Autumn in the City - the City of London Corporation

Autumn
in the City
AUTUMN EVENTS 2015
August to October
ART AND
EXHIBITIONS
FAMILY
MUSIC
SPECIAL EVENTS
THEATRE
WALKS AND TALKS
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As summer draws to
an end and autumn
rolls around, the
City continues to
play host to a huge
range of exciting,
engaging and unique
events. From live
performances and
street art, to ancient
hidden gems and
innovative exhibitions.
The City of London’s Roman
heritage is showcased this
season, with the Guildhall Yard
hosting Gladiator Games on
the site of Londinium’s original
Roman Amphitheatre (p17). The
Billingsgate Roman Bathhouse,
(p26) a hidden ancient gem
located underneath one of the
City’s office blocks, will be made
regularly accessible to the public
for the first time this autumn with
ticketed tours being organised by
the Museum of London.
Art-lovers will be flocking to the
City too, with many fantastic
exhibitions and special events.
The innovative multimedia
exhibition at Guildhall Art Gallery,
No Colour Bar: Black British Art in
Action 1960-1990, will continue
through autumn, following its
hugely successful launch in the
summer (p4). As you explore,
keep an eye out for Sculpture in
the City, the popular public art
exhibition, featuring a selection
of contemporary art pieces in
and around Bishopsgate and
St Mary Axe (p4).
For more events and
information about the City go
to www.visitthecity.co.uk or visit
our City Information Centre by
St Paul’s Cathedral, where our
friendly, multilingual staff are
ready to help you plan your
days out:
City of London Information Centre
St Paul’s Churchyard
London EC4M 8BX
While September in the City sees
the return of the hugely popular
Totally Thames festival, bringing
the river to life with a month-long
season of river-related events: art,
music, open days, family fun, talks,
walks and boats galore (p16).
The information in this leaflet has been researched and compiled in good faith and
checked as thoroughly as possible with the relevant sources. It is correct to the best of the
publisher’s knowledge at the time of printing (July 2015) and the publisher cannot accept
any liability for errors and omissions howsoever caused. No payment was either solicited or
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On-going
No Colour Bar:
Black British Art in
Action 1960-1990
Magna Carta
Exhibition at
Temple Church
New Displays
at the Museum
of London
This innovative multimedia
exhibition charts the story of
20th-century Black British cultural
heritage and social and political
history for the first time in the UK.
The focus is the radical publishing
house Bogle L’Ouverture,
whose work promoted and
was inspired by the liberating
energy of decolonisation and the
fights against racism and unfair
discrimination.
Mon-Sat 10am-5pm;
Sun 12noon-4pm
FREE
Guildhall Art Gallery
Guildhall Yard EC2V 5AE
www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/
nocolourbar
T 020 7332 3700
Discover the story of Magna
Carta at Temple Church and
gaze into the effigy of the Bad
King John, along with major
baron William Marshall. For the
first time, you can also climb
up to the triforium of the grand
circular church and look down
upon the Round as countless
Knights Templar would have
done before you.
Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri 10am-4pm;
Wed 2-4pm
Admission: £5
Temple Church
Temple EC4Y 9AT
www.templechurch.com
Introducing two new display
and exhibition spaces in the
Museum of London: ‘Glory
and Gore’ explores the
people of London’s Roman
amphitheatre, while the ‘Show
Space’ presents some of
the museum’s more recent
arrivals, connecting them with
what’s happening in London
right now.
Daily 10am-6pm
FREE
Museum of London
150 London Wall EC2Y 5HN
www.museumoflondon.org.uk
T 020 7001 9844
On-going
On-going
Flora and Fauna
On-going
A rich array of plants and animals
have adorned, protected and
served the Bank of England
through the ages. Discover
a menagerie from elaborate
floral banknote designs and
fierce sculpted lions to the
real-life creatures that still keep
the Bank safe.
Mon-Fri 10am-5pm
FREE
Bank of England Museum
Bartholomew Lane EC2R 8AH
www.bankofengland.co.uk/
museum
T 020 7601 5545
Tower Bridge
Glass Floor
Sculpture in
the City
This popular public art exhibition
features a selection of City
streets. Set amongst iconic
architectural landmarks like
the Gherkin and the Lloyd’s
Building, this open-air exhibition
transforms an area known for
insurance and finance into an
urban sculpture park. This year’s
exhibition includes works from the
internationally-renowned artists
Ekkehard Altenburger, Bruce
Beasley, Adam Chodzko, Laura
Ford, Damien Hirst, Shan Hur and
Folkert de Jong.
FREE to view anytime
Around St Botolph without
Bishopsgate, Lime Street,
St Mary Axe, Great St Helen’s
and Undershaft EC3
www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/
sculptureinthecity
On-going
Art at the Bridge #6
Enjoy the local London art
on display in Tower Bridge’s
atmospheric Engine Rooms.
Art at the Bridge #6 explores
‘Tides of Change: charting life’s
ebbs and flows’ through the work
of eight artists aged over 55 from
Southwark Arts Forum.
Daily 10am-5.30pm until
31 September; from 9.30am
from 1 October
Admission: £9 adults
(£6.30 concs); £3.90 children,
under 5s free
Tower Bridge Exhibition
Tower Bridge Road SE1 2UP
www.towerbridge.org.uk
T 020 7403 3761
Experience a unique view of
London life through the new
spectacular glass floor in the
high-level walkways. Look down
to see the Thames, road and
pedestrian life, all moving at
pace 42 metres below. Lucky
visitors may even witness the
magic of the Bridge raising for a
river vessel beneath their feet!
