All events on Sunday August 31
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- Little People in the City Treasure Hunt
- Sunday 31 Aug (noon–4pm) @ Cosh Gallery
- Free
- To celebrate the publication of street artist Slinkachu's first collection of photographs, Little People in the City, a treasure hunt takes place across London today.... View details »
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- Olimax Condensed Alphabet Shoot
- Sunday 31 Aug (3pm) @ The Victoria
- Free
- Following last year's book Possession 78, which involved a variety of weird and wonderful subjects posing for pictures with favourite belongings, eccentric digital artist Olimax... View details »
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- Nike + Human Race
- Sunday 31 Aug (5pm) @ Wembley Stadium
- Hit the ground running at today's music-and-sport amalgamation, Nike + Human Race. Hot on the heels of this month's Olympics fever, the global event occurs... View details »
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- Urban Green Fair
- Sunday 31 Aug (11am–7pm) @ Brockwell Park
- With nary an unsightly stack of ten-foot speakers — nor garishly oversized stage, for that matter — in sight, Urban Green Fair takes over Brockwell... View details »
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- Wonky Pop
- Sunday 31 Aug (3pm) @ The Lock Tavern
- Free
- The Lock Tavern plays host to an evening of, well, wonky pop tonight. Fulham lovelies the Clik Clik head the bill with beep-click-whirr indie, while... View details »
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- Horse Riding at Wimbledon Village Stables
- Sunday 31 Aug (9am–2pm) @ Wimbledon Village Stables More times »
- For city-bound equestrians missing their early-morning ride and novice ponyphiles alike, Wimbledon has more to offer than Wombles. Even if you have a penchant for... View details »
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- Amora
- Sunday 31 Aug (11am–midnight) @ Amora More times »
- Amora — the Academy of Sex and Relationships — offers an educational exploration of all aspects of intimacy. Seven distinct zones take you through everything... View details »
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- Café on the Hill
- Sunday 31 Aug (8am–4pm) @ Cafe on the Hill More times »
- With most of central London out-of-bounds (either closed or crammed with shoppers), get perspective on the city from Muswell Hill. Like a less pretentious Hampstead,... View details »
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- Parkour
- Sunday 31 Aug @ Westminster Academy More times »
- Release your urban primate with parkour, the sport that catapults folks around London using vaults, leaps and climbs. The beginner's class breaks you in gently... View details »
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- The Regent
- Sunday 31 Aug (noon–10:30pm) @ The Regent More times »
- If you awake to find yourself north of Notting Hill on a Sunday morning, get rejuvenated at Kensal Rise's best grub 'n boozer. Since its... View details »
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- Haozhan
- Sunday 31 Aug (noon–10:30pm) @ Haozhan More times »
- Thanks to its bustling location in London's tourist hub, Chinatown is less a mecca for cuisine lovers than a torturous odyssey to find decent food,... View details »
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- Fox & Anchor
- Sunday 31 Aug (noon–6pm) @ Fox & Anchor More times »
- Dating from the late Victorian era, this pub — an old favourite of blood-spattered meat traders from Smithfields Market down the street — has just... View details »
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- Aaya
- Sunday 31 Aug (noon–11pm) @ Aaya More times »
- Though Aaya has been open for a few months, it's still biding its time; rather than go for a press blitz, the restaurant wants to... View details »
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- Brunello Picnic in Kensington Gardens
- Sunday 31 Aug @ Brunello More times »
- If carrying equipment and provisions on public transport seems like too much perspiration for a weekend's picnic, then the Brunello restaurant's new selection of hampers... View details »
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- London Fencing Club
- Sunday 31 Aug @ Finsbury Leisure Centre More times »
- If you've ever watched the dueling scene in The Mask of Zorro and thought, "Hey, I could do better than that," now you can prove... View details »
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- Cha Cha Moon
- Sunday 31 Aug (noon–10pm) @ Cha Cha Moon More times »
- Influential restaurateur Alan Yau is back with Cha Cha Moon, returning to cuisine with widespread appeal (he devised Wagamama and Busaba Eathai) at this Malay-Chinese... View details »
