Events on Sunday, September 28

<em>Here</em>

Film: Animation

Here

Sunday 28/9 @ Whitechapel Art Gallery

Unlike Loot and Entertaining Mr Sloane, Joe Orton's play The Erpingham Camp (a farcical reworking of Euripides' The Bacchae, set in... 

Ongoing Events

TCM Crime Scene 2008

Festival: Performing Arts

TCM

Sunday 28/9 @ Various locations

Annual cloak 'n dagger festival TCM Crime Scene — which celebrates both contemporary and classic toils of the genre — launches... 

<em>Designers in Residence</em>

Art

Designers in Residence

Sunday 28/9 @ Design Museum

Selected for their all-out experimentation, the Design Museum's resident designers have been asked to respond to the theme of collections and... 

Plant Room

City Gems

Plant Room

Sunday 28/9 @ Plant Room

Architect duo Ulrike Steven and Gareth Morris (What If) have teamed up with urban-regeneration agency the Shoreditch Trust to transform a... 

Hannah Waldron: <em>Tonight I Am an Owl</em>

Art

Hannah Waldron

Sunday 28/9 @ The Old Shoreditch Station

Hannah Waldron's collection of illustrations comprises a bevy of delicate, colourful musings on space, favourite animals and imaginary worlds. The subjects... 

<em>Fashion V Sport</em>

Special Event

Fashion V Sport

Sunday 28/9 @ 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.... 

<em>Soho Archives: 1950s & 1960s</em>

Art: Photography

Soho Archives

Sunday 28/9 @ The Photographers' Gallery

Originally a hunting ground, and briefly a haven for the wealthy, London's Soho is the heart of the gay district, a... 

<em>Love</em>

Art

Love

Sunday 28/9 @ The National Gallery

Love is a many-splendoured thing, but it's also a complex emotion that encompasses a gamut of feelings. With themes of religious... 

<em>Forever 27</em>

Art: Photography

Forever 27

Sunday 28/9 @ Proud Camden

Besides having great musicianship in common, Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain all share in the... 

Rat Race Urban Adventure

Special Event

Rat Race Urban Adventure

Sunday 28/9 @ All over London. Event base in central London.

Transforming the capital into a playground for the fearless, Rat Race Urban Adventure takes on London today. Following stints in Brighton,... 

Ben Frost: <em>Crapitalism</em>

Art

Ben Frost

Sunday 28/9 @ Dray Walk Gallery

Australian artist Ben Frost displays mash-ups of consumer society in his first solo UK exhibition, presented by nascent arts collective No... 

<em>Menagerie</em>

Art

Menagerie

Sunday 28/9 @ The Jones

The newly opened Jones Hotel has set about re-creating the once-popular aristocratic pursuit of collecting exotic animals. But this is a... 

<em>Nought to Sixty</em>

Art

Nought to Sixty

Sunday 28/9 @ ICA

The ICA's ambitious new show brings together 60 early career artists from Britain and Ireland. In an exhibition spanning six months,... 

<em>Listening Post</em>

Art

Listening Post

Sunday 28/9 @ The Science Museum

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

Roger Hiorns: <em>Seizure</em>

Art

Roger Hiorns

Sunday 28/9 @ Artangel Harper Road Site

British artist Roger Hiorns leaves his trademark chemical trace in new project Seizure, commissioned by Artangel and the Jerwood Charitable Foundation.... 

<em>Rothko</em>

Art

Rothko

Sunday 28/9 @ Tate Modern

Latvian-born abstract expressionist Mark Rothko gets a much-overdue retrospective (he hasn't had an exhibition in the UK for more than 20... 

The Hungamunga Festival 2008

Festival: Performing Arts

Hungamunga Festival

Sunday 28/9 @ Bethnal Green WorkingMen's Club

With three years of successful craft-and-music nights under their macramé belts, the team behind East London’s inaugural Hungamunga two-dayer pledge the... 

Jeppe Hein: <em>Appearing Rooms</em>

Art

Jeppe Hein: Appearing Rooms

Sunday 28/9 @ 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... 

Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth: <em>The All-seeing Eye (the hardcore-techno version) </em>

Art

Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth

Sunday 28/9 @ BFI Southbank

Following the success of their 2005 Academy Award winner Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, French director Michel Gondry and visual... 

<em>in-i</em>

Dance

in-i

Sunday 28/9 @ National Theatre

French avant-gardist Juliette Binoche teams up with maverick choreographer Akram Khan to create a piece that remains in flux as it... 

<em>Ivanov </em>

Theatre

Ivanov

Sunday 28/9 @ Wyndham's Theatre

Tom Stoppard, one of the 20th century's finest dramatists, makes over the work of Chekhov, arguably the 19th century's greatest playwright,... 

<em>Environmental Photographer of the Year</em>

Art: Photography

Environmental Photographer of the Year

Sunday 28/9 @ The Art Pavilion

Happy in Her Own World, the winning picture of this photography contest, powerfully reiterates the ethos of the competition. A young... 

Russian Film Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

Russian Film Festival

Sunday 28/9 @ Apollo West End Cinema

For world-cinema lovers, and especially followers of Russian works, Academia Rossica presents the second Russian Film Festival in London. Among an... 

<em>The Smallest Cinema in the World &ndash; For the Wealthy and the Good </em>

City Gems

The Smallest Cinema in the World

Sunday 28/9 @ 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... 

Tom Hunter: <em>Are You Being Served?</em>

Art

Tom Hunter

Sunday 28/9 @ 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... 