Daily 10am-5.30pm
Admission: £9 adults
(£6.30 concs); £3.90 children;
under 5s free
Tower Bridge Exhibition
Tower Bridge Road SE1 2UP
www.towerbridge.org.uk or
T 020 7403 3761
Arts and Exhibitions
On-going
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London Dust:
Recent Work
by Rut Blees
Luxemburg
Magna Carta
on Display
Through photography and film,
Rut Blees Luxemburg examines
the expansion of the City of
London, contrasting the optimistic
vision of developers with the
physical reality of the urban
environment.
Daily 10am-6pm
FREE
Museum of London
150 London Wall EC2Y 5HN
www.museumoflondon.org.uk
T 020 7001 9844
Until 6 September
Light Echoes
The Curve
Light Echoes, LA artists Aaron
Koblin and Ben Tricklebank’s
amazing laser-based installation
creeps its way through The
Curve.
Daily 11am
FREE
Barbican Centre
Silk Street EC2Y 8DS
www.barbican.org.uk/artgallery
T 020 7638 8891
Get up close and personal with
one of the finest 13th-century
editions of Magna Carta
still in existence, displayed
in the new City of London
Heritage Gallery – built to
commemorate the 800th
anniversary of the document.
Mon-Sat 10am-5pm;
Sun 12noon-4pm
FREE
City of London Heritage Gallery
in Guildhall Art Gallery
Guildhall Yard EC2V 5AE
www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/
heritagegallery
020 7332 3700
Until 11 September
London’s Dreadful
Visitation: The
Great Plague,1665
The Great Plague was a haunting
event in the City of London,
wiping out almost 100,000
people. Whether young or old,
man or woman, saint or sinner, it
killed mercilessly and changed
London forever. This exhibition
takes you through Guildhall
Library’s plague material, from
books to broadsides, revealing
more information about this
devastating period of our history.
Mon-Fri 9.30am-5pm;
Wed 9.30am-7.30pm;
Open alternate Sat
FREE
Guildhall Library
Aldermanbury EC2V 7HH
www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/
guildhalllibrary
020 7332 1868
From 10 August
Shakespeare in
the 18th Century:
Johnson, Garrick
and Friends
Along with his great friend David
Garrick, the renowned actor,
Johnson has been credited with
the revival of popular interest in
Shakespeare in the 18th century.
Join us to celebrate the 250th
anniversary of Johnson’s critical
edition of Shakespeare and
discover the works of two of
the greatest wordsmiths in the
English Language. A lively events
programme will accompany the
exhibition.
Dr Johnson’s House
17 Gough Square EC4A 3DE
www.drjohnsonshouse.org
T 020 7353 3745
Arts and Exhibitions
Until 1 October
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On-going
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Victorian London in
Photographs 1839 to 1901
The Crime
Museum
Uncovered
The arrival of photography in
London in 1839 would change the
way people saw their city and
each other forever. The collections
at London Metropolitan Archives
contain an extraordinary range of
images from Queen Victoria’s
reign, recording the capital and its
people in stunning detail. This
exhibition presents some of the
most striking images of London
and Londoners from the era, from
the first known photograph of
the capital to the opening of the
Blackwall Tunnel, taking in the
Crystal Palace, the first Tube line
and life on the City’s streets.
Check website for opening times.
FREE
London Metropolitan Archives
40 Northampton Road EC1R 0HB
www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma
T 020 7332 3812
Never-before-seen objects from
the Metropolitan Police’s Crime
Museum go on public display
in a major new exhibition
at the Museum of London.
Since its establishment in the
mid-1870s, the Crime Museum
has previously only been open
to police professionals and
invited guests. Now, using original
evidence from this extraordinary
collection, real-life case files
take you on an uneasy journey
through some of the
UK’s most notorious crimes
from Dr Crippen to the Krays,
the Great Train Robbery to the
Millennium Dome diamond heist.
Mon-Sun 10am-6pm
(last entry 4pm)
Admission: From £8 online
Museum of London
150 London Wall EC2Y 5HN
www.museumoflondon.org.uk/
crimemuseum
T 020 7001 9844
From 9 October
Eddie Peake
From 21 October
The World of
Charles and Ray
Eames
In late October, the Barbican
opens its doors to The World
of Charles and Ray Eames,
an extensive exhibition which
will survey the careers and
extraordinary work of two of
the most important designers of
the 20th century. A must-see for
design enthusiasts.
Sat-Wed 10am–6pm;
Thu-Fri 10am–9pm;
Bank Holiday Mon 12pm–6pm
Admission: £14.50; £12 concs
Barbican Centre
Silk Street EC2Y 8DS
www.barbican.org.uk/artgallery
T 020 7638 8891
Eddie Peake takes over the
Curve gallery with his surreal and
spectacle-based commission
that encompasses performance,
video, photography, painting,
sculpture and installation in which
the artist plays a central role.
Daily 11am
FREE
Barbican Centre
Silk Street EC2Y 8DS
www.barbican.org.uk/artgallery
T 020 7638 8891
Arts and Exhibitions
From 9 October
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Until 29 October
From 12 October
Talbot House:
‘An Oasis in a
World Gone Crazy’
In 1915 army chaplain Philip
‘Tubby’ Clayton established the
Everyman’s Club at Talbot House
in the small town of Poperinge,
only a few miles from the front
line in Ypres. In this house, rank
was irrelevant, orders were
prohibited, and all soldiers were
encouraged to forget about
the war. This exhibition tracks the
story of Tubby and this ‘oasis’ for
soldiers during the First World War.
