The Red Bulletin December 2019 (UK)

G U I D E
Do it
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November
SECRET CINEMA PRESENTS STRANGER THINGS
Didn’t get enough horror at Hallowe’en? The best is yet to come. What
better subject for Secret Cinema – the immersive theatre company
that has transformed blockbusters including Alien, Back to the Future,
Ghostbusters and The Empire Strikes Back into real-world experiences
– than the hit Netflix supernatural sci-fi drama that pays homage to the
movies of the ’80s? Details are top secret, as is the exact location, but
expect a trip to the US Midwestern town of Hawkins; encounters with
characters such as Hopper, Joyce, Dustin, Mike, Lucas and Eleven; and
a trip to the alternate dimension of the Upside Down. November tickets
are already sold out, so you’ll need to move faster than the Demogorgon
to get your fix. Until February; secret location, London; secretcinema.org
Flayers gonna flay:
join Eleven, Max
and co in Hawkins
Nov/Dec/Jan
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January
Hatsune Miku
Expo 2020
Hatsune Miku, who kicks off her European tour with
this London gig, is a music sensation in her native
Japan. Which is impressive when you consider she’s
not real. This virtual teen pop star (her name means
‘future sound’) is actually a voice bank of Japanese
phonemes (phonetic word parts) spoken by actress
Saki Fujita and channelled though a Vocaloid voice
synthesiser. Anyone with the software can play her
utterances through a music keyboard – Lady Gaga
chose Miku as the opening act on her 2014 artRAVE:
the ARTPOP Ball tour, and Pharrell remixed Last
Night, Good Night, her song with Japanese electro
band Livetune. Miku will be appearing on stage as
a 3D anime projection, accompanied by a live band.
O2 Academy Brixton, London; mikuexpo.com
Virtual insanity:
Hatsune Miku live
ALAMY
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November
Touching the
Void
In 1985, Brits Joe Simpson and
Simon Yates survived a near-fatal
climb of the 6,344m-high Siula
Grande in the Peruvian Andes.
Simpson detailed the ordeal in
his 1988 book Touching the Void,
which became a documentary in
2003. And now it’s a play, directed
by War Horse’s Tom Morris and
using an ingenious moving stage
to simulate the mountain faces.
Simpson recounts his experiences
in our next issue. Until 29 Feb;
Duke of York’s Theatre, London;
thedukeofyorks.com
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November
Spartan Stadion
the only event was the Stadion, a
sprint so epic that the arena was
named after it (this later became
then, that the Spartan – the
present-day race inspired by the
strongest of the Ancient Greeks –
At the very first Olympics in 776AD,
the Latin ‘stadium’). It’s only fitting,
should honour this competition at a
series of modern ‘stadions’. This
5km race at Twickenham features
20 obstacles including winding
corridors and a clamber up the
stadium’s stairs. Twickenham
Stadium, London; spartanrace.uk
December
UVA: Other
Spaces
The art collective United Visual
Artists merges traditional media
such as painting and sculpture with
audio-visual technology to challenge
perceptions. In other words, get
ready for some mad shit. This
installation in an iconic Brutalist
building delivers such dizzying
delights as mechanical lights
dancing to the music of Mira Calix,
and the animal recordings of
‘bioacoustician’ Bernie Krause as
spectrograms. 180 The Strand,
London; 180thestrand.com
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