Events on Friday, February 22
Friday 22/2 @ Victoria and Albert Museum
Perhaps best-known as the transvestite who won the Turner Prize in 2003, artist Grayson Perry uses a variety of media —...
Friday 22/2 @ Corsica Studios
Flame & Flesh is an evening of musical and corporeal experimentation that centres on both the limits and ecstasies of the...
Kill 'em All feat. Simian Mobile Disco
Friday 22/2 @ Fabric
Grimy disco night Kill 'em All takes over Fabric tonight, with electro-freakout specialists Simian Mobile Disco grinding out stylised remixes in one room, while...
Ongoing Events
Friday 22/2 @ TAG Fine Arts
You could say that Stephen Walter — famous for his Similands maps of Britain — is a cartographer. And yet, these...
The Most Beautiful Woman in Gucha
Friday 22/2 @ Tate Britain
After debuting at the 2006 Venice Biennale, Breda Beban's wonder of a film is now taking the rest of the continent...
Friday 22/2 @ Various locations
This festival recognizes and celebrates the African cultural legacy in Latin America through lectures, music, art, dance and film. Highlights include...
Friday 22/2 @ 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...
Friday 22/2 @ The Colomb Art Gallery
After a few ales, recalling a night out can sometimes be tricky. Lucky, then, that we have the visual evidence of...
Friday 22/2 @ The Old Vic
Who better to play David Mamet's two slick, fast-talking Hollywood film producers than two slick, fast-talking Hollywood actors? The Old Vic...
Friday 22/2 @ Hayward Gallery
Francis Ford Coppola meets AA Milne; Marlon Brando meets Winnie the Pooh; Vietnam meets the Hundred Acre Wood. Mexican artist Artemio's...
Laughing in a Foreign Language
Friday 22/2 @ Hayward Gallery
Many otherwise serious-minded people use comedy to escape their troubles and forget themselves for a short while; so when humour seeps...
Friday 22/2 @ Rod Barton Invites
Renegade curator and gallery director Roderick Barton presents a triumvirate of emerging artists for this group show, which investigates the relationship...
Friday 22/2 @ Victoria and Albert Museum
The Victoria & Albert's latest mini-exhibition features a set of Elizabethan flagons that return to the museum after 70 years abroad....
Friday 22/2 @ Kensington Palace State Apartments
Although he may not be as much of a household name, Shakespeare's contemporary Christopher Marlowe remains one of England's most exciting...
Friday 22/2 @ Golden Lane Estate
Joss McKinley's solo exhibition The Moonlight Rooms promises spine-chilling doom and gloom. The ethereal mixed-media presentation focuses on a series of...
Friday 22/2 @ Menier Chocolate Factory
The paintings in Beyond Burma may vary in both style and technique, but they all depict the opposing forces of beauty...
Friday 22/2 @ Various locations
It's fitting that the Year of the Rat — a zodiac sign traditionally associated with enterprise and activity — coincides with...
Friday 22/2 @ Barrett Marsden Gallery
Ten Years Innit! celebrates a decade of artistic applicability. The exhibition pulls together new work from each of Barrett Marsden's resident...
Friday 22/2 @ The Stephen Lawrence Gallery at University of Greenwich
Borders and Identities explores the consequences of the lines drawn in geo-political sands. Palestinian-born Sharif Waked's short film Chic Point hauntingly...
Friday 22/2 @ Menier Chocolate Factory
The Menier Chocolate Factory presents a new staging of notorious, uproarious gender bender La Cage aux Folles. The Broadway reincarnation of...
Friday 22/2 @ Design Museum
French architect, engineer and manufacturer Jean Prouvé was such a huge influence on the world of design that it's quite astonishing...
Friday 22/2 @ Wellcome Collection
Insomniacs and dreamers alike are welcome at this creative exploration on the subject of sleep. In contrast to most art spaces,...
Friday 22/2 @ Vegas Gallery
Berlin-based artist and Karlsruhe Academy of Fine Arts graduate Christian Möller presents a solo exhibition of his most recent efforts at...
Friday 22/2 @ Photofusion Photography Centre
German photographer Kathrin Kur documents the real-life backdrops used to make television and movie magic. A shot of the deserted Tomb...
Friday 22/2 @ National Theatre
Lucinda Coxon's new play for the National Theatre explores that subject of eternal relevance and importance: self-fulfilment. Directed by Thea Sharrock,...
Friday 22/2 @ Fashion and Textile Museum
Made possible by the Fashion and Textile Museum and the Getty Images Gallery, Peacocks & Pinstripes explores the evolution of masculine...
Friday 22/2 @ Victoria Miro Gallery
The Victoria Miro presents the second of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama's two-part tour de force. Spanning two buildings, Kusama's unique universe...
Friday 22/2 @ Almeida Theatre
The Homecoming, a '60s classic by Harold Pinter, tells the story of an ex-pat and his wife who return to working-class...
Friday 22/2 @ Carnaby Gallery
If public displays of affection don't make you cringe, then head to bustling Carnaby Street, where fashion photographer and Central Saint...
Friday 22/2 @ Association of Photographers Gallery
For 40 years, the Association of Photographers has been looking after the best interests of snappers across the globe. New members...
Friday 22/2 @ The Tricycle Theatre
The Royal Shakespeare Company descends upon Kilburn's Tricycle Theatre for the premiere of I'll Be the Devil. Written as a a...
Friday 22/2 @ Fairfax Gallery
Shelley Cassidy originally developed her style through large-scale mural commissions across the Los Angeles area. Since switching from acrylics to oils,...
Friday 22/2 @ 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...
