Free & Cheap London Events: 24-30 June 2013
Interesting and unusual things to do for a fiver or less this week. Lemn Sissay runs free poetry workshops and public readings this week. Details below. Monday 24 June WIMBLEDON SCREENINGS: Get your...
View ArticleTough Love In The Night Alive
Michael McElhatton and Ciarán Hinds / photo by Helen Warner Conor McPherson’s new play – The Night Alive at the Donmar Warehouse – is a skewed love story played in a minor key. The creeping sense of...
View ArticleLondon Stand Up And Sketch Comedy: 23-29 June
Where to find funny this week Sunday 23 June: Mike Wilmot, Robin Ince, Suzi Ruffell, Matt Rees and a secret special guest perform at the latest London is Funny night under the sharp eye of MC Tom Webb...
View ArticleGloriana: Dazzling Royal Lives On Stage At The Royal Opera House
A night at the Royal Opera House is surely one of the grandest theatrical experiences that London has to offer. And what better to celebrate the ‘royal’ aspect of it than Benjamin Britten’s opera on...
View ArticleThe Knowledge: A Capital Quiz Challenge
Could this be the ultimate quiz about London? The Knowledge will be a super-tricksy multimedia challenge, to be held at the Cumberland Hotel in Marble Arch on 4 July. Your host for the evening is Mark...
View ArticleEnvisioning The Universe: Are Space Images Art?
This is a sponsored post on behalf of the National Maritime Museum. At the beginning of June, the National Maritime Museum opened its awe-inspiring Visions of the Universe exhibition. The museum’s...
View ArticleDress For Less With The Summer Sale @Boxpark
This is a sponsored post on behalf of Boxpark. This weekend, the Boxpark Shoreditch Summer Sale kicks off with up to 50% off across a selection of brands. Get kitted out for the season at fashion...
View ArticleThings To Do In London Today: Friday 21 June 2013
If you’ve not already done so, you can subscribe to these daily listings and have them delivered to your inbox at 7am every morning. Alternatively, subscribe to Londonist Daily to hear about events...
View ArticleCloud Dance Festival Comes To Bernie Grant Arts Centre
Roaming independent dance showcase Cloud Dance Festival returns to London following a two-year hiatus with Lacuna at the Bernie Grant Arts Centre in Tottenham from 5 to 7 July. A platform for both...
View ArticleAl Fresco Music, Theatre And Film At The More London Free Festival
The More London Free Festival in the Scoop (that concrete amphitheatre next to City Hall) is always a popular one. This year’s programme looks as exciting as ever; if you haven’t been down to More...
View ArticleForsythe Company At Sadler’s Wells: Whooshing Vocals and Rippling Spines
With the rapid and dynamic 1987 ballet In the middle, somewhat elevated our only prior experience of William Forsythe’s choreography, his latest bill of N.N.N.N and Study #3, which is currently...
View ArticleLondon Okinawa Day 2013 At Spitalfields Market
The Japanese island of Okinawa, famed for its inviting clear seas, friendly population and fascinating history becomes the subject of celebration as Okinawa Day returns to Spitalfields on Saturday for...
View ArticleThings To Do In London This Weekend: 22-23 June
The weekend post is brought to you by Yamaha Music London – Chappell’s in celebration of Silent June Watch out for the Whale Beaching in Greenwich for GDIF by Captain Boomer Collective All weekend FAB...
View ArticleHeavens Above: The Angels Are Coming To Sydenham Arts Festival
Art and religion have always been closely linked. Most Renaissance paintings were of religious scenes and many were commissioned by the church, often for church altars. Angels were a common subject...
View ArticleExplore A Future London Where Remembering Is Outlawed: Memory Palace At V&A
This is a sponsored post in partnership with the Victoria and Albert Museum. Could you countenance a world without knowledge? A world where books and recordings have been wiped out? A world where...
View ArticleThings To Do In London Today: Thursday 20 June 2013
If you’ve not already done so, you can subscribe to these daily listings and have them delivered to your inbox at 7am every morning. Alternatively, subscribe to Londonist Daily to hear about events...
View ArticleNew Exhibition Shows The World Manifested Through Paper
In spite of predictions to the contrary, the paperless world has yet to be realised. This is nowhere more apparent than the at the Saatchi Gallery’s latest exhibition, Paper, which opens today. In...
View ArticleAlong The Silk Road At artsdepot, Finchley
An international cast of dancers and musicians from the UK, Iran, Italy, Spain and India bring the story of Italian traveller Marco Polo to life in an enchanting dance theatre production with live...
View ArticleSpectacular, Free & Alfresco: Greenwich & Docklands International Festival
One of the capital’s most inventive free festivals begins this weekend with a beached whale, an epic arial disaster movie, and fairs full of fun on both sides of the Thames. Greenwich and Docklands...
View ArticleThe House Of Peroni: A Showcase Of Italian Culture In London
This is a sponsored post on behalf of Peroni Nastro Azzurro. A showcase of contemporary Italian culture comes to the capital this summer, as The House of Peroni opens its doors in 41 Portland Place on...
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