Events on Friday, April 17

SPILL Festival of Performance 2009

Festival: Performing Arts

SPILL

Friday 17/4 @ Various

The second SPILL festival promises to be a theatrical spectacle, featuring more than 100 live performances by companies from across the... 

<em>Madame de Sade</em>

Theatre

Madame de Sade

Friday 17/4 @ Wyndham's Theatre

The Donmar's star-studded West End season continues apace with Yukio Mishima's new production. Madame de Sade tells the story of the... 

Goldie: <em>The Kids Are All Riot</em>

Art

Goldie: The Kids Are All Riot

Friday 17/4 @ Maverik Showroom

Though many will recognise Goldie as the jobbing James Bond-and-Eastenders actor and some will even recall his '90s drum 'n bass... 

Hats: An Anthology by Stephen Jones

Fashion/Style

Hats: An Anthology by Stephen Jones

Friday 17/4 @ Victoria and Albert Museum

Millliner Stephen Jones curates this exploration of headwear from Ancient Egypt to the present day. (The eccentric hatter is celebrated by... 

Reader in Residence: Damian Barr

Performing Arts: Spoken Word

Reader in Residence: Damian Barr

Friday 17/4 @ Andaz Hotel

Journalist Damian Barr (BBC, The Times) returns to his post as the Andaz Hotel's reader in residence for one week during... 

Art: Photography

Angela Gorgas: Martin Amis and Friends

Friday 17/4 @ 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

Futurism 100!

Friday 17/4 @ Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art

Futurism 100! marks the centenary of the Futurist Manifesto by exhibiting the work of two leading figures from the movement in... 

Art

Fourth Plinth

Friday 17/4 @ Trafalgar Square

Antony Gormley and Yinka Shonibare are the latest artists taking part in the ongoing project to populate the previously empty Fourth... 

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

Art: Photography

Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Friday 17/4 @ Natural History Museum

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