Events on Wednesday, January 7

Performing Arts: Spoken Word

The Liberty Tree

Wednesday 7/1 @ British Library

Master storytellers Hugh Lupton and Nick Hennessy invite eager listeners to gather for a narrative adventure that delves into tales of... 

Ongoing Events

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

Art

The Olympic Stadium Project

Wednesday 7/1 @ 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... 

<em>Hamlet </em>

Theatre

Hamlet

Wednesday 7/1 @ The Novello Theatre

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

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

Art

John Kørner

Wednesday 7/1 @ 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... 

GSK Contemporary

Art

GSK Contemporary

Wednesday 7/1 @ 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... 

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

Art

For Your Eyes Only

Wednesday 7/1 @ 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>Five Years</em>

Art

Five Years

Wednesday 7/1 @ James Freeman Gallery

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

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

Special Event

Between the Covers: Women's Magazines and their Readers

Wednesday 7/1 @ 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... 

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

Art

The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes

Wednesday 7/1 @ Design Museum

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

Ingrid Bergman season

Festival: Performing Arts

Ingrid Bergman season

Wednesday 7/1 @ 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>The Art of the Poster: A Century of Design</em>

Art

The Art of the Poster

Wednesday 7/1 @ 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... 

Wig Out!

Performing Arts

Wig Out!

Wednesday 7/1 @ 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>From Kabul to Kandahar 1833-1933</em>

Art: Photography

From Kabul to Kandahar 1833-1933

Wednesday 7/1 @ Royal Geographical Society

From Kabul to Kandahar 1833 -1933 is jointly curated by the Royal Geographical Society, the Afghan Association of London, Brondesbury College... 

<em>Turning the Season</em>

City Gems

Turning the Season

Wednesday 7/1 @ 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>Rothko</em>

Art

Rothko

Wednesday 7/1 @ 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

Wednesday 7/1 @ Bloomberg SPACE

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

Spitalfields Winter Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

Spitalfields Winter Festival

Wednesday 7/1 @ Various locations

The Spitalfields Winter Festival sprinkles east London with seasonal shenanigans via concerts, walks, tours and outdoor events. Ghostly apparitions of a... 

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

Art: Photography

Photographic Portrait Prize 2008

Wednesday 7/1 @ 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... 

T. S. Eliot Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

T. S. Eliot Festival

Wednesday 7/1 @ 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... 

<em>Sterling Stuff II</em>

Art

Sterling Stuff II

Wednesday 7/1 @ Pangolin London

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

Theatre

Complicit

Wednesday 7/1 @ 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... 

Art

Saul Steinberg: Illuminations

Wednesday 7/1 @ Dulwich Picture Gallery

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

<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

Wednesday 7/1 @ 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... 

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

Art

Turner Watercolours

Wednesday 7/1 @ 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>Andy Warhol: Other Voices, Other Rooms</em>

Art

Andy Warhol

Wednesday 7/1 @ Hayward Gallery

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

City Gems

Even Better Together Billboard Project + Open Studio

Wednesday 7/1 @ Gasworks

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

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

Art: Photography

Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Wednesday 7/1 @ Natural History Museum

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

<em>Homeless in the Capital</em>

Art

Homeless in the Capital

Wednesday 7/1 @ 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>Dispersion</em>

Art

Dispersion

Wednesday 7/1 @ ICA

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

<em>Listening Post</em>

Art

Listening Post

Wednesday 7/1 @ 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>Beyond Borders</em>

Art

Beyond Borders

Wednesday 7/1 @ Holster Projects

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

Natural History Museum Ice Rink

City Gems

Natural History Museum Ice Rink

Wednesday 7/1 @ 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... 

Cildo Meireles

Art

Cildo Meireles

Wednesday 7/1 @ Tate Modern

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

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

Dance

Matthew Bourne's Edward Scissorhands

Wednesday 7/1 @ 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... 

Oleg Vassiliev: <em>Recent Work</em>

Art

Oleg Vassiliev

Wednesday 7/1 @ Faggionato Fine Art

Oleg Vassiliev, who has chosen Faggionato Fine Art for his first UK exhibition, was a major player in Russia's dissident art... 

Manon

Dance

Manon

Wednesday 7/1 @ London Coliseum

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

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

Art: Photography

Writers' Rooms

Wednesday 7/1 @ 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

Wednesday 7/1 @ Proud Central

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

Turner Prize 08

Art

Turner Prize

Wednesday 7/1 @ Tate Britain

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

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

Art: Photography

Beside the Seaside

Wednesday 7/1 @ 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.... 

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

Wednesday 7/1 @ 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...