• IT’S the last chance to catch The Seagull before it flies its coop at the Lion and Unicorn in Kentish Town.
Directed by Victor Sobchak, the Act Provocateur production of Chekhov’s tragi-comic masterpiece runs until February 3.
• FAILING to find the humour in Tufnell Park?
Help is at hand in the form of the new Just The Tonic comedy club.
A comic elite featuring Ed Byrne, Reginald D Hunter and Richard Herring get the night at Tufnells Bar on Tufnell Park Road off to a flying start on February 2.
www.justthetonic.com
• THERE’S more laughs across town on the same night (February 2), when the Hackney Empire hosts its Empire New Act of the Year Finals.
Fresh talent will be following in the hallowed footsteps of the likes of Stewart Lee, Eddie Izzard, and many more than this modest column will allow me to mention. Arthur Smith hosts
• INCLEMENT January weather might not immediately scream Samba! but a new dance club at the Lilian Bayliss Theatre promises to swap the chilblains for snaky hips.
The first event – led by Notting Hill Arts Club and ICA stalwart DJ Cliffy and teacher Mariana Whitehouse – is on Thursday February 7, Rosebury Avenue.
www.sadlerswells.com