Funny Event Tuesday 8 October London
Things to do in London this week
Discover the biggest and best things to do in London over the next seven days
Look lively London, sunny season is officially here. Not only does this week mark the official start of summer in the Northern Hemisphere, but it's also set to be a scorcher which means plenty of hot fun in the city.
Get your dose of vitamin D while taking advantage of all the alfresco action going on in the city, from outdoor cinema sessions to open-air theatre shows. After BIG tunes? Look no further than BST Hyde Park, where you can catch none other than Elton John belting out hits this week, or join a more genteel take on the classic music festival at Hampton Court Palace 's open-air concert series with jazz master George Benson and the Ministry of Sound. Or, join Tom Kerridge's roving food-and-music festival Pub in the Park for beats AND eats.
If you're willing to get your culture fix indoors, check out the best spoken word artists in the city at The Roundhouse's Last Word Festival or catch See American playwright Lucas Hnath's new 'sequel' to Ibsen's 'A Doll's House'.
On top of all that, it's also Refugee Week. Mark it at one of the many events taking place across the capital. Plus, it's that time of the month when London's iconic museums leave their doors open after hours for their programme of eclectic lates. What are you waiting for?
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1. Feast on top grub at Pub in the Park's Dulwich stop-off this weekend
Tom Kerridge's roving food-and-music festival aims to bring the atmosphere of your local gastropub to your local green space. Once you're done stuffing your face with grub from the likes of Hoppers, Cue Point and The Princess of Shoreditch, take your food baby on to the dancefloor for sets from Craig David, Sister Sledge and Sophie Ellis-Bextor (check out the full line-up here).
2. Get involved with Refugee Week in London
Refugee Week is an annual celebration of refugees and their contributions to the UK. This year the theme is 'Healing' and there are plenty of ways you can get involved and mark the occasion in London.
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No Direction Home – a comedy collective from refugee and migrant backgrounds – to host a night of roaring stand-up at Greenwich's National Maritime Museum Jun 23-25.On Saturday
on the South Bank, have a dance with Little Amal, the giant puppet refugee girl who walked from the Syrian border to Manchester last year. Or, on Sunday, join a concert at Union Chapel led by m usicians and singers from refugee and asylum-seeker backgrounds.
3. Grab a ticket to Elton's final ever London tour stops as part of BST Hyde Park
There's no need for Glasto envy with such a star-studded fest on your doorstep. This party in the park has a track record of pulling in some of the very biggest names in music and this year is no different. Tickets may have sold out for Adele's big hometown shows, but you can still see plenty of rock 'n' roll royalty, starting with Elton John on his final ever tour this Friday, supported by Rina Sawayama and more, before The Rolling Stones, Sam Fender and Phoebe Bridgers on Saturday night.
4. See Emma Thompson star in touching sex comedy 'Good Luck to You, Leo Grande'
Don't clutch your pearls if you ever catch word of your buttoned-up former RE teacher having a tryst with a sex worker. At least, that's one of the takeaways to gain from Sophie Hyde's ('Animals') sex comedy. It stars Emma Thompson as widow and retired educator Nancy Stokes, who decides to hire a rent boy in his twenties to try and reclaim a life she's never lived. When Leo Grande (Daryl McCormack) comes knocking on her hotel-room door, however, Nancy's self-doubt gets the best of her and she questions whether she is prepared for such an encounter. But after a few false starts and countless reassurances from the effortlessly charming Leo, she gradually allows herself to become more vulnerable.Excellent writing by Katy Brand leaves plenty of room for both light-hearted humour and deeply personal moments, with Thompson and McCormack bringing their A-game to portray a captivating, unlikely duo.
5. Catch the London Gay Men's Chorus in a free concert
Feel like being regaled by the dulcet tones of a 200-strong male choir performing Conchita Wurst's Eurovision-winning 'Rise Like a Phoenix' in four-part harmony? We've got just the thing! This Friday night concert at open-air amphitheatre The Scoop sees the London Gay Men's Chorus (aka 'Britain's biggest boyband') performing hits from its expansive repertoire as part of London Bridge City's free Summer by the River series. It's probably the only gig where you're ever likely to hear 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' and The Village People in the same set.
6. Pick up Japanese goodies at this indie market
Say 'konnichiwa' to vintage kimonos, Ukiyo-e woodblock prints Kintsugi ceramics as well as illustrations, jewellery, stationery and clothing all made in Japan or by Japanese makers in London. Stick around for live Taiko drumming performances, calligraphy workshops and sushi.
7. Catch an eclectic roster of musical talents at Henry VIII's former gaff
This open-air concert series in the lovely Tudor Courtyard of Hampton Court Palace offers a pleasingly genteel take on the summer festival. If you're feeling fancy you can even hire a Waterside Gazebo with ten of your mates, or purchase a VIP Concert & Dining package. More details can be found on the website.
8. Make a splash in one of London's best lidos
It's set to be another scorcher of a week in the Big Smoke. So, thank you lucky stars London has some great outdoor swimming options. Take a dip with a view at Parliament Hill lido, submerge yourself in the surroundings of Brockwell Park's Grade-II listed Art Deco swim spot or go wild with a dip in Beckenham Place Park's wild swimming lake. Look sharp, though, spaces are running out fast.
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9. See US playwright Lucas Hnath's 'sequel' to Ibsen's 'A Doll's House'
Yup: 'A Doll's House, Part 2' is indeed a sequel to Henrik Ibsen's 1879 proto-feminist masterpiece. Written by US playwright Lucas Hnath, it was a critically acclaimed hit on Broadway in 2017 and has finally made it to London via the tiny but punch-packing Donmar Warehouse. By all accounts a fairly earnest follow-up to the timeless original, it sees heroine Nora return home 15 years after she walked out on her own marriage in an effort to pick up the shattered pieces. The brilliant Noma Dumezweni will play Nora, in her first stage role since her Olivier-winning turn as Hermione Granger in 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child'. The production will be directed by James Macdonald. NB, you're advised that it doesn't matter if you've not seen part one.
10. Expand your horizons at the London Festival of Architecture
Organised by the RIBA, the British Council and New London Architecture, this month-long festival features specially commissioned installations, talks and debates, performances and tours, workshops, and family events. There's a focus on different areas over the month: 2022 Destinations include the London Borough of Camden; the City of London; the Royal Docks; and South Westminster. As well as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, which is celebrates its 10 year-anniversary since the London 2012 Olympic Games this year. The London Festival of Architecture's overall mission is to democratise discussions around architecture and test new ideas, as well as amplify new talent. Festival highlights across the month include a series of short films by the British Sauna Society and the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park: 10 Years On.
11. Join a big pyjama party at Museum of the Home
Hang out in your jimjams in a set of eighteen th -century almshouses at this sleepover kicking off the Museum of the Home's Festival of Sleep. You'll get to sip on soporific cocktails, enjoy soothing jazz lullabies, make your own pillow balm, get your dreams decoded and listen to bedtime stories , before catching some z's in a 1970s Afro-Caribbean front room or a nineteenth-century parlour. Sounds dreamy.
12. Hang out after-hours at the V&A
Inspired by the V&A's 'Fashioning Masculinities' exhibition, the museum's latest late on June 24, explores the 'crisis of traditional male identity'. It's a thorny topic, but to make it a bit more accessible (even fun!), Kayza Rose of Black Lives Matter Festival will be curating an exciting lineup of artists, designers and performers for the evening, so you can question norms of male identity with a drink in hand and an eclectic playlist thudding in your ears.
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