Events on Monday, December 31

[SOLD OUT] Somerset House: New Year's Eve 2007

City Gems

Somerset House NYE

Monday 31/12 @ Somerset House

The perennial popularity of ice-skating makes the Somerset House's rink a yearly hit. Booking well in advance is always a must,... 

Slumdrum vs Hippocampus NYE Special

Music: Electronic

Slumdrum vs Hippocampus

Monday 31/12 @ 229

When it comes to NYE, big is not necessarily best. Tonight's genre-bashing collaboration between promoters Slumdrum and Hippocampus eschews superstar status... 

<i>Blackheath to the Future</i>

Party: New Year's Eve

Blackheath to the Future

Monday 31/12 @ Blackheath Halls

Head down to Blackheath Halls for a Back to the Future-themed bash based around everyone's favourite '80s time travellers. The halls... 

Lady Luck New Year's Eve Party

Performing Arts

Lady Luck

Monday 31/12 @ Soho Revue Bar

Lady Luck Club — the purveyors of all things retro glam — ramp it up to welcome 2008. This New Year's... 

Bavarian Beerhouse NYE Party

Party

Bavarian Beerhouse NYE

Monday 31/12 @ Bavarian Beerhouse

Munich's neues Jahr is a great alternative to London's cavernous clubs, crammed conveniences and head-pounding music. Fortunately, the Bavarian Beerhouse can... 

New Year's Eve Masked Ball

Party: New Year's Eve

NYE Masked Ball

Monday 31/12 @ The Arts Theatre

The Last Tuesday Society is one of those institutions unique to London. Founded in the 1870s as a "Pataphysical organisation", the... 

Closer NYE Warehouse Party

Party: New Year's Eve

Closer NYE Warehouse Party

Monday 31/12 @ Halo Warehouse

The gap between the fur-lined frippery of the clubbing mainstream and the back-to-the-warehouse mentality of many new promoters has never been... 

ISSST vs. SLAANG New Year's Eve Party

Music: DJ

ISSST vs. SLAANG NYE Party

Monday 31/12 @ Secret location

Warehouse lovelies ISSST and SLAANG will fry your brain and leave you to start 2008 in a crumpled — yet sated... 

New Year's Eve with <i>The Masque of the Red Death</i>

Special Event

The Masque of the Red Death

Monday 31/12 @ Battersea Arts Centre

If you haven't experienced Punchdrunk's current theatrical extravaganza, The Masque of the Red Death, you're in for a thrilling and terrifying... 

The End & AKA present NYE 2007

Party: New Year's Eve

The End & AKA NYE

Monday 31/12 @ The End

Twelve-years-old and still going strong, Mr C's Bloomsbury basement is an ever-reliable place to remember (or forget) the departure of one... 

Ongoing Events

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

Art: Photography

Chris Steele-Perkins

Monday 31/12 @ HOST Gallery

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

Medieval Christmas at the Tower of London

City Gems

Medieval Christmas

Monday 31/12 @ The Tower of London

Gather your bodkin, codpiece and wimple together for a regal Christmas celebration. Though the locale may be better known for gory... 

<i>Festival Remix</i>

City Gems

Festival Remix

Monday 31/12 @ River Terrace, Southbank Centre

For a hefty dose of seasonal festivity — of the eye-blindingly neon variety — head along to the Southbank Centre, where... 

<I>Dealer's Choice</I>

Theatre

Dealer's Choice

Monday 31/12 @ Trafalgar Studios

Patrick Marber's hilarious Dealer's Choice returns to the West End for the first time since the play's premiere in 1995, when... 

<em>Seeing Is Believing</em>

Art: Photography

Seeing Is Believing

Monday 31/12 @ 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... 

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

Art

Matthew Williamson

Monday 31/12 @ 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>The Darjeeling Limited</i>

Film

The Darjeeling Limited

Monday 31/12 @ Various locations

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

Michelangelo Pistoletto

Art

Michelangelo Pistoletto

Monday 31/12 @ Simon Lee Gallery

<i>The Nutcracker</i>

Dance

The Nutcracker

Monday 31/12 @ London Coliseum

Tchaikovsky's perennial Christmas favourite can be seen in two innovative incarnations this year: Matthew Bourne's kitschy, kaleidoscopic version at Sadler's Wells,... 

Laura Ford: <I>Rag & Bone</I>

Art

Laura Ford

Monday 31/12 @ The Economist Plaza

Fans of Beatrix Potter look away now – Laura Ford's incarnations of the author's beloved characters are enough to give fully... 

