All events on Wednesday September 03

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World Freerun Championships
Wednesday 3 Sep (7:30pm) @ Roundhouse
Ever since Channel 4 showed three traceurs — Sebastien Foucan, Jerome Ben Aoues and Johann Vigroux — navigating some of the capital's most famous landmarks... View details »
World Freerun Championships
Art
Roger Hiorns
Wednesday 3 Sep (noon–7pm) @ Artangel Harper Road Site More times »
Free
British artist Roger Hiorns leaves his trademark chemical trace in new project Seizure, commissioned by Artangel and the Jerwood Charitable Foundation. Hiorns focuses his attention... View details »
Roger Hiorns
Art
David Spiller
Wednesday 3 Sep (10am–5:30pm) @ Beaux Arts More times »
Free
Taking a none-too-subtle approach to his work, David Spiller draws from the immediate nature of pop art to create a series of lurid canvas landscapes... View details »
David Spiller

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Horse Riding at Wimbledon Village Stables
Wednesday 3 Sep (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 »
Horse Riding at Wimbledon Village Stables
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Amora
Wednesday 3 Sep (1pm–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 »
Amora
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Hibiscus
Wednesday 3 Sep (noon–2:30 & 6:30–10pm) @ Hibiscus More times »
In just a month, chef-proprietor Claude Bosi has taken London's restaurant world by storm. With the relocation of his two Michelin stars from Ludlow to... View details »
Hibiscus
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Café on the Hill
Wednesday 3 Sep (8am–10pm) @ 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 »
Café on the Hill
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Furnace
Wednesday 3 Sep (10am–3pm & 6–11pm) @ Furnace More times »
Tucked down a side street off Hoxton Square is the perfect remedy to the seasonal poultry overload. Shoreditch's best-kept secret, Furnace has been in the... View details »
Furnace
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Parkour
Wednesday 3 Sep @ 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 »
Parkour
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The Regent
Wednesday 3 Sep (12:30–11pm) @ 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 »
The Regent
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Haozhan
Wednesday 3 Sep (noon–11:30pm) @ 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 »
Haozhan
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Fox & Anchor
Wednesday 3 Sep (7am–11pm) @ 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 »
Fox & Anchor
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Salt Yard
Wednesday 3 Sep (noon–11pm) @ Salt Yard More times »
It's not easy to garner favourable comparisons to London tapas giants Fino and Barrafina, but the diminutive Salt Yard pulls off this Goliath-sized task. The... View details »
Salt Yard
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Aaya
Wednesday 3 Sep (noon–midnight) @ 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
Wednesday 3 Sep @ 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
Wednesday 3 Sep @ 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 »
London Fencing Club
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Cha Cha Moon
Wednesday 3 Sep (noon–11pm) @ 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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Quo Vadis
Wednesday 3 Sep (noon–2:45 & 5–10:45pm) @ Quo Vadis More times »
Sam and Eddie Hart cemented their restaurant reputation by reinventing tapas for a sophisticated London clientele at Fino, then tailoring them for a drop-by crowd... View details »
Quo Vadis
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Yoga Club
Wednesday 3 Sep @ Cafe 1001 More times »
For those incapable of leaving the confines of Spitalfields and Brick Lane, sneak into 1001 to hone your breathing technique — or just writhe around... View details »
Yoga Club
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Brick Lane Bike Polo
Wednesday 3 Sep (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 »
Brick Lane Bike Polo
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Pollock's Toy Museum
Wednesday 3 Sep (10am–5pm) @ Pollock's Toy Museum More times »
Evoke dusty memories of bygone days with a visit to Pollock's Toy Museum, nestled in the heart of Fitzrovia. Comprised of two conjoined 18th- and... View details »
Pollock's Toy Museum
Art
Listening Post
Wednesday 3 Sep (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 »
Listening Post
Film
Children of Glory
Wednesday 3 Sep @ 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 »
Children of Glory
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Bikram Yoga
Wednesday 3 Sep (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 »
Art
For Your Eyes Only
Wednesday 3 Sep (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 »
For Your Eyes Only
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China Landscape
Wednesday 3 Sep (10am–5:30pm) @ British Museum More times »
Free
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 »
China Landscape
Art
