What’s On this Week March 18th-25th
Shock of the Form
Gerald Moore Gallery presents Shock of the Form, an exhibition of photography, film and ice sculptures bringing together two artists, photographer Peer Lindgreen and ice sculptor Duncan Hamilton.
The exhibition features 28 photographs by Lindgreen of Hamilton’s work with ice, alongside a giant crystal ice sculpture which takes centre stage in the gallery.
Working collaboratively, the photos took Lindgreen and Hamilton over four years to produce, during which time they were testing the limits of ice with different processes.
Until March 19
Gerald Moore Gallery
Margaret Atwood: Burning Questions
Aiming her prodigious intellect and impish humour at the world, Margaret Atwood answers the Burning Questions from her new book at an in-person event.
Appearing live on stage, Atwood tackles the questions that feature in her new book, plus those posed by some very special guests, such as: why do people everywhere, in all cultures, tell stories?
So what if beauty is only skin deep? How can we live on our planet? Is it true? Is it fair? And what do zombies have to do with authoritarianism?
Atwood moves through subjects including feminism and freedom, the environment and technology, beauty and storytelling.
March 24
Royal Festival Hall
Iain Stirling: Failing Upwards
Do you ever wonder how people manage to be normal?
Comedian Iain Stirling does. So much so he’s written a stand-up show about it.
Join the comedian as he explores his inability to function in the most basic of public settings, social media’s constant pressure to ‘live your best life’ and that one time a man stole his shoes.
March 23
Queen Elizabeth Hall
He’s Dead
A dark fantasy, conceptual choreography exploring the question: “Was Tupac depressed?”
Using dance, text and striking visuals, marikiscrycrycry’s He’s Dead delves into the unspoken surrounding mental health in the Black community.
Made in three acts, this compelling work looks at the violence of dehumanisation – highlighting the injustice that if a figure is flawed in any way by their actions, their sadness cannot be heard or acknowledged; heightened endlessly if you are Black.
March 16 to April 2
Battersea Arts Centre
Bob Marley One Love Experience
The Bob Marley One Love Experience makes its global debut at the Saatchi Gallery for a 10-week exhibition.
This unique experience will showcase unseen Marley photographs and memorabilia while 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.
Until April 18
Saatchi Gallery
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”.
Until May 8
Tate Britain
Small Island
The acclaimed, five-star production of Andrea Levy’s prize-winning novel returns.
Hortense yearns for a new life away from rural Jamaica, Gilbert dreams of becoming a lawyer and Queenie longs to escape her Lincolnshire roots.
Following their lives through the Second World War until the arrival of HMT Empire Windrush at Tilbury, hopes for the future soon meet the stubborn reality of post-war Britain.
Until April 30
National Theatre
Little Red Riding Hood – The Truth!
Everyone thinks they know the story of Little Red Riding Hood and her encounter with a hungry wolf, but what if the characters could tell their own version?
With an investigative journalist on hand to explore the truth of what happened that day in Sydenham Woods, three very different takes on the classic tale will unfold.
The family friendly show features original songs, dance routines and video effects, plus shadow puppetry and lots of audience participation.
Every weekend until April 3
The Sydenham Centre
Mohand and Peter
Mohand and Peter travel everywhere and anywhere in the blink of an eye.
A backflip in time, a quick hop back home, with humour and visual poetry they’ll take you on a road trip through Sudan jumping from one character to another, including Omar Al Bashir, Mohand’s 450 cousins, and a lazy camel.
The show takes reference from Mohand’s own life as a Sudanese man who had to flee his country to seek asylum within the UK.
Using clowning and visual poetry to explore cultural identity and the traumatic effect of long-term exile as well as celebrating refugee home countries.
Until April 2
Southwark Playhouse