- Generations - www.youngvic.org
The Young Vic, Waterloo. £7-9.50, Ending March 10.
This short (30m) play is refreshingly different and touching. When you enter the theatre you are enclosed by a soaring choir singing the soulful rhythm of traditional South African music. Upon sitting down on a plastic stool, you notice the sand between your feet, then the fully working kitchen and the family scene. Food is on the boil, the kettle is on, vegetables are being chopped, and an elderly man is sitting drinking tea and reading his newspaper. In this powerful, touching and hard hitting snapshot of South African life, you see a family talk, laugh and eat and the impact that death has their lives.
- “Thank God for Brussels” - www.intelligencesquared.com
The BP Lecture Theatre, British Museum, March 19th, 6:30pm, £20, Advanced Booking.
IQ2 offers this Financial Times Debate entitled “THANK GOD FOR BRUSSELS” to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Treaty of Rome. The debate is chaired by Lionel Barber, Editor of the Financial Times. Speaking for the motion are Peter Sutherland (Chairman of BP and Goldman Sachs), Chris Huhne (MEP, MP) and Sylvie Goulard. Against the motion will be Michael Spencer (Chief Executive ICAP), John Redwood (MP) and Ruth Lea.
- London Rib Voyages - www.londonribvoyages.com
A Rib Voyage offers a unique way to tour the Thames. Forget the traditional river cruise, hop on a rib, zoom around on this fast, fun and exhilarating speedboat whilst learning about London’s landmarks and the river itself.
- London Restaurant Week
9th – 17th March. London Restaurant week arrives, lastminute.com in association with MasterCard offer the chance to experience an elite dinning experience at a fraction of the cost. Michelin starred eateries open their doors for you to enjoy a two-course lunch for £15 or a three course dinner for £25. Booking has started and there is limited availability.
- Chelsea Flower Show - www.rhs.org.uk
£17.50-44, 22-26 May, Booking Started. For five days in May, the grounds of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea are transformed into fabulous works of horticultural art. Beautifully scented flowers alongside gargantuan but perfectly formed vegetables take centre stage in the world’s most famous flower show.
- Lions 3D: Roar of the Kalahari - www.bfi.org.uk
IMAX Cinema, Waterloo, £9.50. The IMAX brings you face-to-face with the Kalahari’s inhabitants. The story tells the tale of the power struggle between two titans, a young nomadic lion is determined to oust the King from his pride. Everything is at stake: a precious water hole, life and family. This insightful film balances suspense and action with breakthrough cinematography. This is sure to thrill and enlighten audiences of all ages.
- Slave Britain (St Paul’s) - www.stpauls.co.uk
Entry £9.50. As Britain commemorates 200 yeas since the abolition of the slave trade, this exhibition discloses Britan’s growing trade in human lives. What we thought to have been relegated to the past is revealed to still be a reality for thousands of men, women and children in this country today. Once you have been to the exhibition, climb the cathedral’s spire, get a 360 degree view of London and spy on other peoples’ conversations in the Whispering Gallery.
- New Religion Damien Hirst - www.wallspace.org.uk
Free, 7th March-24 April, Wallspace, All Hallows on Wall, 83 London Wall. Britain’s leading contemporary artist, Damien Hirst, presents his controversial works, art inspired by religious art, in this sacred space. This ‘enlightening’ exhibition is certain to generate debate.
- Afordable Art Fair - www.affordableartfair.co.uk
15-18th March, Advanced Booking £9 (£7 Concessions) on the door £10 (concessions £8). The Affordable Art Fair returns to Battersea Park, bringing together over 100 galleries from the UK and overseas. It offers the opportunity to browse ‘affordable’ art (everything is less than £3000) in a relaxing way.
- Free Recitals - Royal Opera House
Free, Royal Opera House, Crush Room, Monday 1pm. The Royal Opera House puts on free recitals every monday, however as the name implies there is limited space in the ‘Crush Room’, so arrive early. This week, Southbank Sinfonia presents the Krommer Bassoon Quartet and the Brahms Clarinet Trio.
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Generations
Slave Britain - St Pauls
Free Recital - Royal Opera House
London Rib Voyage
Lions3D
“Thank God For Brussels” - Debate
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