phew! what a weekend!

The threshold festival went amazingly well, everyone there seemed to have a great time and all the Performers were brilliant.

We hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did.

Hope to see you all again soon!

Have you booked your ticket yet?

See Amazing acts like; 

The Envy (Friday 7:15, The Crypt)

sneakBeats (Friday 11:30, 4th Floor Studio)

SuperCannes (Saturday 8:30, Dragon Room)

Deaf Club (Saturday 8, Loft gallery)

Police Squad (Sunday 7, Loft gallery)

Supercannes (Sunday 5, Venue2)

AND A VERY SPECIAL GUEST FRIDAY NIGHT @ THE CRYPT

Hope to see you there!

Here’s a couple of shots of the team setting up for Radio City’s Local Heroes Awards…the room was nice and peaceful and orderly. Wonder if it will be the same when JLS jump on the stage in a few hours?

Here’s our beautiful new sign for Venue 1 & 2, our two rather brilliant performance spaces…430+ people will be passing this sign tonight on their way to see JLS & Spandau Ballet at Radio City’s Local Heroes Awards.

More sign action to follow tomorrow when I unveil our beautiful new Beer House sign. I can sense your excitement…

Movember is an annual, month-long celebration of the moustache, highlighting men’s health issues, specifically prostate cancer. We’ve raised close to £600 so far and are celebrating by having fluff-free lips for December…

There’s no doubt we’ve all looked ridiculous over the last month so thanks to all the customers and clients who kept a straight face when chatting to us. Most of all, thanks to all the good folks who have sponsored us. Your support is hugely appreciated and has gone to an amazing cause…

Here are some pics of the Contemporary Urban Centre Mo’ Bros:

Blogs are generally best suited for up-to-the-minute posts. Here at Contemporary Urban Centre however we like to buck trends. So, with that in mind, here are a few images I’ve extracted from my phone from a few weeks back at the Home Grown Exhibition Launch @ Urbis. It may have been a while ago but I think it’s worth showing Jehst’s amazing ‘Falling Down’ cover art up close and a Contemporary Urban Centre rep getting a cheesy shot with the High Plains Drifter himself.

The exhibition is well worth seeing. It’s packed with rare UK hip hop artifacts ranging from original album artworks, rhyme books from underground stalwarts such as Junior Disprol and stacks of exclusive audio for you to pull up a perch and listen too. Well worth seeing what UK hip-hop had to offer before the likes of Chipmunk and NDubz got in on the act.

Click here for more info about the exhibition…

A selection of pics from our Dick Whittington panto press launch. Cast were fantastic during a rather cold and windy photo shoot. In related news, I watched Bruce (Les) in Celebrity Come Dine With Me last night…he finished last. I guarantee his performance as King Rat will be much better than his cooking….

You may have seen our marketing literature around the city recently shouting (in bright pink and blues) about our ‘explosive’ dance. Well, here’s the kind of stuff we’re talking about…

H2Dance, the acclaimed Norwegian/Swedish dance company, are presenting their amazing ‘To Die For’ production. It’s part of the NICE festival, celebrating Nordic arts and culture, and will take place on 28th November at our venue.

Check the YouTube clip here for an idea of what to expect from this darkly humorous, rather inventive dance production…some surprises later on in the clip!

Click here for more info

Ok, unlike the New Wimbledon Theatre (who much have a far bigger cheque book than us) we couldn’t afford Pammie to play King Rat in our production of Dick Whittington, or Lily Savage for that matter.  We did, however, manage to get the slightly less attractive and, I’m pretty certain I’m not wrong here, much funnier, Les Battersby (Bruce Jones).. he may not look as good in a bikini but who cares, he’s a damn fine baddie . .. oh yes he is ..theatre listings after the jump.

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