Literary-art Events in London

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Inter Alia

 Thu, 19 Mar at 07:30 pm Wyndham's Theatre GBP 85 to 303

Souad Massi

 Sat, 09 May at 07:30 pm Barbican Centre, Silk Street, EC2Y 8DS London, United Kingdom

Wayne McGregor: Alchemies

Sat, 18 Apr at 07:00 pm Royal Ballet and Opera GBP 27 to 174

A journey into consciousness (Theatre)

 Sat, 21 Mar at 07:00 pm The Royal Institution GBP 8 to 20

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts 1 & 2 Sun 13:00 & 18:10

 Sun, 14 Jun at 01:00 pm Palace Theatre

ARMIA at The Underworld - London

 Sat, 11 Jul at 06:00 pm The Underworld Camden

Caitlin Moran & Bryony Gordon: A Night of Very Questionable Wisdom!

 Fri, 20 Mar at 07:00 pm St Marylebone Parish Church GBP 15 to 40

North London Book Fest

 Thu, 23 Apr at 01:00 pm Alexandra Palace Way, , N227 London, United Kingdom

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts 1 & 2 Fri 14:00 & 19:07

 Fri, 22 May at 02:00 pm Palace Theatre

The Book Of Mormon

 Mon, 08 Jun at 07:30 pm Prince Of Wales Theatre

An Evening With Part Time Working Mummy

 Mon, 23 Mar at 07:00 pm 21Soho GBP 12 to 36

Ocean Vuong in conversation at Emmanuel Centre, London

 Tue, 26 May at 07:00 pm Emmanuel Centre GBP 18 to 25

The Mousetrap

 Sat, 02 May at 03:00 pm St. Martin's Theatre

Hetty Feather Day: Talk & Book Signing

 Sat, 11 Apr at 11:00 am Foundling Museum GBP 11 to 14

An Evening with David Sedaris

 Wed, 08 Jul at 07:30 pm Royal Festival Hall

The JSM/Altra Moda Spring Networking Night

 Thu, 16 Apr at 06:00 pm Electric Ballroom Free

NOVELISTS in London

 Sun, 29 Mar at 07:30 pm Village Underground

General Levy, Nicky Blackmarket, Moose, Fearless, MC GQ, MC Det, Tippa Irie, Navigator, Daddy Freddy, Micky Finn, Dillinja, Brockie, Kalia in Greater London

 Sat, 16 May at 04:00 pm Electric Brixton

The Mind Reset | Your One Day Kickstart with Ruby Wax

 Sun, 19 Apr at 09:00 am JW3 GBP 107 to 427

An Evening with Douglas Stuart

 Wed, 20 May at 07:00 pm Union Chapel GBP 18 to 64

Katherine Priddy | Union Chapel, London | 23.4.26

 Thu, 23 Apr at 07:00 pm Union Chapel

Sandi Toksvig On a Roll - Sauced up by John Lloyd

 Mon, 04 May at 07:30 pm Gillian Lynne Theatre GBP 45 to 148

TNB XPO 2026

 Mon, 23 Mar at 10:00 am Rich Mix Cinema Free

Admission - Apr26 - Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities & UnNatural History

 Wed, 01 Apr at 03:00 pm The Last Tuesday Society / Viktor Wynd's Museum of Curiosities GBP 9 to 13

Corinne Bailey Rae in Conversation for Put Your Records On - O2 Centre

 Sat, 21 Mar at 11:00 am O2 Centre GBP 4 to 12

In Conversation With… Michael Rosen

 Fri, 27 Mar at 07:00 pm 190 Fortis Green Road, N10 3DU, London, UK

The Tempest

 Wed, 18 Mar at 02:00 pm Shakespeare's Globe

Cyrano de Bergerac

 Sat, 13 Jun at 07:30 pm Noel Coward Theatre GBP 19 to 182

The Mousetrap

 Fri, 29 May at 07:30 pm St. Martin's Theatre

An Evening with Evelyn Clarke (V. E. Schwab and Cat Clarke) - London

 Fri, 24 Apr at 07:00 pm St James's Church Piccadilly GBP 14 to 27

The Northcliffe Lecture, 2026

 Thu, 19 Mar at 06:00 pm Cruciform Lecture Theatre LT1 Free

Monty Don & Derry Moore: In conversation at Waterstones Piccadilly

 Fri, 20 Mar at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 8 to 42

Sherlock Holmes

 Sat, 02 May at 07:45 pm Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park GBP 19 to 79

