Events around Barbican
466 events within about 15 miles in the next 4 weeks
Results 1 - 15 : sorted by date
466 events within about 15 miles in the next 4 weeks
Results 1 - 15 : sorted by date
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The Funny Side...All New
The Funny Side...All New – Situated in the heart of London’s West End by Leicester Square Tube station, comedy variety is on offer every Wednesday night. Please find below our listings for FEBRUARY: Weds 1st: 2 x 10 min Acts, Impro Central & Felix Dexter with compere Marlon Staples Weds 8th: 2 x 10 min Acts, Impro Central & Otiz Cannelloni with compere Cameron Blair Weds 15th: 2 x 10 min.. more
The Funny Side...All New – Situated in the heart of London’s West End by Leicester Square Tube station, comedy variety is on offer every Wednesday night. Please find below our listings for FEBRUARY: Weds 1st: 2 x 10 min Acts, Impro Central & Felix Dexter with compere Marlon Staples Weds 8th: 2 x 10 min Acts, Impro Central & Otiz Cannelloni with compere Cameron Blair Weds 15th: 2 x 10 min.. more
Downstairs @ ‘Koha’, 11 St Martin’s Court London WC2 4AJ
Today, Wed 15 Feb, Wed 22 Feb, Wed 29 Feb.
Ghosts Gaslight and Guinness
Ghost walk starting every Wednesday at 7.30pm from Holborn station with a pub stop. No need to book, just turn up. Taking in Lincoln’s Inn Fields, past Gringots bank from Harry Potter and ending in Covent Garden. Robert Percival, the gambling addict who saw his own ghost a fortnight before he died. Thomas Crabbe whose horse went mad with fear on Fleet Street. The Old Lady of Threadneedle.. more
Ghost walk starting every Wednesday at 7.30pm from Holborn station with a pub stop. No need to book, just turn up. Taking in Lincoln’s Inn Fields, past Gringots bank from Harry Potter and ending in Covent Garden. Robert Percival, the gambling addict who saw his own ghost a fortnight before he died. Thomas Crabbe whose horse went mad with fear on Fleet Street. The Old Lady of Threadneedle.. more
Outside Holborn tube station London WC2B 6SR
Today, Wed 15 Feb.
Exhibition: Quentin Blake - As large as life
Quentin Blake, one of Britain’s best-loved and most successful illustrators presents Quentin Blake – As large as life (12 Jan-15 April 2012), an exclusive exhibition at the Foundling Museum featuring new work created for hospitals in the UK and France. Combining the humour, compassion and imaginary Quentin is so well loved for, visitors will discover senior circus characters juggling and.. more
Quentin Blake, one of Britain’s best-loved and most successful illustrators presents Quentin Blake – As large as life (12 Jan-15 April 2012), an exclusive exhibition at the Foundling Museum featuring new work created for hospitals in the UK and France. Combining the humour, compassion and imaginary Quentin is so well loved for, visitors will discover senior circus characters juggling and.. more
The Foundling Museum, 40 Brunswick Square, London WC1N 1AZ
Today to Sunday 12 Feb 2012
Reading Group: On (Un)Translatability
Join us for friendly, informal readings and discussions that will focus on carefully selected essays, poems and fragments of prose, allowing participants to explore notions of (un)translatability as well as the quest for nostalgia, both of which are themes that are central to this season. more
Join us for friendly, informal readings and discussions that will focus on carefully selected essays, poems and fragments of prose, allowing participants to explore notions of (un)translatability as well as the quest for nostalgia, both of which are themes that are central to this season. more
Calvert 22 Art Gallery, Calvert Avenue London E2 7JP
Today
Enjoy 3D space adventure at the N1 Shopping Centre!
