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ART BERMONDSEY 183-185, Bermondsey Street, SE1 Jonathan Baldock: Notes From The Orifice A solo exhibition by British artist Jonathan Baldock including new sculptural and wall-based works, installation and performance. Art Bermondsey, Tue-Fri 12noon-7pm, Sat 12noon-6pm, ends Nov 15, free. ARTS LAV 180, Kennington Lane, SE11 Under Ground Women A new exhibition by female mixed media artists in ‘Artslav’, a Victorian Gentlemans Lavatory in Kennington - Whatever next! Arts Lav, Nov 14, 6pm-8pm, Nov 15-22, 12noon-7pm, Nov 23, 1pm-4pm, free. BANKSIDE GALLERY 48, Hopton Street, Waterloo, SE1 (020-7928 7521) Cultivation & Creativity; An RHS And RWS Collaboration Bankside Gallery is delighted to present Cultivation & Creativity which showcases works featuring the four Royal Horticultural Society gardens as seen by Royal Watercolour Society artists. Bankside Gallery, From Nov 5, Mon-Sun 11am-6pm, ends Nov 16, free. United Society Of Artists A showcase of works by artists from across the UK. Bankside Gallery, Nov 18-23, 11am-6pm, free. BERMONDSEY SQUARE 2, Bermondsey Square, SE1 Sculpture At Bermondsey Square Commission 1: Karen Tang A large-scale sculpture inspired by the 1959 sciencefiction movie, The Giant Behemoth. Bermondsey Square, Mon-Sun, open access, ends Apr 30, free. CAFE GALLERY PROJECTS 1, Park Approach, Southwark Park, SE16 (0207237 1230) Annual Open The 30th Year Hundreds of small works at attractive prices, the Cafe Gallery Open Exhibition, representing all artists, consolidates its position as the Open Exhibition. Cafe Gallery Projects, From Nov 26, Wed-Sun 11am-4pm, ends Dec 14, free. By Ourselves: The Installation Andrew Kotting with Iain Sinclair reveal their great English pilgrimage, a self-enacted novel in the tradition of Pilgrim’s Progress as an installation within the raw vast space of Dilston Grove. Cafe Gallery Projects, From Nov 26, Fri-Sun 11am-4pm, ends Dec 14, free. CECILIA BRUNSON PROJECTS Royal Oak Yard, SE1 (020-7357 9274) Amy Gadney: Ghost Load Gadney combines her abstract painting practice with appropriated techniques in aiming to trick the eye. Light, colour and optical illusion are enhanced in frosted shells where the original materiality becomes a memory, a phantom of its original form. Cecilia Brunson Projects, Tue-Fri 2pm6pm, Sat 12noon-4pm, ends Nov 15, free. COPPERFIELD GALLERY 6, Copperfield Street, SE1 Tom Dale: Department Of The Interior A 6.5m high, black Leatherette bouncy castle, will be presented alongside new work, for Tom Dale’s solo exhibition. Copperfield Gallery, Wed-Sat 12noon-6pm, and by appointment, ends Nov 14, free. DESIGN MUSEUM 28 Butlers Wharf, Shad Thames, SE1 (020-7940 8790) Designers In Residence Designs exploring the notion of disruption. Design Museum, Mon-Sun 10am-5.45pm, last adm 5.15pm, ends Feb 4, £12.40, child £6.20, NUS £9.30, mems/under 12s free. Design Museum Collection: Extraordinary Stories About Ordinary Things A number of key 20th-century design items offering an insight into everyday objects. Design Museum, MonSun 10am-5.45pm, last adm 5.15pm, ends Jan 4 2015, £10.75, NUS £6.50, concs £9.70, under 12s free. DRAWING ROOM Tannery Arts, 12 Rich Estate, Crimscott Street, SE1 (020-7394 5657) The Nakeds A group exhibition looking at drawings of the body exposed. The naked body is frequently the physical terrain artists traverse in search of the inner self. Drawing Room, Tue-Fri 11am-6pm, Sat 12noon6pm, ends Nov 29, free. DULWICH PICTURE GALLERY Gallery
Road, SE21 (020-8693 5254) Painting Canada 2: Emily Carr And The Indigenous Art Of The North West Coast Paintings, drawings, writings and sketchbooks providing an insight into the mind of the Canadian artist. Dulwich Picture Gallery, From Nov 1, Tue-Fri 10am5pm, Sat & Sun 11am-5pm, ends Feb 22, £10, OAP £9, unwaged/disabled/NUS £5, Art Fund mems £6, under 18s/mems free. EMBASSY TEA GALLERY 195-205, Union Street, SE1 (0207-2747474) 6th Passion For Freedom Festival 2014 Passion for Freedom - art competition 2014. The event promotes freedom and equal rights for all citizens and secularism. Embassy Tea Gallery, Nov 5-15, 10am6pm, free. FASHION AND TEXTILE MUSEUM 83, Bermondsey Street, SE1 (020-7407 8664) How To Draw Vintage Fashion An educational display on how to draw key looks from the 20th century. Fashion And Textile Museum, Mon-Sun phone for times and prices, ends Jan 18. Knitwear In Fashion Photography A selection of fashion photographs by Norman Parkinson. Fashion And Textile Museum, Mon-Sun phone for times and prices, ends Jan 18. Pattern Watts Architects’ Wallpapers 1870 To Today An exhibition devoted to Watts, the leading heritage textile