<em>Cut & Paste: Photomontage 1920-1950</em>

Art

Cut & Paste

Sunday 28/9 @ Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art

Though it is now enjoying something of a revival, thanks largely to software such as Photoshop, photomontage was at the height... 

<em>The Courtauld C&eacute;zannes</em>

Art

The Courtauld Cézannes

Sunday 28/9 @ The Courtauld Gallery

Proving that good things do indeed come in small packages, the Courtauld Gallery hosts a series of Paul Cézanne works in... 

<em>Skeletons</em>

Special Event

Skeletons

Sunday 28/9 @ Wellcome Collection

The Wellcome Collection present Skeletons, a gruesome yet fascinating look at London history. Drawing from the Museum of London's collection of... 

Turner Prize 08

Art

Turner Prize

Sunday 28/9 @ Tate Britain

Three women and one man make up this year's shortlist for the traditionally controversial contemporary art prize. A quick rundown of... 

David Blandy: <em>Duels and Dualities</em>

Art

David Blandy

Sunday 28/9 @ Artprojx Space

Sinophile and underground artist David Blandy fleshes out his fascination with combat in his upbeat exhibition. Joyously mixing imagery from kung-fu... 

Theatre

Watch This Space

Sunday 28/9 @ National Theatre

For those navigating the insistently endless summer days on a budget, the National Theatre's Watch This Space returns to the scenic... 

Mimei Thompson: <em>mime1</em>

Art

Mimei Thompson

Sunday 28/9 @ Transition Gallery

RCA- educated Mimei Thompson presents her debut solo effort, Mime1, at Transition Gallery. In it, she explores the ever-changing manifestations of... 

<em>For Your Eyes Only: Ian Fleming & James Bond</em>

Art

For Your Eyes Only

Sunday 28/9 @ 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... 

Beano and Dandy Birthday Bash!

Art

Beano and Dandy Birthday Bash!

Sunday 28/9 @ The Cartoon Museum

What a whizzer idea: anarchic kids' comics The Beano and The Dandy launched on the eve of WWII and are still... 

Francis Bacon

Art

Francis Bacon

Sunday 28/9 @ Tate Britain

As famous for his outlandish lifestyle as for his often disturbing paintings, Francis Bacon spent most of his career in the... 

Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin: <em>The Day Nobody Died</em>

Art: Photography

Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin

Sunday 28/9 @ Paradise Row

This powerful series of new work by photographic collaborators Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin chronicles the artists' time spent with the... 

Gerhard Richter: <em>4900 Colours: Version II</em>

Art

Gerhard Richter

Sunday 28/9 @ Serpentine Gallery

For someone who once wrote, "Basically, painting is total idiocy," German painter Gerhard Richter has not done badly with the medium.... 

Catherine Yass: <em>High Wire</em>

Film

High Wire

Sunday 28/9 @ The German Gymnasium

Artangel presents Catherine Yass' cinematic exploration of the physical dexterity and mental stamina of high-wire walker Didier Pasquette. Having captured Pasquette's... 

<em>Drift 08</em>

City Gems

Drift 08

Sunday 28/9 @ Various locations

Dredging up more River Thames oddities than usual, Illuminate Productions launch Drift 08. Featuring an array of artworks placed strategically in... 

<em>Beside the Seaside: Snapshots of British Coastal Life, 1880-1950</em>

Art: Photography

Beside the Seaside

Sunday 28/9 @ National Maritime Museum

The National Maritime Museum's archive of photographs, posters and memorabilia provides fascinating insight into a boom time for the British coast.... 

Robin Footitt: <em>Rescue Attempt</em>

Art

Robin Footitt

Sunday 28/9 @ 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... 

<em>From Now to Eternity</em>

Art

From Now to Eternity

Sunday 28/9 @ Mother

Even with concerted efforts to get people to reduce consumption — every shop worth its salt offers a stylish canvas alternative... 

<em>The Story of the Supremes</em>

Art

The Story of the Supremes

Sunday 28/9 @ 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... 

<em>Noise Room</em>

Art

Noise Room

Sunday 28/9 @ Cubitt Gallery and Studios

Electronic-arts pioneer Jan St Werner's Noise Room explores the concept of a simulated listening environment. The various compositions on offer are... 

Kew at the British Museum presents <em>China Landscape</em>

City Gems

China Landscape

Sunday 28/9 @ British Museum

Two of the capital's cultural powerhouses — the British Museum and Kew Gardens — join forces to provide insight into the... 

Charles Avery: <em>The Islanders: An Introduction</em>

Art

Charles Avery

Sunday 28/9 @ Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art

While awaiting the fifth season of Lost, satiate your appetite for fantastical drama by visiting Charles Avery's imaginary island. The Islanders,... 

<em>Wouldn't It Be Nice... Wishful Thinking in Art and Design</em>

Art

Wouldn't It Be Nice

Sunday 28/9 @ Embankment Galleries

The theme of this installation at Somerset House is the optimistic fusion of modern art and design as a medium for... 

<em>Material Presence</em>

Art

Material Presence

Sunday 28/9 @ 176

176 presents seven artists whose works, in varying ways, draw the viewer into an immersive sensory experience. Look out for Mark... 

Isabelle Graeff: <em>Romance Is Dead! Long Live Romance!</em>

Art

Romance Is Dead! Long Live Romance!

Sunday 28/9 @ Trolley Gallery

In her first solo exhibition, Romance Is Dead! Long Live Romance! artist Isabelle Graeff brings together the obscene and the commonplace...