Events on Monday, March 24

<em>The Philadelphia Story </em>(1940)

Film

The Philadelphia Story

Monday 24/3 @ BFI Southbank

George Cukor's 1940 screwball classic has all the fixings of the perfect movie. From the Oscar-winning screenplay by Donald Ogden Stewart... 

Porthole Comedy Club presents Scott Capurro w/ Tom Wrigglesworth

Comedy

Porthole Comedy Club

Monday 24/3 @ The Good Ship

As London's live music scene keeps on getting better, so too does our underground comedy circuit grow more diverse — and... 

The South London BBQ w/ Rum Shebeen and Mouthwash

Party

The South London BBQ

Monday 24/3 @ Windmill Brixton

If you've managed to make it through to Easter Monday with a full complement of faculties and some shillings left to... 

Rotten Sound w/ the Ocean, Victims and Trap Them

Music

Rotten Sound

Monday 24/3 @ The Underworld

Forget about REM's one-off gig at the Royal Albert Hall; the hottest ticket tonight is for virulent, hard rock in Camden.... 

Ongoing Events

Elizabethan Flagons from St Mary Woolnoth

Art

Elizabethan Flagons

Monday 24/3 @ 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>Random</em>

Theatre

Random

Monday 24/3 @ Royal Court Theatre

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

John Swannell

Art: Photography

John Swannell

Monday 24/3 @ 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... 

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

Art

Tin Fish

Monday 24/3 @ 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>Listening Post</em>

Art

Listening Post

Monday 24/3 @ 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>Electric Blue</em>

Art

Electric Blue

Monday 24/3 @ 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>Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art</em>

Art

Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art

Monday 24/3 @ Barbican

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

Jean Prouvé

Special Event

Jean Prouvé

Monday 24/3 @ 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>Star Quality: Aspects of No&euml;l Coward</em>

Special Event

Aspects of Noël Coward

Monday 24/3 @ National Theatre

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

<em>The Camden Town Group</em>

Art

The Camden Town Group

Monday 24/3 @ Tate Britain

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

<em>Snowbound</em>

Theatre

Snowbound

Monday 24/3 @ Trafalgar Studios

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

<em>Borders and Identities</em>

Art

Borders and Identities

Monday 24/3 @ 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... 

Christian M&ouml;ller

Art

Christian Möller

Monday 24/3 @ Vegas Gallery

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

John Keane: <em>Angola</em>

Art

John Keane

Monday 24/3 @ Flowers Central

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

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

Special Event

1001 Inventions

Monday 24/3 @ 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... 

<em>Cupboard Love 2</em>

City Gems

Cupboard Love 2

Monday 24/3 @ 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... 

Derek Jarman

Film

Derek Jarman

Monday 24/3 @ Serpentine Gallery

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

<em>Into The Hoods</em>

Theatre

Into The Hoods

Monday 24/3 @ 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>The Most Beautiful Woman in Gucha </em>

Art

The Most Beautiful Woman in Gucha

Monday 24/3 @ 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>Speed-the-Plow</em>

Theatre

Speed-the-Plow

Monday 24/3 @ 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... 

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

Art

Made by Slaves for Free People

Monday 24/3 @ Riflemaker Gallery

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

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

Art: Photography

Peacocks & Pinstripes

Monday 24/3 @ Fashion and Textile Museum

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

<i>Moore at Kew</i>

Art

Moore at Kew

Monday 24/3 @ 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... 

<em>Wrapping Japan</em>

Special Event

Wrapping Japan

Monday 24/3 @ 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... 

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

Art

Laughing in a Foreign Language

Monday 24/3 @ Hayward Gallery

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

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

Art: Photography

Jazz in London

Monday 24/3 @ 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>The Harder They Come</em>

Theatre

The Harder They Come

Monday 24/3 @ Barbican

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

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

Art

Duchamp, Man Ray, Picabia

Monday 24/3 @ Tate Modern

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

<em>Graffiti Express</em>

Art

Graffiti Express

Monday 24/3 @ 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... 

<em>Live Art on Camera</em>

Art: Photography

Live Art on Camera

Monday 24/3 @ Space Studios

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

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

Art: Photography

Deutsche Börse Photography Prize

Monday 24/3 @ 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... 

Amin Taha Architects

Art

Amin Taha Architects

Monday 24/3 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

Alexander Rodchenko

Monday 24/3 @ 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,... 

China in London

Festival: Performing Arts

China in London

Monday 24/3 @ Various locations

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

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

Art: Photography

Vanity Fair Portraits

Monday 24/3 @ National Portrait Gallery

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

<I>Dealer's Choice</I>

Theatre

Dealer's Choice

Monday 24/3 @ 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... 

China Design Now

Art

China Design Now

Monday 24/3 @ 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>Gdansk: Polish Lives Found in Translation</em>

Art

Gdansk: Polish Lives Found in Translation

Monday 24/3 @ The Wapping Project

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

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

Art

Nour el Huda Awad

Monday 24/3 @ The Cochrane Theatre

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

<em>The ALI Folio</em>

Art: Photography

The ALI Folio

Monday 24/3 @ Proud Central

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

Sleeping & Dreaming

Special Event

Sleeping & Dreaming

Monday 24/3 @ Wellcome Collection

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