Events on Monday, February 25

[SOLD OUT] Eels

Music

[SOLD OUT] Eels

Monday 25/2 @ Royal Festival Hall

  While some have already bought tickets for this gig (enough to sell it out, actually), others may... 

Happy Mondays Comedy

Comedy

Happy Mondays Comedy

Monday 25/2 @ Amersham Arms

Now in its fifth year, this New Cross Monday-night comedy institution rarely fails to disappoint mirth-seekers. On stage tonight are playwright-turned-stand-up... 

Ongoing Events

<em>Vanity Fair Portraits: Photographs 1913-2008</em>

Art: Photography

Vanity Fair Portraits

Monday 25/2 @ National Portrait Gallery

Ever since it launched way back when, Vanity Fair has never failed to raise an eyebrow — least of all for... 

Royal Shakespeare Company:<em> I'll Be the Devil</em>

Theatre

I'll Be the Devil

Monday 25/2 @ 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... 

<em>Peacocks &amp; Pinstripes</em>

Art: Photography

Peacocks & Pinstripes

Monday 25/2 @ Fashion and Textile Museum

Made possible by the Fashion and Textile Museum and the Getty Images Gallery, Peacocks & Pinstripes explores the evolution of masculine... 

PSJM: <em>Made by Slaves for Free People </em>

Art

Made by Slaves for Free People

Monday 25/2 @ Riflemaker Gallery

Pablo San-José and Cynthia Viera (aka PSJM) are outspoken critics of global capitalism. The dissident duo — who were previously forced... 

<em>Carnaby Kiss Exhibition</em>

Art: Photography

Carnaby Kiss Exhibition

Monday 25/2 @ Carnaby Gallery

If public displays of affection don't make you cringe, then head to bustling Carnaby Street, where fashion photographer and Central Saint... 

<i>Afrika! Afrika!</i>

Performing Arts

Afrika! Afrika!

Monday 25/2 @ O2 Arena

If the stylized theatrics of the Cirque du Soleil productions left you a bit unsatisfied, best head over to the London... 

Jean Prouvé

Special Event

Jean Prouvé

Monday 25/2 @ Design Museum

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

<em>Star Quality: Aspects of No&euml;l Coward</em>

Special Event

Aspects of Noël Coward

Monday 25/2 @ National Theatre

Prolific playwright Noël Coward was once described by fellow dramatist Terence Rattigan as "a phenomenon... unlikely to occur ever again in... 

Elizabethan Flagons from St Mary Woolnoth

Art

Elizabethan Flagons

Monday 25/2 @ 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.... 

China in London

Festival: Performing Arts

China in London

Monday 25/2 @ Various locations

It's fitting that the Year of the Rat — a zodiac sign traditionally associated with enterprise and activity — coincides with... 

<em>Speed-the-Plow</em>

Theatre

Speed-the-Plow

Monday 25/2 @ 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... 

<em>The Most Beautiful Woman in Gucha </em>

Art

The Most Beautiful Woman in Gucha

Monday 25/2 @ Tate Britain

After debuting at the 2006 Venice Biennale, Breda Beban's wonder of a film is now taking the rest of the continent... 

<em>1001 Inventions: Discover the Muslim Heritage in our World</em>

Special Event

1001 Inventions

Monday 25/2 @ 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... 

<i>Moore at Kew</i>

Art

Moore at Kew

Monday 25/2 @ 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... 

Shelley Cassidy: <em>Twenty American Faces &amp; Virginia Woolf</em>

Art

Shelley Cassidy

Monday 25/2 @ Fairfax Gallery

Shelley Cassidy originally developed her style through large-scale mural commissions across the Los Angeles area. Since switching from acrylics to oils,... 

<em>The Vertical Hour</em>

Theatre

The Vertical Hour

Monday 25/2 @ 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... 

Derek Jarman

Film

Derek Jarman

Monday 25/2 @ Serpentine Gallery

Installation artist Isaac Julien puts on his curator's cap and examines the prolific career of controversial filmmaker and artist Derek Jarman,... 

<em>The Homecoming</em>

Theatre

The Homecoming

Monday 25/2 @ 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... 

<em>The Camden Town Group</em>

Art

The Camden Town Group

Monday 25/2 @ Tate Britain

Unlike Hawley Arms' caners Winehouse, Fielding and Geldof, this Camden Town Group was a collective of realist painters working in the... 

Women's Cinema from Tangiers to Tehran

Film

Women's Cinema from Tangiers to Tehran

Monday 25/2 @ Various locations

This festival showcases the best in women's cinema, from Morocco to Iran, offering a unique look at female filmmakers in the... 

