ListingsUpdated Sat 24 Oct
London events today and this week
Every event we have checked and put in, soonest first. Tonight and this weekend have their own editions.
Saturday
24 October-
Exhibitions Free
Tate Modern late opening
Tate Modern stays open to nine on a Saturday too, free, with the Turbine Hall after dark and three paid shows upstairs.
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Seasonal Free
Diwali at Marble Hill
Free Diwali at Marble Hill on 24 Oct, 2 to 7pm: dhol drummers, giant puppets, illuminations and a lantern workshop to book a slot for.
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Clubs From £37.50
Silent Disco London at The View from The Shard
Three DJs on glowing headphones at the top of the Shard, 9.30pm to 1am, over 18s, from £37.50.
Sunday
25 October-
Comedy From £9.60
City Comedy Club: Sunday night
A drink is included in the ticket, alcoholic or not. Seating is allocated, so you are shown to a seat rather than fighting for one. Doors half an hour before, over 18s, ID checked.
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Comedy £12
JK Comedy Club Covent Garden: Sunday night comedy
A host and four professional comedians, a new bill every week. Two hundred seats at Arboretum, and doors open a full hour before, so there is time to eat first. Over 18s, ID on the door.
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Comedy £12
JK Comedy Club Piccadilly Circus: Sunday night comedy
A host and four professional comedians, a new bill every week. Fifty seats at BOX Piccadilly, about as central as a comedy room gets. Doors fifteen minutes before, over 18s, ID on the door.
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Cabaret From £20
Soul Man
A one off in the Phoenix basement, 4pm. From £20. The room seats a few dozen, so nothing is far from the stage.
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Cabaret
Sunday Cabaret at the RVT
The Sunday institution, four in the afternoon, and the show this pub is best known for. A different bill most weeks.
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Cabaret £28
Paul Hazel: Songs from Stage & Screen
A show in the art deco room under Brasserie Zedel, 5pm. One act and a piano rather than a revue, and the room listens.
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Cabaret £30
Cameron Bernard Jones & Guillermo Nazara: Into the Light
A show in the art deco room under Brasserie Zedel, 7.30pm. One act and a piano rather than a revue, and the room listens.
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Pick Seasonal Free
Diwali on the Square
The largest Diwali celebration outside India, one until seven in Trafalgar Square. Free and unticketed. It fills from about two, so come at one for the space and stay for the lamps at dusk.
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Comedy £13.25 to £25.25
The Comedy Store Players: improv on a Sunday
The improv troupe that has held the Sunday night slot for decades, making the show up from audience suggestions. No two performances are the same. Doors an hour before, over 18s.
