Events on Friday, March 21

Festival: Performing Arts

Ostara Celebration

Friday 21/3 @ Unity Unitarian Church

Islington's Unitarian Church celebrates the coming of spring with the Ostara Celebration, marking the balance between light and darkness. Spiritual rituals... 

Ongoing Events

<em>Gdansk: Polish Lives Found in Translation</em>

Art

Gdansk: Polish Lives Found in Translation

Friday 21/3 @ The Wapping Project

For the first installment of the Jerwood: Found in Translation series, Polish filmmaker Marta Michalowska presents four films that encapsulate the... 

John Swannell

Art: Photography

John Swannell

Friday 21/3 @ Chris Beetles Gallery

Over his 35-year career, photographer John Swannell has shot lakes and mountains across the globe, dramatic nudes and models showcasing the... 

<em>Random</em>

Theatre

Random

Friday 21/3 @ Royal Court Theatre

Debbie Tucker Green writes with striking urgency. Her trademark is rhythmic and forceful language, and not everyone appreciates her confrontational style... 

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

Special Event

1001 Inventions

Friday 21/3 @ 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... 

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

Art

Made by Slaves for Free People

Friday 21/3 @ Riflemaker Gallery

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

<I>Dealer's Choice</I>

Theatre

Dealer's Choice

Friday 21/3 @ 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>Draw</em>

Art

Draw

Friday 21/3 @ StolenSpace Gallery

Draw offers up some fine examples of images from the urban jungle — skateboard designs, music-related art, tattoos, graffiti — with... 

John Keane: <em>Angola</em>

Art

John Keane

Friday 21/3 @ Flowers

Part of the Children in Conflict collection, John Keane's Angola exhibition documents the fraught state of a post-conflict society six years... 

<em>Graffiti Express</em>

Art

Graffiti Express

Friday 21/3 @ The Gallery at Willesden Green

From the vandal tube bombs of Tox to the beloved stencilling of Banksy, graffiti is now both physically and culturally spread... 

Cornelia Parker: <em>Chomskian Abstract</em>

Film

Cornelia Parker

Friday 21/3 @ Whitechapel Art Gallery

Notorious artist Cornelia Parker likes to experiment with media. Previous materials have included dust from the Whispering Gallery at

Amin Taha Architects

Art

Amin Taha Architects

Friday 21/3 @ Dreamspace Gallery

Exterior-design up-and-comers Amin Taha Architects showcase their innovative work at dreamspace gallery. Their debut solo exhibition features recently completed projects, maquettes... 

Jess Flood-Paddock and Liz Murray: <em>New Work</em>

Art

Jess Flood-Paddock and Liz Murray

Friday 21/3 @ Standpoint Gallery

Jess Flood-Paddock and Liz Murray offer deceptive stylisations of fruit and hot-dog stands (respectively) in their joint sculptural installation, exploring the... 

<em>The Camden Town Group</em>

Art

The Camden Town Group

Friday 21/3 @ Tate Britain

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

<em>The Homecoming</em>

Theatre

The Homecoming

Friday 21/3 @ 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>Peacocks &amp; Pinstripes</em>

Art: Photography

Peacocks & Pinstripes

Friday 21/3 @ Fashion and Textile Museum

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

Max Jacquard's <em>Untold Stories</em>

Art

Max Jacquard's Untold Stories

Friday 21/3 @ Zest Gallery

ZeST Contemporary presents Max Jacquard's Untold Stories, a solo exhibition of the glass artist's most recent works. Pillow Piece, the collection's... 

[SOLD OUT] Turnmills: The Last Dance

Party

Turnmills: The Last Dance

Friday 21/3 @ Turnmills

No, this isn't a screening of the 1996 Sharon Stone prison flick, nor of the similarly titled 2001 film fluff Save... 

<em>The ALI Folio</em>

Art: Photography

The ALI Folio

Friday 21/3 @ Proud Central

Muhammad Ali is one of the world's most photographed people, but despite the amount of coverage he commands, an air of... 

