Events on Thursday, November 13

Have Box Will Travel

Theatre

Have Box Will Travel

Thursday 13/11 @ The Albany

Charlie Dark, who writes and stars in this stage production of his slightly fictionalised biography, has been a poet, rapper, producer,... 

Ongoing Events

Rivane Neuenschwander: <em>Suspension Point</em>

Art

Rivane Neuenschwander

Thursday 13/11 @ South London Gallery

Brazilian artist Rivane Neuenschwander stages a characteristically magical show at the South London Gallery. In line with her inventive use of... 

Erwin Olaf's Grief

Art: Photography

Erwin Olaf's Grief

Thursday 13/11 @ Hamiltons Gallery

Grief is provocative photographer Erwin Olaf's final installation in a trilogy of portraits inspired by the decor, fashion and feminist factions... 

<em>The Norman Conquests</em>

Theatre

The Norman Conquests

Thursday 13/11 @ The Old Vic

The Old Vic has been transformed into a theatre in the round for the first major London revival of Alan Ayckbourn's... 

Stephanie Quayle: <em>Bull in a China Shop</em>

Art

Bull in a China Shop

Thursday 13/11 @ Trolley Gallery

Stephanie Quayle's debut solo exhibition is dominated by a full-size clay replica of an Indian bull elephant. The motionless menagerie also... 

<em>Listening Post</em>

Art

Listening Post

Thursday 13/11 @ The Science Museum

Idle conversations on Facebook walls, MySpace comments and message forums may not feel as intimate after Listening Post arrives at the... 

Jules de Goede and Gallery Artists

Art

Jules de Goede

Thursday 13/11 @ Broadbent Gallery

In this new group show at Broadbent Gallery, works from contemporary abstract artists provide a more-than-credible milieu to ten recently uncovered... 

<em>Wouldn't It Be Nice... Wishful Thinking in Art and Design</em>

Art

Wouldn't It Be Nice

Thursday 13/11 @ Embankment Galleries

The theme of this installation at Somerset House is the optimistic fusion of modern art and design as a medium for... 

<em>Material Presence</em>

Art

Material Presence

Thursday 13/11 @ 176

176 presents seven artists whose works, in varying ways, draw the viewer into an immersive sensory experience. Look out for Mark... 

Katie Paterson

Art

Katie Paterson

Thursday 13/11 @ Albion

Katie Paterson's fresh batch of conceptual works at Albion Gallery follows up her previous exhibition which featured a live phone link... 

<em>Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2008</em>

Art: Photography

Photographic Portrait Prize 2008

Thursday 13/11 @ National Portrait Gallery

This year's Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize at the National Portrait Gallery includes a shot of Rupert Murdoch competing against a... 

Smirnoff Black Boutique Barbers with Hugo Boss

City Gems

Smirnoff Black Boutique Barbers with Hugo Boss

Thursday 13/11 @ Selected Hugo Boss shops

A facial de-stress at Hugo Boss is the ideal tonic for men for whom the mere mention of Christmas shopping induces... 

Sarah Moon &ndash; <em>1, 2, 3, 4, 5</em>

Art

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Thursday 13/11 @ Michael Hoppen Gallery

Impressionist snapper Sarah Moon combines previously unseen fashion plates with the fairytale images that took her to the top of commercial... 

<em>Polaroid Retrospective</em>

Art: Photography

Polaroid Retrospective

Thursday 13/11 @ Association of Photographers Gallery

This Association of Photographers' exhibition of Polaroid work celebrates the invention of the instant camera by American scientist Edwin Land in... 

JR: <em>28 Millimetres: Women</em>

Art: Photography

28 Millimetres: Women

Thursday 13/11 @ Various locations

Provocateur photographer JR transforms Soho into a teeming favela for his new exhibition, 28 Millimetres: Women. The Parisian snapper takes over... 

Francis Bacon

Art

Francis Bacon

Thursday 13/11 @ Tate Britain

As famous for his outlandish lifestyle as for his often disturbing paintings, Francis Bacon spent most of his career in the... 

<em>The Mushrooms of the Russian Avant-Garde</em>

Art

The Mushrooms of the Russian Avant-Garde

Thursday 13/11 @ Rochelle School

The first UK show by Moscow Conceptualists Igor Makarevich and Elena Elagina explores the form and hallucinogenic properties of magic mushrooms.... 