Whether you’re an old fan or new, there’s no denying that seeing Star Wars on the big screen is an event not to be missed - especially when it’s the first Star Wars movie to ever be presented in spectacular 3D! Back in an all-new 3D presentation of Episode I, an experience that promises to truly surround you with the Force. Arrive in Star Wars themed fancy dress and receive.. more
Whether you’re an old fan or new, there’s no denying that seeing Star Wars on the big screen is an event not to be missed - especially when it’s the first Star Wars movie to ever be presented in spectacular 3D! Back in an all-new 3D presentation of Episode I, an experience that promises to truly surround you with the Force. Arrive in Star Wars themed fancy dress and receive.. more
N1 Shopping Centre, 21 Parkfield Street, Islington London N1 0PS
Today and Tomorrow
Febru-hairy 2012
Date: 1st – 29th February Summary: Wax it, Shave it, Dye it, Wear it or dream up your own hairy activity to raise funds for healthcare charity Sue Ryder. The wackier the better – we want to hear from you! Join in with the hair-raising fun across the country this February by taking part in Sue Ryder’s Febru-hairy. Any hairy activity is encouraged – wax it, shave it, dye it, wear it or dream.. more
Date: 1st – 29th February Summary: Wax it, Shave it, Dye it, Wear it or dream up your own hairy activity to raise funds for healthcare charity Sue Ryder. The wackier the better – we want to hear from you! Join in with the hair-raising fun across the country this February by taking part in Sue Ryder’s Febru-hairy. Any hairy activity is encouraged – wax it, shave it, dye it, wear it or dream.. more
1st Floor, 16 Upper Woburn Place London WC1H OAF
Today to Wed 29 Feb.
One?Thousand?Pots, One?Thousand?Thoughts
One?thousand?pots, one?thousand?thoughts?is?an installation by artist and ceramicist Yozo Hirayama that commemorates the victims of the Tohoku earthquake and Tsunami of?11th?March?2011.?Over?a?period?of?a?year, ?Yozo?has made one thousand pots as this number has a symbolic meaning in Japan, as it represents infinity or eternity.?One?thousand?pots thus stands?as?a?marker?and?a?memory?of those?.. more
One?thousand?pots, one?thousand?thoughts?is?an installation by artist and ceramicist Yozo Hirayama that commemorates the victims of the Tohoku earthquake and Tsunami of?11th?March?2011.?Over?a?period?of?a?year, ?Yozo?has made one thousand pots as this number has a symbolic meaning in Japan, as it represents infinity or eternity.?One?thousand?pots thus stands?as?a?marker?and?a?memory?of those?.. more
Brunei Gallery, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square London WC1H 0XG
Today to Saturday 24 Mar 2012
TRADITIONS REVISED - Japanese Fans from the Ishizumi Fan Collection
People usually perceive folding fans as simple implements to cool one self while collectors of antique folding fans often see them as purely items of decorative art. This exhibition looks at the history of the folding fan some of its traditions and the culture of fans in Japan from everyday items to cool one self to being one of the first multi functional portable communication devices, a.. more
People usually perceive folding fans as simple implements to cool one self while collectors of antique folding fans often see them as purely items of decorative art. This exhibition looks at the history of the folding fan some of its traditions and the culture of fans in Japan from everyday items to cool one self to being one of the first multi functional portable communication devices, a.. more
Brunei Gallery, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square London WC1H 0XG
Today to Saturday 24 Mar 2012
Evolution: An Odyssey By Kym Haverson
Art Exhibition Private Viewing 26th January 2012 6pm - 9pm Responding to the view that we are living in the “greatest age of discovery,” inspired by the beauty of nature and the profound questions; Why are we here? What happens in space? What is to be our and our planets fate? Kym creates violent deformed shapes and scenes of a mysterious quality that can be described as expressionistic.. more
Art Exhibition Private Viewing 26th January 2012 6pm - 9pm Responding to the view that we are living in the “greatest age of discovery,” inspired by the beauty of nature and the profound questions; Why are we here? What happens in space? What is to be our and our planets fate? Kym creates violent deformed shapes and scenes of a mysterious quality that can be described as expressionistic.. more
Reading Room Gallery 65-66 Frith Street, Soho, London W1D 3JR
Today to Saturday 25 Feb 2012
Exorcising the Fear: British Sculpture from the 50s and 60s
