Winter DIARY

FROM STRIPPERS TO SHOWGIRLS, AND FROM MARTIANS TO MUSICAL MOGGIES WE TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THIS AUTUMN’S CULTURAL HIGHLIGHTS

ART FOR ART’S SAKE

TO 25 JANUARY 2015

VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM, LONDON

RUSSIAN AVANT GARDE THEATRE: WAR, REVOLUTION AND DESIGN 1913 - 1933 More than 150 radical designs for theatrical productions by celebrated figures of Russia’s avant-garde, representing an extraordinary period during which a artistic, literary and musical traditions underwent profound transformations. Go to: vam. ac. uk

TO 01 FEBRUARY 2015

VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM, LONDON

DISOBEDIENT OBJECTS An exhibition exploring objects of art and design from around the world which have been created by grassroots social movements as tools of social change. Expect everything from Chilean folk art textiles that document political violence to a graffiti-writing robot, and defaced currency to giant inflatable cobblestones thrown at demonstrations in Barcelona, to a political video game about the making of mobile phones. Go to: vam. ac. uk

TO 08 FEBRUARY 2015 TATE LIVERPOOL

TRANSMITTING ANDY WARHOL His silkscreen of Marilyn Monroe has been named the world’s third most influential work of art and is just one of more than 100 works of art in the North-West’s first solo exhibition of Andy Warhol’s work. Go to: tate. org. uk/ Liverpool

CAMP AS CHRISTMAS

TO 03 JANUARY 2015 DOMINION THEATRE, LONDON

WHITE CHRISTMAS Aled Jones, Tom Chambers and Wendi Peters star in Irving Berlin’s classis Yuletide musical.

TO 04 JANUARY 2015

HYDE PARK, LONDON

HYDE PARK WINTER WONDERLAND Hyde Park comes over all festive for their annual Yuletide celebration. The Christmas market is free, but you’ll need to buy tickets for some of the other events which include the Magical Ice Kingdom, Zippo’s Christmas Circus, a Giant Wheel and an Ice Rink Go to: hydeparkwinterwonderland.com