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- Brick Lane Bike Polo
- Sunday 31 Aug (1–7pm) @ Brick Lane Polo More times »
- Free
- Thanks to the invention of bike polo, carefully groomed horses are no longer a prerequisite for a quick chukka. There may be fewer fair-bonneted young... View details »
- Performing Arts: Comedy
- The NewsRevue
- Sunday 31 Aug (9pm) @ Canal Café Theatre More times »
- The NewsRevue has followed the same format since 1979 — low-tech, topical comedy performed by two men and two women. Written by a team of... View details »
- Music: DJ
- Roasts and Records
- Sunday 31 Aug (noon–11pm) @ The Defectors Weld More times »
- If you're feeling somewhat broken in the head after Saturday night, then this Sunday activity is sure to bring you relief while requiring minimal effort.... View details »
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- Listening Post
- Sunday 31 Aug (10am–6pm) @ The Science Museum More times »
- Free
- Idle conversations on Facebook walls, MySpace comments and message forums may not feel as intimate after Listening Post arrives at the Science Museum. Asking "What... View details »
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- Children of Glory
- Sunday 31 Aug @ Various locations More times »
- With the Russian FSB flexing its muscles once again under Putin, Krisztina Goda's gripping Cold War-era drama bristles with prescience as it recounts the story... View details »
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- Bikram Yoga
- Sunday 31 Aug (6:45am–9pm) @ Bikram Yoga City More times »
- Until the advent of Bikram, yoga was associated mostly with unlawful bending and the ubiquitous "om". Now, the modern twist on the ancient technique has,... View details »
- Performing Arts: Spoken Word
- In the Mix
- Sunday 31 Aug (2–5pm) @ Rich Mix More times »
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- Stars of critically acclaimed jazz-education group Tomorrow's Warriors host weekly jam sessions at east London's Rich Mix. On the first Sunday of the month, the... View details »
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- For Your Eyes Only
- Sunday 31 Aug (10am–6pm) @ Imperial War Museum Park More times »
- Ian Fleming, the author responsible for birthing the shaken-not-stirred secret agent James Bond, receives his due in this new exhibition at the Imperial War Museum.... View details »
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- China Landscape
- Sunday 31 Aug (10am–5:30pm) @ British Museum More times »
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- Two of the capital's cultural powerhouses — the British Museum and Kew Gardens — join forces to provide insight into the horticultural preferences of the... View details »
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- Nought to Sixty
- Sunday 31 Aug (noon–7pm) @ ICA More times »
- The ICA's ambitious new show brings together 60 early career artists from Britain and Ireland. In an exhibition spanning six months, the artworks roll over... View details »
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- The Story of the Supremes
- Sunday 31 Aug (10am–5:45pm) @ Victoria and Albert Museum More times »
- Relive the days of '60s doo-wop and soul at the Victoria & Albert Museum's latest exhibition. Hailed as one of the most successful performing groups... View details »
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- A Century of Olympic Posters
- Sunday 31 Aug (10am–5:45pm) @ Museum of Childhood More times »
- Free
- After the recent debacle with our city's own 2012 Olympic logo, you might be tempted to dismiss this little gem of a show, but it... View details »
- Art: Photography
- Street & Studio
- Sunday 31 Aug (10am–6pm) @ Tate Modern More times »
- Giveaway
- Featuring 350 influential works that span from the 19th century to the current day, the Tate Modern's expansive exhibition explores the dichotomy between images produced... View details »
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- Plant Room
- Sunday 31 Aug @ Plant Room More times »
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- Architect duo Ulrike Steven and Gareth Morris (What If) have teamed up with urban-regeneration agency the Shoreditch Trust to transform a neglected corner of N1's... View details »
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- Tom Hunter
- Sunday 31 Aug (10am–5:45pm) @ Museum of Childhood More times »
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- Exploring the ever-changing face of the trade that in east London, Tom Hunter's portraits document the varied mechants and wares of local businesses running along... View details »
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- Sunday Shoots
