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New Moon is nothing if not an international advertisement for the hungry virtues of virginity and young people can’t get enough of it
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Theatre
A smart, prickly and rewarding view of sexual and emotional confusion
Cock
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Kitchen W8 is a bargain for this area, if such sophistication is what you crave
Kitchen W8
Too long and drawn out but very entertaining with excellent special effects
This is a peculiar play and does not work for me. Some of it is very funny but there are real flaws
Alex has a strong powerful voice and was faultless, she is far better now than she was on the X-Factor
London,
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Description: The award-winning London-based jazz pianist performs tracks from his album Perception.
Phone: 0207437 9595
Website: www.pizzaexpresslive.co.uk
Trains: Tube: Tottenham Court Road 
Extra info: Food, Air Conditioning
In a good week for home-grown talent, tenorist Dave O’Higgins and his mighty US guest Eric Alexander are at Ronnie Scott’s opposite singer Claire Martin, watched admiringly on Monday by Prince Harry. “Not bad for a gal from Colliers Wood,” gulped Claire. London’s leading pianists, meanwhile, discovered two new Steinways on this rival Dean Street bandstand.
Old master John Taylor and young pretender Gwilym Simcock were invited by manager Ross Dines “to release the colours of these superb instruments” after an opening set by altoist Peter King and tenorist Mornington Lockett, which was more duel than duet.
Their saxophone technique remains dazzling yet their high-speed routines are less enjoyable now than when these were fresh. As for their faithful solo party-pieces, Lush Life (King) and Chelsea Bridge (Lockett), please have mercy.
No such problems faced Taylor and Simcock, whose zestful versions of Maiden Voyage, Everything I Love, Black Narcissus and The Song Is You were full of two-handed originality. Better listeners than the saxmen, they dovetailed brilliantly without parroting each others’ phrases and also devised satisfying endings, something else beyond the reedmen, even with only two notes to think about.
Tonight: US vocal doyenne Sheila Jordan. (020 7439 0747).
Details are correct at the time of publication - please check with venue before booking.
