All events on Friday January 11
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- Tim Simmons
- Friday 11 Jan (10am–6pm) @ The Fine Art Society More times »
- Free
- Tim Simmons takes mundane landscapes — a field, a snowdrift, a backyard — and turns them into ethereal, haunting locales. He uses elaborate lighting techniques,... View details »
- Art: Architecture/Design
- Art Spaces of the Future
- Friday 11 Jan @ National Theatre More times »
- Free
- Responding to the emergence of new media and interactive art installations, the RIBA London and Arts Council England recruited young architects to imagine dynamic new... View details »
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- Rachel Howard
- Friday 11 Jan (10am–6pm) @ Haunch of Venison More times »
- Free
- An exhibition depicting suicide may not be an obvious stop-off if you're in a positive New Year state of mind. However, Rachel Howard's paintings manage... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Metamorphosis
- Friday 11 Jan @ Lyric Theatre Hammersmith More times »
- This stage adaptation of Franz Kafka's story of a businessman who turns into an insect returns to Hammersmith ahead of a world tour. A collaboration... View details »
- Performing Arts: Dance
- Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion
- Friday 11 Jan @ Sadler's Wells More times »
- In a truly collaborative trilogy, choreographer Burrows and composer Fargion, onstage together, explore the relationship between movement and music. Their three duets, Both Sitting Duet,... View details »
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- Home and Garden: 1960 to the Present
- Friday 11 Jan (10am–5pm) @ Gaffrye Museum More times »
- Free
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- Matthew Williamson
- Friday 11 Jan (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 »
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- Thomas Zipp
- Friday 11 Jan (noon–6pm) @ South London Gallery More times »
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- The title of German installation artist Thomas Zipp's Planet Caravan. Is There Life After Death? a Futuristic World Fair directly references Black Sabbath's psychedelic masterwork... View details »
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- Dazzle
- Friday 11 Jan (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 Evil Twins
- Friday 11 Jan @ 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 »
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- Urbanbodies 2
- Friday 11 Jan @ 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
- Friday 11 Jan @ 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
- Friday 11 Jan (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 »
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- Amora
- Friday 11 Jan (11am–midnight) @ Amora More times »
- Amora — the Academy of Sex and Relationships — offers an educational exploration of all aspects of intimacy. Seven distinct zones take you through everything... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Doubt: A Parable
- Friday 11 Jan @ 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 »
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- Seduced: Art and Sex from Antiquity to Now
- Friday 11 Jan (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 »
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- Seeing Is Believing
- Friday 11 Jan @ 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 »
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- Moore at Kew
- Friday 11 Jan (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 »
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- Paul Mellon's Legacy
- Friday 11 Jan (10am–10pm) @ 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 »
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- Laura Ford
- Friday 11 Jan (10:30am–6pm) @ Houldsworth Gallery More times »
- Free
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- Shezad Dawood
- Friday 11 Jan (noon–6pm) @ Paradise Row More times »
- Free
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- Michelangelo Pistoletto
- Friday 11 Jan (10am–6pm) @ Simon Lee Gallery More times »
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- Wangechi Mutu
- Friday 11 Jan (10am–6pm) @ Victoria Miro Gallery More times »
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- 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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- Paisley: Exploding the Teardrop
- Friday 11 Jan (1–5pm) @ PM Gallery & House More times »
- Free
- Art: Photography
- Chris Steele-Perkins
- Friday 11 Jan (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 »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- La Cage aux Folles
- Friday 11 Jan (8pm) @ Menier Chocolate Factory More times »
- The Menier Chocolate Factory presents a new staging of notorious, uproarious gender bender La Cage aux Folles. The Broadway reincarnation of the French-play-turned-film-turned-Hollywood-remake (The Birdcage,... View details »
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- Skate at Somerset House
- Friday 11 Jan (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
- Friday 11 Jan @ 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
- Friday 11 Jan @ 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 »
- Art: Photography
- Pavilion Commissions
- Friday 11 Jan (10am–6pm) @ Photofusion Photography Centre More times »
- Free
- Spot the next Lee Miller or Martin Parr at Pavilion Commissions. This annual exhibition highlights work from four of the country's best emerging photographers by... View details »
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- Hibiscus
- Friday 11 Jan (noon–2:30 & 6:30–10pm) @ Hibiscus More times »
- In just a month, chef-proprietor Claude Bosi has taken London's restaurant world by storm. With the relocation of his two Michelin stars from Ludlow to... View details »
- Film
- The Darjeeling Limited
- Friday 11 Jan @ 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 »
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- Patrick Keiller
- Friday 11 Jan (11am–8pm) @ BFI Southbank More times »
- Free
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Dealer's Choice
- Friday 11 Jan (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 »
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- Laura Ford
- Friday 11 Jan (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 »
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- Strange Events Permit Themselves the Luxury of Occurring
- Friday 11 Jan (10am–6pm) @ Camden Arts Centre More times »
- Free
- Artist Steven Claydon curates this incredibly long-monikered exhibition exploring the relationship between artworks and art spaces. Though Claydon's own art is preoccupied with the past... View details »
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- Oh Deborah!
