| October 23, 2009 | to | April 11, 2010 |
The winning and commended images from the 2009 competition are now on show in a stunning new exhibition space at the Natural History Museum.
| November 5, 2009 | to | February 14, 2010 |
The Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2009 presents the very best in contemporary portrait photography, showcasing the work of some of the most talented emerging young photographers , alongside that of established professionals, photography students and gifted amateurs.
Hackney Empire
http://london.londinium.com/99317
Millfield Theatre
http://london.londinium.com/99318
New Wimbledon Theatre
Pamela Anderson and Paul O’Grady
Lanternfish Theatre
Age 5+
http://london.londinium.com/99319
Theatre Royal Stratford East
With illusionist Paul Kieve
http://london.londinium.com/99320
Shaw Theatre
Written by ‘Tweenies’ creators Iain Lauchlan and Will Brenton
http://london.londinium.com/99321
Ashcroft Theatre
Letitia Dean with Sooty and Sweep
Age 4+
http://london.londinium.com/99322
Richmond Theatre
Suitable for all ages
Broadway Barking
http://london.londinium.com/99323
Unicorn Theatre
Age 6+
http://london.londinium.com/99324
Jacksons Lane
Age 3+
http://london.londinium.com/99325
Lyric Hammersmith
http://london.londinium.com/99326
Greenwich Theatre
http://london.londinium.com/99327
Churchill Theatre
Claire Sweeney
Embrace winter at the Natural History Museum’s new, 1050-square-metre rink, eat and drink in the Café Bar or go for a spin on the beautiful fairground carousel. There’s also a smaller 100-square-metre rink for younger skaters.
http://london.londinium.com/65663
Open air ice rink in the magnificent setting of Canada Square Park, in it’s 5th year in a row. The park will be decked in festive lighting transforming the estate into a Winter Wonderland, offering the finest facility for outdoor ice skating in the capital.
http://london.londinium.com/39618
A great compact rink near to Liverpool Street station, perfect for nearby workers and people living in the East End.
http://london.londinium.com/99314
Skate beneath the stars in the heart of London, as Somerset House ice rink celebrates its 10th birthday. A calendar of special events includes Breakfast with Tiffany, DJ nights and Penguin Club.
http://london.londinium.com/65380
Central London’s largest ice skating rink in Hyde Park’s WINTER WONDERLAND, the ultimate London winter experience for everyone.
http://london.londinium.com/58560
In its 3rd year, the dry moat beneath the Outer Curtain Wall of the Tower hosts a breathtaking ice rink. There are free viewing galleries, with food and drink available at the Moat Cafe.
http://london.londinium.com/46278
In its 7th year, Hampton Court Palace hosts one of London’s most dramatic ice rinks, set against the stunning backdrop of Henry VIII’s historic red brick Tudor Palace. The Ice Rink Cafe will be serving warm drinks and snacks and a place to sit and watch others skate.
http://london.londinium.com/46276
Britain’s longest ever ice rink is set to feature at Wembley Stadium this Christmas as part of a festive and fun-packed event – ICExperience. The ice rink will circle the stadium’s pitch and measure in at a whopping 350m long. It will be able to accommodate up to 700 skaters per hour.
http://london.londinium.com/99313
The Alexandra Palace Ice Rink offers a wide range of activities suitable for all ages including public skating sessions, figure skating classes and ice hockey training. The Ice Rink is also available for birthday parties, school bookings and private hire. Open all year round.
Bob Hoskins, star of Disney’s ‘A Christmas Carol’ will be switching on the lights in the cathedral. There will be live music from opera singer Andrea Bocelli, Spandau Ballet, Little Boots and Britain’s Got Talent star Faryl Smith, Scouting for Girls and the St Pauls Cathedral Choir. There will also be a world record attempt for all to take part in, in a mass Christmas Carol sing along.
http://london.londinium.com/99308
A joint Christmas lights event following the theme of Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’ with stars of the new Disney adaptation turning on the illuminations. Jim Carrey will be turning on the lights on Oxford Street and Colin Firth and Robin Wright Penn on Regent Street. There will also be live music from The Noisettes and Daniel Merriweather.
http://london.londinium.com/99301
The Market Building will be transformed by Christmas lights, chandeliers, a 40ft christmas tree, with live reindeer, choir performances, children’s storytelling, music and gingerbread workshops.
http://london.londinium.com/99303
Following a 1960s theme of Love, Hope, Joy and Peace the area will be transformed with illuminations and a cascade of snowflakes and giant snowmen inflatables.
