Theatre and Performance
Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Ongoing
Piccadilly Theatre
A new cast of bohemians and aristocrats joins the hit show as it enters its fourth year. Set in Paris in 1899, a world of indulgent beauty and unparalleled extravagance, of bohemians and aristocrats, of boulevardiers and reprobates, Moulin Rouge! The Musical is the story of a lovesick American writer, Christian, and Satine, the dazzling star of the Moulin Rouge nightclub.
Visit Moulin Rouge! The Musical website
Stage and Screen
Until January 2025
V&A South Kensington
Marking 100 years since Gabrielle Enthoven founded the theatre and performance collection at the V&A, this display explores an A–Z of themes to show how performance continues to entertain, provoke, and inspire. Pictured: Costume for a Maiden in scene 1 in Nijinsky’s ballet Le Sacre du Printemps designed by Nicholas Roerich, Diaghilev Ballet, 1913.
Art Exhibitions
In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism in Ukraine, 1900-1930s
Until 13 October
Royal Academy
Marvel at the groundbreaking modernist art made in Ukraine between 1900 and the 1930s. The modernist movement in Ukraine unfolded against a backdrop of collapsing empires, the First World War, the fight for independence, and the eventual establishment of Soviet Ukraine. Despite such profound upheaval, this became a period of bold artistic experimentation.
Mike Kelley: Ghost and Spirit
From 3 October
Tate Modern
The first major UK survey exhibition of American artist Mike Kelley (1954–2012). Kelley’s influential and experimental practice ranged from drawings and collages to videos, performances and multimedia installations to create a kind of “dark pop art”.
Nature and Science
Rare and Extinct
From 19 October
Kew Gardens
A new exhibition in the Temperate House showcases Kew’s unique collection of rare and threatened plants. Not usually on display to the public, these plants represent some of Kew’s most valuable species, showcased in a Room of Rarity and a Room of Extinction. The exhibition will shine a light on the efforts of Kew’s expert horticulturists to conserve the world’s most precious species and halt biodiversity loss.
Literature and Talks
Florence Given: Women Living Deliciously
27 October
Queen Elizabeth Hall
As part of the London Literature Festival, international bestselling author Florence Given talks about her new book, an illustrated guide helping women to tap into joy, discover a sense of agency and live life to the full. The book seeks to give you the courage and permission to inch closer to the wildly expansive life that you deserve – not in the future, not when you’re perfect, not when you’re prettier – but right now.
Book tickets at Southbank Centre
Visual Arts
Justin Dingwall
Ongoing
Start Art Fair
Justin Dingwall is a boundary-pushing photographer and artist from South Africa. This month he unveils a new, textile-based mural envisioned especially for the StART exhibition.
