All events on Monday December 24
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- Bad Manners
- Monday 24 Dec 2007 (7–11pm) @ The Water Rats Theatre
- Larger than life — and rather rotund — frontman Buster Bloodvessel leads Bad Manners' crazed brass beats and breakneck drums. A great act for gags... View details »
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- Shopping at Borough Market
- Monday 24 Dec 2007 (9am–2pm) @ Borough Market
- Free
- Let's face it, if you have to do a last-minute shopping dash on the 24th, it's never going to be an entirely pleasant experience. If... View details »
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- Art: Architecture/Design
- Matthew Williamson
- Monday 24 Dec 2007 (10am–5:45pm) @ Design Museum More times »
- He counts Madonna, Sienna, Kylie and a host of other glamorous red-carpet habitués as both fans and muses, while his "boho glam" signature style has... View details »
- Art: Photography
- The Art of Lee Miller
- Monday 24 Dec 2007 (10am–5:45pm) @ Victoria and Albert Museum More times »
- Photographer Lee Miller crammed more into her life than most — she was a model, a journalist and a surrealist muse (those are her lips... View details »
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- Dazzle
- Monday 24 Dec 2007 (10am–10pm) @ National Theatre, Olivier Foyer More times »
- Free
- With Christmas snowballing toward us, soon the race will be on to find the perfect gift — and nothing says "you're awesome" better than a... View details »
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- The Golden Age of Couture
- Monday 24 Dec 2007 (10am–5:45pm) @ Victoria and Albert Museum More times »
- The unveiling of Parisian couturier Christian Dior's "New Look" silhouette in 1947 was one of the most important fashion moments of the 20th century. After... View details »
- Art
- The Evil Twins
- Monday 24 Dec 2007 @ Various locations More times »
- Free
- True evil won't wait for Halloween. The Evil Twins — the alter egos of Nicola Carter and Luise Vormittag — entice you to explore a... View details »
- Art
- Urbanbodies 2
- Monday 24 Dec 2007 @ Greenwich Picturehouse More times »
- Free
- Presented in the window of the Greenwich Picture House, this series of exhibitions from the Occupy My Time community-art collective finds six artists exploring the... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Ikrismas Kherol
- Monday 24 Dec 2007 @ Young Vic More times »
- Giveaway
- This time of year sees an inevitable surplus of revivals of Charles Dickens' famous ghost story.... this particularly dark version of the cautionary tale... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- The Country Wife
- Monday 24 Dec 2007 (7:30pm) @ Theatre Royal Haymarket More times »
- The Country Wife tells the story of Horner, a rake and a trickster who plots the mass seduction of women in London society. By feigning... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Doubt: A Parable
- Monday 24 Dec 2007 @ The Tricycle Theatre More times »
- It's 1964, Kennedy has been shot and the Vietnam war is about to start. At work in the Bronx, Sister Aloysius is facing more immediate... View details »
- Art
- Seduced: Art and Sex from Antiquity to Now
- Monday 24 Dec 2007 (11am–8pm) @ Barbican Centre More times »
- This Barbican exhibition presents history's equivalent of the top shelf (or the sock drawer), allowing visitors to peruse some of the most coveted, carefully hidden... View details »
- Art: Photography
- Seeing Is Believing
- Monday 24 Dec 2007 @ The Photographers' Gallery More times »
- Free
- Halloween may have come and gone, but that hasn't stopped the Photographers' Gallery from collecting some of the spookiest imagery this side of Hogwarts. Though... View details »
- Art
- Moore at Kew
- Monday 24 Dec 2007 (9:30am–6:30pm) @ Royal Botanic Gardens More times »
- Twenty-eight of Henry Moore's pieces have been installed in a scattered fashion around Kew Gardens, giving fans the opportunity to view each work from various... View details »
- Art
- Paul Mellon's Legacy
- Monday 24 Dec 2007 (10am–6pm) @ Royal Academy of Arts More times »
- This exhibition celebrates the legacy of art collector Paul Mellon on the 100th anniversary of his birth. The American philanthropist first developed a passion for... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- God in Ruins
