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Back to going out Written on 21-May-2009 by samThere is another Bank Holiday Monday to enjoy this weekend, and with the next Bank Holiday being far away in August, it's time to make the most of the upcoming three-days. As per usual, we want you to get the best in Art & Culture – here are this week’s suggestions for London:
DISCOVER the myths and monsters of Japan with over 150 works by the nineteenth-century Japanese master printmaker Kuniyoshi, at the Royal Academy of Arts.
VIEW the work of the elusive graffiti/urban artist Banksy at the Andipa Gallery, a free event.
EXPERIENCE Brontë’s Wuthering Heights through the medium of dance. Choreographer/director Cathy Marston explores the relationships between the characters using Marston's lyrical modern ballet.
CELEBRATE your love of the spoken word with the Lambeth Readers and Writers Festival, now in its sixth year. Highlights include comedians and broadcasters Mark Steel and Arthur Smith in an evening entitled Comic Writing for the Mid-life Crisis, and South African novelist Gillian Slovo discussing her most recent novel, 'Black Orchid'.
COMBINE an Art Gallery with a duologue performance and and go see Tim Crouch’s England; an experimental piece of theatre where “your imagination is the theatre in which the thickening walls and failing beat of the protagonist’s heart is vividly displayed.”
ENJOY existentialism at its best with Waiting for Godot. Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart and Simon Callow star in Samuel Beckett’s thought provoking and humorous “masterpiece”, now also showing in New York.
SPEND a day wandering Oxford Street while it’s closed to traffic this Saturday and watch an outdoor showing of the forthcoming film 'Night at the Museum 2'.
For the students and teachers out there - we know it’s half-term next week - here are a couple of mid-week activities to refresh you for the rest of the academic year:
CATCH the Dance Fever with free outdoor dance workshops and performances, starting on Bank Holiday Monday with Bollywood and flamenco, ballroom on Tuesday, hula hoop and Lindy hop on Wednesday and salsa on Thursday.
RELIVE your childhood with the magical illustrations of Quentin Blake at Snozzcumbers and Frobscottle! The Wonderful World of Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake, now showing at the V&A.
Enjoy yourself!
written on 23-May-2009
Vince Stevenson [http://www.collegeofpublicspeaking.co.uk] says:
London, as always - just too much going on, and not enough time to see it all. No wonder it's one of the top places to live in the world. Rgds Vince
written on 25-May-2009
MattTucker [http://matttucker.blog.co.uk/] says:
Yup - masses to see and do, and lots of it free too. I heard from someone who recently went to the Kuniyoshi exhibition - they said it was "amazingly good" - so a pretty good recommendation!