and wallpaper company. Fashion And Textile Museum, Mon-Sun phone for times and prices, ends Jan 18. GABRIEL FINE ART Cottage 2, Old Paradise Yard, 20 Carlisle Lane, SE1 (0207-987 6762) Catharsis A Symbiosis Of Science And Art Gabriel Fine Art in a collaboration with the Guy’s and St Thomas’ Charity presents an inspiring and thought provoking exhibition with a mix of drawing, photography, painting, sculpture and an interactive installation. Gabriel Fine Art, From Nov 14, Wed-Sun 10am-6pm, ends Dec 3, free. GASWORKS 155, Vauxhall Street, The Oval, SE11 (020-7582 6848) Pio Abad: Some Are Smarter Than Others The first major UK solo exhibition by the London-based Filipino artist. The exhibition focuses on the cultural legacy of former Filipino dictators Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos and their extravagant collections. Gasworks, Wed-Sun 12noon6pm, ends Nov 16, free. IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM Lambeth Road, Elephant & Castle, SE1 (020-7416 5000) Horrible Histories: Spies Immersive installations based on Terry Deary’s children’s book series. Imperial War Museum, Mon-Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.30pm, ends Jan 4, £6.20, concs £4.40, family £12.25-£19, ages 4-15 £3.30, under 4s free. New Contemporary Art Exhibition By Jane And Louise Wilson At IWM Turner Prize nominated artists Jane and Louise Wilson exhibit their new video installation Undead Sun at IWM London. The work was commissioned to mark the Centenary of the First World War by Film & Video Umbrella for IWM. Imperial War Museum, Mon-Sun 10am-6pm, ends Jan 11, free. JERWOOD SPACE 171, Union Street, Bankside, SE1 (020-7654 0179) Jerwood Encounters: Suspicion A Jerwood Encounters exhibition curated by Dan Coombs. Jerwood Space, From Nov 5, Mon-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat & Sun 10am3pm, ends Dec 7, free. MAUDSLEY HOSPITAL Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, SE5 (07985658443) Pathways And Pebbles Pathways and Pebbles, the new exhibition at the Maudsley Long Gallery explores Pat Mear’s complex journey through art and life. Maudsley Hospital, Mon-Sun 9am7pm, ends Dec 29, free. MENIER GALLERY 51, Southwark Street, SE1 (0207-407 3222) WW1 Exhibition - “The Dogs Of War Unleashed”: Satirical & Propaganda Maps Of The First World War A rare collection of original satirical maps and propaganda posters, postcards, puzzles and printed ephemera highlighting the power of maps through satire and
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BEVERLEY KNIGHT absolutely rips it up in the UK premiere of this TONY Award winning musical put together by Bon Jovi’s David Bryan and Joe DiPietro, who totally capture the feel of the music from the 50s and early 60s, making every song sound like an unheard B Side that must have slipped by as you bopped away to the hits of the day, writes Michael Holland... Memphis tells the true story of how ‘race’ music was kept underground until determined white boys managed to get it played on mainstream radio, so you get to hear the N-Word and examples of extreme – and tolerated - racism, and see ‘white crackers coming down here to steal music from the black folk’. One of the best songs is, ‘Everybody Wants To Be Black On A
propaganda in galvanising patriotic popular support for the war on both sides of the conflict. Menier Gallery, From Nov 26, Wed & Thu 11am-6pm, Fri 11am-8pm, Sat 11am-4pm, ends Nov 29, free. MORLEY GALLERY 61, Westminster Bridge Road, SE1 (020-7450 1826) Edward Bawden: Storyteller An exhibition celebrating the work of Edward Bawden. This will be the first major retrospective of the artist’s work to take place in London since his death in 1989. Morley Gallery, From Nov 4, Mon-Fri 10am-5pm, ends Nov 26, free. PECKHAM PLATFORM 89, Peckham High Street, SE15 (020-7358 9645) Peckham Platform Open 2014 This exhibition invites people that have a connection to Peckham to contribute their artworks to exhibit together at Peckham Platform. Peckham Platform, From Nov 29, Wed-Fri 11am-6pm, Sat & Sun 10am-5pm, ends Dec 20, free. Peckham Square Studio The exhibition ‘Peckham Square Studio’, opening in September, will feature black and white portraits of local people taken by Eileen Perrier on Peckham Square. Come along to Peckham Platform and see whose portraits will be exhibited. Peckham Platform, From Nov 17, Sat & Sun 10am5pm, Wed-Fri 11am-6pm, ends Dec 15, free. ROD BARTON 41-45, Consort Road, SE15 (020-7639 0400) My Tarp Has Sprung A Leak: Kenneth
