All events on Sunday May 11
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- Theatre Grand Slam
- Sunday 11 May (8pm) @ The Bedford
- SW12 may not seem like an obvious location for the fringe-theatre highlight of the week, but so it is with this second-ever Theatre Grand Slam.... View details »
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- Moshi Moshi Pub Quiz
- Sunday 11 May (4:30pm) @ Amersham Arms
- Moshi Moshi get "daan saath" and relocate their cult Finsbury pop pub quiz to the equally notorious Amersham Arms. The day kicks off at 4:30pm,... View details »
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- Stylenoir Launch Party
- Sunday 11 May (8pm–1am) @ Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen
- The fashionista hordes overrun Hoxton Square monthly Voodoo tonight for the launch of alternative rag-trade bible Stylenoir. Mathew Horne of Gavin & Stacey fame comperes,... View details »
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- Amora
- Sunday 11 May (11am–midnight) @ Amora More times »
- Amora — the Academy of Sex and Relationships — offers an educational exploration of all aspects of intimacy. Seven distinct zones take you through everything... View details »
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- Skateboard at the Southbank Centre
- Sunday 11 May (8–11am) @ Southbank Centre More times »
- Free
- For a rather serene moment of skateboarding, set the alarm early and cruise on down to the Southbank in the early hours of the morning.... View details »
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- Horse Riding at Wimbledon Village Stables
- Sunday 11 May (9am–2pm) @ Wimbledon Village Stables More times »
- For city-bound equestrians missing their early-morning ride and novice ponyphiles alike, Wimbledon has more to offer than Wombles. Even if you have a penchant for... View details »
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- Café on the Hill
- Sunday 11 May (8am–4pm) @ Cafe on the Hill More times »
- With most of central London out-of-bounds (either closed or crammed with shoppers), get perspective on the city from Muswell Hill. Like a less pretentious Hampstead,... View details »
- Art
- For Your Eyes Only
- Sunday 11 May (10am–6pm) @ Imperial War Museum Park More times »
- Ian Fleming, the author responsible for birthing the shaken-not-stirred secret agent James Bond, receives his due in this new exhibition at the Imperial War Museum.... View details »
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- Peacocks & Pinstripes
- Sunday 11 May (11am–5pm) @ Fashion and Textile Museum More times »
- Made possible by the Fashion and Textile Museum and the Getty Images Gallery, Peacocks & Pinstripes explores the evolution of masculine fashion. The collection looks... View details »
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- Blood on Paper
- Sunday 11 May (10am–5:45pm) @ Victoria and Albert Museum More times »
- Free
- This new exhibition at the V&A offers visual art reworkings and interpretations of the humble paperback. The works on display range from large-scale installations to... View details »
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- Kite Flying on Hampstead Heath
- Sunday 11 May @ Hampstead Heath More times »
- Free
- Rosy up those cheeks on the Heath for a return to classic weekend pursuits. Kites plus mates usually equals fun, so strafe unwitting passers-by with... View details »
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- Elizabethan Flagons
- Sunday 11 May (10am–5:30pm) @ Victoria and Albert Museum More times »
- Free
- The Victoria & Albert's latest mini-exhibition features a set of Elizabethan flagons that return to the museum after 70 years abroad. Stroll down memory lane... View details »
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- Jazz in London
- Sunday 11 May (10am–6pm) @ National Portrait Gallery More times »
- Free
- Take a trip back to the dark, smoky jazz clubs of the '50s with Walter Hanlon's atmospheric exhibition. While working in the music business during... View details »
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- Vanity Fair Portraits
- Sunday 11 May (10am–6pm) @ National Portrait Gallery More times »
- Ever since it launched way back when, Vanity Fair has never failed to raise an eyebrow — least of all for its instantly classic cover... View details »
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- The ALI Folio
- Sunday 11 May (11am–6pm) @ Proud Central More times »
- Free
- Muhammad Ali is one of the world's most photographed people, but despite the amount of coverage he commands, an air of mystique still surrounds the... View details »
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- Parkour
- Sunday 11 May @ Westminster Academy More times »
- Release your urban primate with parkour, the sport that catapults folks around London using vaults, leaps and climbs. The beginner's class breaks you in gently... View details »
