Events on Friday, August 22
Friday 22/8 @ The Star of Bethnal Green
This night at the Star of Bethnal Green (formerly the Pleasure Unit) is a shining example of London's new niche-clubbing phenomenon....
Friday 22/8 @ National Theatre
Addictive TV inundate the National Theatre's 25m tower with an explosion of audio and visual stimuli tonight. Taking their cue from...
Ongoing Events
Friday 22/8 @ Haunch of Venison
British artist Mat Collishaw's first solo exhibition at Haunch of Venison takes a playful attitude toward visual representation, evoking a child...
Friday 22/8 @ Plant Room
Architect duo Ulrike Steven and Gareth Morris (What If) have teamed up with urban-regeneration agency the Shoreditch Trust to transform a...
Friday 22/8 @ ICA
The ICA's ambitious new show brings together 60 early career artists from Britain and Ireland. In an exhibition spanning six months,...
Friday 22/8 @ 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 22/8 @ Getty Images Gallery
Contemporary London owes its reputation to its diverse, cosmopolitan residents. London Through a Lens, a collection of photographs from Getty Image's...
Friday 22/8 @ Victoria and Albert Museum
Try as you might, it's next to impossible to recall a time when contemporary sportswear and fashion weren't merrily playing house....
Friday 22/8 @ Various locations
Since 1962, the City of London Festival has unfurled its teeming arts and music programme over the summer season, inhabiting indoor...
Friday 22/8 @ Barbican
Huang Yong Ping's first exhibition in the UK is a satirical diatribe inspired by the Frolic, the flagship vessel of the...
Friday 22/8 @ The Courtauld Gallery
Proving that good things do indeed come in small packages, the Courtauld Gallery hosts a series of Paul Cézanne works in...
Blood Wedding and Petite Rouge
Friday 22/8 @ The Scoop
The Scoop's season of free theatre continues with two plays that perfectly suit the open-air setting of the More London amphitheatre....
Friday 22/8 @ Arcola Theatre
Grimeborn: An Opera Season returns to Arcola Theatre to much fanfare, following last year's successful debut. The coming three weeks feature...
Friday 22/8 @ Lazarides Gallery
Superhero satirist Ben Turnbull's debut show back in January 2007 was thought by some to be overly brash and lacking in...
Friday 22/8 @ Flowers East
This group show at Flowers collects work inspired by domesticity and made with the kinetic strain of art in mind. Many...
Friday 22/8 @ Hoxton Hall
Although he's best known for his collaboration with singer KT Tunstall (he rendered her as a comic-book character for Tunstall's album...
Friday 22/8 @ Canal Café Theatre
Standnotamazed like to play with our minds. They find magic in the mundane and are intent on returning the art form...
Friday 22/8 @ Imperial War Museum Park
Ian Fleming, the author responsible for birthing the shaken-not-stirred secret agent James Bond, receives his due in this new exhibition at...
Tonight Forget About Your House and Cars
Friday 22/8 @ Union Gallery
It's the end of the world as they know it over at Union Gallery, where Tonight Forget About Your Houses and...
Friday 22/8 @ Fred [London] Ltd
Vyner Street's Fred [London] Ltd shows the work of Jakob Roepke, a master of collage who has been refining his skills...
Friday 22/8 @ Museum of Childhood
Exploring the ever-changing face of the trade that in east London, Tom Hunter's portraits document the varied mechants and wares of...
Friday 22/8 @ Viewfinder Photography Gallery
Viewfinder hosts the first London Independent Photography exhibition over the (hopefully balmy) bank-holiday weekend. Both photo novices and Wolfgang Tillmans wannabes...
Friday 22/8 @ Vegas Gallery
Inspired by the images adorning the covers of pulp-fiction novels, the tropes of film noir and the buxom ladies of Russ...
Friday 22/8 @ Camden Arts Centre
One of Europe's most significant auteurs, Chantal Akerman makes her first appearance at a UK public gallery with this selection of...
Friday 22/8 @ Various locations
If you can't make the trip to the Edinburgh Fringe this year, head to Camden, which has its own festival in...
Friday 22/8 @ Proud Central
Attention country fans: if you couldn't get tickets for Dolly's recent O2 appearance, check out this Johnny Cash photography exhibition instead....
Friday 22/8 @ Camley Street Natural Park
As bizarre art projects go, building a massive replica of a Disney castle in your West London studio and floating it...
Friday 22/8 @ Shoreditch Park
The entertainment veers decidedly leftfield at this year's Shoreditch Festival. Across the coming days, a carte du jour of east London's...
Friday 22/8 @ King's Head Theatre
Islington's recently refurbished King's Head Theatre kicked off their "season of premieres" earlier this year, and The Shadowmaster is next on...
Friday 22/8 @ Proud Camden
Besides having great musicianship in common, Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain all share in the...
Friday 22/8 @ River Terrace, Southbank Centre
Berlin-based Jeppe Hein's water fountain is the perfect place to cool down on a sizzling summer day. The grid-like array of...
Friday 22/8 @ Various locations
Though geared toward couriers, the London's Calling festival has plenty to offer cyclists (and bipeds) of all vocations. The fest kicks...
Friday 22/8 @ PM Gallery & House
Photographer Hans Stakelbeek unveils the reconstruction of Afghanistan in his new series of images, Out of the Dust. The Dutch Ministry...
Friday 22/8 @ Museum of Childhood
After the recent debacle with our city's own 2012 Olympic logo, you might be tempted to dismiss this little gem of...
Friday 22/8 @ The Horse Hospital
In From Fear to Sanity, the Horse Hospital celebrates the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament's 50th anniversary with an overview of the...
Friday 22/8 @ Tate Modern
Now that the sun's finally made an appearance, wandering around a gallery may not be the first thing on your mind...
