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iVisit... Hayward Gallery to reopen and new events for Southbank Centre’s Inside Out series are announced
May
19
to Jul 25

iVisit... Hayward Gallery to reopen and new events for Southbank Centre’s Inside Out series are announced

The announcement comes as a new slate of events for Inside Out, an online season of music and literature are released. This next instalment of the popular digital series will see the Southbank Centre’s Resident Orchestras performing at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, marking the first time the much-loved venue has been open since it closed last March due to Covid-19.

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iVisit... Contemporary artist Anthony James to transform Oxford Street with powerful new public artwork: Constellations
Apr
12
to Apr 26

iVisit... Contemporary artist Anthony James to transform Oxford Street with powerful new public artwork: Constellations

On Monday 12th April, to celebrate non-essential retail opening in the UK, London’s iconic Oxford Street will be transformed into a futuristic work of art by world-renowned light sculptor Anthony James.

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iVisit... New Suns: A Feminist Literary Festival - Experience the 2021 programme from home
Mar
5
to Mar 7

iVisit... New Suns: A Feminist Literary Festival - Experience the 2021 programme from home

The annual literary festival New Suns returns for a weekend of talks, workshops and a film centred around feminist storytelling. The weekend will feature acclaimed writers, activists, artists, and academics including adrienne maree brown, Season Butler and Dorothea Lasky.

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iVisit... Royal museums greenwich marks women’s history month with a series of online lectures
Mar
2
to Mar 15

iVisit... Royal museums greenwich marks women’s history month with a series of online lectures

  • Royal Museum Greenwich (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Throughout March 2021, Royal Museums Greenwich (RMG) will celebrate Women’s History Month with a series of online events exploring the links that our collections and sites have to women’s histories and how these stories are told.

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iVisit... Aldwych disused station goes virtual
Feb
17
to Mar 28

iVisit... Aldwych disused station goes virtual

  • London Transport Museum (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Zoom in to Aldwych disused Tube station without even stepping outside your front door. New tour dates will be on general sale from 12 February on London Transport Museum’s website. Aldwych, originally known as the Strand, is one of London’s most secret places, holding memories of times gone by. Opened to the public in 1907, it was never as heavily used as originally intended and closed nearly 100 years later in 1994.

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iVisit... Royal Opera House announces an evening of music and song with Tony and the Young Artists and a new Friday Premiere stream
Feb
14
to Feb 21

iVisit... Royal Opera House announces an evening of music and song with Tony and the Young Artists and a new Friday Premiere stream

The Royal Opera House is proud to continue its #OurHouseToYourHouse programme with Tony and the Young Artists, a celebration of music and song on Friday 19 February at 7pm GMT and their next Friday Premiere, The Royal Ballet’s The Sleeping Beauty on Friday 26 February at 7pm GMT.

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iVisit... Barbican brings back Concerts On Demand and announces new films on Cinema On Demand alongside more digital content
Feb
9
to Mar 24

iVisit... Barbican brings back Concerts On Demand and announces new films on Cinema On Demand alongside more digital content

The Barbican announces a new programme of music and films On Demand, alongside fresh and existing digital content, inspired by the Barbican’s international arts programme. A curated mix of streams, podcasts, playlists, films, videos, talks and articles enables audiences to continue to enjoy the Centre’s rich and varied programme from home or on the go during its temporary closure and beyond.

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iVisit... Royal Opera House announces two new Friday Premieres: Puccini's Il trittico and Nureyev's Raymonda Act III
Jan
27
to Mar 14

iVisit... Royal Opera House announces two new Friday Premieres: Puccini's Il trittico and Nureyev's Raymonda Act III

The Royal Opera House is delighted to continue its #OurHouseToYourHouse programme, featuring a suite of online broadcasts that can be accessed by audiences around the world for just £3.

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iVisit... English National Ballet’s Nutcracker Delights at the London Coliseum
Dec
17
to Jan 3

iVisit... English National Ballet’s Nutcracker Delights at the London Coliseum

English National Ballet has been performing a version of Nutcracker every year since 1950. In 2020, the tradition lives on. With this special production, let the dancers and musicians take you on a whirlwind tour of the classic ballet’s most popular moments, with Tchaikovsky’s famous score played live.

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iVisit... A Christmas Carol
Dec
7
to Jan 2

iVisit... A Christmas Carol

Starring TV comedy legend and West End star Brian Conley as Scrooge, Jacqueline Jossa and TV personality and pop star Matt Willis, Dickens' classic festive fable comes to life with a sparkling Broadway score, a symphonic 24 piece orchestra and an all-star West End cast.

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iVisit... War Horse Live
Dec
4
to Dec 23

iVisit... War Horse Live

The National Theatre Live broadcast of WAR HORSE, the unforgettable Olivier and Tony Award®-winning theatrical event based on Michael Morpurgo’s beloved novel, will return to cinemas around the UK and Ireland for the first time since its original live broadcast in 2014.

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iVisit... The Krios of Sierra Leone
Dec
3
to Mar 14

iVisit... The Krios of Sierra Leone

  • Museum of London Docklands (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

From its origins in transatlantic slavery through to the involvement of prominent abolitionists, the story of the Krio ties in to the wider themes of the gallery and is central not just to the story of the museum’s building and the surrounding docks but to the story of London itself.

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