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Above: Kurt Cobain, courtesy of Steve Double
Until October 12 FOREVER 27 The much mythologised ’27 Club’: the group of ill-fated rock stars whose lives have been tragically cut short at the age 27. This exhibition will feature iconic images of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Brian Jones and Kurt Cobain, from a collaboration of world-renowned rock photographers. A definitive look at music’s most infamous member's club.
Proud central, The Stables Market, Chalk Farm Road, NW1 8AH; www.proud.co.uk September 12-October 25 PETER FRIEDL The Berlin-based artist explores originality and historicity – and how these give rise to new pictures. Two older videos will be included in the exhibition, including
Tiger oder Lowe, showing a tiger fighting a stuffed snake, based on the picture
Tiger and Snake (1858) by Eugene Delacroix.
Spring Projects, 10 Spring Place, Spring House, NW5 3BH; 020 7428 7117
September 4-October 4 TURANDOT Written just before his death in 1956,
Turandot was described by Bertolt Brecht as his only comedy. Set in pseudo-China, an ageing ruler’s power is sustained by the Imperial tax on cotton. After a bumper harvest forces a decline in price, the Emperor decides to hide all the cotton, asking his advisors to come up with a story to conceal the truth. Those who rise to the challenge will either win the hand of the beautiful, hot-blooded Princess Turandot or be sentenced to death.
Hampstead Theatre, Eton Avenue, NW3 3EU; 020 7722 9301. www.hampsteadtheatre.com
September 24 CHARLOTTE MENDELSON This is a chance to support young Kentish Town-based author Charlotte Mendelson, as she discusses her latest book
When We Were Bad at Hampstead Museum, a title that has been shortlisted for the 2008 Orange Prize.
Hampstead Museum, Burgh House, NW3 1LT; 020 7431 0144. www.burghhouse.org.uk Until September 7 DOLLIS HILL ART GROUP Once again, Dollis Hill Art Group, which is based at Stables Art Centre, holds its summer show of sparkling watercolours, oils and mixed media. Bright viewing.
Stables Gallery & Arts Centre, Gladstone Park, Dollis Hill Lane, NW2 6HT; 020 8452 8655