If you have never been to the BBC Proms before, next Friday may be the perfect night to start.Altın Gün will make their Proms debut at London’s Royal Albert Hall on Friday, 28 August, performing their distinctive fusion of Anatolian folk, psychedelic rock and funk alongside the BBC Symphony Orchestr...
North London’s search for its next comedy star is moving to the stage this September, when shortlisted contestants will battle it out over two live heats for a place in the grand final and a chance to win £1,000.Are You Funny? The Comedy Competition, organised by JTT Events in partnership with Jongl...
Kent’s Turkish Cypriot community is gearing up for its second annual festival, with a day of live music, traditional dance, food and family entertainment taking place in Barham, near Canterbury, at the end of August. Kent’s 2nd Turkish Cypriot Festival will be held at The Duke of Cumberland on...
If you have not yet seen Tracey Emin: A Second Life at Tate Modern, make time for it now!This landmark exhibition, which closes on 31 August, is an absorbing, moving and at times devastating journey through six decades of one of Britain’s most distinctive artists – taking visitors from Emin’s turbul...
London-based singer-songwriter Olcay Bayır will bring her evocative contemporary take on Anatolian music to the World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens this autumn, as part of the venue’s Silk Road Festival.The British-Kurdish artist, whose music is deeply influenced by her Kurdish-Alevi heritage, will per...
Turkish Cypriot music, history and culture will take centre stage in Sydney on Saturday evening, with the final few tickets remaining for Melodies of Cyprus.Presented by the Northern Cyprus Turkish Association of New South Wales (NCTA), the one-night production at Bankstown’s Bryan Brown Theatre wil...
There was little middle ground among those who saw Turkish actor Mehmet Ali Nuroğlu perform Dünyada at London’s Cockpit Theatre: audiences seemed either captivated by its originality or frustrated by its apparent randomness.Staged as part of the 2026 Camden Fringe, Dünyada was no conventional one-ma...
Turkish pop favourite Yaşar is heading to London this autumn, bringing his distinctive romantic pop sound and a back catalogue spanning three decades to Islington Assembly Hall on Wednesday, 7 October.The concert forms part of the singer’s 2026 European tour and is being billed as a celebration of t...
One of the coolest bands to take Turkish music onto the international stage is heading somewhere rather grand this month, as Altın Gün make their BBC Proms debut at London’s Royal Albert Hall.The Grammy-nominated Dutch-Turkish band will appear on Friday, 28 August, joining forces with conductor Jule...
The shocking experiences of Turkish migrant workers in 1980s Germany provide the inspiration for a new documentary opera by two leading Turkish creatives, which makes its UK premiere at London’s Arcola Theatre this week.Lowest of the Low, with music by acclaimed Turkish pianist and composer Tuluğ Tı...