- Monday 24 Dec 2007 @ Soho Theatre More times »
- Anthony Neilson's eagerly anticipated God in Ruins promises to live up to his absurd, beautiful and utterly uncomfortable previous work, The Wonderful World of Dissocia.... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Statement of Regret
- Monday 24 Dec 2007 @ National Theatre More times »
- 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 has seen his productions... View details »
- Art
- Michelangelo Pistoletto
- Monday 24 Dec 2007 (10am–6pm) @ Simon Lee Gallery More times »
- Free
- Art
- Wangechi Mutu
- Monday 24 Dec 2007 (10am–6pm) @ Victoria Miro Gallery More times »
- Free
- The spindly figures in Nairobi-born Wangechi Mutu's drawings — abstract ink and paint doodles combined with collaged fragments — resemble amoebic specimens. A closer look,... View details »
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- Marta Marcé
- Monday 24 Dec 2007 (10am–6pm) @ Riflemaker Soho Square More times »
- Free
- Marta Marcé's latest solo exhibition, Diadem Paintings, draws inspiration from games. The Catalan-born, London-based artist presents a selection of large-scale canvases resulting from a creative... View details »
- Art: Photography
- Chris Steele-Perkins
- Monday 24 Dec 2007 (10am–6pm) @ HOST Gallery More times »
- Free
- Much like a personal Orient Express in photographic form, celebrated Magnum photographer Chris Steele-Perkins marries Nippon with Northumberland in a cacophony of styles. Drawing from... View details »
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- Skate at Somerset House
- Monday 24 Dec 2007 (10am–10:15pm) @ Somerset House More times »
- Test your balance and revel in wintry charm as you careen around the glassy surface at Somerset House. Sip on a cup of mulled wine,... View details »
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- Sleeping & Dreaming
- Monday 24 Dec 2007 @ Wellcome Collection More times »
- Free
- Insomniacs and dreamers alike are welcome at this creative exploration on the subject of sleep. In contrast to most art spaces, the central gallery is... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Cinderella
- Monday 24 Dec 2007 @ Old Vic Theatre More times »
- Panto has undergone a cultural revolution in recent years, putting decades of stigma behind it. Yes, you can still catch Australian ex-soap stars and faces... View details »
- Film
- The Darjeeling Limited
- Monday 24 Dec 2007 @ Various locations More times »
- Directed and co-written by offbeat genius Wes Anderson, The Darjeeling Limited tells the story of three brothers (Jason Schwartzman, Adrien Brody, and a bandaged-up Owen... View details »
- More Flavor: City Gem
- Christmas Tree in Trafalgar Square
- Monday 24 Dec 2007 @ Trafalgar Square More times »
- Free
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Trafalgar Square's magnificent Christmas tree has become one of the capital's most vivid Yuletide symbols. An annual gift from
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- BarCampLondon3
- Monday 24 Dec 2007 (9am–6pm) @ Google More times »
- Free
- For Internet geeks, gurus, obsessives and progressives, this is the most amazing weekend that you could possibly imagine. Head on down to the topically chosen... View details »
- Art
- James Cauty
- Monday 24 Dec 2007 (11am–6pm) @ The Aquarium L-13 More times »
- Free
- James Cauty is best known for being one half of the KLF, co-founding the Orb and setting one million quid on fire. Since the US... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Dealer's Choice
- Monday 24 Dec 2007 (7:30pm) @ Trafalgar Studios More times »
- Patrick Marber's hilarious Dealer's Choice returns to the West End for the first time since the play's premiere in 1995, when it was voted Evening... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Pleasance Christmas Festival
- Monday 24 Dec 2007 @ The Pleasance Theatre More times »
- The seasonal line-up at Islington's Pleasance is as diverse as that of a chocolate selection box. Tradition comes in the form of children's classic The... View details »
- Art
- Laura Ford
- Monday 24 Dec 2007 (10am–6pm) @ The Economist Plaza More times »
- Free
- Fans of Beatrix Potter look away now – Laura Ford's incarnations of the author's beloved characters are enough to give fully grown adults nightmares. In... View details »
- Art
- Stephen Willats