- Friday 11 Jan (noon–6pm) @ Contemporary Art Projects More times »
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- Stephen Willats
- Friday 11 Jan @ Rayners Lane Underground Station More times »
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- 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 »
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- David Shrigley
- Friday 11 Jan (10am–6pm) @ Stephen Friedman Gallery More times »
- Free
- From a sign for a missing pigeon to a plastic model of The Contents of the Gap Between the Refridgerator and the Cooker, David Shrigley's... View details »
- Performing Arts: Cabaret/Burlesque
- The Xmas Factor
- Friday 11 Jan @ 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
- Friday 11 Jan (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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- Stephen Nelson
- Friday 11 Jan (noon–6pm) @ Space Station Sixty-Five More times »
- Free
- You can say a lot about Stephen Nelson's artwork, but one descriptive you can't pin on it is "minimalist." Nelson's sculptures are sprawling, creeping constructions,... View details »
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- Festival Remix
- Friday 11 Jan (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
- Friday 11 Jan (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 »
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- Horse Riding at Wimbledon Village Stables
- Friday 11 Jan (9am–2pm) @ Wimbledon Village Stables More times »
- For city-bound equestrians missing their early-morning ride and novice ponyphiles alike, Wimbledon has more to offer than Wombles. Even if you have a penchant for... View details »
- Performing Arts: Opera
- La Cenerentola
- Friday 11 Jan @ 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: Theatre
- Dick Whittington and His Cat
- Friday 11 Jan @ 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 »
- Performing Arts: Dance
- Resolution! 2008
- Friday 11 Jan @ The Place More times »
- Resolution! is an annual showcase that highlights contemporary dancers and choreographers with a programme of rotating talent. Every night features a triple bill of new... View details »
- Performing Arts
- I Am Falling
- Friday 11 Jan (3 & 7:30pm) @ Gate Theatre More times »
- I Am Falling is a searing and complex exploration of age. The dance/theatre collaboration tells the story of Tom (Ben Duke), whose parents committed joint... View details »
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- The Clearing
- Friday 11 Jan (noon–6pm) @ Nettie Horn More times »
- Free
- The Clearing explores notions of internal and external space, with images ranging from the serene to the strangely disturbing. Joe Biel draws unnervingly detailed drawings,... View details »
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- Lithuanian Festival
- Friday 11 Jan @ Southwark Playhouse More times »
- Since January budgets don't allow for long-distance flights, Southwark Playhouse brings this festival of Lithuanian culture to the capital. Showcasing the Eastern European country's finest... View details »
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- Café on the Hill
- Friday 11 Jan (8am–10pm) @ Cafe on the Hill More times »
- With most of central London out-of-bounds (either closed or crammed with shoppers), get perspective on the city from Muswell Hill. Like a less pretentious Hampstead,... View details »
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- Furnace
- Friday 11 Jan (10am–3pm & 6–11pm) @ Furnace More times »
- Tucked down a side street off Hoxton Square is the perfect remedy to the seasonal poultry overload. Shoreditch's best-kept secret, Furnace has been in the... View details »
- Film
- The Directorspective: Luis Buñuel
- Friday 11 Jan @ Barbican Centre More times »
- Luis Buñuel, Salvador Dalí's former schoolmate and collaborator, is heralded as the father of surrealist film. Though his early years were spent breaking the boundaries... View details »
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- Half Moon
- Friday 11 Jan @ ICA More times »
- The Iran/Iraq frontier serves as the backdrop for the third feature from award-winning Kurdish-Iranian filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi: Half Moon explores both the tumultuous past and... View details »