It will include items from Talbot
House, the memoirs of Tubby and
the actual hut in which he wrote
them after fleeing the Germans.
Mon-Fri 9.30am-5pm;
Wed 9.30am-7.30pm;
Open alternate Sat
FREE
Guildhall Library
Aldermanbury EC2V 7HH
www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/
guildhalllibrary
020 7332 1870
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On-going
Museum Explored
Explore the museum and find fun,
hands-on activities in the galleries
with one of the museum’s hosts.
Ages 5+
Sundays 12noon-2pm
FREE
Museum of London
150 London Wall EC2Y 5HN
www.museumoflondon.org.uk
T 020 7001 9844
Until 28 August
MASKerade
Explore the Bank’s flora and
fauna by following the trail and
become an animal of your
choice by colouring a mask to
take home. Take your pick from
a variety of creatures including
mighty lions, wise owls, and the
popular characters from ‘The
Wind in the Willows’, whose
author Kenneth Grahame
worked at the Bank for 30 years.
Mon-Fri 10am-4.30pm
FREE
Bank of England Museum
Bartholomew Lane EC2R 8AH
www.bankofengland.co.uk/
museum
T 020 7601 5545
19 September & 24 October
London’s Night
Owls Sleepover at
Museum of London
What happens in the museum
once the doors close for the
night? Book now for this special
after-hours event for children in
the museum after dark.
Ages 7-11
6.45pm-9.40am
£60
Advance booking required
Museum of London
150 London Wall EC2Y 5HN
www.museumoflondon.org.uk/
nightowls
T 020 7001 9844
9 October
26 – 30 October
Storytelling
for Under-5s
The Big Draw –
Join the Fleet!
An interactive concert for mini
musicmakers. LSO musicians retell
a popular children’s story through
music, offering younger children
a chance to experience a live
performance in the beautiful
Jerwood Hall. Dance and sing
your way through the concert
as the instruments bring the tale
to life.
Admission: 12.30pm-1.15pm
£5 adults; £3 children
(plus booking fee)
LSO St Luke’s
161 Old Street EC1V 9NG
www.lso.co.uk
T 020 7588 1116
Come aboard the life-size boat
moored in the Museum and
take the helm for an interactive
game to discover what the Bank
does to keep the economy on
a steady course. You can then
design your own boat and enter
the competition with prizes to be
won. The winning designs will be
displayed on the Bank’s website.
Mon-Fri 10am-4.30pm
FREE
Bank of England Museum
Bartholomew Lane EC2R 8AH
www.bankofengland.co.uk/
museum
T 020 7601 5545
24 – 31 October
October Half Term
Get inspired to make do and
mend with a week of free craft
activities, storytelling and musical
sessions. See the website for
details on each day.
Ages 5+
Museum of London
150 London Wall EC2Y 5HN
www.museumoflondon.org.uk
T 020 7001 9844
22 September
Listen to the world
Free Friday
Lunchtime Concerts
Rhythm and Dance
CLoSer:
Debussy, Copland
and Dance
Catch this continuing
programme of performances by
musicians, poets and storytellers
from areas of conflict or different
spiritual traditions.
Dates, prices and times vary;
check website for full listings
St Ethelburga’s Centre
78 Bishopsgate EC2N 4AG
www.stethelburgas.org/
listen-world
T 020 7496 1616
On-going
Lunchtime
Recitals at
St Lawrence Jewry
The August Music Festival
celebrates the genius of Ludwig
van Beethoven with 20 concerts.
From September, catch the free
recitals Mondays (piano) and
Tuesdays (organ). Check the
website for full listings.
1pm
FREE
St Lawrence Jewry Church
Guildhall Yard EC2V 5AA
www.stlawrencejewry.org.uk/
music
Come and experience music
inspired by the rhythms and
melodies of traditional songs and
dances from Russia, with presenter
Rachel Leach.
12.30-1.15pm
FREE
LSO St Luke’s
161 Old Street EC1V 9NG
www.lso.co.uk
T 020 7588 1116
15, 20 and 23 September
LSO Season Opening
with Bernard Haitink
Three legendary performers:
revered maestro Bernard Haitink
and pianists Murray Perahia and
Imogen Cooper – join forces to
mark the start of a new LSO season.
Tues 15 Sep 7.30pm, Sun 20 Sep
7pm & Wed 23 Sep 7.30pm
£10-£14 (plus booking fee)
Barbican Centre
Silk Street EC2Y 8DS
www.lso.co.uk
T 020 7588 1116
City of London Sinfonia’s 2015-16
season, ‘Re:imagine’ opens with
a celebration of music written
for dance from Rameau’s
18th-century re-imagining of
the classical Pygmalion myth to
Copland’s musical story of the
US pioneers who explored the
Appalachian mountains in the
19th century. The performance
begins and ends with Debussy’s
stunning L’apres-midi d’un
faune in two different dance
interpretations, alongside a
unique take on Bach’s solo cello
suites with clarinettist Michael
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4 September and 2 October
13 Music
On-going
Collins in what is the first ‘Bach
RE:Imagining’ of the series.
Part of City of London Sinfonia
ground-breaking informal
concert series, CLoSer is
designed to appeal to those
who like their music intimate and
relaxed (and who enjoy a glass
of wine while listening).
7.30pm
Admission: £15
*includes a free drink
Village Underground
54 Holywell Lane EC2A 3PQ
www.cityoflondonsinfonia.co.uk
T 020 7377 1362
25 – 27 September
1 August – 31 October
Song in the City
Join in this series of continuing
free lunchtime concerts in the
heart of the City dedicated to
taking classical music out of its
comfort zone by using innovative
and often challenging themes.