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- Duchamp, Man Ray, Picabia
- Sunday 11 May (10am–6pm) @ Tate Modern More times »
- It isn't often you see Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray and Francis Picabia — a conceptualist, a photographer and a poet, respectively — exhibited together. The... View details »
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- Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art
- Sunday 11 May (noon–11pm) @ Barbican Centre More times »
- In Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art, a group of (fictional) Martian curators hand-pick contemporary artworks by 115 Earthlings. As the "curators" aren't from around here,... View details »
- Music: DJ
- Roasts and Records
- Sunday 11 May (noon–11pm) @ The Defectors Weld More times »
- If you're feeling somewhat broken in the head after Saturday night, then this Sunday activity is sure to bring you relief while requiring minimal effort.... View details »
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- Skin + Bones
- Sunday 11 May (10am–6pm) @ Somerset House More times »
- Exploring the enduring love affair between two creative entities, Skin + Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture hits Somerset House's newest space, the Embankment... View details »
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- Richard Rogers & Architects
- Sunday 11 May (10am–5:45pm) @ Design Museum More times »
- Modern, functional design has long been synonymous with architect Richard Rogers, who's stamped his distinctive imprint on buildings throughout Europe. To appropriately honour his career,... View details »
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- The Street
- Sunday 11 May (11am–6pm) @ The Street Project Base More times »
- Free
- They may navigate us through our lives, but have you ever considered London's streets as the context for artistic interrogation? Over the next 12 months,... View details »
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- China Design Now
- Sunday 11 May (10am–5:45pm) @ Victoria and Albert Museum More times »
- Celebrating China's return to the graphic-art world stage, China Design Now embarks on a three-part journey along the country's coastline. The cities examined — Shenzhen,... View details »
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- The Regent
- Sunday 11 May (noon–10:30pm) @ The Regent More times »
- If you awake to find yourself north of Notting Hill on a Sunday morning, get rejuvenated at Kensal Rise's best grub 'n boozer. Since its... View details »
- Film
- Children of Glory
- Sunday 11 May @ Various locations More times »
- With the Russian FSB flexing its muscles once again under Putin, Krisztina Goda's gripping Cold War-era drama bristles with prescience as it recounts the story... View details »
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- Listening Post
- Sunday 11 May (10am–6pm) @ The Science Museum More times »
- Free
- Idle conversations on Facebook walls, MySpace comments and message forums may not feel as intimate after Listening Post arrives at the Science Museum. Asking "What... View details »
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- Jerwood Contemporary Painters
- Sunday 11 May (10am–3pm) @ Jerwood Space More times »
- Free
- For its second annual exhibition, the Jerwood Charitable Foundation asked three well-respected artists and academics to choose 20 promising recent art-school graduates. Each of the... View details »
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- Pygmalion
- Sunday 11 May @ Old Vic Theatre More times »
- George Bernard Shaw's rags-to-riches tale was made famous by George Cukor's 1964 film musical My Fair Lady, which starred Rex Harrison as Henry Higgins —... View details »
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- Ryan Gander
- Sunday 11 May (noon–6pm) @ South London Gallery More times »
- Free
- Some may spend their gap year soul-searching (that is, aimlessly wandering the globe or lolling about in a drunken stupor). But when Ryan Gander took... View details »
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- Clare Barclay
- Sunday 11 May (10am–6pm) @ Camden Arts Centre More times »
- Free
- In her solo exhibition at Camden Arts Centre this month, Glaswegian installation artist Claire Barclay displays an array of deliciously subversive creations that teeter on... View details »
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- Ladyfest
- Sunday 11 May @ Various locations More times »
- The arts festival celebrating all things female returns with a fantastically varied programme of events, ranging from the spoken word to comedy. Film highlights include... View details »
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- War & Peace