- Monday 24 Dec 2007 @ Rayners Lane Underground Station More times »
- Free
- London's Art on the Underground initiative has exposed some fascinating artwork to the commuting public since its conception in 2000. The latest is... View details »
- Performing Arts: Cabaret/Burlesque
- The Xmas Factor
- Monday 24 Dec 2007 @ Bistrotheque More times »
- Christmas is all about good cheer, mistletoe and wholesome, family entertainment. That is not quite what Bistroteque have in mind with their legendary Drag Panto,... View details »
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- Jean Prouvé
- Monday 24 Dec 2007 (10am–5:45pm) @ Design Museum More times »
- French architect, engineer and manufacturer Jean Prouvé was such a huge influence on the world of design that it's quite astonishing to think it's taken... View details »
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- Festival Remix
- Monday 24 Dec 2007 (7–2am) @ River Terrace, Southbank Centre More times »
- Free
- For a hefty dose of seasonal festivity — of the eye-blindingly neon variety — head along to the Southbank Centre, where David Batchelor's ever-popular Festival... View details »
- Art: Photography
- Nick Waplington
- Monday 24 Dec 2007 (11am–6pm) @ Whitechapel Art Gallery More times »
- Free
- In Nick Waplington's solo show at Whitechapel Gallery, the artist experiments with a new medium and creative approach. As one of Britain's leading contemporary photographers,... View details »
- Art
- Ric Machin
- Monday 24 Dec 2007 (9:30am–5:30pm) @ Coningsby Gallery More times »
- Free
- Ric Machin's exhibition Charming, an assorted series of family portraits and celebrity oil paintings, opens today at the Coningsby Gallery. Although it's been three years... View details »
- Performing Arts: Opera
- La Cenerentola
- Monday 24 Dec 2007 @ Royal Opera House More times »
- The original rags-to-riches tale is always popular at this time of year. Stephen Fry's interpretation at the Old Vic is mere pantomime, but Rossini's operatic... View details »
- Performing Arts: Dance
- The Nutcracker
- Monday 24 Dec 2007 @ London Coliseum More times »
- Tchaikovsky's perennial Christmas favourite can be seen in two innovative incarnations this year: Matthew Bourne's kitschy, kaleidoscopic version at Sadler's Wells, and the English National... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Dick Whittington and His Cat
- Monday 24 Dec 2007 @ Hackney Empire More times »
- The Empire's take on traditional pantomime always manages to surprise and delight adults, children and reviewers alike. This year's swashbuckling, Pirates of the Caribbean-esque version... View details »
- Film
- A Comedy of Power (2006)
- Monday 24 Dec 2007 @ ICA More times »
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Claude Chabrol's seventh cinematic outing with the fearsome and multifaceted Isabelle Huppert delves beneath the sleazy leaves of
- Film: Documentary
- Into Great Silence
- Monday 24 Dec 2007 @ ICA More times »
- Giveaway
- It took more than a decade before this intensely private order of Carthusian monks agreed to open its doors to Philip Gröning's camera. The resulting... View details »
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- Crisis Open Christmas
- Monday 24 Dec 2007 @ Various locations More times »
- Free
- The partying and excessive consumerism of Yuletide can be a little overwhelming, and it's easy to forget that not everyone has a home to decorate,... View details »
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- Gerry Cottle's Christmas Circus
- Monday 24 Dec 2007 @ Crystal Palace Park More times »
- Gerry Cottle is a classic showman. He ran away to join the circus at the age of 15, and worked his way up the ranks... View details »
- Performing Arts: Cabaret/Burlesque
- Let There Be Love
- Monday 24 Dec 2007 @ Old Red Lion Theatre More times »
- If you're fed up with lukewarm turkey and cheap plastic presents at the office Christmas lunch, Darrie Grace Gardner's nostalgic cabaret show can restore your... View details »
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- Wrapping Japan
- Monday 24 Dec 2007 (10:30am–5:30pm) @ The Horniman Museum More times »
- Free
- Japan has traditionally prized modesty and reserve, so it's little surprise to find out that the Japanese have also made an art of wrapping everything,... View details »
