Things to do in London on Friday 13 November

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

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

Women artists in conflict zones: art as resistance.

Open Spaces 2026: abstract art by Marie Alice Phillips.

CACHE: a group show of ten painters on memory.

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

Abbey unlocked: Westminster Abbey before the crowds.

Tour: Memorials and memory – Westminster Abbey guided tour.

Comedy musical retelling of the Gunpowder Plot.

SET Film Festival 2026: a month of independent film.

Field of Remembrance: thousands of poppies for the fallen.

Silent Discos: dance by the Great Bath to 80s and 90s hits.

Gospel Motown Brunch with live soul and R&B classics.

Comedy theatre writing workshop with Spymonkey.

Act of God: a debut play on masculinity and class.

Chinese Painting & Calligraphy with Fan Wong.

Three one-man shows: Crisp, Jarman and Hamilton.

Luxmuralis' Lost Worlds: immersive light and sound journey.

Julius Caesar Remixed: Shakespeare retold by London pupils.

Handmade Chelsea: contemporary craft and design fair.

Online course on Freud's theory of sexuality.

Off-Key: drama of Black girlhood and ambition.

Cherry: a night of house and disco.

My Walthamstow exhibition: art on the neighbourhood.

Jambs Owls Experience: meet live owls and hold one yourself.

Botanical Drawing Class with illustrator Joanne Roberts.

Bones in the Desert: immersive play about a refugee.

Temple Church: its story from the Knights Templar to today.

Evelyn Taocheng Wang on Britain, fiction and desire.

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

Friday Night Drag Show: drag cabaret hosted by Karla Bear.

Drag Cabaret Show with Queera Lynn and Irene Bru.

Drag Show at The Rising: free drag show every weekend.

The London Model Talk: London's story in miniature.

Gallery Café for queer photography.

Beetlejuice: the hit musical comedy after Tim Burton's film.

The Book of Mormon, musical comedy by South Park's creators.

Amelie, 25th Anniversary: Jeunet's romance-comedy film.

Utopia: Syrian supper club run by Hind in Vauxhall.

Suzy Eddie Izzard: stand-up in Spanish, work in progress.