Michael Rosen - In Conversation at the Parlour

 Fri, 27 Mar at 07:00 pm Muswell Hill Books and Parlour GBP 12

Cadogan Hall, LONDON

 Thu, 16 Apr at 07:30 pm Cadogan Hall

Gilles Peterson, Radioactive Man, Cassy, Rob Mello, Seth Troxler, Prosumer, Todd Terje, Dyed Soundorom, Steffi, Todd Edwards, Hunee, Sonja Moonear, Benji B, Saoirse, Virginia, Mala, Ikonika, Bjørn Torske, Axel Boman, John Talabot, Midland, Mad Professor, Lil' Louis, Antal, Pariah, Moxie, Objekt, Christian AB, Mika, Call Super, Tasha, DjRUM, Deviation, CC:DISCO!, Chaos In The CBD, Palms Trax, Detroit In Effect, Paranoid London, Cecilio, The Oscillation, musclecars, Facta, Jennifer Loveless, Novelist, Sedef Adasi, CASISDEAD, Peach, Or:la, D Double E, DJ Seinfeld, CCL, Talaboman, Verraco, Dee Diggs, Priori, Conducta, Elkka, Kleo, Logic1000, BASHKKA, X CLUB., Isaac Carter, NIKS, Tim Reaper, Amaliah, BAKEY, Surusinghe, Carré, Hamdi, Sticky Dub, Mia Koden, Minna, bullet tooth, Beatrice M., Oscar Farrell, George Daniel, Giggs, K-Lone, Mala, Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy in Greater London

 Fri, 22 May at 02:00 pm

London (Camden) - Strange Britain’s Unsolved - True Crime Night

 Wed, 15 Jul at 07:00 pm The Camden GBP 9 to 14

THE SITDOWN WITH CANDICE BRATHWAITE (A Live Q&A Experience)

 Sat, 28 Mar at 06:30 pm The Ministry, Borough | Workspace & Members' Club | South London GBP 41 to 49

Ink & Inspiration Poetry Workshop

 Fri, 20 Mar at 06:30 pm The Poetry Café.. GBP 22

Richard Armitage in conversation at French Protestant Church, London

 Wed, 27 May at 07:00 pm French Protestant Church of London GBP 14 to 20

An Evening with Maggie O'Farrell - London

 Tue, 02 Jun at 07:30 pm The Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) GBP 18 to 38

5x15 Special: Antony Beevor on Rasputin

 Tue, 17 Mar at 07:00 pm Conway Hall GBP 33 to 60

Love’s Labour’s Lost

 Fri, 17 Jul at 07:30 pm Shakespeare's Globe GBP 7 to 103

The Alien Everywhere Tour / An evening of standup with TJ / London

 Fri, 20 Mar at 08:00 pm 21Soho GBP 28

In Conversation with David Szalay

 Fri, 20 Mar at 07:00 pm Liszt Institute London Free

Patrick Radden Keefe on How Money, Power and Corruption Shape Our City

 Tue, 05 May at 07:30 pm Royal Geographical Society GBP 20 to 85

Edgar Allan Poe Speakeasy London

 Sat, 25 Apr at 05:00 pm Glaziers Hall GBP 42

An Evening with Clare Jackson: King James VI and I

 Wed, 25 Mar at 07:00 pm Westminster Abbey GBP 12

Ladies Who Lit Presents: An Evening of Onyx

 Wed, 25 Mar at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 17

Jaja’s African Hair Braiding

 Wed, 18 Mar at 07:30 pm Lyric Hammersmith GBP 13 to 69

HCC presents BLACK NATIONS/QUEER NATIONS? (dir. Shari Frilot) + Guest

 Sun, 22 Mar at 02:00 pm Chestnuts Community Centre Free

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

 Thu, 02 Apr at 07:30 pm Old Vic London

SpitNights - pure poetry

 Fri, 03 Apr at 07:00 pm The Ministry GBP 12 to 29

Vietnamese Supper Club with Uyen Luu

 Thu, 26 Mar at 06:30 pm Food & Drink Studio, 3rd Floor, Fortnum & Mason GBP 80

Michele Knight-Waite |The Power of You | London

 Fri, 27 Mar at 07:30 pm Conway Hall GBP 44 to 81

THE AWAKENING + BAT'S WOMB AFTER PARTY at The Underworld - London

 Sun, 05 Apr at 06:00 pm The Underworld

Comedy, Poetry & Music Brunch

 Sun, 29 Mar at 03:00 pm Brixton Jamm

Admission - May26 - Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities & UnNatural History

 Fri, 01 May at 03:00 pm The Last Tuesday Society / Viktor Wynd's Museum of Curiosities GBP 9 to 13

Discourse: Holography and levitation: Multisensory sound advances (Theatre)

 Fri, 27 Mar at 07:20 pm The Royal Institution of Great Britain GBP 0 to 21

Build Your Dream Career Event

 Thu, 26 Mar at 06:00 pm Samsung KX Free

Novelist

 Sun, 29 Mar at 07:30 pm Village Underground

Jane Harper in conversation at Waterstones Piccadilly

 Tue, 21 Apr at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 8 to 26

Veronica Roth in conversation at Waterstones Piccadilly

 Wed, 15 Jul at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 8 to 28

When The Forest Breathes: Suzanne Simard

 Mon, 13 Apr at 07:00 pm Foyles GBP 8 to 30

YCW London | YCW-KCL China Conference 2026

 Sat, 28 Mar at 10:00 am Edmond J. Safra Lecture Theatre, Strand Campus King’s College London GBP 8 to 15