http://london.londinium.com/99305
South Molton Street Christmas lights will be switched on by X Factor star Diana Vickers. Some stores will be offering special discounts and promotions and there will be a selection of free food and drink, Champagne, mulled wine, beer and mince pies with live music from Oompah Brass.
http://london.londinium.com/99307
The Marylebone Christmas lights will be switched on amongst Champagne, mince pies, fireworks, street performers, carols, live music, a grotto and special appearance from Father Christmas from 4pm onwards.
http://london.londinium.com/99304
Mariah Carey launches her new album and turns on the Christmas Lights at Westfield. Her entrance up the Southern Terrace will begin at 6pm, turning on the lights in The Atrium at approximately 6.15pm. Her album cd sleeve signing will take place from 6.30pm.
http://london.londinium.com/99302
A one day shopping event in aid of Great Ormand Street Hospital which will see Bond Street transformed and covered in snow with street entertainment, fireworks, rickshaw sleighs, reindeer and carol singers. Lights will be switched on at 6pm by Anna Friel.
http://london.londinium.com/64240
The Lord Mayor will be turning on the Christmas lights at Leadenhall Market, where there will be festive decorations, Christmas tree, mulled wine, minced pies, performers, live music and a carol concert with the Salvation Army.
http://london.londinium.com/99306
The shopping centre’s first Christmas lights event, launched by a lantern parade from local school children and followed by singing from last years X-factor contestant Laura White.
http://london.londinium.com/99309
For this annual event the arboretum is decked with coloured lights, creating an atmospheric winter path which can be walked in around an hour, past many species of trees and a frosty lake.
http://london.londinium.com/99310
The Trafalgar Square Christmas tree lighting up ceremony takes place on the 3rd December with the lights staying on from midday to midnight daily until 5th January 2010. There is also carol singing taking place daily from 5 to 9pm until 22nd December 2009.The Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree, a gift from the people of Norway, is traditionally over 25 metres tall, over 50 years old and decorated in individual white lights.
| December 4, 2009 | to | December 6, 2009 |
Taste of Christmas is the most exciting foodie event of the festive season bringing together some of London’s top chefs and finest restaurants for three days of festive gourmet celebration. There are huge names appearing at the show including Heston Blumenthal, Richard Corrigan, Jean-Christophe Novelli, Atul Kochhar and Antony Worrall Thompson. Leading London restaurants such as Roast, Benares, Bentleys Oyster Bar and Grill, Club Gascon, Sumosan and Eastside Inn will also be serving their fabulous signature dishes for you to indulge in.
| November 28, 2009 |
A synergy of diverse features from business/entrepreneurial and career workshops, to business and media talks from the likes of Nathaniel Peat and Ope Bankole, historical films, art from the African Diaspora and a wealth of entertainment.
| November 21, 2009 | to | November 25, 2009 |
For the first time in the history of gastroenterology, an international conference will take place which joins together the forces of four pre-eminent organisations: GASTRO 2009, UEGW/WCOG London. The United European Gastroenterology Federation (UEGF) and the World Gastroenterology Organisation (WGO), together with the World Organisation of Digestive Endoscopy (OMED) and the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG), are jointly organising a landmark meeting in London from November 21 – 25, 2009. This collaboration will ensure the perfect balance of basic science and clinical practice, will cover all disciplines in gastroenterology (endoscopy, digestive oncology, nutrition, digestive surgery, hepatology, gastroenterology) and ensure a truly global context; all presented in the exciting setting of the city of London.
| November 16, 2009 | to | November 22, 2009 |
The Winter Fine Art and Antiques Fair, Olympia, is the bastion of a traditional British Fine Art and Antiques event in the UK. It is ideally situated as the only event of this quality in the country, at this time of year.
Over 150 fine art and antiques specialists will showcase a spectacular selection of vetted objects: ranging from fine furniture to maps; from books to prints and from early china to rare Old Master paintings. Our ongoing association with the leading trade associations, BADA and LAPADA, together with our daily vetting process, ensures that you can buy with complete quality assurance.
Whether you are a collector or an art enthusiast, a dealer or an exhibitor, the Winter Fine Art and Antiques Fair, Olympia will provide you highly professional service and a memorable and enjoyable event.
| October 30, 2009 | to | March 7, 2010 |
Paccar Gallery, British Library
Price: Free
From the first tentative ‘drawings of shadows’ produced in the mid-1830s to its universal acceptance as a leisure pursuit, photography was swept along by a tide of entrepreneurial activity throughout the 19th century.