FREE
Dates, venues and times vary;
check website for full listings
www.songinthecity.org
25 September
Guildhall Symphony
Orchestra & Chorus
Guildhall musicians take on one
of the most renowned choral
works of the 20th century,
Prokofiev’s dramatic soundtrack
to the 1938 Sergei Eisenstein
film, Alexander Nevsky, which
he later rearranged for mezzosoprano, chorus, and orchestra.
The concert opens with Elgar’s
popular cantata The Music
Makers, a setting of poet Arthur
O’Shaughnessy’s ode to the
dreaming artist.
7.30pm
Admission: £10-£15 (£5 concs)
Barbican Hall
Silk Street EC2Y 8DS
www.barbican.org.uk
T 020 7638 8891
Lost in Thought:
A Mindfulness
Opera
Lost in Thought is the world’s
first ‘mindfulness opera’.
This four-hour event is a
pioneering mix of immersive
music drama and guided
meditation in which there is no
boundary between participants
and audience, structured by
Rolf Hind’s ambient music.
25 Sep 6pm; 26 Sep 12noon
& 27 Sep 12noon
Admission: £45 (plus booking fee)
*includes lunch
LSO ST Lukes
161 Old Street EC1V 9NG
www.barbican.org.uk/music
27 October
Natalie Dessay
in recital
King Creosote
Stephen Hough
in Recital
The incredibly expressive soprano
Natalie Dessay gives an intimate
recital exploring lieder and
French art-song.
7.30pm
Admission: £10-£35
(plus booking fee)
Barbican Hall
Silk Street EC2Y 8DS
www.barbican.org.uk/music
Themes of identity, belonging,
politics and love form intricate
indie-folk songs from Scottish
musician, Kenny Anderson.
7.30pm
Admission: £15-£20
(plus booking fee)
Barbican Hall
Silk Street EC2Y 8DS
www.barbican.org.uk/music
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10 October
15 Music
2 October
Stephen Hough presents a solo
recital that explores every side
of his artistic personality: thinker,
creator and consummate
virtuoso. He unveils the world
premiere of his Piano Sonata III
‘Trinitas’ to celebrate 175 years
of The Tablet.
7.30pm
Admission: £10-£25
(plus booking fee)
Barbican Hall
Silk Street EC2Y 8DS
www.barbican.org.uk/music
17 – 23 October
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig /
Chailly, Barbican
International
Associate
Residency
9, 11 and 18 October
LSO/Gergiev:
Ballet Scores
Valery Gergiev is renowned for
his expertise in bringing to life the
drama of operatic and theatrical
repertoire. Over three concerts,
the LSO’s Principal Conductor
brings us the ballet music of
Bartók and Stravinsky, including
The Firebird and The Rite of
Spring.
Fri 9 Oct 7.30pm; Sun 11 Oct 7pm
& Sun 18 Oct 7pm
Admission: £10-£40
(plus booking fee)
Barbican Centre
Silk Street EC2Y 8DS
www.lso.co.uk
T 020 7588 1116
Riccardo Chailly and the
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
bring German grandeur to the
fore exploring the vibrant tone
poems of Richard Strauss; one of
the greatest musical storytellers
of all time.
7.30pm
Admission: £10-£55
(plus booking fee)
Barbican Hall and Milton Court
Silk Street EC2Y 8DS
www.barbican.org.uk/music
25 October
Love and
Other Crimes:
The Songs of
Lee Hazlewood
Ed Harcourt leads a band of
indie, folk and rock musicians in
remembering the ‘whisky-voiced
old cowboy’ who wrote songs
such as ‘These Boots are
Made for Walking’ and ‘Some
Velvet Morning’. Featuring
Jim Sclavunos (The Bad Seeds),
Caitlin Rose, Matthew E White
and more.
7.30pm
Admission: £20-£15
(plus booking fee)
Barbican Hall
Silk Street EC2Y 8DS
www.barbican.org.uk/music
29 October
A John Adams
UK Premiere –
Scheherazade.2
Essential American composer
John Adams brings his own take
on storytelling to the Barbican
including a new dramatic
symphony for violin and orchestra.
Performed by close collaborator
and new music champion Leila
Josefowicz, Adam’s latest work
takes the idea of the original
Scheherazade into the present
day and ‘imagines a modern
woman storyteller/hostage
whose strength of character and
powers of endurance are tested
over and over’.
7.30pm
Admission: £10-£40
(plus booking fee)
Barbican Centre
Silk Street EC2Y 8DS
www.lso.co.uk
T 020 7588 1116
Celebrate one of the world’s
most famous rivers with a month
long festival packed with
exciting arts, culture and river
events. Throughout the month
of September, Totally Thames will
take over the 42-mile stretch and
bring to life the iconic waterway
celebrated as the lifeblood of the
City. Join in some foreshore fun
with a wide range of intriguing
tours, informative talks and
interesting workshops taking
place across the Square Mile.
4 September
Death and Legend
on the Thames
If you’re a little superstitious, head
to this talk at Guildhall Library and
plunge into a dark and curious
realm; learn about Deadman’s
Home, the execution of pirates
and terrifying modern murders.
1pm-1.30pm
Admission: £5
Aldermanbury
London EC2V 7HH
City’s Sights
and Tales along
the Thames
Hit the streets to find out what
London was like centuries ago
when tall ships lined the river to
unload their precious cargo.