- Sunday 31 Aug (10am–3pm) @ Columbia Road Flower Market More times »
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- Each week, photographer Seamus Ryan opens his doors for his Sunday Shoots, an ongoing series of portrait projects featuring walk-in visitors to his Flower Market... View details »
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- Abigail Lane
- Sunday 31 Aug (10am–6pm) @ Matches More times »
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- Abigail Lane first came to the public's attention 20 years ago as one of the YBAs involved in then Goldsmiths College student Damien Hirst's groundbreaking... View details »
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- Daniela Schönbächler
- Sunday 31 Aug @ Riflemaker Gallery More times »
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- Awaiting your contemplation, Murano-based artist Daniela Schönbächler's work is in situ in Soho's former gun factory. Schönbächler brings a fragment of the Italian city, famed... View details »
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- Viktor & Rolf
- Sunday 31 Aug (11am–8pm) @ Barbican Centre More times »
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- About as far-removed from traditional fashion houses as possible, Dutch duo Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren have a surreal sense of design. Their collections are... View details »
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- Côte
- Sunday 31 Aug (10am–10:30pm) @ Côte More times »
- The first Côte opened in Wimbledon last August; before the rapturous reception had died down, a Soho-based second location opened in May, bringing the all-day... View details »
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- The Escapist
- Sunday 31 Aug @ Various locations More times »
- Like all good prison-escape movies, The Escapist has an ensemble cast of stereotypes: the lifer (Brian Cox), the serial escapee (Liam Cunningham), the fixer (Seu... View details »
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- The Old Ship
- Sunday 31 Aug @ The Old Ship More times »
- If you're planning a trip to the Hackney Empire any time soon, be sure to stop by the newly renovated Old Ship next door. Gone... View details »
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- The Smallest Cinema in the World
- Sunday 31 Aug (noon–6pm) @ Regent's Park More times »
- Free
- For Portavilion, a project that puts mobile public art in London's open spaces, Swedish artist Annika Eriksson teamed up with architects and engineers to create... View details »
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- Dehesa
- Sunday 31 Aug (11am–5pm) @ Dehesa More times »
- Together with Alan Yau's Cha Cha Moon and ace burger joint the Diner, Dehesa completes Ganton Street's status as the epicentre of Soho spur-of-the-moment dining.... View details »
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- Huang Yong Ping
- Sunday 31 Aug (11–8pm) @ Barbican Centre More times »
- Free
- Huang Yong Ping's first exhibition in the UK is a satirical diatribe inspired by the Frolic, the flagship vessel of the British opium trade. A... View details »
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- The Courtauld Cézannes
- Sunday 31 Aug (10am–6pm) @ The Courtauld Institute of Art More times »
- Proving that good things do indeed come in small packages, the Courtauld Gallery hosts a series of Paul Cézanne works in its diminutive interior. Presenting... View details »
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- Richard Prince: Continuation
- Sunday 31 Aug (10am–6pm) @ Serpentine Gallery More times »
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- American artist Richard Prince first achieved notoriety in 1977, when he photographed advertisements (most famously the Marlboro cowboy) and images from the press and repackaged... View details »
- Art: Architecture/Design
- Jeppe Hein: Appearing Rooms
- Sunday 31 Aug (10am–11pm) @ River Terrace, Southbank Centre More times »
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- Berlin-based Jeppe Hein's water fountain is the perfect place to cool down on a sizzling summer day. The grid-like array of aquatic plumes takes its... View details »
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- Nick Hornby: Tell Tale Heart
- Sunday 31 Aug (10am–5pm) @ Camley Street Natural Park More times »
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- As bizarre art projects go, building a massive replica of a Disney castle in your West London studio and floating it down a canal to... View details »
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- The Visitor
- Sunday 31 Aug @ Various locations More times »