As an influential new artistic and documentary medium, photography rapidly developed into a lucrative profession. Science, government, industry and a growing media quickly recognised its power both to reflect and to shape society, while both artists and amateurs embraced its potential for personal expression.
Organised by subject matter, the exhibition asks: ‘Who was taking the photograph and why?’ Section by section, items are presented within their cultural context to explore some of the major themes of the 19th century – from expansion to industrialisation, science, and the rapid changes taking place in society. The final section reveals how technology responded to the demands of a developing mass market for photography, which continues to the present day.
| October 14, 2009 | to | January 24, 2010 |
The Wallace Collection
This collection by Damien Hirst is being shown for the first time in the UK. Consisting of 25 new paintings, it is sure to create a sensation. Hung in the traditional galleries of The Wallace Collection, visitors will be able to enjoy the visual dialogue between Hirst’s works and the Old Master paintings.
| October 21, 2009 | to | January 31, 2010 |
Design Museum
David Chipperfield has earned worldwide fame with his restrained and thoughtful designs, and is one of Britain’s leading architects. David Chipperfield has designed buildings from Berlin to Henley, Japan to Spain. This display is a comprehensive overview of key moments in his developments, as well as a look at some of his major recent international projects.
| October 1, 2009 | to | January 17, 2010 |
Tate Modern
This exhibition examinese how artists since the 80s have cultivated their public persona as a product, with a dazzling mix of media, commerce and glamour, creating their own ‘brands’. This exhibition begins with the iconic grandfather of Pop, Andy Warhol, and also showcases Jeff Koons, Damien Hirst, Keith Haring, Richard Prince, Martin Kippenberger, the YBAs and Takashi Murakami.
| October 6, 2009 | to | January 3, 2010 |
Tate Britain
The Turner Prize returns to Tate Britain, and this year the shortlist is: Enrico David, Roger Hiorns, Lucy Skaer, Richard Wright. You can view works of the finalists at the Tate Britain, including Roger Hiorns’ piece ‘Seizure’ 2008, and Lucy Skaer’s piece ‘Black Alphabet’ 2008.
| October 13, 2009 | to | April 5, 2010 |
Tate Modern
Price: Free
This is the 10th commission in the Unilever Series for the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern. This exhibition showcases Polish Artist Miroslaw Balka, with installations, sculpture and video by him. These works explore themes of personal history and common experience, and is intimate and self-reflective, demonstrating his central concerns of identifying personal memory within the context of historical memory.
| September 26, 2009 | to | December 11, 2009 |
Royal Academy
This exhibition at the Royal Academy showcases Kapoor’s career, as well as showing new and previously unseen works by this seminal sculptor. One of the highlights of this exhibition is his work Svayambh, a vast corridor of imperceptibly moving red wax, which leaves a residue in it’s wake as it traverses the breadth of Burlington House.
| September 24, 2009 | to | January 24, 2010 |
British Museum
Moctezuma II was the last elected ruler of the Aztecs, and this exhibition tells the story of his life and reign, including his controversial death during the Spanish conquest. To his people he was revered as semi-divine, but shortly after the Spanish landed on Mexican shores in 1519, violence ensued and Moctezuma was captured and met his death. After his death the Spanish went on to conquer his empire. This exhibition contains a variety of objects telling the story of Moctezuma’s life, ranging from sculpture, gold and mosaic items to codices and European paintings, drawn from Mexican, European, US collections and the British Museum’s own collection.
| May 2, 2007 | to | April 30, 2012 |
Tate Britain
Price: Free
This free exhibition showcases Turner’s exploration of methods and techiniques, of colour and line. It follows Turner’s travels through Europe and his responses to different places, lighting and materials available. This ongoing exhibition will change exhibits every 6 months.
| May 22, 2009 | to | January 31, 2010 |
Victoria and Albert Museum
This exhibition by the Royal College of Art displays highlights from 2008 graduates’ final collections. It shows the garments themselves, and the process of designing them from ideas to complete clothes.
| September 11, 2009 | to | December 12, 2009 |
Trafalgar Studios
Production by the Northern Broadsides and West Yorkshire Playhouse. Starring Lenny Henry in the lead role.
| March 4, 2009 | to | December 31, 2010 |
Imperial War Museum
Price: Free
Breakthrough is an art exhibition showcasing British art from both WWI and WWII, focusing particuarly on non-official and contemporary work. Official works shown will include some by Paul Nash, CRW Nevinson, John Piper and Eric Ravilious. Until the 28th June an additional display ‘The Neo-Romantics At War’ will also be on show, exploring the rise of British Neo-Romanticism during World War Two.