- Film: Shorts
- London Short Film Festival
- Friday 11 Jan @ Various locations More times »
- The London Short Film Festival has evolved from its days as a Halloween-themed series into a sophisticated showcase of succinct cinema. As if to mark... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- The British Ambassador's Belly Dancer
- Friday 11 Jan (8:15pm) @ Arcola Theatre More times »
- When Nadira and Craig Murray met in 2004, he was the British Ambassador to Uzbekistan and she was a belly dancer and occasional drug runner.... View details »
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- Parkour
- Friday 11 Jan @ Westminster Academy More times »
- Release your urban primate with parkour, the sport that catapults folks around London using vaults, leaps and climbs. The beginner's class breaks you in gently... View details »
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- The Regent
- Friday 11 Jan (12:30–11pm) @ The Regent More times »
- If you awake to find yourself north of Notting Hill on a Sunday morning, get rejuvenated at Kensal Rise's best grub 'n boozer. Since its... View details »
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- Wrapping Japan
- Friday 11 Jan (10:30am–5:30pm) @ The Horniman Museum More times »
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- 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 »
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- Haozhan
- Friday 11 Jan (noon–midnight) @ Haozhan More times »
- Thanks to its bustling location in London's tourist hub, Chinatown is less a mecca for cuisine lovers than a torturous odyssey to find decent food,... View details »
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- Fox & Anchor
- Friday 11 Jan (7am–11pm) @ Fox & Anchor More times »
- Dating from the late Victorian era, this pub — an old favourite of blood-spattered meat traders from Smithfields Market down the street — has just... View details »
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- Salt Yard
- Friday 11 Jan (noon–11pm) @ Salt Yard More times »
- It's not easy to garner favourable comparisons to London tapas giants Fino and Barrafina, but the diminutive Salt Yard pulls off this Goliath-sized task. The... View details »
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- Aaya
- Friday 11 Jan (noon–midnight) @ Aaya More times »
- Though Aaya has been open for a few months, it's still biding its time; rather than go for a press blitz, the restaurant wants to... View details »
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- Brunello Picnic in Kensington Gardens
- Friday 11 Jan @ Brunello More times »
- If carrying equipment and provisions on public transport seems like too much perspiration for a weekend's picnic, then the Brunello restaurant's new selection of hampers... View details »
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- Whitecross Street Market
- Friday 11 Jan (11am–5pm) @ Whitecross Street More times »
- Free
- For those lusting after a little more than the usual lunchtime selection of sandwiches and salads, best head to Whitecross Street Market. One of London's... View details »
- Performing Arts: Comedy
- The NewsRevue
- Friday 11 Jan (9:30pm) @ Canal Café Theatre More times »
- The NewsRevue has followed the same format since 1979 — low-tech, topical comedy performed by two men and two women. Written by a team of... View details »
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- London Fencing Club
- Friday 11 Jan @ Finsbury Leisure Centre More times »
- If you've ever watched the dueling scene in The Mask of Zorro and thought, "Hey, I could do better than that," now you can prove... View details »
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- Cha Cha Moon
- Friday 11 Jan (noon–11:30pm) @ Cha Cha Moon More times »
- Influential restaurateur Alan Yau is back with Cha Cha Moon, returning to cuisine with widespread appeal (he devised Wagamama and Busaba Eathai) at this Malay-Chinese... View details »
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- Quo Vadis
- Friday 11 Jan (noon–2:45 & 5–10:45pm) @ Quo Vadis More times »
- Sam and Eddie Hart cemented their restaurant reputation by reinventing tapas for a sophisticated London clientele at Fino, then tailoring them for a drop-by crowd... View details »