Saturday Night’. There is a love story threaded through this historical narrative that highlights the ignorance of the time, but the major player is the music and how it overcame the barriers set by those who knew what they did was wrong but did not want to accept it. The characters in Memphis have been built up from amalgamations of real people who were around at the time, and the story is hung on a broad spine of real events to give the aura of authenticity. And anyone who knows this history will be thankful for its telling in such a way. The music is great, the choreography and dancing is fantastic and the performances are faultless. To write about how good each of the main characters was would
Alme Rod Barton is pleased to present, My Tarp Has Sprung A Leak, the first UK solo exhibition of Norwegian artist Kenneth Alme. Rod Barton, Thu-Sat 12noon-6pm, ends Nov 22, free. SIOBHAN DAVIES DANCE 85, St George’s Road, SE1 (020-7091 9650) Christian Kerrigan: First To Bloom, Last To Leave - Part 2 Artist Christian Kerrigan presents the second half of a two-part exhibition. Siobhan Davies Dance, Fri-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun-Thu 10am-8pm, ends Dec 14, free. SOUTH LONDON GALLERY 65-67, Peckham Road, SE5 (020-7703 6120) Lawrence Weiner: All In Due Course Weiner presents a group of inter-related works that will be seen across the main and first floor galleries, and continue outdoors, running along the expansive Victorian brick wall of the SLG’s Fox Garden. South London Gallery, Tue & ThuSun 11am-6pm, Wed 11am-9pm, ends Nov 23, free. SOUTHBANK CENTRE Belvedere Road, Waterloo, SE1 (020-7960 4200) Catching Dreams The UK’s annual national showcase of art by prisoners. Spirit Level at Royal Festival Hall, Mon-Sun 10am-11pm, ends Nov 30, free. Koestler Pop-Up Art Shop An opportunity to view the work entered into the Koestler Trust Awards 2014. Spirit Level (White Room) at Royal Festival Hall, From Nov 22, Mon-Sun 2pm-7pm, ends Nov 30, free. SPACE STATION SIXTY-FIVE 373,
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take another two arts pages. Even so, Beverley Knight is superb; Jason Pennycooke surprises and astounds, and Killian Donnelly astounds and surprises as the ‘stupid white boy’ who makes it all happen. In the real world life would be much more dismal and dreary if these fictional events had never taken place. In my opinion this is the best new musical around.
Shaftesbury Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, WC2H 8DP until 31st October 2015 Monday to Saturday at 7.30pm Wednesday & Saturday at 2.30pm Ticket Prices: £20 - £67.50 Box Office: 0207 379 5399 memphisthemusical.com
Kennington Road, SE11 (020-8299 5036) Graphic Details Drawings, comics and graphic novels by 18 female Jewish artists. Space Station Sixty-Five, Thu-Sat 12noon6pm, ends Dec 13, free. SULGER-BUEL LOVELL The Loft, unit 2 La Gare, 51, Surrey Row, SE1 (020-3268 2101) Of(f) Africa Group Exhibition Sulger-Buel Lovell is proud to present the inaugural exhibition and gallery launch exhibiting selected works of represented gallery artists from Africa; sculptor Abdulrazaq Awofeso, photographer Ralph Ziman and mixed media artist Vivien Kohler. SulgerBuel Lovell, Tue-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 10am4pm, ends Nov 15, free. TATE MODERN Bankside, Holland Street, SE1 (020-7887 8888) Abstraction And The Sublime Works exploring affinities between the American post-war abstractionists and European landscape painters. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free. Around Abstract Art 1920-1935 An exhibition exploring the development of abstract art. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free. Joseph Beuys: Artist Rooms This display of sculpture brings together works by the German artist from the early 1980s. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm,
last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31 2015, free. Cubism Exhibition illuminating the perceptual and conceptual aspects of the art movement. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free.. Niki De Saint Phalle And Richard Serra Two artists working in the arte povera, or poor art tradition. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free. Elegies Works by Claude Monet, Joan Mitchell and Lee Ufan. Tate Modern, MonThu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free. Elements Of Chance Exhibition of surrealist art which toys with the notion of chance. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free. Everyday Alchemy: Contemporary Sculpture Sculptures which use commonplace objects to explore notions of value. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free. Omer Fast A four-channel video installation projected on two double-sided screens, so that only two projections can be seen at any one time. Tate Modern,