Things to do in London this week

LitOct 2026: Hillingdon's month-long literary festival.

until Sat 31 Oct | 10:00

Southlands Arts Centre

£25 event pass

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

Boyhood: a hip-hop coming-of-age play for ages 14+.

until Sat 31 Oct | 14:00

Pleasance

£20

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

Dracula: Bram Stoker's gothic horror on stage.

until Sat 31 Oct | 19:30

Bridge House Theatre

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

until Sat 7 Nov | 19:30

Omnibus

£20–25

Fatherland: Pawlikowski's film about Thomas Mann.

until Wed 4 Nov | 16:00

9 cinemas

Roman Remedy Making: blend your own herbal remedy.

until Fri 30 Oct | 10:00

Roman Baths

£26.50–28

Women artists in conflict zones: art as resistance.

until Fri 4 Dec | 10:00

London School of Economics and Political Science

Eucharist: award-winning play about selling a human heart.

Thu 29 Oct | 19:15

Riverside Studios

Halloween Boat Party on the Thames, Day of the Dead themed.

Thu 29 Oct | 07:30

Crown Pier

from £38.69

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

Thu 29 Oct | 12:00

Queer Britain

Free

Introducing Freud: Keith Barrett on dream interpretation.

Thu 29 Oct | 12:30

Freud Museum London

£48.02

Gallery Café for queer photography.

Thu 29 Oct | 14:00

Boys! Boys! Boys! Gallery Cafe

Talk on undiscovered particles beyond the Standard Model.

Thu 29 Oct | 16:00

Imperial College London

Free

Blue Film: a feature film about queer camboy Aaron Eagle.

Thu 29 Oct | 16:00

The Arzner

£6

Halloween at the Lake: free family party with mask workshop.

Thu 29 Oct | 17:00

Lakeside Centre, Lakeside Centre, London, SE2 9AN, United Kingdom

Free

Online talk on Backrooms and the unconscious.

Thu 29 Oct | 17:00

Freud Museum London

Free

A Tale of Two Towers: talk on the Parliamentary Archives.

Thu 29 Oct | 17:00

Society of Antiquaries

Kids Halloween Party: costumes, games and a DJ for kids.

Thu 29 Oct | 17:00

The Bull's Head

£11

Wayne Perkins on hidden symbols in Britain's old buildings.

Thu 29 Oct | 17:00

Watkins Books

Dungeons and Dragons: fantasy role-play for teens.

Thu 29 Oct | 17:00

Balham Library

Possible Love: Lee Chang-dong's drama with Jeon Do-yeon.

Thu 29 Oct | 17:15

5 cinemas

How Hindutva turns festivals into spectacles of power.

Thu 29 Oct | 17:15

SOAS University of London

Halloween Quiz Night: test your spooky knowledge.

Thu 29 Oct | 17:30

Bonbon Pottery

£3

Museum Lates: sparkling drinks in Dr Johnson's 1690s house.

Thu 29 Oct | 17:30

Dr Johnson's House

£14

Family Halloween with firefighters and fire engines.

Thu 29 Oct | 17:30

Acton Fire Station

Free

Sense and Sensibility, Austen film with Daisy Edgar-Jones.

Thu 29 Oct | 17:30

3 cinemas

Spooky Reading for Grown Ups with wine and nibbles.

Thu 29 Oct | 17:30

The Sheen Bookshop

£2

Documentary 'Guerrilla Archive' on Kurdish Peshmergas.

Thu 29 Oct | 17:30

SOAS University of London

Free

Nabil Abdulrashid and Diesel: stand-up comedy at Top Secret.

Thu 29 Oct | 17:30

Top Secret Comedy Club (23 Kingsway)

Timo Lassy Trio: live jazz at Ronnie Scott's.

Thu 29 Oct | 17:30

Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club

Winter of the Crow: Warsaw thriller with Lesley Manville.

Thu 29 Oct | 17:30

Phoenix Cinema