Nought to Sixty
Wednesday 3 Sep (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 »
Nought to Sixty
Art: Architecture/Design
The Story of the Supremes
Wednesday 3 Sep (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 »
The Story of the Supremes
Art
A Century of Olympic Posters
Wednesday 3 Sep (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 »
A Century of Olympic Posters
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Plant Room
Wednesday 3 Sep @ Plant Room More times »
Free
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 »
Plant Room
Art
Tom Hunter
Wednesday 3 Sep (10am–5:45pm) @ Museum of Childhood More times »
Free
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 »
Tom Hunter
Art
Daniela Schönbächler
Wednesday 3 Sep @ Riflemaker Gallery More times »
Free
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 »
Daniela Schönbächler
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Viktor & Rolf
Wednesday 3 Sep (11am–6pm) @ Barbican Centre More times »
Giveaway
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 »
Viktor & Rolf
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Côte
Wednesday 3 Sep (8am–11pm) @ 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 »
Film
The Escapist
Wednesday 3 Sep @ 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 »
The Escapist
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The Old Ship
Wednesday 3 Sep @ 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 »
The Old Ship
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Dehesa
Wednesday 3 Sep (noon–11pm) @ 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 »
Art
Huang Yong Ping
Wednesday 3 Sep (11am–6pm) @ 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 »
Huang Yong Ping
Art
The Courtauld Cézannes
Wednesday 3 Sep (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 »
The Courtauld Cézannes
Art: Photography
Richard Prince: Continuation
Wednesday 3 Sep (10am–6pm) @ Serpentine Gallery More times »
Free
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 »
Richard Prince: Continuation
Art: Architecture/Design
Jeppe Hein: Appearing Rooms
Wednesday 3 Sep (10am–11pm) @ River Terrace, Southbank Centre More times »
Free
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 »
Jeppe Hein: Appearing Rooms
Art: Photography
Seamus Murphy
Wednesday 3 Sep (10am–6pm) @ Asia House More times »
Outstanding photojournalism should bring things that are out of reach into shockingly close range, and Seamus Murphy's exhibition at Asia House does exactly that. Between... View details »
Seamus Murphy
Art
Nick Hornby: Tell Tale Heart
Wednesday 3 Sep (10am–5pm) @ Camley Street Natural Park More times »
Free
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 »
Film
The Visitor
Wednesday 3 Sep @ 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 »
The Visitor
Performing Arts: Theatre
Watch This Space
Wednesday 3 Sep @ 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 »
Art
Chantal Akerman
Wednesday 3 Sep (10am–9pm) @ Camden Arts Centre More times »
Free
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 »
Chantal Akerman
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Games & Theory
Wednesday 3 Sep @ South London Gallery More times »
Free
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 »
Art
Anya Gallaccio
Wednesday 3 Sep (10am–6pm) @ Camden Arts Centre More times »
Free
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 »
Anya Gallaccio
Art
Mashups
Wednesday 3 Sep @ The Kowalsky Gallery More times »
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Acclaimed curator Stuart Semple and four contemporary artists explore one of the hallmarks of Generation Y in this exhibition that champions juxtaposition. Bearing witness to... View details »
Mashups
Art
Sarah Morris
Wednesday 3 Sep (10am–6pm) @ White Cube Mason's Yard More times »
Free
White Cube at Mason's Yard plays host to Sarah Morris' Lesser Panda this month. The artist — who calls both New York and London home... View details »
Sarah Morris
Film
Puffball
Wednesday 3 Sep @ 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 »
Puffball
Art: Photography
Fashion in the Mirror
Wednesday 3 Sep (11am–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 »
Fashion in the Mirror
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Skeletons
Wednesday 3 Sep (10am–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 »
Skeletons
Art: Photography
Johnny Cash
Wednesday 3 Sep (11am–7pm) @ 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 »
Johnny Cash
Art
Love
Wednesday 3 Sep (10am–9pm) @ 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 »
Love
Art
Richard Deacon and Bill Woodrow
Wednesday 3 Sep (11am–6pm) @ Bloomberg SPACE More times »
Free
On the Rocks, the result of a collaboration between prominent artists Richard Deacon and Bill Woodrow, represents a rare public foray for the largely low-profile... View details »
Richard Deacon and Bill Woodrow
Performing Arts: Theatre
The Shadowmaster
Wednesday 3 Sep (7:30pm) @ 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 »
The Shadowmaster
Art
Beano and Dandy Birthday Bash!
Wednesday 3 Sep (10:30am–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 »
Beano and Dandy Birthday Bash!
