Theatre & Arts
By Chris Lockie

Londonist's Top Ten Pick Of The BBC Proms 2014

2014 Proms season goes on sale this weekend.

Shows By Mark Grist And Kate Tempest At Roundhouse

Rap, performance poetry and interactive theatre at Roundhouse.
By Laura Reynolds

London Book And Poetry Events: 15-21 May 2014

Lots of storytelling this week.
By Sarah Stewart

Waiting For Godot At Arcola Theatre

What are you waiting for?

The Animals And Children Took To The Streets: "A Perfect Show"

Animation, storytelling and child-pirates at National Theatre.
By Sarah Stewart

Art Meets Quantum Physics At Shoreditch Town Hall

Explore quantum physics through art and design.
By BelindaL

Standing Ovation For Liza Minnelli Biopic At Landor Theatre

Simply fantastic.

By Laura Reynolds

Ticket Alert: Summer Film Season At Somerset House

Celebrating its 10th year.
By Tabish Khan

Steampunk Photography By Gary Nicholls

Photographs tell a story featuring glowing orbs and mechanised angels.
By Sarah Stewart

May Day: A Letterpress Celebration Of British Folklore

Mythical, magical spring letterpressing.
By Londonist

London Short Fiction: The Man From BEER

Which bits of London would you delete?
By Londonist

Best Free Gigs To See In London: 12-18 May 2014

Five top suggestions.
By Stuart Black

Punishing 1984 Puts The Audience In Room 101

This West End transfer will knock you sideways
By Sarah Stewart

Yellow Face: A Deft Deconstruction Of Race And Culture

David Henry Hwang's play at National Theatre's Shed.
By Rachel Holdsworth

London Comedy: Andrew Maxwell, Robin Ince, Dead List And Puns

Laugh-filled gigs for this week.
By Tiffany Pritchard

1000 Films, 1000 Stories, 1000 Londoners

Video project to capture London stories.
By Laura Dodge

Havana Rakatan: Celebrating Cuba's Music and Dance

A vibrant evening out with toe-tapping live music.
By Laura Reynolds

Try Photography, Food Or Coding At Camden Create Festival

Inaugural festival covers almost every facet of creativity.
By Tabish Khan

Aerial Photography Of Farming And Military Outposts By Mishka Henner

Spy on the people who do the spying.
By Londonist

London Non-Fiction Roundup: May 2014

Pubs, housing, St Katharine's, Wapping and more.
By Laura Reynolds

The Friday Photos: Craning Our Necks

See London's industrial equipment in a different light
By Chris Lockie

Where To Learn Mysterious Plucked Instruments In London

Duelling sitars, here we go.
By Stuart Black

Theatre Eats Itself In Werner Schwab's Last Play

A difficult play from a troubled playwright.
By Stuart Black

Film London Celebrates 10th Anniversary By Setting Out Broad New Strategy

Plan to embrace all digital content industries.