Little Simz and Kae Tempest played this room early. Eighteen more acts get their turn from October
“Little Simz, Kae Tempest and Inua Ellams all played early shows in the small studio upstairs at the Roundhouse. From 16 October, eighteen more acts get the same room: Roundhouse Rising is a five-month season of gigs, theatre, spoken word and club nights, all of it made by people who came up through the venue’s youth programme.”
Roundhouse launches expanded season to showcase emerging young talent
“The season will showcase vital new work including spoken word, immersive gig-theatre, a cabaret, live podcasts, club nights and album launches. Work premiering at Roundhouse Rising includes Eliezer Gore’s Last Orders, which follows a viral YouTuber accused of profiting off content about London’s poorest residents, Eleanor Cousins Brown’s Brickwork, a night of poetry celebrating UK estates and Above the Fray, a night of cutting-edge contemporary chamber music from the Jasmine Quartet. More than simply a stage, Roundhouse Rising is the ultimate launchpad for the next generation of creatives.”
A welcome return to live music, courtesy of Evanston Chamber Festival
“Escobar, a gifted Filipino-American cellist, was a vibrant soloist in four selections from Seven Tunes Heard in China by Bright Sheng. He is an expressive musician, capable of etching the air with eerie, hushed melodies. But in the final ‘Tibetan Dance’ he played with the obsessive drive of a possessed soul.”