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A set of tables and chairs, all burnt out and their charred remains revealing their chicken wire frames.
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Art & design Talks & events

Mona Hatoum: Artist Talk

Join us for a talk by leading contemporary artist Mona Hatoum.

Opera singer dressed in white ruffled outfit and roman crown holding bow and arrow
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Classical music Theatre & dance

Guildhall School: Autumn Opera Scenes

Outstanding first-year singers from Guildhall School’s Opera department perform a captivating selection of classical and contemporary operatic excerpts.

Martin Lloyd-Evans director
Ceci Calf designer
Ashok Gupta music director
Guitarist Carlos Alomar on stage next to David Bowie
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Contemporary music

The D.A.M Trilogy

David Bowie’s right-hand-musicians during his late-1970’s Berlin period mark the legacy of the albums they made together with the faster songs from Low, Heroes and Lodger as the focus of the evening.

An animated person eating an orange
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Cinema

LIAF 2025: British Showcase + filmmaker introduction

Independent British animated films have carved out a unique niche in the cinematic landscape, characterised by their distinct artistic styles and innovative storytelling.

Blondie in Camera 1978
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Library Tours & public spaces Art & design

Blondie in Camera 1978

Free

An exhibition celebrating Martyn Goddard’s most famous images of Blondie taken during their breakthrough year

Install shot of Dirty Looks
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Art & design

Dirty Looks

Rebel against conventional beauty and take a look at the dirty side of fashion. 

In a dark gallery, metal bleacher-style seating is positioned in front of a large, vertical, curved screen showing a river coursing through a lush, forested valley.
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Art & design

Lucy Raven: Rounds

Free

Journey through landscapes reshaped by extreme force in a new exhibition that brings together film and sculpture by North American artist Lucy Raven.

Architecture Tour
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Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.

Still from Spider-man 2022
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Cinema

Family Film Club: Spider-man: Across the Spiderverse

A chance to catch the most visually stunning version of Spider-man on the big screen! 

Vex Ashley
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Art & design Talks & events Take part

Dirty Weekend: Level G Takeover (18+)

Free

Across the weekend in the main foyers, dive into a bold celebration of desire, style and subculture with workshops, an intimate installation and an erotic literature and ephemera market.

A woman looks at a sculpture of a globe, the outlines of the countries lit in neon orange strip lights.
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Art & design

Encounters: Giacometti x Mona Hatoum

Works by contemporary artist Mona Hatoum and 20th century sculptor Alberto Giacometti are seen together for the first time in this ground-breaking exhibition, part of Encounters: Giacometti.

Di Petsa
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Art & design Talks & events Take part

Dirty Weekend Live: Di Petsa, Sinéad O'Dwyer and more (18+)

Join us for this evening of boundary pushing live presentations from the world of fashion with two designers leading the way for inclusive, interesting and meaningful approaches. 

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Cinema

Preview: The Voice of Hind Rajab

Kaouther Ben Hania’s latest triumph transforms the last recorded words of a six-year-old girl in Gaza into a vital act of remembrance.

bodies
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Cinema

LIAF 2025: Figures in Focus: Skin Shows + ScreenTalk

‘Skin Shows’ is a nod to Jack Halberstam’s book of the same name; a work that explores gothic horror, monstrousness, corporeality, otherness, and its representation in contemporary film. 

trio playing string instrument and singing in dramatic lighting
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Contemporary music Classical music

Le Trio Joubran: Twenty Springs

LE TRIO JOUBRAN, renowned ambassadors of Palestinian music and culture, mark a major milestone and celebrate their 20th anniversary. 

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Samir Joubran oud
Wissam Joubran oud
Adnan Joubran oud
Habib Meftah percussion
Ersoj Kasimov percussion
Anne Gouverneur violin
Sylvain Favre-Bulle violin
Anne Berry viola
Valentin Mussou cello
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Contemporary music Take part

Club Stamina Presents: Mina Galan (18+)

Club Stamina founder Mina Galán unveils new music and invites Merca Bae, CRYSTALLMESS & New York, fusing music, fashion and visuals in a 360° immersive show.

Install shot of Dirty Looks
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Art & design

Dirty Looks

Rebel against conventional beauty and take a look at the dirty side of fashion. 

In a dark gallery, metal bleacher-style seating is positioned in front of a large, vertical, curved screen showing a river coursing through a lush, forested valley.
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Art & design

Lucy Raven: Rounds

Free

Journey through landscapes reshaped by extreme force in a new exhibition that brings together film and sculpture by North American artist Lucy Raven.

Architecture Tour
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Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.

Vex Ashley
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Art & design Talks & events Take part

Dirty Weekend: Level G Takeover (18+)

Free

Across the weekend in the main foyers, dive into a bold celebration of desire, style and subculture with workshops, an intimate installation and an erotic literature and ephemera market.

Creative Collaboration_2025_Dirty Weekend_Sophie Cundale
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Take part Talks & events Art & design

Dirty Weekend: Pleasure Garden (18+)

Step into our lush conservatory for an intimate Sunday of talks, readings, workshops and pop-up performances on sex, desire and all things dirty. 

A woman looks at a sculpture of a globe, the outlines of the countries lit in neon orange strip lights.
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Art & design

Encounters: Giacometti x Mona Hatoum

Works by contemporary artist Mona Hatoum and 20th century sculptor Alberto Giacometti are seen together for the first time in this ground-breaking exhibition, part of Encounters: Giacometti.

Vex Ashley
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Talks & events

Dirty Weekend Keynote Panel Discussion (18+)

We invite participants from across the weekend and special guests to discuss the very current concerns around sex, intimacy, desire, policing of bodies and censorship on screen.

HOWL T Shirt Screenprinting
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Talks & events Take part

HOWL x Dirty Weekend: T-shirt Screenprinting Workshop (18+)

Bring your own T-shirt and transform it into an iconic piece, screen-printing vintage nightclub poster designs inspired by 80s and 90s queer culture.

two animated people reflected in mirrors
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Cinema

LIAF 2025: Marvellous Animations for 8-15 year-olds

These 9 films from 7 different countries have been chosen especially for children aged 8 and upwards and include themes such as friendship, resilience, and self-discovery. 

RBO Live Cinderella
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Cinema

RBO Live: Cinderella

This Winter, be transported into an ethereal world where a sprinkling of fairy dust makes dreams come true.

HOWL
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Talks & events

HOWL x Dirty Weekend: Sex in the Age of AI (18+)

A panel of industry experts and creatives tackle the question of what the future of intimacy looks like now that we have artificial intelligence?

Content Warning
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Cinema

Dirty Weekend: SHINY by Content Warning (18*)

Content Warning bring their trademark curation of low-fi DIY vintage adult films to Dirty Weekend, this time with a focus on fashion and fetish.

A red large boat shot on 35mm against a blue sky.
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Cinema

Experiments in Film: The Cinema of Peter Hutton + Intro...

Step into the contemplative world of acclaimed experimental filmmaker Peter Hutton with a rare screening of three of his most poetic works: Landscape (for Manon), Study of a River, and Time and Tide.

Dirty Queers Talk
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Talks & events

Dirty Queers: Amelia Abraham and Bryony White (18+)

Join writers and cultural critics Amelia Abraham and Bryony White for a timely and uncompromising conversation on queerness and its relationship to dirt and dirtiness.