Jandyra Waters: a first London solo show of her paintings.
until Fri 27 Nov
Cecilia Brunson Projects
Things to do in London this week, Thursday 29 October to Wednesday 4 November: 4,859 events, among them 754 in party and club, 705 in concerts, 537 in workshops and courses, 418 in sport, 328 in theatre, 315 in exhibitions and museums and 1,802 others.
Jandyra Waters: a first London solo show of her paintings.
until Fri 27 Nov
Cecilia Brunson Projects
Gabriel Chaile: clay amphoras carrying cultural memory.
until Fri 6 Nov
Cecilia Brunson Projects
Sequinology: glittering sequins in fashion and art.
until Sun 11 Apr
Fashion and Textile Museum
The Cherry Orchard, Chekhov with Kristin Scott Thomas.
until Sat 9 Jan
Harold Pinter Theatre
from £31
The Cherry Orchid: Chekhov, starring Kristin Scott Thomas.
until Sat 9 Jan
Leicester Square
££
Silk Road Festival: concerts with Siqian Li and Kamal Sabri.
until Sat 12 Dec
World Heart Beat
Fête du Cinéma d’Animation, with Aardman's Shaun the Sheep.
until Sat 31 Oct
Institut français du Royaume-Uni (Language Centre)
After the Fire: exhibition on the Great Fire of London.
until Fri 27 Nov
Bank of England Museum
Free
Playing With Form: playwriting masterclass on structure.
until Mon 2 Nov
Theatre503
Jazz Dance in British Culture: Cakewalk to UK Jazz.
until Sun 29 Nov
St. Margaret's House
Swaying in the Wind, fans by Frédérick Yvan Manuel Gay.
until Sat 9 Jan
The Fan Museum
£10
Fences: August Wilson's landmark play in 1950s Pittsburgh.
until Sat 31 Oct
Lyric Hammersmith
£18–41
Town and Country: prints and paintings by Peg Morris.
until Sun 20 Dec
Bar Gallery
Glorious city in the sea: an art history of Venice.
until Wed 4 Nov
National Gallery
£75
CASA: Lines of Flight: contemporary Latin American art.
until Sat 21 Nov
Ovalhouse Theatre
An Oak Tree: Tim Crouch's play on grief and hypnosis.
until Sun 15 Nov
The Other Palace
£20–60
Some Woman: a play with Anne-Marie Duff.
until Sat 21 Nov
Dorfman Theatre
£60
The Abbey Art Centre as Postwar Refuge: an art colony haven.
until Fri 18 Dec
Ben Uri
What Home Gives: paintings on home and homelessness.
until Sat 7 Nov
Deptford Lounge
Sabine Moritz: Lie Down in Green Pastures.
until Sun 20 Dec
Garden Museum
£13–16
Earshot Library-in-Residence: sound as evidence.
until Sun 27 Jun
Ibraaz
Elegy: Goliath's ritual of collective mourning.
until Sun 17 Jan
Ibraaz
Fierce and Fragile: nature art by Takadoi and Neild.
until Fri 30 Oct
Jaggedart
Francis Hamel: Two Seasons in Japan, paintings.
until Sat 7 Nov
John Martin Gallery
Baby: a play by Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti, with Pearl Mackie.
until Sat 31 Oct
Ovalhouse Theatre
£24
Justin Caguiat: Change Ringing, art of bells and memory.
until Sun 10 Jan
Serpentine South Gallery
Free
Ioannou's pop art paintings from the junta years.
until Thu 19 Nov
The Hellenic Centre
Free
Revisiting: Fernweh — art on the longing for distant lands.
until Sat 7 Nov
The Hellenic Centre
Free
Send in the Clowns: new paintings by Khalif Tahir Thompson.
until Sat 7 Nov
Victoria Miro Gallery
Muscle Memory: exhibition on gestures and skills passed on.
until Sat 21 Nov
Copperfield
Jim Amaral: Five decades of drawings on paper.
until Sat 21 Nov
LAMB Arts
Massimo Giannoni: VOLUMI, paintings of libraries.
until Sat 31 Oct
Pontone Gallery
Gabrielle Goliath's Elegy: a ritual of mourning in sound.
until Sun 17 Jan
Ibraaz
Free
Tim Walker's fantastical fashion portraits of queer love.
until Sun 7 Feb
National Portrait Gallery
£23–25
Pure nostalgia: The 90s, art and fashion at Tate Britain.
until Sun 14 Feb
Tate Britain
£22
Lowry paintings and book launch.
until Sat 7 Nov
Crane Kalman Gallery
Threads of Ascent: monumental tapestries by Clare Woods.
until Thu 5 Nov
Garden Museum
Free
Stuart Marshall & Tamara Krikorian: video art.
until Sat 12 Dec
LUX
Free
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the West End play.
until Sun 5 Sep
Palace Theatre
£25–175
Vessels of Earth: ceramics by Takahashi and Suzuki.
until Tue 10 Nov
Flow Gallery