Much To Do Around London
I don’t know about you, but constant drizzle puts me off getting groceries, let alone entertainment, so these (indoor) picks for the winter are more or less arranged geographically- saving effort AND money. Perfect, given I expect to be short of both money and effort at the end of the year! That said, arrange a day out from anything here, and at minimum you’ll have been distracted from work for a day...
If you’re interested in climate issues, on the afternoons of 28th November- 1st of December, the Tate Modern will have a free series of seminars and workshops with artists and researchers from around the world. While you’re there, see Nam June Paik (trippy) and if you’ve not seen “In Real Life”, you’ve got until January! While you’re in the area it’s worth popping into KCL’s Science Gallery for the free exhibition “On Edge”, which has some interesting art and videos on the subject of anxiety.
For the evening, £7.50 Entry Pass tickets are currently on sale on the National Theatre website, so I’d recommend grabbing a few of those while you can! If you pick one, see Translations. Or head to Shakespeare’s Globe- November is Henry VI and Richard III, you can get standing tickets for £5! If you can, see The Son at Duke of York’s theatre- it finishes on the 2nd so there isn’t long! At the Donmar Warehouse see [BLANK] and Far Away - you might be able to get free tickets by ballot if you’re 16-25 years old.
If you’re around Euston, the Wellcome Trust has recently opened their “Being Human” exhibition, and on that topic, the Science Museum’s extensive history of medicine exhibition opens on the 16th November. While you’re there, it’s well worth visiting “The Art of Innovation”- also a free exhibition, but booking’s required. Around the corner, the V&A is exhibiting the photographer: Tim Walker (rich and surreal- go if you can!) and of course there’re free displays as well.
This season the Tate Britain is showing William Blake and Mark Leckey, both of which I’d highly recommend- £5 if you’ve signed up to Tate Collective. The next late is celebrating the centenary of Bauhaus, but honestly the lates are fun whether you care about the subject or not, and that’s on Friday 1st November.
The Barbican Centre is worth visiting pretty much any time- with Young Barbican, everything is very affordable, including the cinema (which depending when you’re going isn’t anymore expensive than Genesis). There’re free exhibitions dotted around, tours of the conservatory, and the exhibition “Into the Night” (clubs, cabaret, and modern art) has live music on a Thursday night. And if you’re interested in the classical side of things, do have a look at the London Symphony Orchestra’s winter season- tickets will only set you back a tenner.
