Project X

We went down to the frankly wicked crypts under St Andrews church in Holburn, where we planned to introduced some very excited James Bond fans to Jeffrey Deaver, who will be writing the next Bond novel.

Having hired some uber-hotties (thanks Dom, Marc and Rich! x) to stand in as guides and guards, our guests arrived at various time slots and were greeted and whisked off to the darkest part of the crypt to meet the man himself. Books were signed, Bond related questioned were asked, and each guest was given a card with a personalised code, and told to keep their eyes and ears open.

We would be in touch again soon.

A couple of Bond fans couldnt make it, so they recieved this box in the post, complete with a personal video message from Deave.

http://jamesbondprojectx.com/

INSIDE (I'm very sad indeed)

This finished its Edinburgh run yesterday. I have known for a few months that I wouldn't get a chance to see it, but now that its finished, I think I could cry. Dear Jean, Please tour this.

INSIDE is a compelling new dance by Brazilian choreographer Jean Abreu, with music by post-rock band 65daysofstatatic. This work explores violence, incarceration, solitude and hope.

Inspired by the world of prisons and the individuals confined within their walls, INSIDE touches a nerve that unsettles today’s society: violence and imprisonment. Raising philosophical and moral questions about the treatment of prisoners and the system that is there to rehabilitate them, this fierce new work deals with the relationship between prisoner and prison in a society increasingly obsessed with control.

In this physically demanding performance, Abreu uses the body to interpret the effect of incarceration on the individual to create a movement vocabulary charged with emotional content and raw expression. In this journey, Jean directs a group of outstanding male dancers to navigate their way through the piece, confronting their own thoughts and vulnerabilities to reveal the real person behind the ‘criminal’.



'INSIDE' by Jean Abreu - Teaser from Jean Abreu on Vimeo.



The reviews I've seen for it have been great, also.

Blues Brothers @ Latitude

In June, Future Cinema and a couple of vans of pews headed off to the wilds of Suffolk from Hackney with no map to take over the Film and Music arena for one night, turning it into the Hard Rock Church from the much-loved 1980 film Blues Brothers. Complete with Blues-Mobile, Blues Brothers, our very own preacher and awesome band of awesomeness Kitty, Daisy and Lewis (they were seriously awesome) we danced the night away with over 1000 happy campers.

As part of the rest of our mini-holiday at the truly lovely Latitude Festival, I also enjoyed Spoon, Frank Turner, Jonsi, Act 2 of Mathew Bournes Swan Lake, Richard Herring, Bret Easton Ellis, and a screening of Four Lions with Chris Morris.

I also enjoyed this amazing use of a piece of a drum kit.

Honda 'Live Every Litre'

http://www.liveeverylitre.com/

Honda asked people what would they do with a car and a tank of fuel. They picked 13 people and let them do it. Then they released the resulting doc online in June, and the the same time, held a live premier for Honda and the 'stars' of the film. Stunts were recreated, some awesome bands played (these guys were good http://blog.revereonline.co.uk/ as was this little sweetheart http://www.myspace.com/maxodonnellguitar), we had a naked barbecue, drank some rum, and this all took place in some concrete tunnels in Southwark.

Mathlete

One of my favorite bands provide the musical backdrop to a lovely video of a man called Duncan learning to master the ancient art of 3D animation. You can twitter Duncan @buncandrown

The song is Mathlete, the band are (were? I can't keep up) Actionier.