Events on Friday, November 23

<i>All That Remains</i>

Art

All That Remains

Friday 23/11 @ 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... 

Luisa Lambri

Art: Photography

Luisa Lambri

Friday 23/11 @ Thomas Dane Gallery

10th Festival of German Films

Film

10th Festival of German Films

Friday 23/11 @ Curzon Soho

Germany is becoming more fashionable by the day, and London's own German Film Festival is celebrating its tenth birthday with a... 

<I>London Heights</I>

Special Event

London Heights

Friday 23/11 @ Rainbird Fine Art

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

Skate at Somerset House

City Gems

Skate at Somerset House

Friday 23/11 @ Somerset House

Test your balance and revel in wintry charm as you careen around the glassy surface at Somerset House. Sip on a... 

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

Art

Laura Ford

Friday 23/11 @ Houldsworth Gallery

Arrivals

Festival: Performing Arts

Arrivals

Friday 23/11 @ Various locations

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

<i>The Country Wife</i>

Theatre

The Country Wife

Friday 23/11 @ Theatre Royal Haymarket

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

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

Art

Chris Welsby

Friday 23/11 @ 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).... 

Antoine d'Agata: <i>Insomnia</i>

Art: Photography

Antoine d'Agata

Friday 23/11 @ The Photographers' Gallery

Lorraine Clarke: <i>Nosce Te Ipsum</i>

Art

Lorraine Clarke

Friday 23/11 @ The Old Truman Brewery

Lorraine Clarke's exhibit Nosce Te Ipsum, which translates to "know thyself", meditates on the connection between magic, medicine and religion through... 

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

Art

Paul Mellon's Legacy

Friday 23/11 @ 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>The Dysfunckshonalz</i>

Performing Arts

The Dysfunckshonalz

Friday 23/11 @ The Bush Theatre

<i>Paper-thin Worlds</i>

Art

Paper-thin Worlds

Friday 23/11 @ Man&Eve

After the commercial success of artists such as Rob Ryan and Richard Sweeney, paper continues to be the medium du jour.... 

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

Art: Photography

Chris Steele-Perkins

Friday 23/11 @ 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>Seduced: Art and Sex from Antiquity to Now</i>

Art

Seduced: Art and Sex from Antiquity to Now

Friday 23/11 @ Barbican

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

Carla Verea: <i>Bodyguards</i>

Art: Photography

Carla Verea

Friday 23/11 @ Association of Photographers Gallery

Thanks to her stunning images of various armed-and-dangerous Guatemalan bodyguards, Mexican photographer Carla Verea recently nabbed the British Journal of Photography's... 

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

Art

Home and Garden: 1960 to the Present

Friday 23/11 @ Gaffrye Museum

<i>Urbanbodies 2</i>

Art

Urbanbodies 2

Friday 23/11 @ Greenwich Picturehouse

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

<i>The Bicycle Men</i>

Theatre

The Bicycle Men

Friday 23/11 @ King's Head Theatre

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

Dazzle

Special Event

Dazzle

Friday 23/11 @ National Theatre, Olivier Foyer

With Christmas snowballing toward us, soon the race will be on to find the perfect gift — and nothing says "you're... 

<em>Seeing Is Believing</em>

Art: Photography

Seeing Is Believing

Friday 23/11 @ The Photographers' Gallery

Halloween may have come and gone, but that hasn't stopped the Photographers' Gallery from collecting some of the spookiest imagery this... 

Thomas Zipp: <i>Planet Caravan. Is There Life After Death? a Futuristic World Fair</i>

Art

Thomas Zipp

Friday 23/11 @ South London Gallery

The title of German installation artist Thomas Zipp's Planet Caravan. Is There Life After Death? a Futuristic World Fair directly references... 

Mamma Andersson

Art

Mamma Andersson

Friday 23/11 @ 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>The Darjeeling Limited</i>

Film

The Darjeeling Limited

Friday 23/11 @ Various locations

Directed and co-written by offbeat genius Wes Anderson, The Darjeeling Limited tells the story of three brothers (Jason Schwartzman, Adrien Brody,... 

Shezad Dawood: <I>If I Should Fall From Grace With God</I>

Art

Shezad Dawood

Friday 23/11 @ Paradise Row

How to Sell Your Film

Film

How to Sell Your Film

Friday 23/11 @ Passing Clouds

Budding Weinsteins or Gonzo documentarians should prick up their ears. Provided by the kind people at CIDA, this workshop is free... 

