Events on Thursday, November 15

Arms Aloft

Music

Arms Aloft

Thursday 15/11 @ Acton Town Hall

Billy Bragg leads this tribute to Joe Strummer, giving a nod to the Clash frontman's last London gig at this very... 

Pole Addicts

City Gems

Pole Addicts

Thursday 15/11 @ Bethnal Green WorkingMen's Club

Discover your hidden flair for the filthy at tonight's pole-dancing extravaganza. Pole Addicts host a two-hour lesson for all levels of... 

Ongoing Events

Laura Ford: <I>Disagreeable People</I>

Art

Laura Ford

Thursday 15/11 @ Houldsworth Gallery

<i>The Dysfunckshonalz</i>

Performing Arts

The Dysfunckshonalz

Thursday 15/11 @ The Bush Theatre

<i>The Art of Lee Miller</i>

Art: Photography

The Art of Lee Miller

Thursday 15/11 @ Victoria and Albert Museum

Photographer Lee Miller crammed more into her life than most — she was a model, a journalist and a surrealist muse... 

<i>Cloud Nine</i>

Theatre

Cloud Nine

Thursday 15/11 @ Almeida Theatre

This 1979 piece by provocative playwright Caryl Churchill still has the power to disturb. The first act, set in colonial Africa,... 

<i>Point A > B</i>

Art

Point A > B

Thursday 15/11 @ Jerwood Space

US-based art collective the OpenEnded Group takes on the spectacular French street art of parkour in its latest exhibition. The sport... 

Take a Deep Breath

Conferences

Take a Deep Breath

Thursday 15/11 @ Tate Modern

Transforming an everyday bodily function into a topic worthy of closer scrutiny, Take a Deep Breath ensures participants leave with a... 

<i>Moore at Kew</i>

Art

Moore at Kew

Thursday 15/11 @ Royal Botanic Gardens

Twenty-eight of Henry Moore's pieces have been installed in a scattered fashion around Kew Gardens, giving fans the opportunity to view... 

<i>Seduced: Art and Sex from Antiquity to Now</i>

Art

Seduced: Art and Sex from Antiquity to Now

Thursday 15/11 @ Barbican

This Barbican exhibition presents history's equivalent of the top shelf (or the sock drawer), allowing visitors to peruse some of the... 

<i>Blame It on Fidel</i>

Film

Blame It on Fidel

Thursday 15/11 @ ICA


Fidel Castro is almost as elusive a figure in this new film as he has been in real life.... 

<i>Home and Garden: 1960 to the Present</i>

Art

Home and Garden: 1960 to the Present

Thursday 15/11 @ Gaffrye Museum

Francesca Lowe & Alasdair Gray: <i>Terminus</i>

Art

Francesca Lowe & Alasdair Gray

Thursday 15/11 @ Riflemaker Gallery


The ramshackle plaster on the stairways and corridors of Riflemaker provides the scenario for this artistic coupling. Francesca Lowe's... 

<i>The Bicycle Men</i>

Theatre

The Bicycle Men

Thursday 15/11 @ King's Head Theatre

You may not recognise Dan Castellaneta as he makes his UK stage debut, but we promise you'll know his... 

Chris Steele-Perkins: <i>Haswell Plough to Harajuku</i>

Art: Photography

Chris Steele-Perkins

Thursday 15/11 @ HOST Gallery

Much like a personal Orient Express in photographic form, celebrated Magnum photographer Chris Steele-Perkins marries Nippon with Northumberland in a cacophony... 

<i>All That Remains</i>

Art

All That Remains

Thursday 15/11 @ Auto Italia South East Gallery

Capturing ghostly, deserted scenes, Juliette Blightman, Richard Gilligan, Sam Griffin, Thomas Lock and Viki Thornton create documentations (photographs, 16mm film, pencil... 

Arrivals

Festival: Performing Arts

Arrivals

Thursday 15/11 @ Various locations

The tunnel beneath the city is now built, and the bullet trains are fuelled and ready to bring us just a... 

Lisa Yuskavage

Art

Lisa Yuskavage

Thursday 15/11 @ Greengrassi

Throw out what you learned at the Barbican about the line between pornography and art — Lisa Yuskavage is out to... 

Statement of Regret

Theatre

Statement of Regret

Thursday 15/11 @ National Theatre

Lush-voiced Don Warrington stars in Kwame Kwei-Armah's third play for the National. Having made the move from acting to writing, Kwei-Armah... 

Chris Welsby: <i>Systems of Nature</i>

Art

Chris Welsby

Thursday 15/11 @ Lethaby Gallery, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design

Expat British artist Chris Welsby returns from Canada to present two recent works, At Sea (2003) and Lost Lake #2 (2005).... 

<i>Jenufa</i>

Theatre

Jenufa

Thursday 15/11 @ Arcola Theatre

This dark play outraged audiences when it opened in the 1890s — before later being popularised as an opera — and... 

