Arts and Events

Russell Tovey as Adam and Jaime Winstone as Grace sink to new depths of inane chat at the bus stop. Photo by Noel McLaughlin

Theatre Review: Sex With A Stranger @ Trafalgar Studios

Laugh-out-loud funny and excruciatingly sad: welcome to the messy world of relationships

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Book Grocer: 8-14 February

Book, poetry and spoken word events in London this week: crap dates leaven the lurve.

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Theatre Review: Master Class @ Vaudeville Theatre

In an exceptional performance, Tyne Daly illustrates the passion and the pathos of uber-diva Maria Callas.

Fernando Espi gives a guitar masterclass

Preview: London Guitar Festival

London’s unique celebration of classical guitar shows that there is still life in the axe.

Back Garden Cabaret: Two young ballet dancers, Violet Hutchinson aged 8, and Betty Putt aged 7, rehearsing in a back garden in Poplar, east London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Exhibition Preview: East at Getty Images Gallery at Westfield Stratford City

A fantastic display of old photos from London’s East End

Rafaela Carrasco and company: Vamos Al Tiroteo

Arts Ahead: What’s On In London 7 – 13 February

This week’s hottest art, dance, theatre, classical and operatic offerings

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Review: Migrations: Journeys into British Art @ Tate Britain

Works by immigrant artists, and the stories behind them.

Birds Nest Stadium, Beijing, China

Ai Weiwei, Herzog & De Meuron To Design Serpentine Pavilion

Team behind the celebrated Bird’s Nest stadium in Beijing to design this year’s effort

Oshibe, by Tomomi Sayuda, a London based Japanese artist. Oshibe - meaning stamen in Japanese - is a playful interactive music and lighting sculpture representing the optimistic elements in life. Credit: Oshibe © Tomomi Sayuda

Exhibition Preview: Kinetica Art Fair @ Ambika P3

Electronic, robotic, kinetic art on the theme of time, transformation and energy

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Chilean Miners Rescue Pod Coming To The Science Museum

Meet the world’s most famous cylinder of steel.

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Preview: Speed Listening Night @ The White Horse, Hoxton

Musical speed dating? We’re all ears!