<em>PURE_photography</em>

Art: Photography

PURE_photography

Friday 21/3 @ Ferreira Projects

The penultimate slice of the PURE series focuses on photography, comprising five snappers' takes on the meaning of "journey". Two standouts... 

Human Rights Watch International Film Festival

Film: Documentary

Human Rights Watch International Film Festival

Friday 21/3 @ Various locations

For a stark reminder of your privileged place in the world, stop by this year's Human Rights Watch International Film Festival.... 

Chris Levine: <em>Lightness of Being</em>

Art

Chris Levine

Friday 21/3 @ StolenSpace Gallery

Chris Levine unveils his collection of royal-family holograms at Old Truman Brewery's StolenSpace. Commissioned by the Jersey Heritage Trust, Levine was... 

<i>Moore at Kew</i>

Art

Moore at Kew

Friday 21/3 @ 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... 

Alfredo Jaar: <em>Politics of the Image</em>

Art

Alfredo Jaar

Friday 21/3 @ 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... 

Derek Jarman

Film

Derek Jarman

Friday 21/3 @ Serpentine Gallery

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

Sleeping & Dreaming

Special Event

Sleeping & Dreaming

Friday 21/3 @ Wellcome Collection

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

Barry Reigate: <em>Happiness</em>

Art

Barry Reigate

Friday 21/3 @ Paradise Row

Barry Reigate's knack for creating downright bizarre artwork is on full display in his first major London solo show. At Bethnal... 

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

Art

The Most Beautiful Woman in Gucha

Friday 21/3 @ 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>Into The Hoods</em>

Theatre

Into The Hoods

Friday 21/3 @ The Novello Theatre

ZooNation's revamped Stephen Sondheim musical comes to London after a hit season at the Edinburgh Fringe. This pop-culture quest follows two... 

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

Art: Photography

Deutsche Börse Photography Prize

Friday 21/3 @ 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... 

China Design Now

Art

China Design Now

Friday 21/3 @ Victoria and Albert Museum

Celebrating China's return to the graphic-art world stage, China Design Now embarks on a three-part journey along the country's coastline. The... 

<em>Snowbound</em>

Theatre

Snowbound

Friday 21/3 @ Trafalgar Studios

Snowbound finds two orphaned brothers having their roles reversed: when older brother and businessman Tom loses his wife, the younger Alex... 

<em>Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe</em> (1980)

Film

Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe

Friday 21/3 @ Seventeen Gallery

Werner Herzog once bet Errol Morris that he would eat his own shoe if his then-unknown protégé ever completed his first... 

Marc Horowitz: <em>The Centre for Improved Living</em>

Art

Marc Horowitz

Friday 21/3 @ Southbank Centre

Almost 90 years after the Bauhaus design ideal was unveiled in Germany, comic-slash-artist Marc Horowitz brings a similar concept to London.... 

Tobias Till: <em>As the Crow Flies</em>

Art

Tobias Till

Friday 21/3 @ gallery12

Although he lives and works in rural Oxfordshire, Tobias Till's artistic heart clearly lies in London. The Central School and Royal... 

Jean Prouvé

Special Event

Jean Prouvé

Friday 21/3 @ 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>Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art</em>

Art

Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art

Friday 21/3 @ Barbican

In Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art, a group of (fictional) Martian curators hand-pick contemporary artworks by 115 Earthlings. As the "curators"... 

Dallas Seitz: <em>Georgette Magritte and the Exotic Sea </em>

Art

Dallas Seitz

Friday 21/3 @ Carter Presents

Dallas Seitz's bizarre selections of creepy memorabilia comment on personal and collective identity. In Georgette Magritte and the Exotic Sea, the... 

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

Art: Photography

Jazz in London

Friday 21/3 @ 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... 

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

Special Event

Aspects of Noël Coward

Friday 21/3 @ National Theatre

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

<em>No Letters</em>

Art

No Letters

Friday 21/3 @ Nettie Horn

No Letters brings together contemporary artworks that unpick assumptions about how we receive and digest public information — be it current... 