<em>Paths to Fame: Turner Watercolours from the Courtauld</em>

Art

Turner Watercolours

Thursday 13/11 @ The Courtauld Gallery

The Courtauld Gallery traces the artistic journey of John Mallord William Turner with an exhibition beginning with early sketches and watercolours... 

<em>Andy Warhol: Other Voices, Other Rooms</em>

Art

Andy Warhol

Thursday 13/11 @ Hayward Gallery

Though best known for his iconography of American popular culture and controversial merging of art and mass consumerism, Andy Warhol was... 

<em>Aliens & Exiles</em>

Art

Aliens & Exiles

Thursday 13/11 @ Alberto Vilar Gallery

Core Arts' new exhibition attempts to convince Londoners to forget those oh-so-experimental student shows and big-name, high-price exhibitions for a week... 

<em>Ivanov </em>

Theatre

Ivanov

Thursday 13/11 @ Wyndham's Theatre

Tom Stoppard, one of the 20th century's finest dramatists, makes over the work of Chekhov, arguably the 19th century's greatest playwright,... 

Richard Serra

Art

Richard Serra

Thursday 13/11 @ Various locations

Minimalist sculptor Richard Serra heaves a load of metal slabs through customs for his first UK exhibition for more than a... 

Robin Footitt: <em>Rescue Attempt</em>

Art

Robin Footitt

Thursday 13/11 @ Hoxton Hall

Although he's best known for his collaboration with singer KT Tunstall (he rendered her as a comic-book character for Tunstall's album... 

<em>30,000 Years of Cryptomnesia</em>

Art

30,000 Years of Cryptomnesia

Thursday 13/11 @ The Horse Hospital

30,000 Years of Cryptomnesia explores the age-old theory of cryptomnesia — the brain passsing off a hidden memory as a new... 

<em>For Your Eyes Only: Ian Fleming & James Bond</em>

Art

For Your Eyes Only

Thursday 13/11 @ Imperial War Museum Park

Ian Fleming, the author responsible for birthing the shaken-not-stirred secret agent James Bond, receives his due in this new exhibition at... 

<em>Signs</em>

Art

Signs

Thursday 13/11 @ Tatty Devine

Lo-tech cut 'n paste artist Mark Pawson breaks away from his usual fayre of postcards, badges and rubber stamps decorated with... 

Gerhard Richter: <em>4900 Colours: Version II</em>

Art

Gerhard Richter

Thursday 13/11 @ Serpentine Gallery

For someone who once wrote, "Basically, painting is total idiocy," German painter Gerhard Richter has not done badly with the medium.... 

Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth: <em>The All-seeing Eye (the hardcore-techno version) </em>

Art

Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth

Thursday 13/11 @ BFI Southbank

Following the success of their 2005 Academy Award winner Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, French director Michel Gondry and visual... 

<em>Between the Covers: Women's Magazines and their Readers</em>

Special Event

Between the Covers: Women's Magazines and their Readers

Thursday 13/11 @ The Women's Library

Between the Covers dips into the print archives of the Women's Library to explore how magazines have built relationships with readers... 

Cildo Meireles

Art

Cildo Meireles

Thursday 13/11 @ Tate Modern

Tate Modern presents a long-overdue retrospective for the Brazilian conceptualist who creates intriguing installations and sculptures out of familiar objects such... 

London Greek Film Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

London Greek Film Festival

Thursday 13/11 @ The Hellenic Centre

The London Greek Film Festival is a new four-day celebration of the peninsula nation's nascent movie-making culture at the Hellenic Centre... 

Debbie Lawson: <em>Dyfuncadelia</em>

Art

Dyfuncadelia

Thursday 13/11 @ Nettie Horn

Dyfuncadelia, the latest exhibition by Royal College of Art graduate Debbie Lawson, takes the '70s home-decoration obsession with carpeting a step... 

<em>Wildlife Photographer of the Year</em>

Art: Photography

Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Thursday 13/11 @ Natural History Museum

Wildlife Photographer of the Year is a real treat for any nature snapper — it will be interesting to see whether... 

