April in London is a feast for culture lovers, with an exciting lineup of exhibitions, theatre, and music experiences across the city. From the UK’s first major Cartier showcase in 30 years at the V&A to Corinne Bailey Rae’s breathtaking performance at the Roundhouse Three Sixty, this month’s events promise unforgettable moments.
Dive into immersive storytelling with Paradise Under the Stars, witness the legacy of Agatha Christie’s Witness for the Prosecution, or explore thought-provoking photography at The Deutsche Börse Prize 2025. Whether you’re an art aficionado, a theatre enthusiast, or a music lover, these are the unmissable highlights shaping London’s cultural scene this April.
Best Things to Do in London in April 2025
Roundhouse Three Sixty
Dates: 1-30 April
Venue: Roundhouse
Roundhouse Three Sixty has announced Corinne Bailey Rae as the latest artist to join the programme of the bold and visionary new festival set to take place in April 2025 at London’s legendary Roundhouse, which will be worth a trip into London for. She will present Black Rainbows with Guildhall Session Orchestra, which will see the award-winning singer-songwriter deliver her Mercury Prize-nominated album Black Rainbows in a completely unique format, interpreted by the renowned Guildhall Session Orchestra.
Cartier
Dates: 12th April
Venue: V&A Museum
The UK’s first major exhibition in almost 30 years dedicated to Cartier jewels and watches, exploring how the Maison became an unparalleled force in the jewellery and watch world. The exhibition will include precious jewels and showstopping objects, historic gemstones, iconic watches and clocks from the V&A and Cartier Collection.
Get tickets at the V&A Museum
Giuseppe Penone: Thoughts in the Roots
Dates: to 7th September
Venue: Serpentine South Gallery
A leading figure in the Arte Povera—a movement that emerged in Italy in the 1960s, celebrating the simplicity of natural materials and artistic techniques—Penone experiments with materials including wood, iron, wax, bronze, terracotta, marble, and plaster.
View at Serpentine Galleries
The Face Magazine: Culture Shift
Dates: Until 18th May
Venue: National Portrait Gallery
Celebrating iconic fashion images and portraits from The Face, the trailblazing youth culture and style magazine that shaped the creative and cultural landscape in Britain and beyond. This exhibition brings together 200 photographs by over 80 photographers from the 80s, 90s, and 00s
View at the National Portrait Gallery
Paradise Under the Stars
Dates: Until 29 June
Venue: Earl’s court
London’s masters of immersive experiences, The Lost Estate, presents Paradise Under the Stars – a dazzling journey into 1950s Havana, where the golden age of the Tropicana Nightclub comes roaring back to life. The electrifying production blends world-class dance, theatre and live Afro-Cuban music with a lavish three-course Cuban feast.
Reserve a Spot
Witness for the Prosecution
Dates: Ongoing
Venue: County Hall
This year marks 100 years since Agatha Christie’s story Witness for the Prosecution, originally titled Traitor Hands, was first published in weekly detective magazine in 1925. A century later and the acclaimed stage production continues to sell out every performance at the historic London County Hall where it is now in its 8th year and more popular than ever. The acclaimed production has just launched its 13th cast and booking has been extended until 26 April 2026.
Book at the Witness County Hall
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Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2025
Dates: To 15 June
Venue: Photographer’s Gallery
The 2025 shortlisted projects feature documentary photography, constructed images, self portraiture, performance and family archives. This powerful shortlist brings together themes of migration, community and belonging, intergenerational traditions and rituals, family memories and histories.
View at the Photographer’s Gallery
Positive Tracks
Recommended by Lisa Baker
This April sees the release of Positive Tracks, a powerful new photobook that documents the remarkable communities that surround the mountain gorillas of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Uganda. Featuring images by cult skate documentarian and photographer Ian Reid, Positive Tracks underlines the only the way to protect endangered species is to empower the vulnerable communities living around them.
In 2019, the last official census recorded only 1,063 mountain gorillas left in existence today. Reid’s photography tells the human stories that have made gorilla conservation possible – the reformed hunters, beekeepers, wardens, local schools, and football and running clubs who are all essential to the mountain gorillas’ fragile ecosystem. Positive Tracks is published by That Gorilla Brand, the company set up by British couple Leo and Casey Gripari with a mission to promote the preservation of the endangered mountain gorilla and the empowerment of the human populations who live nearby. The Gorilla Brand’s work has evolved to fund water and sanitation projects for thousands of people around Bwindi and this year they will aim to rebuild a local school, close to the endangered mountain gorilla’s habitat, to endeavour to ensure that the generation of the community is educated and supported. Positive Tracks celebrates the deep bond between people, nature, and gorillas. A donation from the sale of each book will go to supporting the gorillas.
More information on That Gorilla Brand
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