Times vary: check website for
full listings
Admission: £5
Meet at the City Information Centre
St. Paul’s Churchyard
London EC4M 8BX
On-going
Food Markets
With over 20 stalls selling freshly
made produce including
Argentinean empanadas, vegan
Creole food, sweet and savoury
pancakes, Portuguese, West
Indian and German food, French
cheese, handmade cupcakes
and English fudge – there is
something for everyone to enjoy.
Wednesday (first of each month)
11am-3pm; Friday and Saturday
(weekly) 11am-5pm
FREE Admission
One New Change EC4M 9AF
www.onenewchange.com
26 and 27 September
Exclusive Bascule
Chamber Concert
Perhaps you’d prefer an intimate,
musical evening in the Bascule
Chambers of Tower Bridge?
Internationally renowned
composer, Iain Chambers,
performs a bespoke composition
bringing to life a unique space
hidden deep below river-level.
11am, 12.30pm, 2pm, 3.30pm,
5pm, 6.30pm
Admission: £25
Tower Bridge Rd
London SE1 2UP
To view the full programme of City events and to book online,
visit www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/totallythames and take part in
what is sure to be a fantastic month of festivities.
Save the Date: 14 November
Lord Mayor’s Show
Come celebrate the 800th Lord Mayor’s Show
and enjoy everything from vibrant samba
dancing to military marching bands, the
legendary parade offers a host of entertainment.
Grandstand seats on sale now.
www.lordmayorsshow.london
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TOTALLY
THAMES
3, 6, 10, 13, 17, 18, 24 and
28 September
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1-30 September
Until 30 October
Summer Live at
Broadgate
Catch a varied programme
of live performances, classic
film screenings and all of the
major sporting events on a
big screen in the heart of the
City. The restaurants and cafés
surrounding Exchange Square will
be getting into the spirit of things
with themed menus and outdoor
barbecues, plus street food vans
will be on hand to widen your
edible options even further.
Mon–Fri from 8am
FREE
Exchange Square
Broadgate EC2A 2BQ
www.broadgate.co.uk/
summerlive
8 – 16 August
Gladiator Games
In this game of titans, life and
death is in your hands. See
battle commence on the
site of London’s only Roman
amphitheatre, hear the crowd
roar and steel clash as you
choose which warriors walk free.
A bar serving drinks and snacks
will be open before and during
the show.
Show times
Evenings: 10 & 14 Aug, 7pm-8pm.
Weekends: 8, 9, 15 & 16 Aug,
12-1pm & 3-4pm
Admission: £15 adult (£12.50
concs), £10 children, £40 family
(2 adults & 2 children)
Guildhall Yard EC2V 5AE
www.museumoflondon.org.uk/
gladiatorgames
T 020 7001 9844
10 – 20 September
Film: The Colour
of Money
From filthy lucre to pennies from
heaven, this film season explores
our relationship with money
through drama, documentary
and debates. The diverse
programme includes The Wolf of
Wall Street, zombie classic Dawn
of the Dead and an opening gala
with impactful documentary
Inequality for All.
Admission: £8.50-£11.50
Cinema 1, 2 and 3
Barbican Centre
Silk Street EC2Y 8DS
www.barbican.org.uk
Ditch the packed lunch and
enjoy an al fresco bite to eat
in the glorious surroundings of
Guildhall Yard. Market stalls sell
tasty foodstuffs from around the
world, and there’s even some
arts and crafts too.
12noon-2.30pm
FREE admission
Guildhall Yard EC2V 5AE
www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/
guildhallmarkets
27 September
Magna Carta
Son et Lumière
Goldsmith’s Fair
Pearly Kings and
Queens Parade
Magna Carta has influenced
and underpinned constitutions
throughout history. To mark 800
years of its creation, Guildhall
Library is lighting up the City of
London’s Guildhall Yard with a
Magna Carta Son et Lumière.
The Guildhall School of Music
& Drama have produced a
composition of music and light
inspired by the stories behind the
Charter, gleaning information from
manuscripts in the City’s archives.
This show will be projected onto
the fine Gothic architectural
façade of the Guildhall.
From 8pm
FREE
Guildhall Yard EC2V 5AE
www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/mc800
12 September
The Great
River Race
Catch London’s River Marathon:
a spectacular annual race for
traditional boats up the Thames
from Millwall to Richmond. The
race attracts over 300 crews from
all over the globe, from colourful
amateurs to serious professionals.
Race begins 10.45am
FREE to view
Various viewing locations
along the river
www.greatriverrace.co.uk
19 and 20 September
Open House
London Weekend
London’s largest annual festival
of architecture and design. Now
in its 23rd year, it is a city-wide
celebration of the buildings,
places, and neighbourhoods. This
year features prominent buildings
and hidden gems across the City,
including the Bank of England,
the Gherkin, Dr Johnson’s House
and the ancient Billingsgate
Roman Bathhouse, hidden
underneath a city office block.
Across the City and London
www.openhouselondon.org
Europe’s biggest and most
prestigious selling exhibition of
jewellery, silver and precious
metals.
11am-6.30pm (8.30pm Thurs)
Admission: £12 (single day pass),
£17 (unlimited day pass)
Goldsmiths’ Hall
Foster Lane, EC2V 6BN
www.goldsmithsfair.co.uk
T: 020 7606 7010
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Guildhall Yard
Lunch Market
22 September – 4 October
Join London’s Pearly Kings
and Queens for traditional
entertainment in Guildhall Yard
before they parade to St Maryle-Bow church for the annual
Harvest Festival service.
