Events on Saturday, January 10

Music: DJ

ASBO feat. Disco 3000

Saturday 10/1 @ The Lock Tavern

ASBO has been making Camden's Lock Tavern dance away Sundays for more than three years. The sister night to Nottingham indie... 

Ongoing Events

Cildo Meireles

Art

Cildo Meireles

Saturday 10/1 @ Tate Modern

Tate Modern presents a long-overdue retrospective for the Brazilian conceptualist who creates intriguing installations and sculptures out of familiar objects such... 

<em>Hamlet </em>

Theatre

Hamlet

Saturday 10/1 @ The Novello Theatre

It goes without saying that David Tennant is marvellous as the student prince — melancholy, hyperactive and witty in equal measure... 

Theatre

Complicit

Saturday 10/1 @ The Old Vic

Kevin Spacey attracts an all-star cast as he takes the directorial reins on Joe Sutton's Complicit, which receives its world premiere... 

<em>Sterling Stuff II</em>

Art

Sterling Stuff II

Saturday 10/1 @ Pangolin London

Pangolin gallery commissioned more than 50 artists, both young upstarts and world-renowned talents, to create new sculpture in sterling silver for... 

<em>Dispersion</em>

Art

Dispersion

Saturday 10/1 @ ICA

In Dispersion, nine international artists use film, photography and performance to question the image explosion of recent times. The ambitious new... 

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

Art

For Your Eyes Only

Saturday 10/1 @ 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... 

<em>A hell of a fight for the last piece of pudding</em>

Special Event

A hell of a fight for the last piece of pudding

Saturday 10/1 @ Whitecross Gallery

In this provocative exhibition at the Whitecross Street Gallery, multimedia works by father-and-son artists John and Jock Mooney go head to... 

Natural History Museum Ice Rink

City Gems

Natural History Museum Ice Rink

Saturday 10/1 @ Natural History Museum

The freezing of the Natural History Museum's atmospheric East Lawn for skating has become a festive sight to rival the West... 

<em>Between the Covers: Women's Magazines and their Readers</em>

Special Event

Between the Covers: Women's Magazines and their Readers

Saturday 10/1 @ The Women's Library

Between the Covers dips into the print archives of the Women's Library to explore how magazines have built relationships with readers... 

Festival: Performing Arts

London Short Film Festival

Saturday 10/1 @ Various locations

The London Short Film Festival rings in the New Year with a smorgasbord of film, cocktails and music at venues including... 

<em>The Olympic Stadium Project - Le Corbusier and Baghdad</em>

Art

The Olympic Stadium Project

Saturday 10/1 @ Victoria and Albert Museum

This collection showcases the blueprints and models for the Baghdad Olympic Stadium, one of Le Corbusier's final projects. The designs illustrate... 

Art

David Cotterrell: Aesthetic Distance

Saturday 10/1 @ Danielle Arnaud Contemporary Art

Aesthetic Distance is the result of David Cotterrell's time spent at Camp Bastion in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, where he recorded the... 

<em>Homeless in the Capital</em>

Art

Homeless in the Capital

Saturday 10/1 @ Museum of London

Given that there are an estimated 150,000 homeless individuals in the city, the Museum of London's exhibition offers a poignant slice of reality... 

<em>Beyond Borders</em>

Art

Beyond Borders

Saturday 10/1 @ Holster Projects

Beyond Borders is a group show featuring artists who graduated during the past couple of years. Although seven of the eight... 

<em>Rothko</em>

Art

Rothko

Saturday 10/1 @ 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... 

<em>Within</em>

Art: Photography

Within

Saturday 10/1 @ Bloomberg SPACE

This exhibition of newly-commissioned portraits at Bloomberg SPACE features photographers Poppy de Villeneuve, Roderick Buchanan, Sarah Jones and Muzi Quawson. Within... 

Jan Kjetil Bj&oslash;rheim: <em>The Gift and The Message: A Norwegian Gift of Light</em>

Art

The Gift and The Message: A Norwegian Gift of Light

Saturday 10/1 @ Space Station Sixty-Five

The Gift and The Message: A Norwegian Gift of Light by Norwegian artist Jan Kjetil Bjørheim is the latest in a... 

Alan Aldridge: <em>The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes</em>

Art

The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes

Saturday 10/1 @ Design Museum

The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes is the first UK retrospective of Alan Aldridge, the seminal '60s psychedelic artist and the brains... 

T. S. Eliot Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

T. S. Eliot Festival

Saturday 10/1 @ Donmar Warehouse

Covent Garden's Donmar Warehouse has gathered an impressive array of actors and directors in honour of poet T.S. Eliot. Although Eliot's... 

Wig Out!

Performing Arts

Wig Out!

Saturday 10/1 @ Royal Court Theatre

Wig Out! transforms the Royal Court into a heady cabaret club night of catwalk face-offs, toe-tapping tunes and coiffure rivalry. The... 