- Sunday 11 May @ Hampstead Theatre More times »
- Get lost in the drama of the Bezukhovs and Bolkonskys with Shared Experience's stage adaptation of Tolstoy's magnum opus. Adapted by playwright Helen Edmundson, the... View details »
- Film
- The Fashion in Film Festival
- Sunday 11 May @ Various locations More times »
- London's biennial Fashion in Film Festival casts costumes in the starring role of a genre-spanning cinematic showcase. In this, its second outing, the festival explores... View details »
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- London Fetish Fair
- Sunday 11 May (noon–6pm) @ Shillibeers More times »
- If Oxford Street's array of big-name chain stores, tourist tat and exorbitantly priced boutiques have lost their appeal, head Islington-way today for the deviant delights... View details »
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- Introspective
- Sunday 11 May (noon–6pm) @ La Viande More times »
- Free
- Spanish artists Carlos Calvet and Josue Lozano use their art to externalise hidden thoughts in this two-person show. Calvet evokes labyrinths and other fantastical scenarios... View details »
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- Brick Lane Bike Polo
- Sunday 11 May (1–7pm) @ Brick Lane Polo More times »
- Free
- Thanks to the invention of bike polo, carefully groomed horses are no longer a prerequisite for a quick chukka. There may be fewer fair-bonneted young... View details »
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- Running Late
- Sunday 11 May (noon–6pm) @ The Photographers' Gallery More times »
- Free
- Running Late, an unlikely collaboration between the Photographers' Gallery and Cuts hair salon, doesn't include snaps of hair being swept up or portraits of bad... View details »
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- Front of House
- Sunday 11 May (noon–5pm) @ Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art More times »
- Free
- The title of the Parasol Unit's new collaborative exhibition refers, on the surface, to public spaces in theatres and concert halls. But its deeper purpose... View details »
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- The City
- Sunday 11 May @ Royal Court Theatre More times »
- If you're in the mood for social decay, morally repugnant characters and simmering violence, head to Royal Court Theatre, where Martin Crimp's The City takes... View details »
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- Haozhan
- Sunday 11 May (noon–10:30pm) @ Haozhan More times »
- Thanks to its bustling location in London's tourist hub, Chinatown is less a mecca for cuisine lovers than a torturous odyssey to find decent food,... View details »
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- Rob Ryan
- Sunday 11 May (11am–6pm) @ Tatty Devine More times »
- Free
- Master papercutter Rob Ryan is the king of collaboration — he's produced an accessories collection for Paul Smith, a dress for Vogue, a Christmas window... View details »
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- Street Posters from the Paris Rebellion
- Sunday 11 May (10am–6pm) @ Hayward Gallery More times »
- Free
- With all of the protests and civil unrest going on, 1968 wasn't the best year to take a trip to Paris. The Hayward Gallery marks... View details »
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- Mark Wright
- Sunday 11 May @ Carter Presents More times »
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- A strangely serene beauty exudes from the putrid destruction and decay of Mark Wright's chaotic paintings. Drawing from ancient folklore, poetry and the dischord of... View details »
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- Dex Club
- Sunday 11 May (11am–midnight) @ Dex Club More times »
- Dex Club in Brixton is London's newest private members' club, featuring eight DJ-friendly hotel rooms, quality British dining, a spectacular '20s-style main space and a... View details »
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- Nought to Sixty
- Sunday 11 May (noon–7pm) @ ICA More times »
- The ICA's ambitious new show brings together 60 early career artists from Britain and Ireland. In an exhibition spanning six months, the artworks roll over... View details »
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- BURST Festival
- Sunday 11 May @ Battersea Arts Centre More times »
- This year's BURST sees the Battersea Arts Centre host its largest-ever, month-long programme of experimental theatre performances. More than 30 shows offer a mix of... View details »
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- King Lear
- Sunday 11 May @ Shakespeare's Globe More times »
- Shakespeare's most tragic of tragedies was in the limelight last year with the RSC's production starring Sir Ian McKellen. For the Globe's version, highly regarded... View details »
- Film
- All Power to the Imagination!
