East London

See places to go in East London.

• End of the Weak and Globalfaction at Hackney Picturehouse Attic

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  £4.00
  
  (CAD6.26)

  Hip Hop Club

  23 February 2012

  Hackney Picturehouse E8 1HE[map]

• English Touring Opera: Eugene Onegin at Hackney Empire

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  £10.00
  
  (CAD15.64)

  Opera

  9 March 2012

  Hackney Empire Theatre E8 1EJ[map]

  Our production of Tchaikovsky’s romantic classic Eugene Onegin received critical acclaim and popular ovations around the country in 2007. ETO Director James Conway and Conductor Michael Rosewell return to this striking production with a new cast, including emerging star Nicholas Lester in the title role. With its heartfelt arias and ensembles, its splendid choruses and ballroom scenes, and Tchaikovsky’s gift for melody, rich orchestration and drama, Eugene Onegin is a night at the opera for romantics of all ages.

• English Touring Opera: The Barber of Seville at Hackney Empire

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  Opera

  8 March 2012 to 10 March 2012

  Hackney Empire Theatre E8 1EJ[map]

  Effervescent, high-spirited, vocally brilliant, a work of comic genius: Rossini’s masterpiece The Barber of Seville is a favourite with audiences around the world. ETO’s new production, directed by the exciting and imaginative Thomas Guthrie (The Fairy Queen, autumn 2011) and conducted by an experienced master of Italian opera, Paul McGrath, promises to be one of the highlights of the artistic calendar in 2012. The roguish young Count Almaviva, masquerading as the student Lindoro, will be sung by Nicholas Sharratt, one of the UK’s most promising Italianate tenors. Kitty Whately, winner of this year’s Kathleen Ferrier Award, plays his beloved Rosina, as cunning as she is lovely.

• en route at Theatre Royal Stratford East

  Drama

  25 June 2012 to 21 July 2012

  Theatre Royal Stratford East E15 1BN[map]

  Winner of five awards including the 2010 Adelaide Fringe Best Theatre Award, en route combines local music and snatches of narrative, musings, sound, dialogue, philosophy with the wanderings, observations and experiences of each audience member, opening up a field for multiple ways of seeing the city, themselves, and others. Part traveller, witness, voyeur, the audience is able to view a world in the process of making itself – en route – emerging and dissolving as perceptions, senses, insights make and remake the city they inhabit. A theatrical experience that has had six sold-out seasons, en route is created especially for each city it inhabits.

• Escape at Liquid and Envy, Romford

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  £6.00
  
  (CAD9.38)

  Club

  Recurring event

  Liquid and Envy, Romford RM1 1SS[map]

  Escape to usher in the weekend with a massive Friday night party.

• The ESOL Carry on Reading Group at Hackney Central Library

  Free

  Literary Event

  Recurring event

  Hackney Central Library E8 1GQ[map]

  A group for English learners who want to improve their reading and speaking.

• Essex Bands Live 2012 at The Broadway, Barking

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  Music

  3 March 2012

  The Broadway Barking IG11 7LS[map]

  Essex Band Promo bring you a music event with a spectacular line up including After Sound, Dead Baby Birds, Dynamite Hero and Missing Andy. The event has been built around a compeition to support local unsigned bands giving them the opportunity to support Missing Andy on the night!

• Essex Farmers Market at Upminster Farmers Market

  Free

  Food & Drink

  Recurring event

  Upminster Farmers Market RM14 2SX[map]

  A farmers market in the traditional market square.

• Etching Taster Workshop at Inky Cuttlefish Studio

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  £60.00
  
  (CAD93.84)

  Course

  3 May 2012

  Inky Cuttlefish Studio E17 6DS[map]

• Etching Workshop at Tokarska Gallery

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  £20.00
  
  (CAD31.28)

  Course

  17 March 2012

  Tokarska Gallery E17 6HE[map]

  An opportunity to do your own little etching using ferric chloride and then printing it with an etching press onto 100% cotton paper.

• European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) at ExCeL London

  Special Event

  31 March 2012 to 3 April 2012

  ExCel Exhibition Centre E16 1XL[map]

  ECCMID is the yearly congress of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) and attracts 8'000 to 9'000 participants. ECCMID offers a wide range of sessions including: keynotes, meet-the-expert sessions, grand-rounds, poster sessions, educational workshops and more covering the entire field of infection-related diseases.

• Evening Reading Group at Gidea Park Library

  Literary Event

  Recurring event

  Gidea Park Library RM2 6BS[map]

  Reading groups for a lively discussion with people who love books.

• Evening Reading Group at Upminster Library

  Free

  Literary Event

  Recurring event

  Upminster Library RM14 2BB[map]

• Explore Discover Unwind at The Millennium Centre

  Special Event

  13 March 2012

  The Millennium Centre RM7 0SS[map]

• Explore, Make and Do for Under 5s at Valentines Mansion and Gardens

  Free

  Kids Event

  21 February 2012

  Valentine's Mansion & Gardens IG1 4XA[map]

  Since the mansion will be undergoing essential maintenance works until 22 January, there will be no Explore, Make and Do this month. Sessions will return in February.

• Expose at The Cauliflower

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  Rock

  Recurring event

  The Coliflower IG1 1TZ[map]

  A night of live rock.

• Express Abs at Idea Store Canary Wharf

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  Course

  Recurring event

  Idea Store Canary Wharf E14 5RB[map]

  A session that focuses on the stomach and core muscles.

• Eye For Drawing at Museum of London Docklands

  Free

  Course

  6 March 2012 to 16 March 2012

  Museum of London Docklands E14 4AL[map]

  Enjoy hands-on exploration of commodities that were once imported from around the world and stored in the dock's warehouses. An array of spices will be used and your pupils will be encouraged to use all their senses to discuss what they see, touch and smell. Each child will then be able to handle a beautiful ostrich feather and create their own feather pictures using chalk and charcoal to take back to school.

• Fabrications Craft Club at Fabrications

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  £5.00
  
  (CAD7.82)

  Special Event

  1 March 2012

  Fabrications E8 4PH[map]

• Face-Painting and Storytime at Woodford Green Library

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  £1.50
  
  (CAD2.35)

  Special Event

  17 February 2012

  Woodford Green Library IG8 0DX[map]