<em>The Art of the Poster: A Century of Design</em>

Art

The Art of the Poster

Saturday 10/1 @ Covent Garden Market Piazza

The eye-catching, amusing and sometimes wry art displayed on the Tube is the subject of a major retrospective at the London... 

GSK Contemporary

Art

GSK Contemporary

Saturday 10/1 @ Royal Academy of Arts

GSK Contemporary brightens-up the Royal Academy over the winter with installations, screenings and seminars examining two themes: Molten States and Collision... 

Eamonn McCabe: <em>Writers' Rooms</em>

Art: Photography

Writers' Rooms

Saturday 10/1 @ Madison Contemporary Art

Eamonn McCabe's new exhibition is a fascinating journey into the environments in which the country's leading writers produce their masterpieces. These... 

Art: Photography

Jerry Schatzberg: Thin Wild Mercury

Saturday 10/1 @ Proud Central

When asked about Bob Dylan, '60s photographer Jerry Schatzberg said, "You just point the camera at him and things happen." This... 

<em>Paths to Fame: Turner Watercolours from the Courtauld</em>

Art

Turner Watercolours

Saturday 10/1 @ The Courtauld Gallery

The Courtauld Gallery traces the artistic journey of John Mallord William Turner with an exhibition beginning with early sketches and watercolours... 

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

Art: Photography

Beside the Seaside

Saturday 10/1 @ 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.... 

Ingrid Bergman season

Festival: Performing Arts

Ingrid Bergman season

Saturday 10/1 @ National Film Theatre

This themed season at the NFT shows there's a lot more to Ingrid Bergman's filmography than her turn opposite Bogart as... 

<em>Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2008</em>

Art: Photography

Photographic Portrait Prize 2008

Saturday 10/1 @ National Portrait Gallery

This year's Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize at the National Portrait Gallery includes a shot of Rupert Murdoch competing against a... 

Manon

Dance

Manon

Saturday 10/1 @ London Coliseum

Receiving its London premiere tonight courtesy of the English National Ballet is legendary choreographer Sir Kenneth Macmillan's interpretation of Manon Lescaut.... 

John K&oslash;rner: <em>War Problems</em>

Art

John Kørner

Saturday 10/1 @ Victoria Miro Gallery

War Problems, John Kørner's ambitious new exhibition at Victoria Miro, takes over the entire gallery with 16 large-scale canvases. The artist... 

<em>Turning the Season</em>

City Gems

Turning the Season

Saturday 10/1 @ The Wapping Project

Turning the Season explores the British seasons' effects on humanity through art, writing and performance. Among the exhibits transforming the Wapping... 

<em>Listening Post</em>

Art

Listening Post

Saturday 10/1 @ 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>Five Years</em>

Art

Five Years

Saturday 10/1 @ James Freeman Gallery

Five Years features contemporary pieces by 15 artists from call around the world, marking the relaunch of the newly expanded Sesame... 

Performing Arts

London International Mime Festival 2009

Saturday 10/1 @ Various locations

Puppetry, automatons and shadow dancing are just some of the mercurial forms present at the London International Mime Festival. At Shunt... 

<em>Andy Warhol: Other Voices, Other Rooms</em>

Art

Andy Warhol

Saturday 10/1 @ Hayward Gallery

Though best known for his iconography of American popular culture and controversial merging of art and mass consumerism, Andy Warhol was... 

Matthew Bourne's <em>Edward Scissorhands</em>

Dance

Matthew Bourne's Edward Scissorhands

Saturday 10/1 @ Sadler's Wells

Demonstrating that Walthamstow has delivered more than early-'90s boy-banders to the world, choreographer and E17 native Matthew Bourne — whose past... 

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

Art: Photography

Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Saturday 10/1 @ Natural History Museum

Wildlife Photographer of the Year is a real treat for any nature snapper — it will be interesting to see whether... 

<em>The Macabre Masterpiece of Terror</em>

Art

The Macabre Masterpiece of Terror

Saturday 10/1 @ Monika Bobinska

The Macabre Masterpiece of Terror at Monika Bobinska Gallery celebrates B-movie aesthetics and what they say about '50s socio-political conditions. Three... 

Art: Photography

Angela Gorgas: Martin Amis and Friends

Saturday 10/1 @ National Portrait Gallery

Photographer Angela Gorgas celebrates the 60th birthday of her old friend and former fiancée Martin Amis (or Smarty Anus, as Private... 

Art

Too Much Is Not Enough

Saturday 10/1 @ Transition Gallery

Though everyone indulges in a bit of celebrity gossip now and then, some crazed fans take it way too far: this... 

Turner Prize 08

Art

Turner Prize

Saturday 10/1 @ Tate Britain

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

Art

Saul Steinberg: Illuminations

Saturday 10/1 @ Dulwich Picture Gallery

Illuminations looks back on the work of satirist Saul Steinberg, who spent six years colouring the pages of The New Yorker... 

City Gems

Even Better Together Billboard Project + Open Studio

Saturday 10/1 @ Gasworks

Gasworks' façade has been given a much-needed facelift with this eye-catching billboard display created through a collaboration between local residents and...