- Economics professor Walter Vale is widowed and weary, his lonely existence accentuated by his fumbling attempts to emulate his late wife on the piano. Arriving... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Watch This Space
- Sunday 31 Aug @ National Theatre More times »
- Free
- For those navigating the insistently endless summer days on a budget, the National Theatre's Watch This Space returns to the scenic shore of the Thames... View details »
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- Chantal Akerman
- Sunday 31 Aug (10am–6pm) @ Camden Arts Centre More times »
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- One of Europe's most significant auteurs, Chantal Akerman makes her first appearance at a UK public gallery with this selection of pioneering films at the... View details »
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- Games & Theory
- Sunday 31 Aug @ South London Gallery More times »
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- This exhibition at the South London Gallery features ten artists from the UK and around the globe who share a thematic concern: the concept of... View details »
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- Anya Gallaccio
- Sunday 31 Aug (10am–6pm) @ Camden Arts Centre More times »
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- Turner Prize nominee Anya Gallaccio's impressive new sculpture at the Camden Arts Centre sees her once again harnessing materials from nature, having previously employed rotting... View details »
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- Puffball
- Sunday 31 Aug @ Various locations More times »
- Don't Look Now director Nicolas Roeg's latest cinematic offering is based on Fay Weldon's novel, adapted into a screenplay by her son, Dan. Kelly Reilly... View details »
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- Fashion in the Mirror
- Sunday 31 Aug (noon–6pm) @ The Photographers' Gallery More times »
- Free
- The process that occurs between a fashion photograph's initial conception and the time when the image appears in a glossy magazine — from dealing with... View details »
- Performing Arts: Dance
- West Side Story
- Sunday 31 Aug (5pm) @ Sadler's Wells More times »
- It's been some 50 years since Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim's musical update of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet first appeared on the capital's stage. The... View details »
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- The Wizard of Oz
- Sunday 31 Aug (2:30pm) @ Royal Festival Hall More times »
- Flying monkeys, munchkins and talking trees, oh my — the ruby-slippered Dorothy Gale and her little dog Toto land at the Royal Festival Hall this... View details »
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- Skeletons
- Sunday 31 Aug (11am–6pm) @ Wellcome Collection More times »
- Free
- The Wellcome Collection present Skeletons, a gruesome yet fascinating look at London history. Drawing from the Museum of London's collection of over 17,000 skeletons, the... View details »
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- Jakob Roepke
- Sunday 31 Aug (noon–6pm) @ Fred [London] Ltd More times »
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- Vyner Street's Fred [London] Ltd shows the work of Jakob Roepke, a master of collage who has been refining his skills since the '90s, producing... View details »
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- Johnny Cash
- Sunday 31 Aug (11am–6pm) @ Proud Central More times »
- Free
- Attention country fans: if you couldn't get tickets for Dolly's recent O2 appearance, check out this Johnny Cash photography exhibition instead. It charts the legendary... View details »
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- Love
- Sunday 31 Aug (10am–6pm) @ The National Gallery More times »
- Free
- Love is a many-splendoured thing, but it's also a complex emotion that encompasses a gamut of feelings. With themes of religious devotion, unrequited passion, jealousy,... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- The Shadowmaster
- Sunday 31 Aug (3:30pm) @ King's Head Theatre More times »
- Islington's recently refurbished King's Head Theatre kicked off their "season of premieres" earlier this year, and The Shadowmaster is next on the list. Adapted from... View details »
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- Hans Stakelbeek
- Sunday 31 Aug (1–5pm) @ PM Gallery & House More times »
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- Photographer Hans Stakelbeek unveils the reconstruction of Afghanistan in his new series of images, Out of the Dust. The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs commissioned... View details »
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- Beano and Dandy Birthday Bash!
