What’s On this Week: 28th January – 4th February
Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story
Chicago, 1924.
Richard Loeb is obsessed with crime. Nathan Leopold is obsessed with Richard. High on adrenaline, they leave a trail of arson, theft, and vandalism in their wake.
But Richard wants to take a step further – a step that will test Nathan’s loyalty to the limit.
Can they commit the ultimate crime: a perfect murder?
Until February 5
Jermyn Street Theatre
Hamlet
A country under attack. A family falling apart. A mind in turmoil.
Step inside the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse and be transported to the ostentatious court of Elsinore. Intimately lit and warmly welcoming, it’s the perfect palace.
But ‘something is rotten in the state of Denmark’.
Prince Hamlet is shocked that his mother, the Queen, has married his uncle so soon after the death of his father, the King.
And when his father’s ghost reveals a dark secret, it’s clear what he ought to do: exact revenge.
Until April 9
The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, The Globe
Art Now: Danielle Dean
Visual artist Danielle Dean’s thought-provoking work explores the colonisation of the mind and body through media and cultural production.
Drawing on her research in the archives of the Ford Motor Company in Detroit and using footage shot by collaborators across the world, her new multi-channel video installation investigates the changing nature of labour through the labour-crowdsourcing marketplace, “Amazon Mechanical Turk” (AMT).
Until May 8
Tate Britain
The Streets
Following a summer of unforgettable festival appearances, The Streets have announced a UK headline tour for the start of 2022.
Mike Skinner and his band will bring their live show to Brixton.
January 28
O2 Academy Brixton
For the Culture: Celebrations of Blackness
The Lyric Hammersmith Theatre will be the beating heart of West London this weekend with a bold programme of performances, gigs and special events celebrating Black talent, joy, creativity and culture.
The extraordinary line up of artists who will take centre stage here at the Lyric include one of Britain’s most celebrated poets Lemn Sissay, the iconic cabaret drag diva Le Gateau Chocolat, platinum selling musician Shingai, podcast sensation 90’s Baby Show and the children’s theatre production Josephine, based on the extraordinary story of Josephine Baker, a performer, spy and civil rights activist.
January 28 to 30
The Lyric Hammersmith Theatre
Cluedo
Was it Miss Scarlett, with the revolver in the dining room, or Professor Plum, with the lead pipe in the library…?
Starring Michelle Collins as Miss Scarlett, CLUEDO is an exciting, comedy thriller based on the hit 1985 film CLUE and the classic board game loved by generations.
Just like the game, this brand new play coming to the Churchill Theatre in January 2022 promises a nostalgic, fun and thrilling evening of entertainment.
January 28 to February 5
Churchill Theatre
Kerry Godliman: Bosh
The charmingly straight-talking, quick-witted and acclaimed stand-up and actor, Kerry Godliman, is back on tour after a ‘break’ (otherwise known as ‘lockdown’). But her bosh-like nature will never let her rest.
Between a needy cat, a constantly disappointing campervan, ever-raging feelings of mum guilt and bewilderment at the phasing-out of thimbles and doilies, Kerry needs to offload.
Join her for this thinly disguised therapy session.
January 29
Blackheath Halls
No Rules! Family Festival
Join our No Rules! Family Festival at the Dulwich Picture Gallery.
Get creative and explore the Helen Frankenthaler: Radical Beauty exhibition through workshops, storytelling and much more.
January 30
Dulwich Picture Gallery
Bob Marley One Love Experience
The Bob Marley One Love Experience makes its global debut at London’s iconic Saatchi Gallery for a limited ten-week exhibition this February.
This unique experience will showcase unseen Marley photographs and memorabilia whilst immersing audiences on a journey through his lifestyle, passions, influences, and enduring legacy.
Fans will venture through the exhibition, greeted by different elements of Bob Marley’s multi-faceted life.
The One Love Music Room will commemorate Bob Marley’s achievements through accolades and giant art installations.
February 3 to April 18
Saatchi Gallery
The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me
After attending a performance of Larry Kramer’s play The Normal Heart, a young man’s life is changed forever thanks to the power of theatre.
This heart-warming, coming of age story follows the life of a young actor – his call to gay pride and activism in New York during the onset of HIV/AIDS in the 80s.
Broken up into a series of stories, Drake abstractly documents a gay man’s journey of self discovery.
From the late-night club crawl to the buff-bunny gyms, from the threat of anti-gay violence to the place where condemnation, compromises and closets are a thing of the past, The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me exposes the sexual, spiritual, and political yearnings at the heart of gay America shared by a whole generation of gay men and women.
February 3 to 26
New Wimbledon Theatre
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