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Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.
12 June-20 Aug 2006. This is the 237th edition of the largest and most popular open art exhibition in the UK, which has been held every year without exception since 1769. The first summer exhibition,...
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15 May-3 June 2006. The Royal Ballet presents a new production of Tchaikovskys version of the classic fairy tale The Sleeping Beauty at the Covent Garden Opera House to celebrate its 75th anniversary....
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20-21 May 2006. Currently supporting Eric Clapton on his European summer tour, legendary blues guitarist Robert Cray and his band are appearing for two nights only at the Camden Jazz Caf during a brea...
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6 April-5 Aug 2006. Dame Judi Dench stars in the Theatre Royal Haymarkets revival of Noel Cowards comedy of social embarrassments, Hay Fever. The seven-time Laurence Olivier Award winner plays a self-...
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17 April-6 May 2006. Keith Warners new production of the fourth and final part of Wagners epic Ring cycle is presented by the Royal Opera at Covent Garden. In Gtterdmmerung the world is cleansed of th...
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Tate Triennial 2006 New British Art.
1 March-14 May 2006. Now in its third edition, the Tate Britains three-yearly exhibition showcases the latest developments in contemporary British art. Thirty-six artists working in video, film, paint...
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28 March-10 June 2006. Mike Leighs acclaimed play Two Thousand Years returns to the Nationals Lyttelton Theatre following a sell-out run at the Cottesloe and a UK tour. Better known in recent times fo...
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23 March-25 June 2006. The British Museum presents a chronological exhibition of drawings by the Renaissance genius Michelangelo Buonarotti (1475-1564). Nearly 100 drawings are on display, including f...
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1-28 April 2006. The Barbican, the Royal Festival Hall and Sadlers Wells are among the London venues hosting the sixth edition of this eclectic festival of Latin American music. One of the great conte...
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28 March-7 May 2006. Megan Dodds stars in the Royal Court Theatres production of My Name is Rachel Corrie written by award-winning Guardian journalist Katherine Viner. Based on her diary and letters,...
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3 March-10 April 2006. Shakespeares tale of the star-crossed lovers and their feuding families inspired Prokofievs powerful score which, combined with the colourful Italian renaissance setting, has ma...
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Lesbian and Gay Film Festival.
29 March-12 April 2006. Opening at the Odeon Leicester Square with a gala screening of Happy Endings directed by Don Roos, this year the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival celebrates its 20th editio...
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3-11 March 2006. Once again this year sees 9 days packed full of events in this festival celebrating womens writing in East London. Organized by Alternative Arts in collaboration with the Open Univers...
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15 Feb-26 March 2006. In collaboration with the National Theatre, Shunt theatre collective presents a homage to film noir, performed in their temporary home in the shunt vaults under London Bridge Sta...
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29 Jan-6 May 2006. The acclaimed early music ensemble New London Consort directed by Philip Pickett performs at the Royal Festival Hall as part of the Explorations in Time series. On 6 April it perfor...
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13-15 Feb 2006. In London to promote his latest album, Grace of the Sun, Woodstock legend Richie Havens is performing his unique blend of folk and blues for three nights at the Camden Jazz Caf. His re...
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Imagine Childrens Literature Festival.
13-16 Feb 2006. To coincide with the February half-term holiday, the Royal Festival Hall is hosting a festival of literature featuring five popular childrens authors. First up is celebrated poet Roger...
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10 Jan-11 Feb 2006. One of the best-known and most influential of the Romantic ballets, Giselle, a story of love betrayed, is currently playing in rep at the Covent Garden Opera House. Five different...
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20 Jan-18 Feb 2006. The stage adaptation of Angela Carters critically acclaimed novel, Nights at the Circus, premieres at the Lyric Hammersmith in a co-production with the Bristol Old Vic and Kneehigh...
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Peter Pan Cup at the Serpentine.
25 Dec 2005. Every Christmas Day since 1864 the Serpentine Lido in Hyde Park has hosted the Peter Pan Cup swimming race. The race is swum over 100 yards on a handicap system. Only members of the Serpe...