- Sunday 31 Aug (noon–5:30pm) @ The Cartoon Museum More times »
- What a whizzer idea: anarchic kids' comics The Beano and The Dandy launched on the eve of WWII and are still going strong today. Celebrate... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Blood Wedding and Petite Rouge
- Sunday 31 Aug @ The Scoop More times »
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- The Scoop's season of free theatre continues with two plays that perfectly suit the open-air setting of the More London amphitheatre. Mike Artell's Petite Rouge... View details »
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- Clint Eastwood
- Sunday 31 Aug @ BFI Southbank More times »
- Giveaway
- He's the enigmatic actor who made household names out of iconic characters like Dirty Harry, Josey Wales and Il Buono, but Clint Eastwood is equally... View details »
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- Fashion V Sport
- Sunday 31 Aug (10am–5:45pm) @ Victoria and Albert Museum More times »
- Try as you might, it's next to impossible to recall a time when contemporary sportswear and fashion weren't merrily playing house. V&A's new exhibition Fashion... View details »
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- Robin Footitt
- Sunday 31 Aug @ Hoxton Hall More times »
- Free
- Although he's best known for his collaboration with singer KT Tunstall (he rendered her as a comic-book character for Tunstall's album Drastic Fantastic), artist Robin... View details »
- Film: Documentary
- Shoot Yr Idols
- Sunday 31 Aug @ ICA More times »
- Giveaway
- Like a roll call of all persons cool in '60s and '70s America, this short but perfectly formed series of documentaries kicks off with two... View details »
- Art: Photography
- Forever 27
- Sunday 31 Aug (11am–5:30pm) @ Proud Camden More times »
- Free
- Besides having great musicianship in common, Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain all share in the fact that they died... View details »
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- Alëxone
- Sunday 31 Aug (11am–7pm) @ StolenSpace Gallery More times »
- Free
- Parisian graffiti-turned-graphic-artist Alëxone comes to StolenSpace for a much-awaited solo show following a major exhibition at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Moving forward from his... View details »
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- Pretty Vacant
- Sunday 31 Aug (noon–6pm) @ Transition Gallery More times »
- Free
- Tadpoles, bees and eggs are just some of the materials used in an attempt to capture and explode the mundane in this all-female show at... View details »
- Music: Hip-Hop
- De La Soul
- Sunday 31 Aug (7pm) @ Jazz Cafe More times »
- It's been 19 years since hip-hop legends De La Soul released their influential debut album, 3 Feet High and Rising, and they show no signs... View details »
- Performing Arts: Comedy
- Pimm's Summerfest
- Sunday 31 Aug (5:30pm) @ Holland Park Theatre More times »
- Pimm's Summerfest offers up a week's worth of hilarity to punters in Holland Park's open-air theatre. An array of comedians perform over the coming five... View details »
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- Romance Is Dead! Long Live Romance!
- Sunday 31 Aug @ Trolley Gallery More times »
- Free
- In her first solo exhibition, Romance Is Dead! Long Live Romance! artist Isabelle Graeff brings together the obscene and the commonplace in a provocative display... View details »
- Film: Festival
- Canary Wharf Film Festival
- Sunday 31 Aug @ Various locations More times »
- Although only in its second year, the Canary Wharf Film Festival is fast becoming a must-visit for fans of short film. Small-but-perfectly-curated offerings screening in... View details »
- Film: Festival
- Portobello Film Festival
- Sunday 31 Aug @ Various locations More times »
- Free
- The Portobello Film Festival is mainstream film's wayward sibling, having offered inimitable independent cinema in W10 since '96. This evening's opening gala features musical short... View details »
- Film
- The Wackness
- Sunday 31 Aug @ Various More times »
- The Wackness is the sort of movie whose most redeeming qualities are least likely to be advertised in its trailers. About a teenage weed dealer... View details »
- Art
- Noise Room
- Sunday 31 Aug (noon–6pm) @ Cubitt Gallery and Studios More times »
- Free
- Electronic-arts pioneer Jan St Werner's Noise Room explores the concept of a simulated listening environment. The various compositions on offer are played on an all-encompassing... View details »
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- Rapunzel Rapunzel
- Sunday 31 Aug (11am–5pm) @ Shoreditch Town Hall More times »
- Free
- All-female exhibition Rapunzel Rapunzel features the work of eight up-and-coming London-based artists. The "unruly girl work" of curator and abstract painter Sarah Kate Wilson sets... View details »
- Music: Festival
- Offset Festival
- Sunday 31 Aug @ Hainault Forest Country Park More times »
- Hainault Forest kisses the TMF Rock Festival goodbye and welcomes Offset, dedicated to "cutting-edge" bands across indie, rock, electro and art rock. Both days are... View details »
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- Spiral 08
- Sunday 31 Aug (noon–5:30pm) @ Camden Arts Centre More times »
- Free
- What better way to spend the weekend after bank holiday than at a barbecue with a host of artistic activities? Camden Arts Centre's annual Spiral... View details »
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- Singapore Chilli Crab Festival
- Sunday 31 Aug (11am–6pm) @ The Old Truman Brewery More times »
- Free
- This weekend sees East meet East as Brick Lane once again hosts the Tiger Beer Singapore Chilli Crab festival. With punters queuing for a helping... View details »