<i>Urbanbodies 2</i>

Art

Urbanbodies 2

Monday 31/12 @ 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>Seduced: Art and Sex from Antiquity to Now</i>

Art

Seduced: Art and Sex from Antiquity to Now

Monday 31/12 @ Barbican

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

Statement of Regret

Theatre

Statement of Regret

Monday 31/12 @ 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... 

Dazzle

Special Event

Dazzle

Monday 31/12 @ 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... 

Stephen Willats: <i>Assumptions and Presumptions</i>

Art

Stephen Willats

Monday 31/12 @ Rayners Lane Underground Station

London's Art on the Underground initiative has exposed some fascinating artwork to the commuting public since its conception in... 

Marta Marcé: <i>Diadem Paintings</i>

Special Event

Marta Marcé

Monday 31/12 @ Riflemaker Soho Square

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... 

Gerry Cottle's Christmas Circus

Conferences

Gerry Cottle's Christmas Circus

Monday 31/12 @ Crystal Palace Park

Gerry Cottle is a classic showman. He ran away to join the circus at the age of 15, and worked his... 

<i>Moore at Kew</i>

Art

Moore at Kew

Monday 31/12 @ 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>The Country Wife</i>

Theatre

The Country Wife

Monday 31/12 @ Theatre Royal Haymarket

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

<i>Doubt: A Parable</i>

Theatre

Doubt: A Parable

Monday 31/12 @ 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... 

<em>Wrapping Japan</em>

Special Event

Wrapping Japan

Monday 31/12 @ 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>Cinderella</I>

Theatre

Cinderella

Monday 31/12 @ The Old Vic

Panto has undergone a cultural revolution in recent years, putting decades of stigma behind it. Yes, you can still catch Australian... 

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

Art

Paul Mellon's Legacy

Monday 31/12 @ 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>La Cenerentola</i>

Performing Arts: Opera

La Cenerentola

Monday 31/12 @ Royal Opera House

The original rags-to-riches tale is always popular at this time of year. Stephen Fry's interpretation at the Old Vic is mere... 

Skate at Somerset House

City Gems

Skate at Somerset House

Monday 31/12 @ Somerset House

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

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

Art

The Evil Twins

Monday 31/12 @ Various locations

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

Roy Ayers Ubiquity

Music

Roy Ayers Ubiquity

Monday 31/12 @ Jazz Cafe

Vocalist, vibraphonist, composer and all-around icon of funk Roy Ayers kicks off a seven-night residency at Camden's legendary Jazz Cafe, culminating... 

<i>God in Ruins</i>

Theatre

God in Ruins

Monday 31/12 @ Soho Theatre

Anthony Neilson's eagerly anticipated God in Ruins promises to live up to his absurd, beautiful and utterly uncomfortable previous work, The... 

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

Art: Photography

The Art of Lee Miller

Monday 31/12 @ Victoria and Albert Museum

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

Christmas Tree in Trafalgar Square

City Gems

Christmas Tree in Trafalgar Square

Monday 31/12 @ Trafalgar Square

Trafalgar Square's magnificent Christmas tree has become one of the capital's most vivid Yuletide symbols. An annual gift from Norway... 

Wangechi Mutu: <I>Yo.n.I</I>

Art

Wangechi Mutu

Monday 31/12 @ Victoria Miro Gallery

The spindly figures in Nairobi-born Wangechi Mutu's drawings — abstract ink and paint doodles combined with collaged fragments — resemble amoebic... 

<I>Dick Whittington and His Cat</i>

Theatre

Dick Whittington and His Cat

Monday 31/12 @ Hackney Empire

The Empire's take on traditional pantomime always manages to surprise and delight adults, children and reviewers alike. This year's swashbuckling, Pirates... 

Jean Prouvé

Special Event

Jean Prouvé

Monday 31/12 @ Design Museum

French architect, engineer and manufacturer Jean Prouvé was such a huge influence on the world of design that it's quite astonishing... 

<i>Ikrismas Kherol</i>

Theatre

Ikrismas Kherol

Monday 31/12 @ Young Vic

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

Nick Waplington

Art: Photography

Nick Waplington

Monday 31/12 @ Whitechapel Art Gallery

In Nick Waplington's solo show at Whitechapel Gallery, the artist experiments with a new medium and creative approach. As one of... 

Sleeping & Dreaming

Special Event

Sleeping & Dreaming

Monday 31/12 @ Wellcome Collection

Insomniacs and dreamers alike are welcome at this creative exploration on the subject of sleep. In contrast to most art spaces,... 

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

Fashion/Style

The Golden Age of Couture

Monday 31/12 @ 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 Xmas Factor</i>

Performing Arts

The Xmas Factor

Monday 31/12 @ Bistrotheque

Christmas is all about good cheer, mistletoe and wholesome, family entertainment. That is not quite what Bistroteque have in mind with...