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

Art

Duchamp, Man Ray, Picabia

Friday 21/3 @ 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

Friday 21/3 @ 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... 

<em>Listening Post</em>

Art

Listening Post

Friday 21/3 @ The Science Museum

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

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

Theatre

Speed-the-Plow

Friday 21/3 @ 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>Monologue/Dialogue Part II</em>

Art

Monologue/Dialogue Part II

Friday 21/3 @ Bischoff/Weiss

Monologue/Dialogue II's artists use sculpture, painting and installation to convey their own vision of Bangkok. Nathaniel Rackowe's urban, fluorescent installations are... 

Nour el Huda Awad: <em>Alhambra</em>

Art

Nour el Huda Awad

Friday 21/3 @ The Cochrane Theatre

Nour el Huda Awad offers a fresh interpretation of traditional Islamic art forms with his installation Alhambra. The solo exhibition features... 

Christian M&ouml;ller

Art

Christian Möller

Friday 21/3 @ Vegas Gallery

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

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

Art: Photography

Alexander Rodchenko

Friday 21/3 @ 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,... 

<em>Cupboard Love 2</em>

City Gems

Cupboard Love 2

Friday 21/3 @ Greenwich foot tunnel

For Occupy My Time's new monthly series, the art collective places artworks in the cupboards within the Greenwich foot-tunnel lifts. The... 

Takahiro Iwasaki and Penny Klepuszewska: <em>I Wouldn't Like to Live in the Open Air But Sometimes I Would</em>

Art

Takahiro Iwasaki and Penny Klepuszewska

Friday 21/3 @ Room

ROOM presents two up-and-coming artists who build their own quirky, imaginary worlds. UK-based Japanese artist Takahiro Iwasaki creates magical, Lilliputian landscapes... 

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

Art: Photography

Vanity Fair Portraits

Friday 21/3 @ National Portrait Gallery

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

China in London

Festival: Performing Arts

China in London

Friday 21/3 @ Various locations

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

<em>Electric Blue</em>

Art

Electric Blue

Friday 21/3 @ Oxo Tower Wharf

The intertwining floors of South Bank's atmospheric Bargehouse overflow with multi-sensory experiences for Electric Blue. The mixed-media artworks range from kinetic... 

<em>Borders and Identities</em>

Art

Borders and Identities

Friday 21/3 @ 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... 

<em>The Harder They Come</em>

Theatre

The Harder They Come

Friday 21/3 @ Barbican

As you might guess, The Harder They Come is the musical-theatre adaptation of the 1972 cult film starring reggae legend Jimmy... 

<em>Ten Years Innit!</em>

Art

Ten Years Innit!

Friday 21/3 @ 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... 

<em>Live Art on Camera</em>

Art: Photography

Live Art on Camera

Friday 21/3 @ Space Studios

Live Art on Camera presents a series of photographs of performance art from the 1950s to the present day. The exhibition... 

Tin Fish: <em>Fragile Existence</em>

Art

Tin Fish

Friday 21/3 @ Red Gate Gallery

Artist collective Tin Fish presents its debut exhibition, Fragile Existence, at the Red Gate Gallery. Artists include Carina Hall, Marie Hart,... 

<em>Wrapping Japan</em>

Special Event

Wrapping Japan

Friday 21/3 @ 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... 

Annie Ralli

Art

Annie Ralli

Friday 21/3 @ 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... 

Chris von Steiner: <em>The Snow King</em>

Art

Chris von Steiner

Friday 21/3 @ Strychnin Gallery

Proverbial myth and sinister mayhem collide at Strychnin Gallery, courtesy of French visual artist Chris von Steiner. Comprising a selection of... 

Elizabethan Flagons from St Mary Woolnoth

Art

Elizabethan Flagons

Friday 21/3 @ 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.... 

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

Art

Laughing in a Foreign Language

Friday 21/3 @ Hayward Gallery

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