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Superb Evening
Superb evening in the company of Penguin Cafe, fabulous performance of joy
Posted by John R on 03/11/2025
Penguin Cafe performs music from the Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Soho Theatre Walthamstow, London - 1st November 2025
Fantastic concert at great venue
As the special PC never dissapoint with their unique blend of evocative creation. The trip with Orchestra music was just magical.
Posted anonymously on 02/11/2025
Penguin Cafe performs music from the Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Soho Theatre Walthamstow, London - 1st November 2025
Amazing
It was a very uplifting and joyful evening. As a long term fan of The Penguin Cafe Orchestra it was wonderful to see Arthur Jeffs and his amazing band of musicians performing his father’s music. Beautiful.
Posted by JJ on 05/12/2024
Penguin Cafe, Islington Assembly Hall, London - 1st December 2024
Wonderful performance, also very good sound
The music is fabulous and undefinable - maybe uplifting, comic melancholia? Great grooves, subtly changing like a Philip Glass piece, great rapport between the players and warm and funny introductions between pieces. highly recommended.
Posted by Robert H on 03/12/2024
Penguin Cafe, Islington Assembly Hall, London - 1st December 2024
Fantastic performance
Fantastic performance of the old Penguin Café Orchestra tracks
Posted by Mark I on 02/12/2024
Penguin Cafe, Islington Assembly Hall, London - 1st December 2024
Founded in 2009, Penguin Café is the ensemble led by composer Arthur Jeffes, son of the late Simon Jeffes, founder of the beloved Penguin Cafe Orchestra. Continuing and reimagining that legacy, the group is a rotating collective of gifted musicians whose ranks have included Neil Codling of Suede and Cass Browne of Gorillaz. Their sound is joyfully hard to pin down, weaving folk, jazz, pop and chamber music together, with classical strings sitting happily alongside ukuleles, harmoniums and piano.
Across a run of acclaimed albums — A Matter of Life... (2011), The Red Book (2014), The Imperfect Sea (2017), Handfuls of Night (2019) and Rain Before Seven... (2023) — Penguin Café have honed a style that is warm, playful and quietly cinematic. On stage they bring those richly textured arrangements to life, mixing original compositions with cherished Penguin Cafe Orchestra favourites for a live experience that feels both intimate and expansive.