Theatre & Arts
By Sam Smith

Walt Disney Opera Enjoys UK Premiere At The London Coliseum

Does The Perfect American make for the perfect opera?
By Rachel Holdsworth

Snap Up Tickets To A Summer Of Theatre On Screen

Othello, The Audience, A Doll's House and Branagh's Macbeth in your local cinema.

Win Anthony Asquith's Underground (1928) On DVD

A silent film evoking the daily life of the average Londoner in 1928 (sponsored post).

By Jessica Andrews

Filthy MacNasty’s Closes, To Be Replaced By Gastropub

The much-loved music venue smartens up for a foodie crowd.
By Londonist

A Pleasant Enough Midsummer Night At The Globe

Away with the fairies on the Southbank.
By Londonist

Race And Sex Take Centre Stage In Mamet’s Punchy New Play

A largely satisfying return to form for the playwright at Hampstead Theatre.
By Rachel Holdsworth

London Stand Up And Sketch Comedy: 2-8 June

Marcel Lucont, Adam Riches, ACMS and a special heads up.
By Tiffany Pritchard

Dance Review: Akram Khan's iTMOi At Sadler's Wells

Stravinsky adaptation is a multi-dimensional showcase of talents.
By Londonist

Even Stillness...Ready Meals And Routine Brought To Soho Stage

A couple's war to break away from the cycle of every day life.

By Tom Bolton

Theatre Review: Moth @ Bush Theatre

Hilarious stupidity mixed with sinister fantasy.
By Rachel Holdsworth

Watch A Weekend Of Classic World War Two Films

Give Jerry a licking at Stratford Picturehouse.
By Londonist

Like A John Hughes High School Movie, With Robots

Finger-breakingly titled play Nothing is the End of the World (Except for the End of the World).
By Londonist

Thrills But Mostly Spills In Chimerica

A clunky collision of stereotypes at the Almeida Theatre.
By Ben_Fowler

Werner Herzog Season - Part 1 At BFI Southbank

See a selection of his early work throughout June.
By M@

Sherlock Holmes Rides The Tube, And Other London iPad Art

Sherlock rides the tube, and other capital images.
By helenbabbs

(Rhyming) Theatre Review: The Trench @ The Pleasance

Visual theatre for grown-ups in a storybook style that tackles trench warfare using puppets, animation, music and verse
By Rachel Holdsworth

London Book And Poetry Events: 30 May-5 June

Matt Haig, Simon Armitage, Taiye Selasi, Julie Myerson and more.

Sssshhh! Yamaha Music London Present Silent June In Soho

Be amazed by silent instruments at free music events (sponsored post).

By Ruth Hargreaves

Preview: Terracotta Far East Film Festival 2013

Back for a fifth year to celebrate Asian filmmaking.
By Doron

"I Wanted To Challenge Myself To Write In English": Londonist Meets Ólöf Arnalds

Ólöf Arnalds flies over from Iceland to London for a show in support of her latest album and new single.

By Londonist

A Stunning Script And Biting Deliverance In Disgraced

The 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama winner stuns its audience.
By Rachel Holdsworth

London Stand Up And Sketch Comedy: 26 May-1 June

Brendon Burns, Chastity Butterworth, Sean Hughes and more.
By SallyB2

Pole Singing: You Read It Here First

From south London to (near) the South Pole: one man's homage to Scott.
By Ruth Hargreaves

Magic Gets Shooty With Bullet Catch

Illusions, philosophy and a stunt, with Bullet Catch at The Shed.