come, Easy Go, which covers hits from everyone from Billie Holiday to The Decemberists.
Monday, Royal Festival Hall, SE1 (0871 663 2500, www.southbankcentre.co.uk/music)

Calvin Harris
Catch the laptop-loving chart-botherer for an evening of exuberant
electro-pop in the elegant confines of Somerset House.
Monday, Somerset House, WC2
(0844 847 2461, www.somersethouse.org.uk/music)