All hail the anti-hero.
London goes art fair crazy this weekend so here's a summary of what's on and where.
Sort-of-Shakespeare on the site of Bankside's first theatre.
Splash out on two books about London's waterways.
Haunting art works in the vaults beneath Somerset House.
Life's failures, and how they're not all bad.
A town inhabited by turds, you say?
The second part of Wagner's Ring Cycle.
Expect scenes of flames, nudity, incest, birth and death in this translated from the German language drama.
Simon Munnery, Reginald D Hunter, PLEB Talks and a show with the audience on exercise bikes.
A room full of rain that parts as you walk through it.
A well-acted and interesting period glimpse into squaddie life at the height of IRA atrocities.
Quiet Act of Destruction: A tragicomic, bread-flying romp of a show.
Two first rate counter-tenors appear in this new production of Handel's masterpiece.
Bright colours and geometric architecture provide a refreshing take on landscape painting.
John Tejada and Vessel set to launch albums and blow minds
Naturally 7, Jason Yarde, Peter Hunnigale, Donae'o & Ayanna perform.
In which we struggle to express just how good this gig was.
You'd be mad to miss it.
A festival of much more than books, starting Saturday.
Ten days of brave new dance at Central St Martins.
More Japan-influenced work from Tom Lewis.
Over 50 exciting UK artists battle it out for two art prizes.
A book as sturdy and wonderful as the houses it describes.
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