The Boy At The Back Of The Class

 Sun, 12 Apr at 11:30 am Southbank Centre Belvedere Road London SE1

The Boy At The Back Of The Class

 Thu, 09 Apr at 01:00 pm Southbank Centre Belvedere Road London SE1

Masculinities on stage and screen

 Thu, 16 Apr at 06:30 pm The British Academy GBP 0 to 10

5x15 Special: Jung Chang on Fly, Wild Swans

 Mon, 20 Apr at 07:00 pm Emmanuel Centre GBP 35 to 80

5x15: Live at The Tabernacle: April 2026

 Thu, 23 Apr at 07:00 pm The Tabernacle GBP 33 to 44

RIBA and Grimshaw Foundation Annual Art Lecture: Jeremy Deller

 Wed, 22 Apr at 07:00 pm RCA Battersea GBP 10 to 17

An Evening with Jeremy Vine and Lisa Jewell at The News Building

 Tue, 28 Apr at 06:30 pm News UK GBP 8 to 23

What's Wrong With Angry?

 Wed, 10 Jun at 07:00 pm King's Head Theatre GBP 13 to 47

Finding Albion: Zakia Sewell in Conversation with Emma Dabiri

 Thu, 19 Mar at 07:00 pm Foyles GBP 8 to 30

BODA x BookBar Chelsea presents: READ DATING

Tue, 14 Apr at 05:30 pm BookBar Chelsea

Bryony Gordon in conversation at Waterstones Piccadilly

 Wed, 22 Apr at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 8 to 25

Marcus du Sautoy on How Mathematics Shapes Creativity

 Wed, 06 May at 07:00 pm Kings Place GBP 10 to 50

This talk will make you a scientist (family)

 Sat, 25 Apr at 02:30 pm The Royal Institution of Great Britain GBP 8 to 21

Storytelling for Meetings & Presentations

 Thu, 26 Mar at 09:30 am Central London (TBC) GBP 221 to 862

HOOPLA: The School of Night!

 Thu, 21 May at 07:45 pm Hoopla Impro at The Miller GBP 10

Harlots, Strumpets & Tarts Walking Tour

 Sat, 28 Mar at 05:00 pm Covent Garden GBP 29 to 33

An Evening with the International Booker Prize 2026 winner - Piccadilly

 Thu, 21 May at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 10

BAT’S WOMB GOTH CLUB NIGHT at The Underworld - London

 Sun, 05 Apr at 10:00 pm The Underworld Camden

Patrick Gale in conversation with James Cahill at Waterstones Piccadilly

 Tue, 24 Mar at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 8 to 26

The Neuroscience of Human Potential: Why belief changes everything

 Wed, 18 Mar at 07:00 pm Arches London Bridge GBP 12 to 40

Do Admit! The Mitford Sisters and Me: Mimi Pond with Posy Simmonds

 Thu, 26 Mar at 07:00 pm Foyles GBP 8 to 30

An Evening with Brooklyn Author Colm Tóibín: The News From Dublin

 Tue, 02 Jun at 07:00 pm Union Chapel GBP 22 to 67

Matt Haig: the Midnight Train

 Sun, 17 May at 08:00 pm Garrick Theatre

The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind

 Sat, 06 Jun at 02:30 pm Soho Place London W1D 3BG

Sarah Crossan in conversation at Waterstones Piccadilly

 Thu, 19 Mar at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 8 to 16

BELLE SCAR LIVE AT KINGS PLACE

 Thu, 21 May at 08:00 pm King's Place GBP 25

The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry

 Sat, 28 Feb Theatre Royal Haymarket

The Scribes & DJ Señor Peludo @ The Magic Garden

 Sat, 28 Mar at 07:00 pm The Magic Garden GBP 8

FRACAS: Nadeem Din-Gabisi + Sonotta + Lifeloose + Charlie Keen's Silver Birch

 Fri, 27 Mar at 07:00 pm The Social

Being Mr Wickham

 Sun, 31 May at 07:30 pm Garrick Theatre GBP 36 to 79

Admission - Aug26 - Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities & UnNatural History

 Sat, 01 Aug at 12:00 pm The Last Tuesday Society / Viktor Wynd's Museum of Curiosities GBP 9 to 13

The Distraction Epidemic: Unlocking the Power of Awareness

 Thu, 09 Jul at 07:00 pm Friends House GBP 17 to 44

Tony Law at Comedy Unleashed (London)

 Tue, 08 Sep at 07:30 pm Backyard Comedy Club GBP 10 to 22

The Fashion History of Rebellion: Punk, goth and alt subcultures

 Wed, 15 Apr at 07:00 pm The Blues Kitchen Brixton GBP 12 to 33

An African History of Africa, with Zeinab Badawi

 Mon, 23 Mar at 07:00 pm King's Place GBP 20 to 53