Taking the sixtieth anniversary year of the XXVI Venice Biennale of 1952 as its starting point, Exorcising the Fear will explore a pivotal point in the history of British sculpture. Returning to the essay by Herbert Read which left an indelible mark on the history of art with the phrase ‘the geometry of fear’, the exhibition aims to recapture the excitement and vitality of the moment when eight.. more
Taking the sixtieth anniversary year of the XXVI Venice Biennale of 1952 as its starting point, Exorcising the Fear will explore a pivotal point in the history of British sculpture. Returning to the essay by Herbert Read which left an indelible mark on the history of art with the phrase ‘the geometry of fear’, the exhibition aims to recapture the excitement and vitality of the moment when eight.. more
Pangolin London, Kings Place, 90 York Way N1 9AG
Today to Saturday 3 Mar 2012
Without Warning at The Old Vic Tunnels
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The Old Vic Tunnels, The Old Vic Tunnels, Tunnel 228, Station Approach Road, London SE1 7XB
Today to Saturday 11 Feb 2012
In Numbers: Serial Publications by Artists Since 1955
In Numbers: Serial Publications by Artists Since 1955 is a survey exhibition of the often-overlooked genre of serial publications produced by artists around the world from 1955 to the present day. From the rise of the small press in the 1960s, followed by the correspondence art movement, where artists exchanged art by post, to the DIY zine culture in the 1980s and early 1990s, professional.. more
In Numbers: Serial Publications by Artists Since 1955 is a survey exhibition of the often-overlooked genre of serial publications produced by artists around the world from 1955 to the present day. From the rise of the small press in the 1960s, followed by the correspondence art movement, where artists exchanged art by post, to the DIY zine culture in the 1980s and early 1990s, professional.. more
ICA, The Mall London SW1Y 5AH
Today to Sunday 18 Mar 2012
Lis Rhodes: Dissonance and Disturbance
Since the 1970s, Lis Rhodes has been making radical and experimental films that challenge the viewer to reconsider film as a medium of communication and the presentation of image, language and sound. This exhibition looks at the relationship of Rhodes’ work to performance, photography, composition, writing and political commentary At the ICA, Rhodes’ films will be presented as large-scale.. more
Since the 1970s, Lis Rhodes has been making radical and experimental films that challenge the viewer to reconsider film as a medium of communication and the presentation of image, language and sound. This exhibition looks at the relationship of Rhodes’ work to performance, photography, composition, writing and political commentary At the ICA, Rhodes’ films will be presented as large-scale.. more
ICA, The Mall London SW1Y 5AH
Today to Sunday 18 Mar 2012
Drawn to motion, written in space, stitched over time by Shane Waltener
London-based artist Shane Waltener presents new works resulting from onsite research and exchanges with dancers at Siobhan Davies Studios. Looking at the relationship between stepping and stitching, Waltener will work with dancers and use the building as a loom to weave on, creating a site responsive installations. The works are destined to evolve over the course of the exhibition as visitors.. more
London-based artist Shane Waltener presents new works resulting from onsite research and exchanges with dancers at Siobhan Davies Studios. Looking at the relationship between stepping and stitching, Waltener will work with dancers and use the building as a loom to weave on, creating a site responsive installations. The works are destined to evolve over the course of the exhibition as visitors.. more
Siobhan Davies Studios, 85 St Georges Road London SE1 6ER
Today to Sunday 11 Mar 2012
Art By Animals
Do animals make art? This exhibition includes paintings by apes and elephants and examines whether they are artistic works or just pointless lines on a page. Placing their handiwork alongside animal specimens and historical documentation we explore why some animal creations are considered valuable and creative, while others are dismissed as meaningless. Part of the Humanimals Season at the.. more
Do animals make art? This exhibition includes paintings by apes and elephants and examines whether they are artistic works or just pointless lines on a page. Placing their handiwork alongside animal specimens and historical documentation we explore why some animal creations are considered valuable and creative, while others are dismissed as meaningless. Part of the Humanimals Season at the.. more
Grant Museum of Zoology, Rockefeller Building, University College London, University Stree WC1E 6DE
Today to Friday 9 Mar 2012