Friday 22/8 @ Middle Temple Hall
The Theatre of Memory's production of Shakespeare's ultimate tragic love story is showing at Middle Temple Hall, one of London's most...
Friday 22/8 @ Barbican
About as far-removed from traditional fashion houses as possible, Dutch duo Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren have a surreal sense of...
Friday 22/8 @ Matches
Abigail Lane first came to the public's attention 20 years ago as one of the YBAs involved in then Goldsmiths College...
Friday 22/8 @ Roundhouse
Take a trip into the decadent underworld of Miss Behave, who — billed as one of the last living female sword...
Friday 22/8 @ National Theatre
For those navigating the insistently endless summer days on a budget, the National Theatre's Watch This Space returns to the scenic...
Friday 22/8 @ The Aquarium L-13
It may seem like a long journey from a punk portrait of HRH Queen Elizabeth (complete with swastikas and safety pins)...
Friday 22/8 @ HOST Gallery
For their first-ever show, Foto8 get together with HOST Gallery to celebrate contemporary photography. The exhibition features an awards ceremony judged...
Friday 22/8 @ Odeon West End
Striking more fear in the heart of Leicester Square than a gaggle of guidebook-wielding tourists, Film4's Frightfest returns for its ninth...
Friday 22/8 @ Frontline Club
Over the next three weeks, Frontline's Forgotten Season series showcases nine powerful and thought-provoking documentaries, focusing on stories that have slipped...
Beano and Dandy Birthday Bash!
Friday 22/8 @ The Cartoon Museum
What a whizzer idea: anarchic kids' comics The Beano and The Dandy launched on the eve of WWII and are still...
Friday 22/8 @ Asia House
Outstanding photojournalism should bring things that are out of reach into shockingly close range, and Seamus Murphy's exhibition at Asia House...
Friday 22/8 @ Idea Generation Gallery
The photographs of Robert Altman, lensman for Rolling Stone, encapsulate nearly all aspects of the 1960s, from free love and festivals...
Friday 22/8 @ Victoria and Albert Museum
Relive the days of '60s doo-wop and soul at the Victoria & Albert Museum's latest exhibition. Hailed as one of the...
Friday 22/8 @ Camden Arts Centre
Turner Prize nominee Anya Gallaccio's impressive new sculpture at the Camden Arts Centre sees her once again harnessing materials from nature,...
Friday 22/8 @ Michael Hoppen Gallery
Spanning three decades, Joseph Szabo's silver gelatin prints expose life in all its forms on Jones Beach — one of New...
Friday 22/8 @ British Museum
Two of the capital's cultural powerhouses — the British Museum and Kew Gardens — join forces to provide insight into the...
Friday 22/8 @ Riflemaker Gallery
Awaiting your contemplation, Murano-based artist Daniela Schönbächler's work is in situ in Soho's former gun factory. Schönbächler brings a fragment of...
Friday 22/8 @ Fashion and Textile Museum
Style icon Wallis Simpson once said, "When the little black dress is right, there is nothing else to wear in its...
Friday 22/8 @ Serpentine Gallery
American artist Richard Prince first achieved notoriety in 1977, when he photographed advertisements (most famously the Marlboro cowboy) and images from...
Friday 22/8 @ South London Gallery
This exhibition at the South London Gallery features ten artists from the UK and around the globe who share a thematic...
Friday 22/8 @ Sadler's Wells
It's been some 50 years since Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim's musical update of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet first appeared on...
Friday 22/8 @ Petticoat Lane Market
As part of Whitechapel Gallery's The Street project, photographer Eileen Perrier offers free portrait sessions and contributes to the diverse wares...
Friday 22/8 @ ICA
Like a roll call of all persons cool in '60s and '70s America, this short but perfectly formed series of documentaries...
Friday 22/8 @ Red Gate Gallery
A drooping rubber picture frame and a waste-paper basket stopped with a bath plug are just two of the bizarre creations...
Friday 22/8 @ Design Museum
Modern, functional design has long been synonymous with architect Richard Rogers, who's stamped his distinctive imprint on buildings throughout Europe. To...
Friday 22/8 @ Association of Photographers Gallery
At the AOP Open, an expert panel judges the work of amateur snappers against the work of professional photographers. With no...
The Smallest Cinema in the World
Friday 22/8 @ Regent's Park
For Portavilion, a project that puts mobile public art in London's open spaces, Swedish artist Annika Eriksson teamed up with architects...
Friday 22/8 @ Tate Modern
Featuring 350 influential works that span from the 19th century to the current day, the Tate Modern's expansive exhibition explores the...
Philip Diggle: There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
Friday 22/8 @ Hornsey Library
Mancunian artist Diggle has lived in Haringey for a quarter of a century, and the borough now rewards him with a...
Richard Deacon and Bill Woodrow
Friday 22/8 @ Bloomberg SPACE
On the Rocks, the result of a collaboration between prominent artists Richard Deacon and Bill Woodrow, represents a rare public foray...
Friday 22/8 @ White Cube Mason's Yard
White Cube at Mason's Yard plays host to Sarah Morris' Lesser Panda this month. The artist — who calls both New...
Friday 22/8 @ The Photographers' Gallery
The process that occurs between a fashion photograph's initial conception and the time when the image appears in a glossy magazine...
Friday 22/8 @ Wellcome Collection
The Wellcome Collection present Skeletons, a gruesome yet fascinating look at London history. Drawing from the Museum of London's collection of...
Friday 22/8 @ BFI Southbank
He's the enigmatic actor who made household names out of iconic characters like Dirty Harry, Josey Wales and Il Buono, but...
Friday 22/8 @ Royal Festival Hall
Flying monkeys, munchkins and talking trees, oh my — the ruby-slippered Dorothy Gale and her little dog Toto land at the...
