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Christmas Pub Quizzes For Geeks

Try your hand at a couple of Christmassy science 'pub quizzes' at the British Library and the Book Club.

Atmosphere Gallery Opens At Science Museum

Like a missing set from Tron, the Science Museum's shiny blue Atmosphere gallery teaches the science of climate with some rather special technology.

Music Choice: 6-12 December

Clear skies this week and London may just thaw out. Well, thaw might be a bit of stretch, but the trains and buses should run in a marginally more reliably than last week. Celebrate by pushing your curfew at a gig:

Preview: The Great Burlesque Debate @ Bethnal Green Working Men's Club

On Monday, Time Out Live House of Thoughts and female cultured cabaret company <a href="http://en-gb.facebook.com/pages/The-Bluestockings/164155333599930">The Blue Stocking Society</a> come together at the Bethnal Green Working Men's Club to present The Great Burlesque Debate: “Art or Bust”.

Exhibition Review: Rising Stars in Bethnalham at High Roller Society

Rising Stars in Bethnalham opens today at High Roller Society with an eclectic mix of art inspired or otherwise derived from London's East End.

Sponsored Post: Blue Moon Party @ Luxe, Spitalfields

Theatre Review: A Christmas Carol @ 3-4 Picton Place

Bah! Humbug! Yet another version of Christmas Carol, you say? 'Fraid so. Ah, but this version is at Theatre Delicatessen's temporary stomping ground at Picton Place so we can expect something a little bit different.

Theatre Review: Joseph K @ The Gate Theatre

Someone must have been telling lies about Joseph K because, on the morning of his birthday he’s arrested, his Boots’ card points are wiped and his MasterCard swapped for a Solo card. This is Tom Basden’s retelling of Franz Kafka’s ‘The Trial’, a play which beautifully supplants the original’s paper-pushing nightmare into our modern age.

Vote For Your Favourite Fringe Theatre

This has been a great year for fringe theatre, something which The Offies (aka The Off West End Theatre Awards) aims to celebrate. Organised by OffWestEnd.com, the Offie Awards Ceremony on Sunday 27 February 2011 will be helmed by Sir Simon Callow and cover 17 categories.

What's On In London At The Weekend? 3-5 December

This weekend is good for Christmas shopping, lady parts, apres-ski, boxing and waistcoats.

Photography Competition: Renaissance for Lavender Trust

New Music Interview: Spark

London On The Cheap: 2-8 December

Preview: Beauty And The Blitz @ London Transport Museum

With clothing rationed and materials scarce, how did Blitz-era Londoners keep up appearances? A talk at the London Transport Museum delves into the make-do-and-mend culture of the Second World War.

Preview: Nighty Night Screening @ The Venue

The first season of Julia Davis' scabrous black comedy will be screened next week at 229 The Venue in Great Portland Street.

Theatre Review: Black Watch @ The Barbican

If it’s a quiet night out at the theatre you’re after then you might be better off seeking out some other review, since The National Theatre of Scotland’s Black Watch is 110 minutes spent under near constant bombardment with mortars, IEDs and C-bombs.

Steampunk Brunch at A Fluid State This Sunday

Music Preview: Dreadzone @ Scala

In something of a homecoming gig, dub legends Dreadzone are playing the Scala in Kings Cross, headlining a show on December 8.

Book Grocer: 1-7 December

The week ahead in literary London: Charlie Brooker and the Private Eye team sign some books, Polly Toynbee ponders whether Labour changed anything, and plenty of poetry and authors to keep you going for a chilly week.

Tate Britain To Get £45m Makeover

Too often overshadowed by its younger, brasher brother downriver, Tate Britain is finally getting some pecuniary TLC: the gallery is to benefit from a £45 million upgrade.

Exhibition Review: Aware: Art Fashion Identity at the Royal Academy of Arts

Arts Ahead: What's On In London 30 Nov – 6 Dec

This week's Arts Ahead features plenty of festive fare for younger theatre audiences, as well as some Shakespeare, some schmaltz, an annual Snowman, and a touch of ventriloquism. There's also a smattering of exciting new contemporary art shows, and a new Climate Change gallery opening at the Science Museum...

Theatre Review: Gandhi and Coconuts @ Arcola Theatre

In which Gandhi, Shiva and Kali offer life tips to a lonely housewife. May not be based on actual events...

Dance Review: Rapture @ The Actors' Church

Following the success of Entangled, a showcase of contemporary dance performed at the Actors Church in August, Rapture brings together four emerging dance companies in a varied evening of entertainment at this enchanting venue.