May 20, 2011
FRIDAYFestivals
| 11:00 am- 6:00 pm | Impact Art Fair. Art fair featuring socially excluded artists. This includes practitioners who have mental health issues or learning disabilitie… Candid Arts Trust. (Festival - Arts Festival / Fair). 20 7837 4237 |
The Arts
| 12:00 pm- 8:00 pm | MDX Fine Art Degree Show 2011. Works from over 40 new artists, including film, photography, installation, painting, prints, soundworks and performance. Party… Middlesex University - Cat Hill Campus. (Arts - Art Exhibit). |
| 5:00 pm | Mamma Mia!.  A mother and daughter find themselves delving into past events on the eve of her daughter's wedding. This musical features seve… Prince Of Wales Theater. (Performance - Musical). 020-7413-1708 |
| 5:00 pm | Chicago - The Musical. This Tony-Award winning musical tells a story of two showgirls who kill their lovers and how their smooth lawyer propels them in… Cambridge Theatre. (Performance - Musical). 020-7494 5083 |
| 5:00 pm | Grease. Grease is the word. Songs include "You're The One That I Want," "Summer Nights," "Hopelessly Devoted To You," "Sandy," "Greased… Piccadilly Theatre. (Performance - Musical). 20 7369 1734 |
| 5:15 pm | Dirty Dancing. Dirty Dancing is a timeless story of first love, full of heart-pounding music, pure dance energy and breathtaking emotion. Base… Aldwych Theatre. (Performance - Musical). 0870-400-0805 |
| 7:30 pm | Disney's The Lion King. Theater adaptation of Disney's animated film The Lion King, features music by Elton John and Tim Rice. Lyceum Theatre. (Performance - Musical). 870-243-9000 |
| 7:30 pm | Les Miserables. Adaptation of Victor Hugo's masterpiece, set in Paris amid the social and political struggles of 19th century France. Queen's. (Performance - Musical). 020-7434 0909 |
| 7:30 pm | We Will Rock You. Some of the music of the legendary rock band Queen will be featured in this show where rock music is banned in a futuristic worl… Dominion Theatre. (Performance - Musical). 020-7316 4840 |
| 7:30 pm | Billy Elliot The Musical. A funny, heart-warming story of one young boy's dream. The film, released in 2000, was nominated for a slew of awards. The fil… Victoria Palace Theatre. (Performance - Musical). 20 7834 1317 |
| 7:30 pm | Wicked. A smash Broadway musical of how the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch came to be in the land of Oz, makes for t… Apollo Victoria Theatre. (Performance - Musical). 020-7416 6054 |
| 7:30 pm | Jersey Boys. A new Broadway musical based on the life story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito an… Prince Edward Theatre. (Performance - Musical). 0844-482-5151 |
| 7:30 pm | Legally Blonde - The Musical. When Elle Woods gets dumped by her boyfriend for someone serious, Elle puts down the credit card, hits the books, and heads for… Savoy Theatre. (Performance - Musical). 0870-164 8787 |
| 7:30 pm | Sunset Boulevard. A new and intimate production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's highly acclaimed musical. The show depicts the faded glamour of the forme… Comedy Theatre. (Performance - Theater). 0870-060 6637 |
| 7:30 pm | Deathtrap. A revival of Ira Levin's Deathtrap. Noel Coward Theatre. (Performance - Theater). 0844-482-5140 |
| 7:45 pm | Blood Brothers. Award-winning musical by Willy Russell about twin boys separated at birth and brought up by two different families. Phoenix Theater. (Performance - Musical). 020-7369-1733 |
| 7:45 pm | The Phantom of the Opera. Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical of the tragic love between a beautiful singer and a scarred composer, set in the Opera House in Pa… Her Majesty's Theatre. (Performance - Musical). 020-7494-5400 |
| 8:00 pm | The Mousetrap. Agatha Christie's classic whodunnit concerning a group of travelers stranded in a snowbound Inn. Drama unfolds as they are knoc… St. Martin's. (Performance - Theater). 020-7836-1443 |
| 8:00 pm | The Woman in Black. While winding up the affairs of a deceased women, a young solicitor pieces together her reclusive life in a mysterious house. Fortune Theatre. (Performance - Theater). 020-7836 2238 |
| 8:00 pm | The 39 Steps. A new staging of Patrick Barlow's adaptation of John Buchan's The 39 Steps, best known as Hitchcock's 1935 classic movie thrille… Criterion Theatre. (Performance - Theater). 0870-060-2313 |
| 8:00 pm | Grease. Grease is the word. Songs include "You're The One That I Want," "Summer Nights," "Hopelessly Devoted To You," "Sandy," "Greased… Piccadilly Theatre. (Performance - Musical). 20 7369 1734 |
| 8:30 pm | Mamma Mia!. A mother and daughter find themselves delving into past events on the eve of her daughter's wedding. This musical features seve… Prince Of Wales Theater. (Performance - Musical). 020-7413-1708 |
| 8:30 pm | Dirty Dancing. Dirty Dancing is a timeless story of first love, full of heart-pounding music, pure dance energy and breathtaking emotion. Base… Aldwych Theatre. (Performance - Musical). 0870-400-0805 |
