TONIGHT
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

Trevor Nunn hasn’t been shy of casting celebs – Sienna Miller, Ralph Fiennes – as he takes over directorship of the Haymarket, but Stoppard’s surreal, mind-boggling debut play doesn’t need any A-list razzmatazz to sex it up. Expect characters who know they’re characters, a play within a play within a play, existential angst – and lots of jokes to balance out the heaviness.

7.30pm, Haymarket Theatre Royal, 18 Suffolk Street,
SW1Y 4HT. 020 7907 707, £17-50.

INTERNATIONAL
Urban Junkies Ibiza Guide

Missed our guide in yesterday’s newsletter, or haven’t had a chance to peruse it yet? Get on it! Click here to see our top tips from well-known Ibiza insiders, clubnight picks from RA, a podcast from a Sa Trinxa resident dj, as well as listings (with top tips) to only the greatest places on the island. 

FOUNDATION BAR
Sponsored Listing

There’s something about drinking spiked tea from mismatched china and jam jars that makes us feel a little like Alice in Wonderland – especially when we’re in a cavernous underground bar full of nooks and taxidermy– so we recommend you visit this new Covent Garden nightspot pronto. Order the gin-and-Earl Grey “high tea” before you get up to dance, or settle in for a proper meal: steak, chargrilled lobster and “Bloody Mary” spaghetti are on our hit list. From 4pm-8pm all drinks and platters are 50% off.

Foundation Bar, 5 Langley Street, WC2H 9JA.
020 7836 5005.

COMPETITION
Somerset House

There are a lot of outdoor events in London that are kind of grimy; Somerset House, where you feel like royalty (it’s Elizabeth I’s old pad), isn’t one of them, and tickets to events there disappear fast. This year as part of their Summer Series sponsored by American Express, gigs by Blondie, Ellie Goulding and Beady Eye are already sold out – but we have five pairs of tickets to see rockabilly princess Imelda May in the beautiful courtyard up for grabs. Email us to enter.

BOOK AHEAD
Luncheon

Part of us doesn’t want to spread the word about this amazing BYO banquet from Opera Tavern’s Ben Tish and Brindisa’s Max Halley – we just want to buy up all the tickets ourselves. At £50 it isn’t cheap, but with six courses, including truffled bone marrow, snails, homemade milk curd, courgette flowers, candy beets, scallops and Cornish crab it’s definitely worth the price tag.

Sun Jul 17, 1pm, 31 Oban Street, E14 0JA.
Email to book.

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SHOP
Ellesse Pop-Up

Watching Wimbledon has got us in the mood for chic sportswear – even if we’re not planning to sweat in it – and we’ve found a way to stock up that’s a lot more fun than a trip to Sports Direct. Ellesse are camping out on Redchurch Street for a month, which means cute clothes alongside a café, a Wah Nails stand, goodies from the likes of Tokyobike and Zone 7 Style and a party every Thursday. Advantage, us.

Until Aug 3, 77 Redchurch Street, E2 7DJ. Free.

RESERVED
This week’s hottest foodie destination

Roganic
L’Enclume comes to town

19 Blandford Street, W1U 3DH.
020 7486 0380

www.roganic.co.uk

Location
Just off Marylebone High Street, handy for gently sozzled, post-lunch shopping. The discreet, sage green frontage signals that Roganic is not interested in soliciting custom from the street, which is fair enough. As the puntastic name suggests, this is the much-anticipated London outpost for Simon Rogan, the man behind Cumbrian foodie mecca L’Enclume, and there are unlikely to be seats going spare.

Vibe
This is the kind of place where people go to discuss what’s on their plates, rather than to gossip and hoot with laughter, but because the restaurant is so tiny, it avoids that stiff, over-reverent atmosphere of other gastronomic temples.

Flavours
Each dish from head chef Ben Spalding was a little marvel of invention, presentation and tastiness. Even the butter was memorable: whipped with Maldon sea salt until soft as mousse and presented on a stone. Ingredients are organic and imaginatively sourced: our final freebie was a shot glass of cherry soda made with fruit picked that morning from the sous chef’s garden in Wandsworth. Which dish was the stand-out caused some debate, but we decided upon Rogan’s signature offering: heritage potatoes with lovage, wood sorrel and onion ash.

Décor
It’s common with foodie restaurants to play down their décor, one supposes to project the image that they’re too busy perfecting their dishes to fuss over furnishings. Roganic is no exception. Indeed, the space here is as plain and unremarkable as a packet of Rich Tea biscuits, especially if your table is in the back room. Luckily there’s enough of interest on your plate to make up for the uninspired surroundings.

Upshot
Impeccably sourced ingredients combined in wildly imaginative ways, served in rather basic surroundings. Foodies will probably already have their table booked for this London outpost of L’Enclume – if not, then get on it.