- Sunday 11 May @ Various locations More times »
- This expansive festival celebrates 1968's pivotal role in shaping the world as we know it with a rich slate of events, including a monthlong film... View details »
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- Bikram Yoga
- Sunday 11 May (6:45am–9pm) @ Bikram Yoga City More times »
- Until the advent of Bikram, yoga was associated mostly with unlawful bending and the ubiquitous "om". Now, the modern twist on the ancient technique has,... View details »
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- Fox & Anchor
- Sunday 11 May (noon–6pm) @ Fox & Anchor More times »
- Dating from the late Victorian era, this pub — an old favourite of blood-spattered meat traders from Smithfields Market down the street — has just... View details »
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- Ruth Hinkel-Pevzner
- Sunday 11 May (noon–5pm) @ Nicholls & Clarke Building More times »
- Free
- Filmmaker Ruth Hinkel-Pevzner combed through Russian film archives to create her new video work, installed in the centre of a disused Shoreditch building. A haunting... View details »
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- Amazing Butterflies
- Sunday 11 May (10am–3:15pm) @ Natural History Museum More times »
- Nothing says "summer is here" like butterflies — just the sight of them fluttering around the park is enough to send most people into paroxysms... View details »
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- Still Another Place
- Sunday 11 May (11am–7pm) @ The Crypt More times »
- Free
- This group show explores the richness and diversity of artists' senses of place. Simon Dawe's dreamy landscapes draw from childhood idylls, whereas Julie Goldsmith's animal... View details »
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- Mare Tenebrarum
- Sunday 11 May (noon–6pm) @ Transition Gallery More times »
- Free
- The bicentenary of the prince of dark literature, Edgar Allen Poe, marks a central concern in the work of the two artists on display in... View details »
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- Atmospheres 2
- Sunday 11 May (10:30am–5:30pm) @ Museum of Garden History More times »
- The second Atmospheres festival surveys the strange world of field recording and natural sound. During the day, Alex Metcalf demonstrates that trees actually make noise,... View details »
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- Spring Renaissance
- Sunday 11 May (noon–6pm) @ Covent Garden Market Piazza More times »
- Free
- The bizarre weather may suggest the contrary, but spring has definitely sprung. To celebrate, Covent Garden Market is hosting this festival of all things green,... View details »
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- Urban Art Show
- Sunday 11 May (noon–5pm) @ The Old Cinema More times »
- Free
- West London antiques emporium and former picture palace the Old Cinema exchanges old masters for young talent this weekend, when it opens its doors to... View details »
- Film
- Sinatra! The Voice on Screen
- Sunday 11 May @ NFT1 More times »
- Although better known for his pipes, Ol' Blue Eyes also starred in more than 50 films. Because he wasn't a conventional leading man, Sinatra was... View details »
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- An Absurd Genius
- Sunday 11 May @ BFI Southbank More times »
- Long before Vic and Bob and The Mighty Boosh boys — even predating the Pythons — was N.F. "Wally" Simpson. This maestro of absurdist humour... View details »
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- China Landscape
- Sunday 11 May (10am–5:30pm) @ British Museum More times »
- Free
- Two of the capital's cultural powerhouses — the British Museum and Kew Gardens — join forces to provide insight into the horticultural preferences of the... View details »
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- Aaya
- Sunday 11 May (noon–11pm) @ Aaya More times »
- Though Aaya has been open for a few months, it's still biding its time; rather than go for a press blitz, the restaurant wants to... View details »
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- Brunello Picnic in Kensington Gardens
- Sunday 11 May @ Brunello More times »
- If carrying equipment and provisions on public transport seems like too much perspiration for a weekend's picnic, then the Brunello restaurant's new selection of hampers... View details »
- Performing Arts: Comedy
- The NewsRevue
- Sunday 11 May (9pm) @ Canal Café Theatre More times »
- The NewsRevue has followed the same format since 1979 — low-tech, topical comedy performed by two men and two women. Written by a team of... View details »
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- London Fencing Club
- Sunday 11 May @ Finsbury Leisure Centre More times »
- If you've ever watched the dueling scene in The Mask of Zorro and thought, "Hey, I could do better than that," now you can prove... View details »
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- Cha Cha Moon
- Sunday 11 May (noon–10pm) @ Cha Cha Moon More times »
- Influential restaurateur Alan Yau is back with Cha Cha Moon, returning to cuisine with widespread appeal (he devised Wagamama and Busaba Eathai) at this Malay-Chinese... View details »
- Performing Arts: Spoken Word
- In the Mix
- Sunday 11 May (2–5pm) @ Rich Mix More times »
- Free
- Stars of critically acclaimed jazz-education group Tomorrow's Warriors host weekly jam sessions at east London's Rich Mix. On the first Sunday of the month, the... View details »
