Covent Garden & Strand

14 April 2010 to 17 April 2010

London Coliseum WC2N 4ES[map]

The musical landscape includes Handel's pastoral ode set to the poetry of John Milton. The set design includes inspiration from William Blake's later watercolours illustrating Milton's poems. With 24 dancers, ENOs Orchestra and Chorus, and four vocal soloists.

16 December 2009

Heaven Nightclub WC2N 6NG[map]

Matt Berry is an English actor, comedian and musician.

3 December 2009

Heaven Nightclub WC2N 6NG[map]

Experimental indie band with a panoramic musical pallete.

17 November 2010 to 9 January 2011

The Arts Theatre WC2H 7JB[map]

A panto taking a magical journey to fairyland to meet Puss in Boots and all her friends. Boo the baddies and cheer the goodies, with a chorus of local children singing and dancing.

29 January 2010 to 17 February 2010

Royal Opera House WC2E 9DD[map]

An opera that explores the frailty of human relationships, examining the questions of trust and fidelity with funny, touching and sometime painful consequences. The opera begins with Don Alfonso challenging two young officers to test the fidelity of their fiancées, the men agree to a wager and in return try to seduce each other's partners which leads to unexpected consequences resulting in Don Alfonso winning the bet.

7 December 2009 to 22 December 2009

Royal Opera House WC2E 9DD[map]

Russian Kirill Petrenko conducts the orchestra of the Royal opera house and the Royal opera chorus in Strauss's 'Der Rosenkavalier'.

11 February 2010 to 27 February 2010

Royal Opera House WC2E 9DD[map]

The Gambler, tells the story of addiction and social dysfunction in a mythical German casino spa called Roulettenburg. The main protagonist Alexei, a tutor of the General's family, becomes besotted with his daughter Polina and gets into trouble by obeying her every capricious whim. He is drawn into a spiralling world of desire and debt which leads to his downfall, ending the opera a gambling addict and losing Polina.

19 December 2009 to 11 January 2010

Royal Opera House WC2E 9DD[map]

An opera that tells the tragic love story between the impoverished poet Rodolfo and the charming but fragile seamstress Mim, unfolding against the background of Bohemian life in Paris.

22 January 2010 to 3 February 2010

Royal Opera House WC2E 9DD[map]

An opera that charts the rise and fall of an ambitious young man and is derived loosely from a series of eight satirical paintings and engravings by Hogarth with Stravinsky's score paying homage to classic traditions of 18th-century opera.

5 March 2010 to 20 March 2010

Royal Opera House WC2E 9DD[map]

The opera revolves around the conflict between the Tartar warlord Tamerlano and his captive, the proud Turkish sultan, Bajazet. His hatred of Tamerlano burning inside him, Bajazet nevertheless has to temper his anger out of concern for his daughter Asteria, whom Tamerlano wishes to marry though she is pledged to the Greek prince Andronico.

25 February 2010 to 26 March 2010

London Coliseum WC2N 4ES[map]

One of the most visually spectacular opera stagings of recent decades, ENO's London premiere production of Philip Glass's Satyagraha broke all Company box-office records for contemporary opera when it was first seen in 2007. Instilled with breath-taking theatrical flair by Improbable's award-winning director-designer partnership of Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch, it went on to enjoy equal success at the Metropolitan Opera, New York. A mesmerisingly hypnotic musical meditation upon Mahatma Gandhi's early years in South Africa, and his spiritual progress towards the concept of non-violent protest, Glass's operatic masterpiece now returns to the London Coliseum. Alan Oke repeats his compelling central performance as the young political activist taking the first tentative steps in his lifelong search for truth.

20 November 2009 to 8 December 2009

Royal Opera House WC2E 9DD[map]

Francesca Zambello directs the charming tale, in a production which sees the Royal opera and the Royal ballet share the stage. Based on a Christmas tale by Gogol, which mixes realistic village comedy with fairy-tale fantasy, the plot recounts how Vakula the blacksmith flies on the Devil's back to St Petersburg to find a pair of slippers worn by the tsarina herself in order to win the hand of his beloved Oxana.

28 November 2009 to 16 January 2010

The Arts Theatre WC2H 7JB[map]

A production of the Shakespeare comedy.

19 December 2009 to 27 February 2010

Duke Of York Theatre WC2N 4BG[map]

Shakespeare's play in which Viola and her twin brother Sebastian have been shipwrecked off the coast of Illyria and each believes the other to be drowned. Viola disguises herself as a boy and, under the name of Cesario, enters the service of Duke Orsino. The Duke sends Cesario to woo the lady Olivia on his behalf but Olivia falls in love with the attractive boy. Sebastian is saved by the sea captain Antonio and arrives in Illyria.

Open all year Mon - Wed, Sat, Sun 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM; Thu, Fri 10:00 AM - 9:00 PM Closed 24 - 24 Dec 2009, Christmas Day, Boxing Day

National Portrait Gallery WC2H 0HE[map]

A selection of portraits in the 20th Century up to 1990, many of which are on display at the Gallery.

Open all year Sun 8:00 PM; Tue, Thu - Sat 8:15 PM

Storm WC2H 7LE[map]

The flagship 99 Club in central London showcasing big names and new talent from the comedy circuit.

23 December 2009

Storm WC2H 7LE[map]

Comedians Andrew Lawrence, Josh Howie and Chris McCausland try out and fine tune new material.