Friday 22/2 @ Finborough Theatre
Howard Brenton's Weapons of Happiness was the first play to be performed at the Lyttleton in the politically turbulent '70s, causing...
Friday 22/2 @ Hayward Gallery
In Revolution in Photography, the Hayward celebrates Russian photographer Alexander Rodchenko's trail-blazing versatility. Featuring more than 120 original prints and photomontages,...
Friday 22/2 @ O2 Arena
If the stylized theatrics of the Cirque du Soleil productions left you a bit unsatisfied, best head over to the London...
Friday 22/2 @ Strychnin Gallery
Proverbial myth and sinister mayhem collide at Strychnin Gallery, courtesy of French visual artist Chris von Steiner. Comprising a selection of...
Friday 22/2 @ Simon Lee Gallery
Shock-and-awe cult director Larry Clark brings his quasi-fetishistic portraiture of decrepit urban youth to the grim streets of Mayfair. Los Angeles...
Friday 22/2 @ National Theatre
Prolific playwright Noël Coward was once described by fellow dramatist Terence Rattigan as "a phenomenon... unlikely to occur ever again in...
Friday 22/2 @ Croydon Clocktower
Croydon isn't exactly top-of-mind when it comes to visiting museums, but this free exhibition at the town's exhibition gallery aims to...
Friday 22/2 @ Tate Britain
Unlike Hawley Arms' caners Winehouse, Fielding and Geldof, this Camden Town Group was a collective of realist painters working in the...
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
Friday 22/2 @ ICA
Photographer Annie Leibovitz's best-known images — a nude John Lennon clutching at Yoko Ono, a radiantly pregnant Demi Moore — have...
Friday 22/2 @ Rokeby
For his second solo exhibition at Rokeby, Simon Keenleyside explores the conceptual boundaries of landscapes by examinging the locales around his...
Friday 22/2 @ Tate Modern
It isn't often you see Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray and Francis Picabia — a conceptualist, a photographer and a poet, respectively...
Friday 22/2 @ Timothy Taylor Gallery
Andy Warhol 1948 - 1960 is a rare opportunity to view early works from the celebrated American pop artist, made before...
Gillray's Legacy: A Contemporary Perspective
Friday 22/2 @ The Political Cartoon Gallery
Georgian caricaturist James Gillray, considered the pre-eminent early political cartoonist, was a thorn in the side of power brokers like Napoleon,...
Friday 22/2 @ Forster Gallery
Andrew McAttee's paintings glow with Technicolor positivity. After stints as a builder and street artist, McAttee sought out classical training, but...
Friday 22/2 @ Haunch of Venison
An exhibition depicting suicide may not be an obvious stop-off if you're in a positive New Year state of mind. However,...
Friday 22/2 @ Royal Court Theatre
Set against the backdrop of the Iraq war, David Hare's The Vertical Hour tells the story of Nadia Blye, an American...
Friday 22/2 @ Mark Barrow Fine Art
In memory of John Copnall's passing in June of last year, Mark Barrow Fine Art displays a chronology of the noted...
Friday 22/2 @ Max Wigram Gallery
Czech-born Pavel Büchler has spent many years investigating the theories and concepts behind art. As Research Professor of Art & Design...
Friday 22/2 @ Various locations
London logophiles head east for this celebration of all things lingual, from blogging to books, poetry to plays and comedy to...
Friday 22/2 @ Dream Bags / Jaguar Shoes
Mystic south London septet Crystal Vision have adorned a trendsetting former clothing emporium with their fantastical and wonderful creations. Although classed...
Friday 22/2 @ National Portrait Gallery
Ever since it launched way back when, Vanity Fair has never failed to raise an eyebrow — least of all for...
Women's Cinema from Tangiers to Tehran
Friday 22/2 @ Various locations
This festival showcases the best in women's cinema, from Morocco to Iran, offering a unique look at female filmmakers in the...
The Little Theatre of Disease and Desire
Friday 22/2 @ Old Operating Theatre
Artist Daniel Baker creates scenarios from a play about a disease, The Simbysial Case, taking inspiration from the paper theatres popular...
Friday 22/2 @ The Science Museum
Idle conversations on Facebook walls, MySpace comments and message forums may not feel as intimate after Listening Post arrives at the...
Friday 22/2 @ 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...
Friday 22/2 @ Whitechapel Art Gallery
Notorious artist Cornelia Parker likes to experiment with media. Previous materials have included dust from the Whispering Gallery at
Friday 22/2 @ The Place
Resolution! is an annual showcase that highlights contemporary dancers and choreographers with a programme of rotating talent. Every night features a...
Friday 22/2 @ South London Gallery
Fresh from the African Pavilion of the 2007 Venice Biennale, New York-based Chilean artist Alfredo Jaar arrives at the South London...
Friday 22/2 @ White Cube
2005 Turner Prize nominee Darren Almond graces the stark Hoxton White Cube with his projects from Tibet and the British Isles....
Friday 22/2 @ ICA
Nikolaus Geyrhalter's latest documentary provides a relentless, exposé of the industrialized meat industry. Our Daily Bread offers brutal vignettes of the...
Deutsche Börse Photography Prize
Friday 22/2 @ The Photographers' Gallery
The quality of the annual Deutsche Börse photography competition just gets better every year. Though this year's winner won't be announced...
Friday 22/2 @ National Portrait Gallery
Take a trip back to the dark, smoky jazz clubs of the '50s with Walter Hanlon's atmospheric exhibition. While working in...
Friday 22/2 @ Young Vic
Stemming from Thomas Babe's gritty narrative of social unrest, A Prayer for My Daughter takes place in the turmoil of post-Vietnam...