| July 18, 2009 | to | October 31, 2010 |
Imperial War Museum
Age: 8-12
Taken from the Horrible History series of books, this exhibition lets visitors learn more about live in the trenches. Visitors can discover battle plans and living conditions, and can even try on strange clothes for living in trenches and climbing into mining tunnels, peering through periscopes and much more!
| June 26, 2009 | to | November 29, 2009 |
Natural History Museum
Daily: 10am – 5:30pm
Several major artists and writers exhibit new and existing works inspired by Charles Darwin’s book, The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. The exhibition explores the idea that expressing emotions is not unique to humans, but shared with other animals.
| July 23, 2009 | to | December 30, 2010 |
Science Museum
Cost: Free
Explore how astronomy has changed the way we see our universe – and ourselves – through this object-rich exhibition. From ancient heritage to cutting edge technology, trace the history of people and the stars through different stories drawn from around the world.
| May 22, 2007 | to | January 31, 2010 |
Science Museum
Cost: Free
The exhibition has four sections focusing on 100 years of making plastics: The Birth of Plastics, Plastic Dreams, Plastics Now, and Plastic Futures.
| March 11, 2009 | to | April 5, 2010 |
Science Museum
Cost: Free
This temporary exhibition showcases 20 examples where F1™ technology is impacting on our lives, from changing the way we look after patients and design our sports equipment, to maintaining the heating systems in our homes.
| March 26, 2009 | to | December 31, 2009 |
FASHION, JEWELLERY & ACCESSORIES
Magnificence of the Tsars, Magnificence of the Emperors: From The Moscow Kremlin Museums Collection
10 December 2008 – 29 March 2009, Fashion, Room 40,
The grandeur of Imperial Russia is captured in this display of the dress and uniforms of Emperors and officials of the Russian court. Starting in the 1720s with the lavishly embroidered coats and elaborately patterned silk banyans from the wardrobe of Tsar Peter II, the display spans a period of almost two centuries.
Hats: An Anthology by Stephen Jones.
24 February – 31 May 2009, The Porter Gallery
Working with radical hat designer, Stephen Jones, the V&A presents an ‘anthology of hats’. Drawn from V&A and international collections and ranging in style and period from a 17th-century Puritan’s hat to a 1950s Balenciaga couture piece to hats by Jones and his contemporaries including to the latest creations by young milliners such as Noel Stewart, the exhibition investigates the cultural and historic importance of millinery. The exhibition is arranged in four main themes – Inspiration looks at the myriad of sources including historicism, exoticism and the natural world; Creation explores the techniques, materials and processes; The Salon focuses on the buying and selling of hats and the millinery shop; and The Clients which examines the wearing and etiquette of hats and features headgear worn by well known clients of some of the world’s top milliners including Audrey Hepburn, Anna Piaggi, Dita von Teese.
The Olympic Stadium Project – Le Corbusier and Baghdad
9 October 2008 – 29 March 2009, Architecture, Room 128a
This display examines one of the last projects by Le Corbusier, begun in 1957, his fascinating design for a sports stadium in Baghdad. With specially commissioned models, it gives a sense of what this marvellous structure would have looked like had the project come to fruition. The stadium was planned around a set of innovative radially arranged ribs or “voiles”, the designs for 20 of which also feature in the display.
Le Corbusier regarded athletes as metaphors for modern man, and with Pierre Jeanneret he created an experimental design for a huge stadium for 100 000 people for athletic/cultural use. Le Corbusier referred to it as a “civic tool for a modern age.”
‘Seasons through the Looking Glass’ Tunnel Installation
28 March 2008 – 29 March 2009, Tunnel Entrance
Alice’s adventures began when she fell into a tunnel that unexpectedly twisted downwards to form a deep well. She landed abruptly on a heap of sticks and dry leaves. This notion of mythical underground spaces is the subject of CJ Lim’s installation, a multi-sensory and tactile intervention which explores the spatial possibilities of a subterranean garden.
Libraries of Light: Photographic Books from the V&A Collection
24 April 2008 – 19 April 2009, Photography, Room 38a
Photographic books are almost as old as photography itself. Indeed, one of the inventors of photography, William Henry Fox Talbot, was also author of one of the very first books to include photographs, The Pencil of Nature (1844). This display features highlights of historic, classic and contemporary photographic books from the Museum’s library alongside prints from the photographs archive.