The Yoga Show

Workshop/Class

The Yoga Show

Friday 23/11 @ London Olympia

Practice your lotus position and hone your Pranayama breathing with Olympia's cornucopia of yoga-related goodies. Whether you're able to tie your... 

Stewart Lee

Comedy

Stewart Lee

Friday 23/11 @ Soho Theatre

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

<i>Cloud Nine</i>

Theatre

Cloud Nine

Friday 23/11 @ Almeida Theatre

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

<i>ING Discerning Eye</i>

Art

ING Discerning Eye

Friday 23/11 @ Mall Galleries

The Mall Gallery mash-up taps six art-world tastemakers — two artists, two collectors and two critics — to curate the walls... 

<i>Doubt: A Parable</i>

Theatre

Doubt: A Parable

Friday 23/11 @ The Tricycle Theatre

It's 1964, Kennedy has been shot and the Vietnam war is about to start. At work in the Bronx, Sister Aloysius... 

A Play, a Pie and a Pint

Theatre

A Play, a Pie and a Pint

Friday 23/11 @ 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... 

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

Art

Francesca Lowe & Alasdair Gray

Friday 23/11 @ Riflemaker Gallery


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

Statement of Regret

Theatre

Statement of Regret

Friday 23/11 @ 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... 

Piers Secunda

Art

Piers Secunda

Friday 23/11 @ Nettie Horn

Focusing on the essential third item when brush hits canvas, Piers Secunda — as the title of his exhibition suggests —... 

Michelangelo Pistoletto

Art

Michelangelo Pistoletto

Friday 23/11 @ Simon Lee Gallery

<i>Langlands & Bell</i>

Art

Langlands & Bell

Friday 23/11 @ 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>Pavilion Commissions 2007</I>

Art: Photography

Pavilion Commissions

Friday 23/11 @ Photofusion Photography Centre

Spot the next Lee Miller or Martin Parr at Pavilion Commissions. This annual exhibition highlights work from four of the country's... 

<em>Wrapping Japan</em>

Special Event

Wrapping Japan

Friday 23/11 @ 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... 

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

Art

The Evil Twins

Friday 23/11 @ Various locations

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

The Laundry Theatre

Festival: Performing Arts

The Laundry Theatre

Friday 23/11 @ The Luminaire

Under the title of the Laundry Theatre, the Kilburn venue's stage is filled with acts on the more punky and progressive... 

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

Art: Photography

The Art of Lee Miller

Friday 23/11 @ 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>Jesus Camp</i>

Film: Documentary

Jesus Camp

Friday 23/11 @ ICA

Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady once again cast their collective eye on the unusual world that is the backwaters of the... 

<i>Paisley: Exploding the Teardrop</i>

Art

Paisley: Exploding the Teardrop

Friday 23/11 @ PM Gallery & House

<i>Point A > B</i>

Art

Point A > B

Friday 23/11 @ Jerwood Space

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

London Jazz Festival

Music

London Jazz Festival

Friday 23/11 @ Various locations

Take a lint brush to your zoot suit and polish up your spats, because the London Jazz Festival might actually revive... 

Damian Roach: <I>Transmissions</I>

Art

Damian Roach

Friday 23/11 @ Ibid Projects

Young sculptor Damien Roach activates the ordinary in his insouciant works: he arranges books in a stack chromatically by the color... 

Cathie Pilkington: White Elephant

Art

Cathie Pilkington: White Elephant

Friday 23/11 @ 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... 

Patrick Keiller: <I>The City of the Future</I>

Special Event

Patrick Keiller

Friday 23/11 @ BFI Southbank

<i>Moore at Kew</i>

Art

Moore at Kew

Friday 23/11 @ 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... 

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

Comedy

Will Adamsdale

Friday 23/11 @ Battersea Arts Centre

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

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

Art

Matthew Williamson

Friday 23/11 @ Design Museum

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

<i>Ikrismas Kherol</i>

Theatre

Ikrismas Kherol

Friday 23/11 @ Young Vic

This time of year sees an inevitable surplus of revivals of Charles Dickens' famous ghost story.  In this particularly dark version... 

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

Comedy

I Kissed a Frog and It Gave Me Herpes

Friday 23/11 @ 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... 

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

Fashion/Style

The Golden Age of Couture

Friday 23/11 @ 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>Casanova</i>

Theatre

Casanova

Friday 23/11 @ Lyric Theatre Hammersmith

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