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FLOP! The Best Songs from the Worst Musicals
Arthur Hull finds songs worth rescuing from musicals that missed their moment, in a cabaret at Wilton’s Music Hall.
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PlaceCulture
Natural History Museum
The natural world takes centre stage in South Kensington, inside a building whose architecture is part of the experience.
PlaceExhibitions
Fulham Palace
A historic bishop’s residence, museum and garden offer a slower cultural afternoon beside the Thames in Fulham.
PlaceConcerts
The Jago
Live bands, DJs and late dancing fill this Kingsland Road venue, where the evening’s promoter and lineup matter more than a fixed genre label.
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Pam Tanowitz Dance: Pastoral
Pam Tanowitz, Caroline Shaw and Sarah Crowner revisit Beethoven’s pastoral world through choreography, new music and painted landscapes.
Free entry
PlaceExhibitions
London Museum Docklands
A former dockside warehouse tells the story of London’s port, including trade, slavery, wartime Docklands and the transformation of Canary Wharf.
EventConcerts
Samba Touré Plays the Ali Farka Touré Songbook
Samba Touré revisits Ali Farka Touré’s repertoire in a guitar-led concert drawing on northern Mali’s musical traditions.
PlaceCulture
Daunt Books Marylebone
Travel-minded browsing and oak galleries make Daunt’s Marylebone branch a bookshop to linger in, particularly when planning a journey or looking for a different view of a place.
PlaceConcerts
Night Tales
A Hackney terrace and indoor club make Night Tales work for an early drink that develops into a longer night of music.
PlaceConcerts
EartH
EartH brings a tiered theatre, a standing hall and smaller gathering spaces together for live music, club nights and festivals in Dalston.
EventConcerts
Half Six Fix: Vaughan Williams
Antonio Pappano pairs Vaughan Williams’s A Pastoral Symphony with Symphony No 8 in an early-evening concert with introductions.
PlaceOutdoors
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Botanical collections, glasshouses and expansive grounds make this a destination to give several hours, rather than a quick stop between appointments.
EventActivities
An Evening with Yotam Ottolenghi: Simple Too
Yotam Ottolenghi brings Simple Too to the Barbican Hall for an evening of conversation and live cooking.
PlaceFood & drink
Scarfes Bar
A fireside room at Rosewood London, where caricatures, books and live music give a Holborn evening a more intimate setting.
EventConcerts
Lee Burridge at KOKO
Lee Burridge leads an overnight house bill with Birds of Mind, Adassiya and Share at KOKO.
PlaceOutdoors
Dulwich Park
A leafy circuit in south London, suited to pairing with the nearby picture gallery and the streets of Dulwich Village.
PlaceOutdoors
Burgess Park
A large Southwark park with a lake and open lawns, connecting several neighbourhoods through an unhurried outdoor route.
PlaceCulture
Barbican Centre
Concert halls, theatres, cinemas and galleries sit inside one of London’s most distinctive arts complexes, with lakeside walks between performances.
PlaceOutdoors
Morden Hall Park
Waterways and parkland give south London a green outing around a former country estate.
PlaceConcerts
Colour Factory
A Hackney Wick meeting point for club nights, live music and time in the garden between sets.
PlaceConcerts
Lyric Hammersmith Theatre
A major local theatre offers a performance destination at the heart of Hammersmith.
EventConcerts
Toy Tonics with Cody Currie, Kapote + Aroop Roy
Toy Tonics lines up Cody Currie, Kapote and Aroop Roy for a Saturday night centred on the label’s dancefloor-minded sound.
PlaceCulture
Leighton House
A painter’s house where the interiors are a major part of the draw, from decorative surfaces to the studio itself.
EventConcerts
AVA London: Skin On Skin Presents
Skin On Skin, Evian Christ, Croatian Amor and mi-el share an overnight AVA London bill at EartH Hall.