Things to do in London this week

Dogtooth: Yorgos Lanthimos' psychological drama film.

Lydia Corbett: My Dance With Picasso, artist talk.

Carnaby Street's 90s-themed lights switch-on party.

JL Circus: free circus workshops for ages 7 to 18.

Circus and aerial skills sessions for 11–14 year olds.

People's Emergency Briefing: film on the climate crisis.

The Voice of Butterflies: performance on trauma's silence.

Cracking the code: how HTLV embeds itself in our DNA.

Growing sustainable materials from living cells.

College Evensong: choral service for those who have died.

Eden at Dawn: Karim Kattan's queer novel, with Tareq Baconi.

Upgrade Yourself Monthly: workshop on biodesign for 18–30s.

Conversations by IF: AI triage, ten years of IF.

Laoniang: Zhiyan Liu's portraits of her grandmother.

Patterns Weekly Live Jazz: improvised jazz to hip hop.

"What Time Is It There?", Tsai Ming-liang's film.

Tour of the Museum of Curiosities with Vadim Kosmos.

#CommunityLegacies Indian Music workshops on Raga singing.

Doc on Just Stop Oil activists, with director Q&A.

Fantastic Planet: Laloux's 1973 animated cult film.

Resonance Open Mic Poetry Night: read one poem of yours.

Pernille Haaland: award-winning Nordic stand-up comedy.

Rebecca Poole launches 'Play On' with sultry vocals live.

Percussion Orchestra at 10: original works by its players.

Vinyl Requiem: Philip Jeck's record-player film.

Magnifica Humanitas: Talk on AI and Pope Leo's encyclical.

Voices of democracy: music, readings and discussion.

Bordeaux tasting with Compagnie Médocaine des Grands Crus.

Korn, nu-metal icons, live with Architects and Youth Code.

Shuteen Erdenebaatar: jazz trio at Ronnie Scott's club.

Son Yambu: Afro-Cuban world music group live.

The Sugar Kings Trio: live Cuban son and salsa.

Chess Knight: free chess at a pub, all levels welcome.

Shamus Khan on how conservative ideas shaped sociology.

Making sense of the US midterms 2026: an expert talk.

Sri Mulyani Indrawati in conversation, LSE Annual Lecture.

Jan Rüger on exile between Germany and Britain.

Amy Wadge: pop songwriter live with guitar and stories.

Words and music for Chiswick House: Kreutzer Quartet.

Guildhall Symphony Orchestra: Shostakovich and Sibelius.