| 8:30 pm | Chicago - The Musical. This Tony-Award winning musical tells a story of two showgirls who kill their lovers and how their smooth lawyer propels them in… Cambridge Theatre. (Performance - Musical). 020-7494 5083 |
| Avenue Q. Set in NY on Avenue Q, which is described as the only place one can live when they are just out of college, out of a job or brok… Gielgud Theatre. (Performance - Musical). 0870-950 0920 | |
| Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. Sydney drag queen Mitzi (aka Tick) and her two fish-out-of-water friends, Felicia (Adam) and transsexual Bernadette, head west a… Palace Theatre. (Performance - Musical). 0844-755 0016 | |
| The Wizard Of Oz. London Palladium is transformed into the mythical Emerald City with breathtaking special effects and scenery. Features many of… London Palladium. (Performance - Musical). 0844-412-2957 | |
| Drawing Exhibition - Rootstein Hopkins. Rootstein Hopkins Foundation Drawing Exhibition celebrates the important role that drawing plays in a wide range of visual arts… Morley Gallery. (Arts - Art Exhibit). 20 7928 8501 | |
| Conrad Shawcross. British artist, Conrad Shawcross will complete his residency at the Science Museum with Protomodel, a series of five small-scale… The Science Museum. (Arts - Art Exhibit). 020-7942 4328 |
Retail Events
| Airasia Take Over Westfield Shopping Centre. The event will offer consumers the chance to win AirAsia flight tickets, Motor GP tickets, Renault Clio tickets and Silverstone… Westfield London. (Retail - Retail Event). 20 33712300 |
Sports
| 7:30 pm | Friday Night Skate. Hundreds of skaters take to the streets for this marshaled run around London. Music and party atmosphere. For skaters with a m… Duke of Wellington Arch. (Sports - Roller / Inline Skating). |
Community
| 10:00 am- 6:00 pm | Atmosphere: Exploring Climate Science. Interactive exhibits and a variety of objects explain how the climate system works, to show how scientists study the system and… The Science Museum. (Educational - Science & Nature). 020-3176 0389 |
| 10:00 am- 6:00 pm | Engineer James Watt's Legendary 'Magical Retreat'. The exhibition will present a vivid portrait of the working life, ingenuity and character of the first mechanical engineer to be… The Science Museum. (Educational - Science & Nature). 020-3176 0389 |
| 1:10 pm- 1:55 pm | UCL Bite-Sized Lunchtime Lectures. Beatrice da Vela shows us how philologists painstakingly construct new Latin texts from multiple previous editions. Neuroscient… UCL Darwin Biochemistry Lecture Theatre. (Community - Lecture). |
| A Cockroach Tour of the Science Museum. Visitors will be able to dress up in realistic cockroach costumes to begin a journey through the Museum, exploring the impact on… The Science Museum. (Educational - Science & Nature). 019-2546 7446 | |
| Chronophage Clock Display. The celebrated time-eating Chronophage clock, designed by Dr John Taylor OBE, will go on display alongside an original Harrison… The Science Museum. (Educational - Science & Nature). 0870-870 4868 |
Miscellaneous
| 11:30 am | Changing of the Guard. Daily in summer, alternate days in winter. A new troop of the Queen's personal bodyguards, The Brigade of Guards, march from Ch… Buckingham Palace. (Miscellaneous). |
| London Dungeon. This attraction, beneath London Bridge Station recreates various macabre bits of history (The Great Fire, the Plague, Jack the R… The London Dungeons. (Miscellaneous). 020-7403 7221 |
Nightlife
| 5:00 pm- 8:00 pm | Happy Hour. 50% off all drinks from 5pm - 8pm every day of the week! The Warwick. (Nightlife - Happy Hours). 020-7734 4409 |
| 7:30 pm- 10:30 pm | The Boat Show Comedy Club. London's finest floating comedy club. It's a unique opportunity to enjoy a fantastic night out on a beautifully refurbished padd… The Tattershall Castle. (Nightlife - Comedy). 079-3265 8895 |
| 8:00 pm | The Best in Standup. Featuring some of the best in standup comedy. The Comedy Store. (Nightlife - Comedy). 142 6914433 |
| 8:00 pm | Karaoke. Karaoke night every Friday night. Cocktails, music, dance floor and microphone, what more could you want? Ruse. (Nightlife - Karaoke). 0207-378 6123 |
| 9:00 pm- 12:00 am | Jazz. Live Jazz music and free buffet after 9pm. Sticklebackpink. (Nightlife - Jazz). 207 835 0874 |
| 9:30 pm- 2:30 am | Friday Nights, Strike a Pose. is that it's unpredictable, raucous and incredibly sexy at the same time. Dress code: Smart and stylish. Traffic. (Nightlife - DJ). 078-8627 2118 |
| 10:00 pm | Starkers! London's only Naked Disco. Starkers is for guys and girls, straight & gay who enjoy being naked to party the night away! London's only nudist nightclub wit… Club Factory. (Nightlife - Adult theme). 0779-656-1331 |
| 11:00 pm | Rock at The Mean Fiddler. The capital's premier rock night, featuring two floors of music with secret live sets and cheap drinks. The Mean Fiddler. (Nightlife - Dance). 20 7434 9592 |
| 12:00 am | The Best in Standup. Featuring some of the best in standup comedy. The Comedy Store. (Nightlife - Comedy). 142 6914433 |
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