So, the year is 2012 and Brixton Clubhouse is reviving a show that is set around the mid-1980s but which is actually from 2002; except it is (very approximately) a third original production, a third Broadway remake, and a third new material.  The mixture of all these disparate elements is all interesting history to Taboo, but what other backstory would you expect of a show that is a near-fictive retelling of the rise to power of Boy George?

Taboo was the name of the club night run by Leigh Bowery between 1985 and 1987.  The show centres on Billy, a Bromley boy who runs away to city, who is befriended by squatmates Kim, a punk fashion designer, and George, an aspiring singer/songwriter.  Through Billy, we are taken on a whistlestop tour of the polysexual punk that was a defining moment of London in the 1980s as well as documenting (with more than a little artistic licence) the life and career of Boy George.  This is a nostalgia-driven reminiscence of the New Romantics, Culture Club, Bowery, the Blitz nightclub and its owner Steve Strange, Marilyn and Philip Sallon with lyrics by Boy George himself.

Accuracy, be damned.  None of these people have much care for the facts, who can remember them entirely when you’re watching Petal, a violent cross-dressing drug dealer – a man in a miniskirt – threatening to kill a kid with a camera?  This was London’s Studio 54 (or the closest we’ve ever come to it) and its peppered with a series of once-in-a-lifetime cast of characters, nearly all of them based on real people.  This is the first time Brixton Clubhouse has shown a theatre production, and it is perfect timing for Taboo’s revival, which was written specifically for the venue.  It’s 1980s excess and decadence all over again.  This is one last hurrah before we all move on.

Taboo is at Brixton Clubhouse until 23 December.

Creativity in art and design never sits still and as fashion week moves from New York, once again, all eyes are on London, Nallik are popping into town this Saturday to hold a trunk show at Wolf & Badger’s Notting Hill boutique.

Jean Balke, the creative mind behind the jewellery brand, founded Nallik in 2010 and has a background in photography and art direction. Her strong visual aesthetic is embedded in the extraordinary designs. Just like nothing is identical in nature, every necklace and ring are unique. They combine brass or silver with precious or semi precious stones whose minerals are believed to have healing and empowering qualities to their wearers ‑ a ‘protection’ or ‘nurturing in a loving way’ so to speak, or ‘nallik’ in Inuit.

Tomorrow’s event will be an exciting opportunity to meet the Berlin-based designer in person as Nallik celebrates at Wolf & Badger with champagne, a raffle and more!

Nallik will be at Wolf & Badger between 1400 - 1800 on Saturday 15 September.

Dora Mentzel

Frieze London is celebrating its tenth birthday this year with a programme that looks set to wow audiences all over again. A new section has been introduced for the 2012 edition: Frieze Focus, which debuted at Frieze New York in May, centres on the collections of galleries established after 2001, with offerings from galleries including Algus Greenspon (New York), Jessica Bradley Art + Projects (Toronto), Chatterjee & Lal (Mumbai), and Chert (Berlin). Returning for the third year is Frieze Frame, sponsored by COS, which focuses on galleries that are less than six years old showing the work of a solo artist which, this year, includes Bani Abidi at Experimenter (Kolkata), Xavier Antin at Galerie Crèvecoeur (Paris), and Lukas Jasansky & Martin Polak at SVIT (Prague), among others. And, separately, Frieze Masters promises to put a fresh, contemporary spin on historical art, from ancient pieces and old masters, to art from the 20th century, with talks from contemporary artists on how classical art informs their work. Meanwhile, there have been five special projects commissioned for the fair: keep an eye out for Cécile B Evans, whose Emdash award-winning proposal takes the form of an audio guide to Frieze London, accompanied by a holographic "host." October 11th - 14th, Regents Park, frieze.com