Performing Arts: Theatre
Blood Wedding and Petite Rouge
Wednesday 3 Sep @ The Scoop More times »
Free
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 »
Art
Domestic Appliance
Wednesday 3 Sep (10am–6pm) @ Flowers East More times »
Free
This group show at Flowers collects work inspired by domesticity and made with the kinetic strain of art in mind. Many of the pieces assign... View details »
Domestic Appliance
Art: Photography
Joseph Szabo: Jones Beach
Wednesday 3 Sep (noon–6pm) @ Michael Hoppen Gallery More times »
Free
Spanning three decades, Joseph Szabo's silver gelatin prints expose life in all its forms on Jones Beach — one of New York State's most popular... View details »
Joseph Szabo: Jones Beach
Art
Jamie Reid
Wednesday 3 Sep (11am–6pm) @ The Aquarium L-13 More times »
Free
It may seem like a long journey from a punk portrait of HRH Queen Elizabeth (complete with swastikas and safety pins) to abstract works created... View details »
Jamie Reid
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Fashion V Sport
Wednesday 3 Sep (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 »
Fashion V Sport
Art
Robin Footitt
Wednesday 3 Sep @ 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 »
Robin Footitt
Art
Tonight Forget About Your House and Cars
Wednesday 3 Sep (10am–6pm) @ Union Gallery More times »
Free
It's the end of the world as they know it over at Union Gallery, where Tonight Forget About Your Houses and Cars is currently on... View details »
Tonight Forget About Your House and Cars
Art: Photography
AOP Open 2008 
Wednesday 3 Sep (10am–6pm) @ Association of Photographers Gallery More times »
Free
At the AOP Open, an expert panel judges the work of amateur snappers against the work of professional photographers. With no subject restrictions, the resulting... View details »
AOP Open 2008 
Art: Photography
London Through a Lens
Wednesday 3 Sep (10am–6:30pm) @ Getty Images Gallery More times »
Free
Contemporary London owes its reputation to its diverse, cosmopolitan residents. London Through a Lens, a collection of photographs from Getty Image's Hulton archive, transports us... View details »
London Through a Lens
Art
Lynn Wray
Wednesday 3 Sep (10am–6pm) @ Ferreira Projects More times »
Free
Lynn Wray's debut London show takes on the small matter of civilisation and humankind's relationship with the natural world. Combining drawing, painting and photography, the... View details »
Lynn Wray
Film: Festival
Beefeater London Movie Season
Wednesday 3 Sep (8pm) @ Roxy Bar & Screen More times »
"I could take double anything you could!" Anyone who wants to challenge Withnail can do so during the Beefeater London Movie Season. The Roxy Bar... View details »
Beefeater London Movie Season
Performing Arts: Theatre
Romeo and Juliet
Wednesday 3 Sep @ Middle Temple Hall More times »
The Theatre of Memory's production of Shakespeare's ultimate tragic love story is showing at Middle Temple Hall, one of London's most impressive buildings — and... View details »
Romeo and Juliet
Art
WK-LISTER
Wednesday 3 Sep (noon–6pm) @ Elms Lesters Painting Rooms More times »
Free
Counter-culture gallery Elms Lesters Painting Rooms' pulsating new show brings internationally renowned urban artists WK Interact and Anthony Lister under their roof once again (both... View details »
WK-LISTER
Art
Pascal Rousson
Wednesday 3 Sep (noon–6pm) @ Vegas Gallery More times »
Free
Inspired by the images adorning the covers of pulp-fiction novels, the tropes of film noir and the buxom ladies of Russ Meyer films, Pascal Rousson's... View details »
Pascal Rousson
Art: Photography
Forever 27
Wednesday 3 Sep (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 »
Forever 27
Art
Alëxone
Wednesday 3 Sep (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 »
Alëxone
Performing Arts: Theatre
The Collector
Wednesday 3 Sep (8:15pm) @ Arcola Theatre More times »
Adapted from John Fowles' novel The Collector, the Arcola's Ben Caplan-directed stage version is an unnerving and unforgiving examination of human obsession. The action focuses... View details »
The Collector
Art
Romance Is Dead! Long Live Romance!
Wednesday 3 Sep @ 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 »
Romance Is Dead! Long Live Romance!
Film: Festival
Portobello Film Festival
Wednesday 3 Sep @ 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 »
Portobello Film Festival
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WITH
Wednesday 3 Sep (11am–6pm) @ Rokeby More times »
Free
Rokeby Gallery have teamed up with WITH to offer bespoke life solutions. WITH's agents — sometimes blue-faced and always sporting anonymously numerical names — offer... View details »
WITH
Film
The Wackness
Wednesday 3 Sep @ 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 »
The Wackness
Art
Noise Room
Wednesday 3 Sep (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 »
Noise Room
Film: Festival
London Internation Animation Festival
Wednesday 3 Sep @ Various locations More times »
Spanning the classic, bizarre and cutting edge, this celebration of animation includes selections from a global set of studios and directors. Look out for the... View details »
London Internation Animation Festival
Performing Arts: Dance
Matthew Bourne's Dorian Gray
Wednesday 3 Sep (7:30pm) @ Sadler's Wells More times »
He's taken on Tchaikovsky, Bizet and Tim Burton; now Matthew Bourne turns his choreographic talents to Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, the cautionary... View details »
Matthew Bourne's Dorian Gray
Music: Festival
A Fistful of Fandango
Wednesday 3 Sep (7pm) @ 229 More times »
Purveyors of all unabashedly independent — be it in the form of a fanzine, record label or, as featured here, an urban mini-festival — Club... View details »
A Fistful of Fandango
Art
Udomsak Krisanamis
Wednesday 3 Sep (10am–6pm) @ Victoria Miro Gallery More times »
Free
Udomsak Krisanamis's new show at the Victoria Miro Gallery evokes a distinctly East-meets-West feeling. The mottled array of pieces take in Krisanamis' characteristically layered collages,... View details »
Udomsak Krisanamis