Events on Tuesday, January 1

Bugged Out New Year's All-Day-Er

Party

Bugged Out New Year's All-Day-Er

Tuesday 1/1 @ The Old Queen's Head

Bugged Out's New Year's All-Day-Er festivities are the best way to set the pace for 2008. Whether you need to recuperate... 

Ongoing Events

<I>Pavilion Commissions 2007</I>

Art: Photography

Pavilion Commissions

Tuesday 1/1 @ 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... 

Gerry Cottle's Christmas Circus

Conferences

Gerry Cottle's Christmas Circus

Tuesday 1/1 @ Crystal Palace Park

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

Tango Inn

Music: Electronic

Tango Inn

Tuesday 1/1 @ Barrio North

Thanks largely to the beat-drenched sounds of Parisian crew Gotan Project, the lure of electro-tango has never been stronger — with... 

<i>Moore at Kew</i>

Art

Moore at Kew

Tuesday 1/1 @ 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... 

Nick Waplington

Art: Photography

Nick Waplington

Tuesday 1/1 @ 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... 

<i>Doubt: A Parable</i>

Theatre

Doubt: A Parable

Tuesday 1/1 @ 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... 

Dazzle

Special Event

Dazzle

Tuesday 1/1 @ 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... 

<I>Cinderella</I>

Theatre

Cinderella

Tuesday 1/1 @ The Old Vic

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

Marta Marcé: <i>Diadem Paintings</i>

Special Event

Marta Marcé

Tuesday 1/1 @ 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... 

<i>La Cenerentola</i>

Performing Arts: Opera

La Cenerentola

Tuesday 1/1 @ 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... 

<i>La Cage aux Folles</i>

Theatre

La Cage aux Folles

Tuesday 1/1 @ Menier Chocolate Factory

The Menier Chocolate Factory presents a new staging of notorious, uproarious gender bender La Cage aux Folles. The Broadway reincarnation of... 

<I>Strange Events Permit Themselves the Luxury of Occurring</I>

Art

Strange Events Permit Themselves the Luxury of Occurring

Tuesday 1/1 @ Camden Arts Centre

Artist Steven Claydon curates this incredibly long-monikered exhibition exploring the relationship between artworks and art spaces. Though Claydon's own art is... 

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

Art

Thomas Zipp

Tuesday 1/1 @ 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... 

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

Art

The Evil Twins

Tuesday 1/1 @ Various locations

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

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

Art

Home and Garden: 1960 to the Present

Tuesday 1/1 @ Gaffrye Museum

<i>God in Ruins</i>

Theatre

God in Ruins

Tuesday 1/1 @ 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>An American's Passion for British Art: Paul Mellon's Legacy</i>

Art

Paul Mellon's Legacy

Tuesday 1/1 @ 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... 

Christmas Tree in Trafalgar Square

City Gems

Christmas Tree in Trafalgar Square

Tuesday 1/1 @ Trafalgar Square

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

Skate at Somerset House

City Gems

Skate at Somerset House

Tuesday 1/1 @ Somerset House

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

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

Theatre

Dick Whittington and His Cat

Tuesday 1/1 @ 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... 

<I>Dealer's Choice</I>

Theatre

Dealer's Choice

Tuesday 1/1 @ 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... 

Jean Prouvé

Special Event

Jean Prouvé

Tuesday 1/1 @ Design Museum

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

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

Special Event

Patrick Keiller

Tuesday 1/1 @ BFI Southbank

<i>Ikrismas Kherol</i>

Theatre

Ikrismas Kherol

Tuesday 1/1 @ Young Vic

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

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

Art: Photography

The Art of Lee Miller

Tuesday 1/1 @ Victoria and Albert Museum

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

Sleeping & Dreaming

Special Event

Sleeping & Dreaming

Tuesday 1/1 @ Wellcome Collection

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

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

Art

Wangechi Mutu

Tuesday 1/1 @ 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>The Xmas Factor</i>

Performing Arts

The Xmas Factor

Tuesday 1/1 @ Bistrotheque

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

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

Art

Laura Ford

Tuesday 1/1 @ 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>Paisley: Exploding the Teardrop</i>

Art

Paisley: Exploding the Teardrop

Tuesday 1/1 @ PM Gallery & House

<i>Festival Remix</i>

City Gems

Festival Remix

Tuesday 1/1 @ River Terrace, Southbank Centre

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

<em>Wrapping Japan</em>

Special Event

Wrapping Japan

Tuesday 1/1 @ 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... 

<em>Seeing Is Believing</em>

Art: Photography

Seeing Is Believing

Tuesday 1/1 @ 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... 

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

Fashion/Style

The Golden Age of Couture

Tuesday 1/1 @ 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 Darjeeling Limited</i>

Film

The Darjeeling Limited

Tuesday 1/1 @ Various locations

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

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

Art: Photography

Chris Steele-Perkins

Tuesday 1/1 @ 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>The Nutcracker</i>

Dance

The Nutcracker

Tuesday 1/1 @ 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,... 

<i>The Country Wife</i>

Theatre

The Country Wife

Tuesday 1/1 @ Theatre Royal Haymarket

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

David Shrigley

Art

David Shrigley

Tuesday 1/1 @ Stephen Friedman Gallery

From a sign for a missing pigeon to a plastic model of The Contents of the Gap Between the Refridgerator and... 

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

Art

Seduced: Art and Sex from Antiquity to Now

Tuesday 1/1 @ Barbican

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

<i>Urbanbodies 2</i>

Art

Urbanbodies 2

Tuesday 1/1 @ Greenwich Picturehouse

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

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

Art

Matthew Williamson

Tuesday 1/1 @ Design Museum

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

Statement of Regret

Theatre

Statement of Regret

Tuesday 1/1 @ 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... 

Michelangelo Pistoletto

Art

Michelangelo Pistoletto

Tuesday 1/1 @ Simon Lee Gallery

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

Art

Stephen Willats

Tuesday 1/1 @ Rayners Lane Underground Station

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