Events on Monday, March 31

Derek Jarman

Film

Derek Jarman

Monday 31/3 @ 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>Contains Violence</em>

Theatre

Contains Violence

Monday 31/3 @ Lyric Theatre Hammersmith

The Lyric Hammersmith present Contains Violence, a site-specific theatrical performance that plays out beyond the stage and into office windows along... 

John Swannell

Art: Photography

John Swannell

Monday 31/3 @ 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... 

Judah Passow: <em>Shattered Dreams: Israel and the Palestinians</em>

Art: Photography

Judah Passow

Monday 31/3 @ HOST Gallery

In Shattered Dreams: Israel and the Palestinians, acclaimed press photographer Judah Passow portrays Israel's past, conflicted present and uncertain future. A... 

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

Theatre

Speed-the-Plow

Monday 31/3 @ 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... 

Amin Taha Architects

Art

Amin Taha Architects

Monday 31/3 @ 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... 

<em>The ALI Folio</em>

Art: Photography

The ALI Folio

Monday 31/3 @ 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>Into The Hoods</em>

Theatre

Into The Hoods

Monday 31/3 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

Jazz in London

Monday 31/3 @ 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>Borders and Identities</em>

Art

Borders and Identities

Monday 31/3 @ 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>Live Art on Camera</em>

Art: Photography

Live Art on Camera

Monday 31/3 @ Space Studios

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

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

Art: Photography

Peacocks & Pinstripes

Monday 31/3 @ Fashion and Textile Museum

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

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

Art

Laughing in a Foreign Language

Monday 31/3 @ Hayward Gallery

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

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

Art: Photography

Alexander Rodchenko

Monday 31/3 @ 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,... 

Constellation Change

Film

Constellation Change

Monday 31/3 @ Various locations

This annual celebration of dance on film returns with another impressive selection. The line-up of features this year includes Been Rich... 

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

Art: Photography

Vanity Fair Portraits

Monday 31/3 @ National Portrait Gallery

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

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

Art

Made by Slaves for Free People

Monday 31/3 @ Riflemaker Gallery

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

<em>Snowbound</em>

Theatre

Snowbound

Monday 31/3 @ Trafalgar Studios

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

<em>Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art</em>

Art

Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art

Monday 31/3 @ Barbican

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

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

Special Event

1001 Inventions

Monday 31/3 @ 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... 

China in London

Festival: Performing Arts

China in London

Monday 31/3 @ Various locations

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

Elizabethan Flagons from St Mary Woolnoth

Art

Elizabethan Flagons

Monday 31/3 @ 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>Duchamp, Man Ray, Picabia</em>

Art

Duchamp, Man Ray, Picabia

Monday 31/3 @ Tate Modern

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

<em>Listening Post</em>

Art

Listening Post

Monday 31/3 @ 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>Gdansk: Polish Lives Found in Translation</em>

Art

Gdansk: Polish Lives Found in Translation

Monday 31/3 @ The Wapping Project

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

<em>Cupboard Love 2</em>

City Gems

Cupboard Love 2

Monday 31/3 @ 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... 

<em>Wrapping Japan</em>

Special Event

Wrapping Japan

Monday 31/3 @ 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>Random</em>

Theatre

Random

Monday 31/3 @ 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>The Camden Town Group</em>

Art

The Camden Town Group

Monday 31/3 @ Tate Britain

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

China Design Now

Art

China Design Now

Monday 31/3 @ 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>The Harder They Come</em>

Theatre

The Harder They Come

Monday 31/3 @ Barbican

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

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

Art

Nour el Huda Awad

Monday 31/3 @ 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>Deutsche B</em>&ouml;<em>rse Photography Prize</em>

Art: Photography

Deutsche Börse Photography Prize

Monday 31/3 @ 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... 

London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival

Film

London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival

Monday 31/3 @ BFI Southbank

Established in 1986 and currently maintaining a proud position as the third largest film fest in the UK, the annual London...