John Copnall: <i>Space and Colour</i>

Art

John Copnall

Monday 25/2 @ 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... 

<em>Borders and Identities</em>

Art

Borders and Identities

Monday 25/2 @ 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... 

Crystal Vision:<em> The Unspoken Dreams of Light</em>

Art

Crystal Vision

Monday 25/2 @ 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... 

Sleeping & Dreaming

Special Event

Sleeping & Dreaming

Monday 25/2 @ Wellcome Collection

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

<i>Andy Warhol 1948 - 1960</i>

Art

Andy Warhol 1948 - 1960

Monday 25/2 @ Timothy Taylor Gallery

Andy Warhol 1948 - 1960 is a rare opportunity to view early works from the celebrated American pop artist, made before... 

<em>Our Daily Bread </em>(2006)

Film: Documentary

Our Daily Bread

Monday 25/2 @ ICA

Nikolaus Geyrhalter's latest documentary provides a relentless, exposé of the industrialized meat industry. Our Daily Bread offers brutal vignettes of the... 

Larry Clark: <em>Los Angeles 2003 - 2006</em>

Art: Photography

Larry Clark

Monday 25/2 @ 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... 

<em>Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens</em> (2006)<em> </em>

Film: Documentary

Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens

Monday 25/2 @ ICA

Photographer Annie Leibovitz's best-known images — a nude John Lennon clutching at Yoko Ono, a radiantly pregnant Demi Moore — have... 

<I>Dealer's Choice</I>

Theatre

Dealer's Choice

Monday 25/2 @ 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... 

<em>Portfolio: </em><em>AOP New Members Exhibition</em>

Art: Photography

AOP New Members Exhibition

Monday 25/2 @ 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... 

<em>Deutsche B</em>&ouml;<em>rse Photography Prize</em>

Art: Photography

Deutsche Börse Photography Prize

Monday 25/2 @ 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... 

<em>Listening Post</em>

Art

Listening Post

Monday 25/2 @ The Science Museum

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

Stephen Walter:<em> The Island: London Series</em>

Art

The Island

Monday 25/2 @ TAG Fine Arts

You could say that Stephen Walter — famous for his Similands maps of Britain — is a cartographer. And yet, these... 

<em>Laughing in a Foreign Language</em>

Art

Laughing in a Foreign Language

Monday 25/2 @ Hayward Gallery

Many otherwise serious-minded people use comedy to escape their troubles and forget themselves for a short while; so when humour seeps... 

Alexander Rodchenko: <em>Revolution in Photography</em>

Art: Photography

Alexander Rodchenko

Monday 25/2 @ 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,... 

London Word Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

London Word Festival

Monday 25/2 @ Various locations

London logophiles head east for this celebration of all things lingual, from blogging to books, poetry to plays and comedy to... 

Walter Hanlon: <em>Jazz in London</em>

Art: Photography

Jazz in London

Monday 25/2 @ 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... 

Connect '08

Dance

Connect '08

Monday 25/2 @ The Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler's Wells

Spot the next Darcey Bussell at Sadler's Wells' annual festival, which showcases the talents within the theatre's education programme. This is... 

Christian M&ouml;ller

Art

Christian Möller

Monday 25/2 @ Vegas Gallery

Berlin-based artist and Karlsruhe Academy of Fine Arts graduate Christian Möller presents a solo exhibition of his most recent efforts at... 

<em>Duchamp, Man Ray, Picabia</em>

Art

Duchamp, Man Ray, Picabia

Monday 25/2 @ Tate Modern

It isn't often you see Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray and Francis Picabia — a conceptualist, a photographer and a poet, respectively... 

Joss McKinley: <em>The Moonlight Rooms</em>

Art: Photography

Joss McKinley

Monday 25/2 @ 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... 

Annie Ralli

Art

Annie Ralli

Monday 25/2 @ 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... 

<em>Wrapping Japan</em>

Special Event

Wrapping Japan

Monday 25/2 @ 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... 

<em>Happy Now?</em>

Theatre

Happy Now?

Monday 25/2 @ 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,... 

<em>Apoohcalypse Now</em>

Film: Shorts

Apoohcalypse Now

Monday 25/2 @ Hayward Gallery

Francis Ford Coppola meets AA Milne; Marlon Brando meets Winnie the Pooh; Vietnam meets the Hundred Acre Wood. Mexican artist Artemio's... 

<em>A Prayer for My Daughter</em>

Theatre

A Prayer for My Daughter

Monday 25/2 @ 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...