From 12noon (service at 3pm)
FREE to view
Guildhall Yard
Off Gresham Street EC2V 5AE
www.pearlysociety.co.uk
25 September
Roman Object
Handling Session
Ever handled anything nearly
2000 years old? Here’s your
chance to hold a range of
Roman artefacts found in
excavations around the City
under the supervision of a trained
archaeologist. No booking
necessary, just pop down to
the remains of London’s Roman
Amphitheatre beneath the
Guildhall Art Gallery.
12.15pm-3.15pm
FREE
Guildhall Art Gallery
Guildhall Yard EC2V 5AE
www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/
guildhallartgallery
T 020 7332 3700
27 September
Sheep Drive across
London Bridge
Organised by the Worshipful
Company of Woolmen,
participants will each drive their
sheep a quarter of the length of
the bridge; there will be a sheep
pen for photos and a prize for the
best dressed participant.
10am-5pm
FREE
London Bridge
www.woolmen.com
8 October
Leadenhall Market
Autumn Fair
Visit the iconic Leadenhall
Market for this year’s Autumn
Fair. Enjoy ‘traditional skittles’
and the chance to win in a golf
putting competition. Sit on hay
bales and enjoy live music
during the afternoon.
12noon-2.30pm
Leadenhall Market
EC3V 1LT
www.leadenhallmarket.co.uk
19 Special Events
10 September and
15 October
19 September
Consolation
CASA Latin American
Theatre Festival 2015
Set in Southern France,
CONSOLATION, is a play about
the relationship between a
young French re-enactor, who
plays a Cathar knight in a
Visitor’s Centre, and a middleaged Englishwoman who
belives she has experienced a
past life as a Cathar heretic in
thirteenth century Languedoc.
7.30pm (14 Aug 7pm
performance)
*No performances Sat, Sun,
Aug 31 or 3 Sep
Admission: £8-£16
Bridewell Theatre
Bride Lane EC4Y 8EQ
www.sbf.org.uk/theatreshows
T 07934 927275
Highlighting the artistic ingenuity and political
urgency of contemporary Mexican
theatre, the two shows welcomed as part of
CASA Festival could not be more different.
23 – 26 September
Fawlty Towers
The play is set in Fawlty Towers, a
fictional hotel in the seaside town
of Torquay, on the “English Riviera”.
The plots centre on tense, rude
and put-upon owner Basil Fawlty,
his bossy wife Sybil, comparatively
normal chambermaid Polly, and
hapless Spanish waiter Manuel,
showing their attempts to run the
hotel amidst farcical situations
and an array of demanding and
eccentric guests.
7.30pm
(2.30pm Sat matinee)
Admission: £9-£13
Bridewell Theatre
Bride Lane EC4Y 8EQ
www.spreadeagleplayers.com/
boxoffice
18 August – 4 September
28 September
Pierrot Lunaire
Poet in the City:
Samuel Beckett
Dance theatre inspired by the
original French poems of Albert
Giraud. Set in an English country
house circa 1890. A French
governess shares her passion for
the poetry of Pierrot Lunaire with
her young charge but, isolated
and homesick, she finds herself
increasingly haunted by the
enigmatic figure of Pierrot.
1.00pm
Admission: £8 (£6 concs) Tues-Fri
£4 Mon
*No performances Sat-Sun
Bridewell Theatre
Bride Lane EC4Y 8EQ
T 07934 927275
www.sbf.org.uk/thatreshows/
pierrot-lunaire
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6 – 10 October
21 Theatre
12 August – 4 September
A special celebration of Samuel
Beckett’s poetry. Live staged
readings from celebrated Beckett
actress Lisa Dwan and Guildhall
School graduates, are performed
alongside discussion from a
panel of leading Beckett experts,
including acclaimed editor John
Pilling and Beckett biographer
James Knowlson, as we explore
the fascinating poetry of this iconic
writer and dramatist.
7pm
Admission: £10 (£5 concs)
Milton Court Theatre
Silk Street EC2Y 8DS
www.barbican.org.uk
T 020 7638 8891
6 – 7 October
9 – 10 October
Los Guggenheim
The Love of
the Fireflies
Lagartijas Tiradas
al Sol: I’ll melt the
snow off a volcano
with a match
Written by one of Mexico’s
leading contemporary
playwrights, this journey of
bizarre events is characterised by
surreal and heartfelt storytelling
conveyed within a sparsely
beautiful set. Sometimes naughty,
always clever, this irreverent
comedy takes inspiration from
American road movies yet is
given a very Mexican twist.
Performed in Spanish with
English subtitles
7.45pm
Admission: £18 (plus booking fee)
This potent piece of documentary
theatre combines archive video
footage, projections, statistics and
historical sound to deconstruct
a disturbing period of modern
Mexican history. Performed in
Spanish with English subtitles
7.45pm
Admission: £18 (plus booking fee)
The Pit
Silk Street EC2Y 8DS
www.barbican.org.uk/theatre
T 020 7638 8891
Good does not need to
do anything to drive Bad
crazy. Bad hates Good
for simply existing. David
Hare’s acclaimed play, set
in Thatcher’s Britain, remains
exceptionally timely.
7.30pm (2pm Thurs matinee on
15 Oct)
Admission: £10 (£5 concs)
Barbican Centre
Silk Street EC2Y 8DS
www.barbican.org.uk
T 020 7638 8891
The library has regular events
associated with exhibitions.
London history and special
anniversaries – check out the
full range online.
