It’s the week before Halloween, which means plenty of spooky, spine-chilling fun is taking place in the capital. There’s plenty of fright-filled shenanigans taking place whether you want to watch horror films on the big screen, join a lantern-lit ghost tour, learn about London’s graveyards, carve pumpkins, or let your synthetic wigs down over themed cocktails.
The unceasing passing of time marches on. Yep, September slipped by and now we’re well and truly into October. Orange orbs are popping up thick and fast for Halloween and ice rinks are evening opening up their frosty floors, which means Christmas is officially on the horizon (gulp).
Before we all start to have an existential crisis in the face of the fast, cruel onslaught of time, look to London for a welcome diversion. As ever, the city is brimming with wonderful cultural offerings to get you out of bed in the morning.
Don’t miss Jamie Lloyd’s much buzzed-about production of ‘Sunset Boulevard’ starring erstwhile Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger. According to our Theatre critic, it’s a ‘wonderfully weird and audacious take on the Andrew Lloyd Webber hit’ and a landmark production from one of the UK’s best directors.
The Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall has had another makeover, this time courtesy of Ghanaian artist El Anatsui who has draped the cavernous space in vast reams of fabric in a shimmering, gorgeous, powerful elegy of colonial exploitation. Annual favourite London Literature Festival is back with an excellent-looking line-up and the London East Asian Film Festival is in town again to show us rich cinematic spoils being made in that part of the world right now.
Still got gaps in your diary? Embrace the beginning of the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness at London’s best parks and green spaces or by treating yourself to a perfect autumnal day out in the city. If you’ve still got some gaps in your week, check out London’s best bars and restaurants, or take in one of these lesser-known London attractions.
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