Art

Extracts from the Log

Thursday 13/11 @ Artspace Gallery

Jeffrey Dennis' Extracts from the Log explores the tensions simmering beneath the surface of our beloved metropolis. In this distinctly dystopian... 

<em>Fashion V Sport</em>

Special Event

Fashion V Sport

Thursday 13/11 @ Victoria and Albert Museum

Try as you might, it's next to impossible to recall a time when contemporary sportswear and fashion weren't merrily playing house.... 

<em>Cut & Paste: Photomontage 1920-1950</em>

Art

Cut & Paste

Thursday 13/11 @ Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art

Though it is now enjoying something of a revival, thanks largely to software such as Photoshop, photomontage was at the height... 

Turner Prize 08

Art

Turner Prize

Thursday 13/11 @ Tate Britain

Three women and one man make up this year's shortlist for the traditionally controversial contemporary art prize. A quick rundown of... 

<em>Beside the Seaside: Snapshots of British Coastal Life, 1880-1950</em>

Art: Photography

Beside the Seaside

Thursday 13/11 @ National Maritime Museum

The National Maritime Museum's archive of photographs, posters and memorabilia provides fascinating insight into a boom time for the British coast.... 

Photomonth

Art: Photography

Photomonth

Thursday 13/11 @ Various locations in east London

Photomonth is the UK's largest celebration of photography, so extensive that it in fact lasts two months. The hundred or so... 

<em>Waste</em>

Theatre

Waste

Thursday 13/11 @ Almeida Theatre

The Almeida presents Waste, Harley Granville-Barker's play about scandal that also provoked its own share of controversy. The story centres upon... 

<em>The Olympic Stadium Project - Le Corbusier and Baghdad</em>

Art

The Olympic Stadium Project

Thursday 13/11 @ Victoria and Albert Museum

This collection showcases the blueprints and models for the Baghdad Olympic Stadium, one of Le Corbusier's final projects. The designs illustrate... 

<em>Demons, Yarns & Tales</em>

Art

Demon, Yarns & Tales

Thursday 13/11 @ The Dairy

Three years ago, arts group Banners of Persuasion commissioned 15 artists to revive the lost art of wall-hanging tapestry. Today sees... 

GSK Contemporary

Art

GSK Contemporary

Thursday 13/11 @ Royal Academy of Arts

GSK Contemporary brightens-up the Royal Academy over the winter with installations, screenings and seminars examining two themes: Molten States and Collision... 

<em>The Art of the Poster: A Century of Design</em>

Art

The Art of the Poster

Thursday 13/11 @ Covent Garden Market Piazza

The eye-catching, amusing and sometimes wry art displayed on the Tube is the subject of a major retrospective at the London... 

<em>Girlie</em>

Art

Girlie

Thursday 13/11 @ Whitecross Gallery

Canadian artist Daphne Plessner's new solo exhibition takes an uncompromising swipe at the frivolous and sexually charged meaning of being "girlie".... 

<em>Rothko</em>

Art

Rothko

Thursday 13/11 @ Tate Modern

Latvian-born abstract expressionist Mark Rothko gets a much-overdue retrospective (he hasn't had an exhibition in the UK for more than 20... 

<em>Soho Archives: 1950s & 1960s</em>

Art: Photography

Soho Archives

Thursday 13/11 @ The Photographers' Gallery

Originally a hunting ground, and briefly a haven for the wealthy, London's Soho is the heart of the gay district, a... 

<em>Edwardian Outdoor Games: Photographs by Andrew Pitcairn-Knowles</em>

Art: Photography

Edwardian Outdoor Games

Thursday 13/11 @ Victoria & Albert Museum of Childhood

A revolutionary photojournalist of the Edwardian age, Andrew Pitcairn-Knowles showed a particular interest in capturing leisure pursuits on camera. He accumulated... 

Alan Aldridge: <em>The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes</em>

Art

The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes

Thursday 13/11 @ Design Museum

The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes is the first UK retrospective of Alan Aldridge, the seminal '60s psychedelic artist and the brains... 

Natural History Museum Ice Rink

City Gems

Natural History Museum Ice Rink

Thursday 13/11 @ Natural History Museum

The freezing of the Natural History Museum's atmospheric East Lawn for skating has become a festive sight to rival the West...