The Booker Prize, 6 September 2008 – 17 May 2009
This display celebrates the 40th anniversary of the leading literary award, The Booker and Man Booker Prize. It presents winning and shortlisted books from the past forty years, alongside promotional material and the original Booker trophy, created by the artist Jan Pienkowski. It explores the practice of collecting Booker Prize books, featuring signed limited first editions and proof copies from the collection of the literary agent and book collector Peter Straus. The display demonstrates how the design of book jackets has changed since the first prize was awarded in 1969 and includes examples of bespoke bindings of shortlisted books created by members of one of the foremost societies devoted to the craft of fine bookbinding, the British Society of Designer Bookbinders.
Capturing the Moment. Photographs by Reg Wilson
18 March 2009 – 10 January 2010, Theatre and Performance Temporary Exhibition Gallery, Room 104
Reg Wilson is one of Britain’s most prolific performance photographers. From the 1960s he has recorded four decades of the performing arts in all their richness and variety, capturing the great and the good on stage, backstage and in the studio. This selection from Wilson’s archive, chosen by the artist, shows every aspect of the performance process from the studio to the finished product. It also demonstrates a range of techniques, from the staged photo-call to the snatched backstage shot and includes some of the earliest stage photography and colour productions.
Contemporary Drawings ‘Wine, Women and Song 1′, Martin Fuller,
7 March – 30 July 2009,Leighton, Room 102
The V&A has recently acquired an extensive group of contemporary drawings by artists who work across all the fine art disciplines: painters, sculptors, printmakers, photographers and installation artists. The drawings in this display are very diverse, ranging from the figurative, to the abstract, to the conceptual. What connects them is the versatile medium of drawing itself, the essential foundation of all art practice.
Medieval & Renaissance highlights – Makers and Markets
26 March 2007 – 27 April 2009 Sculpture, Room 117
This small display highlights the growing market in 16th century Europe for decorative goods – from costly lustreware, enamels and sculptures to more modest domestic stoneware pots. Works by some of the greatest sculptors of the period, such as Michelangelo, Benvenuto Cellini and Giambologna, are included. These artists were celebrated figures in their own lifetimes and princes, popes and the rising merchant classes were keen to acquire works by such celebrated masters.
Cultural Connections: Africa
July 2008 – June 2009, Sackler Centre, Room 220
This display presents a diverse group of objects with links to the African diaspora interpreted by an invited artist. Maria Amidu is interested in the relationships between people and public collections. Here she reflects on the role museum curators play in determining what appears on display and how it is presented.
The Art of Drinking
26 September 2007 – 26 April 2009, Room 66,
For the past 500 years drinking has stimulated a rich material culture. Specific situations and drinks require particular vessels, from stoneware beer mugs to jade wine cups and silver goblets. This display explores the varied and often curious designs of drinking vessels in order to explain their function and importance.
Fragments
10 November 2008 – 8 November 2009, Room 116, The Belinda Gentle Metalware Gallery
The metalwork collection includes fragments of objects. These are often beautiful, intriguing and revealing in their own right. On first seeing them, we often wonder what they are. By examining a detail we can understand more about the whole object, what it is made of, and how it was made. This display showcases fragments of objects and looks at how they were made.
| March 5, 2009 2:00 pm | to | March 27, 2010 12:00 am |
A mother. A daughter. 3 possible dads. And a trip down the aisle you’ll never forget!
Over 32 million people all around the world have fallen in love with the characters, the story and the music that make MAMMA MIA! the ultimate feel-good show!
Writer Catherine Johnson’s sunny, funny tale unfolds on a Greek island paradise. On the eve of her wedding, a daughter’s quest to discover the identity of her father brings 3 men from her mother’s past back to the island they last visited 20 years ago. The story-telling magic of ABBA’s timeless songs propels this enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship, and every night everyone’s having the time of their lives!
| September 23, 2009 | to | January 24, 2010 |
Turner and the Masters will juxtapose Turner’s greatest paintings alongside works by old masters and contemporaries that he hoped to imitate, rival and surpass. Featuring around 100 works the exhibition will include paintings by Claude, Canaletto, Ruisdael, Van de Velde, Poussin, Rubens, Rembrandt, Constable, Bonington and many others known by Turner at first hand. This will be a unique exhibition exploring how Turner’s responses to other artists were both acts of homage and a sophisticated form of art criticism. Not to be missed.
http://www.londinium.com/london/68606.html
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