On-going
19 – 24 October
Mephisto
Based on the novel by Klaus
Mann. In pre-war Germany a
group of theatre workers face
the National Socialists’ rise to
power. Some resist, some are
caught unawares and some pay
with their lives. But one of them,
a provincial actor and professed
communist, sells his soul to Nazi
patronage for popularity, fame
and power.
7.30pm (2pm matinee on
20 & 22 Oct)
Admission: £10 (£5 concs)
Barbican Centre
Silk Street EC2Y 8DS
www.barbican.org.uk
T 020 7638 8891
Guildhall Library
afternoon talks
Find out something fascinating
about London at one of
Guildhall Library’s free afternoon
talks. Highlights include: The
Remarkable History of Temple Bar
(11 Aug); London’s Sailortown,
1600-1800 (1 Sep); Magna Carta:
Beyond the Golden Passage
(23 Sep); Tracking Sherlock
Holmes through London (20 Oct)
and Haunted London (28 Oct).
2pm-3pm
FREE
Advance bookings necessary
On-going
Guided City walks
21 – 24 October
Dance Umbrella
Out of India:
Modern Moves
Showcasing three of the
country’s most inventive
contemporary choreographers,
this trilogy features work with
a striking perspective on life
in modern India, a long
way from either classical or
Bollywood styles.
7.45pm
Admission: £20
(plus booking fee)
The Pit
Silk Street EC2Y 8DS
www.barbican.org.uk/theatre
Hear about the City’s rich
history on one of these guided
walks that leave from the City
Information Centre every day.
There are plenty of themes to
choose from, including City
Highlights, London’s Burning
and Wren’s churches.
Daily 11am and 2pm
Admission: £7-£8 (£6 concs)
Meet at City Information Centre
St Paul’s Churchyard EC4M 8BX
www.cityoflondonguides.com
On-going
Guildhall Library
evening events
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The Secret
Rapture
23 Walks and Talks
TALKS AND EVENTS
AT GUILDHALL
LIBRARY
12 – 17 October
Learn something new about
London, history and literature
– and enjoy a complimentary
glass of wine – at one of
Guildhall Library’s regular
evening events. Highlights
include: Huguenot Society and
settlement around London in
the late 17th century (15 Sep);
London’s Second River: The
Fleet or Walbrook (17 Sep);
That Mighty Heart: Visions of
London (15 Oct); Life, Death and
Dysentery: Henry V and the Syon
Abbey Herbal (27 Oct).
6-8pm
£5 (plus booking fee)
Advance bookings necessary
Guildhall Library
Aldermanbury EC2V 7HH
www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/
guildhalllibrary
T 020 7332 1869/1871
Don’t forget the other special
walks from the City of London
Guides: you can take a guided
tour of Guildhall and its famous
crypts, go on special tours of
Mansion House and Guildhall
Art Gallery, or take an earlymorning jaunt around the famous
Smithfield Market. Check the
website for the full schedule.
www.cityoflondonguides.com
Gin Distillery Tours
Magna Carta
and the City Walks
Discover the history of gin in
the City of London and how
it’s made in the present day in
the City’s only working distillery.
Choose from a 45-minute
daytime tour or a special
one-hour evening tour complete
with a spot of gin sampling.
Mon-Fri 12noon;
Mon, Wed and Sat 6pm
Admission: £10-£25
City of London Distillery
Bride Lane EC4Y 8DT
www.cityoflondondistillery.com
T 020 7936 3636
Join a free daily guided walk
taking in the City’s Magna Carta
story. From creating charters and
razing castles, follow the story of
Bad King John from Temple to the
Heritage Gallery.
Daily 11am
FREE
Meet at Blackfriars Station
(in the Underground ticket hall)
www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/mc800
1 and 15 August
On-going
Open-City
Architecture Tours
Walk, cycle and photograph
London architecture with
Open-City’s weekly programme
of tours with specialist guides.
Dates, times and prices vary;
check website for full listings
www.open-city.org.uk/tours
T 020 3006 7008
On-going
Gresham
College Lectures
Each week you can pop into
free public lectures on a huge
variety of subjects at Gresham
College. This season’s highlights
include: The Primeval Fireball
(23 Sep), Medieval Music: The
Stations of the Breath (8 Oct),
Should we Trust Computers?
(20 Oct), and Free Speech
and the Study of History (28 Oct).
Dates and times vary;
check website for full listings
FREE
Gresham College
Holborn EC1N 2HH
www.gresham.ac.uk
T 020 7831 0575
Roman
Archaeology
Under Your Feet
Go on an interactive walk with
a team of guides from the
museum’s Archaeological
Archive. Discover the evidence
of Londinium, found beneath
the City’s streets on a walk from
the museum, around various
Roman sites in the City of
London, finishing at London’s
Roman amphitheatre.
11.15am-1.15pm
& 2.15-4.15pm
Admission: £12.50 (£10 concs)
Advance booking necessary
Meet at the Museum of London
www.museumoflondon.org.uk/
tours
T 020 7001 9844
1 & 29 August, 19 September,
25 October, 28 November
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Until 20 September
25 Walks and Talks
On-going
London, Sugar
and Slavery
Explore the lasting effects of the
slave trade on a walk around
London, starting in the City.
10.30am-12.30pm
£20
Advance bookings necessary
www.museumoflondon.org.uk
T 020 7001 9844
From 10 August
Curators’ Tours
of Exhibition
The Curators will be leading
short tours of our latest exhibition
Shakespeare in the 18th Century:
Johnson, Garrick and Friends and
sharing their favourite stories of
objects on display.