<i>Marathon Man</i>

Art: Photography

Marathon Man

Thursday 15/11 @ Association of Photographers Gallery

Jamie Baker is one of those photographers that you never hear about, the kind whose main gig involves supplying a magazine... 

A Play, a Pie and a Pint

Theatre

A Play, a Pie and a Pint

Thursday 15/11 @ Shunt Lounge

Fringe theatre mavericks Paines Plough have travelled down from Glasgow's Òran Mór with the perfect way to while away those after-work... 

Andy Owen: <i>Virtual Viscera</i>

Art

Andy Owen

Thursday 15/11 @ The Empire Gallery

Like student Fashion Weeks, fine-art degree shows provide a platform for the artists of the future. To save us from... 

<i>Langlands & Bell</i>

Art

Langlands & Bell

Thursday 15/11 @ Whitechapel Art Gallery

Artists Ben Langlands and Nikki Bell have been collaborators for nearly 30 years and have experimented with virtually all media, from... 

<i>Urbanbodies 2</i>

Art

Urbanbodies 2

Thursday 15/11 @ Greenwich Picturehouse

Presented in the window of the Greenwich Picture House, this series of exhibitions from the Occupy My Time community-art collective finds... 

<em>Wrapping Japan</em>

Special Event

Wrapping Japan

Thursday 15/11 @ The Horniman Museum

Japan has traditionally prized modesty and reserve, so it's little surprise to find out that the Japanese have also made an... 

<i>The Golden Age of Couture: Paris and London 1947-1957</i>

Fashion/Style

The Golden Age of Couture

Thursday 15/11 @ Victoria and Albert Museum

The unveiling of Parisian couturier Christian Dior's "New Look" silhouette in 1947 was one of the most important fashion moments of... 

<i>The Country Wife</i>

Theatre

The Country Wife

Thursday 15/11 @ Theatre Royal Haymarket

The Country Wife tells the story of Horner, a rake and a trickster who plots the mass seduction of women in... 

Mamma Andersson

Art

Mamma Andersson

Thursday 15/11 @ Camden Arts Centre

Although Swedish painter Mamma Andersson burst onto the international scene just four years ago at the 2003 Venice Biennale, Stockholm's Moderna... 

<i>2 1/2 D</i>

Special Event

2 1/2 D

Thursday 15/11 @ The Brick Lane Gallery

Graham Asker, a former engineer and designer, delves into a study of orthographic projection in his first solo exhibition at the... 

Stewart Lee

Comedy

Stewart Lee

Thursday 15/11 @ Soho Theatre

In his new show 41st Best Stand-Up Ever, Stewart Lee assesses his own value. Lee was voted No. 41 in Channel... 

Namrita Bachchan: <i>Deliverance</i>

Art

Deliverance

Thursday 15/11 @ Indar Pasricha Contemporary

Launching at the Indar Pasricha Contemporary gallery is Namrita Bachchan's Deliverance. The collection of illustrations, created with the aim of bringing... 

<i>Casanova</i>

Theatre

Casanova

Thursday 15/11 @ Lyric Theatre Hammersmith

Casanova was the original ladies' man, sleeping his way around Europe. But with Hayley Carmichael cast in the role, the... 

Matthew Williamson: <i>Ten Years in Fashion</i>

Art

Matthew Williamson

Thursday 15/11 @ Design Museum

He counts Madonna, Sienna, Kylie and a host of other glamorous red-carpet habitués as both fans and muses, while his "boho... 

Will Adamsdale: <i>Human Computer</i>

Comedy

Will Adamsdale

Thursday 15/11 @ Battersea Arts Centre

At once brilliant and idiotic, Perrier Award-winning Will Adamsdale continues his Edinburgh success with this foray into the world... 

<i>An American's Passion for British Art: Paul Mellon's Legacy</i>

Art

Paul Mellon's Legacy

Thursday 15/11 @ Royal Academy of Arts

This exhibition celebrates the legacy of art collector Paul Mellon on the 100th anniversary of his birth. The American philanthropist first... 

<i>I Kissed a Frog and It Gave Me Herpes</i>

Comedy

I Kissed a Frog and It Gave Me Herpes

Thursday 15/11 @ The Comedy Pub

The surprise hit of this year's Edinburgh Festival, I Kissed a Frog and It Gave Me Herpes was written by comedienne... 

Cathie Pilkington: White Elephant

Art

Cathie Pilkington: White Elephant

Thursday 15/11 @ Marlborough Fine Art

In the past, Cathie Pilkington's work has been presented on an ambitious scale, but with this new exhibition, the sculptor has... 

<I>London Heights</I>

Special Event

London Heights

Thursday 15/11 @ Rainbird Fine Art

With moodily lit streets and glowing windows rendered in rich oils, Sophie Ahmad paints her London loves: good, old-fashioned... 

The Evil Twins: <i>A Haunted House in the Enchanted Forest</i>

Art

The Evil Twins

Thursday 15/11 @ Various locations

True evil won't wait for Halloween. The Evil Twins — the alter egos of Nicola Carter and Luise Vormittag — entice...