Things to do in London on Thursday 5 November

Home Song: a musical for babies from 6 months.

until Sun 8 Nov | 10:00

Unicorn Theatre

Blood of My Blood: a play about the legacy of slavery.

until Sat 7 Nov | 19:45

Royal Court Theatre

Saturday Sake Tasting: three premium sakes at KANPAI.

until Sat 17 Apr | 12:30

Kanpai

£30

‘The Sad Ghost Club’: Lize Meddings' comic art on show.

until Sun 6 Dec | 10:30

The Cartoon Museum

Angel Comedy Club: free stand-up every night.

until Sun 31 Jan | 19:30

Camden Head

Free

The Banality of Evil: Arendt interned in France, 1940.

until Sat 7 Nov | 19:00

Arcola Theatre

Theft in the archives: exhibition.

until Thu 18 Mar | 09:00

London School of Economics and Political Science

One-man bicycle play about Cadel Evans.

until Sun 15 Nov | 19:15

Riverside Studios

Michael Landy: drawings of buildings in ruins.

until Sun 17 Jan | 11:24

Sir John Soane's Museum

tell me straight & aggy, two queer plays about London life.

until Sat 14 Nov | 19:00

King's Head Theatre

Ibsen's The Master Builder: a stage play in London.

until Sat 21 Nov | 19:00

Arcola Theatre

£13–75

DOLLY: new play about one woman and the justice system.

until Sat 7 Nov | 19:30

Omnibus

£20–25

Women artists in conflict zones: art as resistance.

until Fri 4 Dec | 10:00

London School of Economics and Political Science

Open Spaces 2026: abstract art by Marie Alice Phillips.

until Mon 16 Nov | 09:00

St Mildred's Church

CACHE: a group show of ten painters on memory.

until Wed 25 Nov | 18:00

Elements Gallery London

Menotti & Bernstein: two short operas on trapped wives.

until Mon 9 Nov | 19:00

Barbican Arts Centre

£6–30

T'ai Chi at The Baths: early-morning session for all levels.

until Tue 17 Nov | 08:00

Roman Baths

£4

Abbey unlocked: Westminster Abbey before the crowds.

until Tue 24 Nov | 08:30

Westminster Abbey

£150

Coming to Conclusions: coming-of-age play about queer love.

until Sat 7 Nov | 19:00

Hope & Anchor

£18

Goldfish: Klondike Gold Rush play by Nina Beck.

until Sat 7 Nov | 19:30

Bridewell Theatre

£19.50

The true story of pilot Jerrie Cobb, denied by NASA, a play.

until Sat 7 Nov | 20:00

South London Theatre

Tour: Memorials and memory – Westminster Abbey guided tour.

until Thu 26 Nov | 14:00

Westminster Abbey

£11.55

Comedy musical retelling of the Gunpowder Plot.

until Sat 14 Nov | 14:00

Pleasance

£14–19

Birdvox play political disco and skewed folk, live.

Thu 5 Nov | 19:00

The Social

£18

Underwear: club night in Y-fronts, boxers or speedos.

Thu 5 Nov | 19:00

Vault 139

£14

Deliberately Steve Does the Cost of Living

Thu 5 Nov | 19:00

Royal Vauxhall Tavern

£20

Constanza Bizraelli and Alvarezz live: noise and dark R&B.

Thu 5 Nov | 20:00

Spanners

M.A.D Wednesdays with Ryussi: club night for trans aid.

Thu 5 Nov | 22:00

Dalston Superstore

from £5

BodySwap: trans club night with Harietta and Karlie Marx.

Thu 5 Nov | 22:00

Dalston Superstore

Free

My Walthamstow exhibition: art on the neighbourhood.

Thu 5 Nov | 09:30

The Mill

Stories told with signs and rhymes for the very young.

Thu 5 Nov | 09:45

Polka Theatre

£12

Creative Drawing: Autumn Nature Studies with Debora Cane.

Thu 5 Nov | 10:00

The Mill

£111

Coffee morning on plants to brighten winter.

Thu 5 Nov | 11:00

Kilburn library

Kilburn Coffee Morning: talk on plants by Michael Holland.

Thu 5 Nov | 11:00

Brent Museum

Making Marie Antoinette, film on Sofia Coppola's shoot.

Thu 5 Nov | 11:20

The Garden Cinema

Evelyn Taocheng Wang on Britain, fiction and desire.

Thu 5 Nov | 12:00

Goldsmiths, University of London Campus

Free

RCP Museum Late: curator tours of Patient voices.

Thu 5 Nov | 12:00

Royal College of Physicians

Free

The Last Temptation of Christ: Scorsese drama.

Thu 5 Nov | 12:00

Prince Charles Cinema

£1 MEM

Queer Britain: the UK's first LGBTQ+ museum.

Thu 5 Nov | 12:00

Queer Britain

Free

Queer Recipes Archive: rewrite recipes in your own zine.

Thu 5 Nov | 13:00

Chats Palace

Free