Saturdays
FREE (with standard admission)
Dr Johnson’s House
17 Gough Square
(off Fleet Street) EC4A 3DE
www.drjohnsonshouse.org
T 020 7353 3745
13 August
Roundtable Talk:
From Page
to Stage
Join us for what promises to be
a lively roundtable discussion
on the themes of our current
exhibition, Shakespeare in the
18th Century: Johnson, Garrick
and Friends. A range of guest
speakers, including Professor
Robert DeMaria, Katherine Toser
and Professor Philip Smallwood,
will be sharing their expert
knowledge.
7pm (doors open 6.30pm)
Admission: £10 (booking required)
Dr Johnson’s House
17 Gough Square
(off Fleet Street) EC4A 3DE
www.drjohnsonshouse.org
T 020 7353 3745
19 August, 16 September,
21 October
Smithfield
Market Tours
9 August
Blitz in the City
Hear about the history uncovered
by the destruction caused to the
City in the Blitz of 1940-41.
3pm-4.30pm
Admission: £12.50
(£10 concs/friends)
Advance booking necessary
www.museumoflondon.org.uk
T 020 7001 9844
Experience the hustle and bustle
of London’s world-famous meat
market on this unique early
morning tour of Smithfield Market.
The rich tradition, architecture
and atmosphere of this
fascinating functioning market
are explored, and you’ll get to
meet the characters and traders
who bring it to life. Bring your cool
bag in case you see a bargain!
Meet at 6.45am
Admission: £12.50 (£10 concs)
www.cityoflondonguides.com/
tours/smithfield-market
Billingsgate Roman
Bathhouse Tour
City Green Spaces
Beneath the curious cobbled
pathways of the Square Mile lies
a rich Roman history surviving
2,000 years of building, fires and
bombings. Walk through the
remains of an ancient bathhouse
which lies discreetly beneath
office buildings, rarely seen by
public eyes. See website for
details.
Sat & Sun (excluding 19 & 20 Sep)
Admission:’ £8 (£6 concs)
Billingsgate Bathhouse
101 Lower Thames St EC3R 6DL
www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/
romanbathhouse
Explore the history of the gardens,
churchyards and parks in the City
in this walk.
2pm-3.30pm
Admission: £12.50
(£10 concs/friends)
Advance booking necessary
Museum of London
150 London Wall EC2Y 5HN
www.museumoflondon.org.uk
T 020 7001 9844
12 September,
26 September and 17 October
Women’s
Movement
Discover how political and social
movements affected women
and their place in society at the
dawn of the 20th century.
Admission: £20
Advance booking required
www.museumoflondon.org.uk/
walks
T 020 7001 9844
10 September and 15 October
Guildhall Court
of Common
Council tours
Explore the history, traditions and
current events of this ancient
Guildhall and its crypts, including
the notorious historic treason trials
of Lady Jane Grey and others
that have taken place here.
10.45am (last one hour)
Admission: £7
Advance booking necessary
www.cityoflondonguides.com
T 020 8398 4715
29 August
Samuel Johnson
and Drury Lane:
The Imaginative
Genius of its
Three-sided Stage
Johnson regularly attended
new stage productions at the
Drury Lane theatre, yet popular
18th-century plays by the
likes of Garrick and Dodsley
remain largely overlooked by
professional directors. Director
and researcher Mark Howell
presents his experience of
performing such plays at the
surviving Georgian Theatre Royal
in Richmond, and brings out
the contemporary element
of performance.
2pm
FREE (with standard admission)
Dr Johnson’s House
17 Gough Square
(off Fleet Street) EC4A 3DE
www.drjohnsonshouse.org
T 020 7353 3745
24 September
Amphitheatre
Tours
Explore one of the most
important archaeological
discoveries in the City for over
a century. Accompanied
by a trained archaeologist,
you will find out more about
the discovery, preservation
and history of this important
monument, as well as life in the
capital, almost 2,000 years ago.
Tours last around 30 minutes.
12.15pm, 1.15pm and 2.15pm
FREE
Guildhall Art Gallery
Guildhall Yard EC2V 5AE
www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/
guildhallartgallery
T 020 7332 3700
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9 September and 7 October
27 Walks and Talks
22 August – 12 December
14 October
Formula 1 and
its Contributions
to Healthcare
24 September
“As a Mother Weeps
over her Babe”
JOHNSON’S SHAKESPEARE
AND THE TRUTH OF FEELING
In this talk, Professor Philip
Smallwood will be discussing
the authenticity of emotional
life in the works of Johnson and
Shakespeare, and demonstrating
how revealingly Johnson talks
about a spectrum of emotions,
from grief to laughter.
7pm (doors open 6.30pm)
Admission: £10
Advance booking required
Dr Johnson’s House
17 Gough Square (off Fleet Street)
EC4A 3DE
www.drjohnsonshouse.org
T 020 7353 3745
Professor Martin Elliott shares his
first-hand experience of how
hospitals like Great Ormond Street
have been discovering what can
be learnt from F1’s teamwork,
innovation and pursuit of safety.
6pm
FREE
Museum of London
London Wall EC2Y 5HN
www.gresham.ac.uk
GUILDHALL
LIBRARY
8 JULY –
11 SEPT 2015
FREE ENTRY
The Library of London History
LONDON’S
DREADFUL
VISITATION:
THE GREAT PLAGUE, 1665
This exhibition takes you through the
Library’s collection on plague, from books to
broadsides, which reveal more information
about this devastating period of our history.
Guildhall Library
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Aldermanbury, London EC2V 7HH
020 7332 1868 / 020 7332 1870
[email protected]
www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/guildhalllibraryFollow