Hamlet Hail to the Thief: Shakespeare meets Radiohead live.
until Sat 23 Jan | 19:45
Barbican Arts Centre
from £30
Things to do in London on Wednesday 4 November: 886 events, among them 192 in exhibitions and museums, 100 in workshops and courses, 68 in food and drink, 58 in concerts, 57 in theatre, 53 in talks and readings and 358 others.
Hamlet Hail to the Thief: Shakespeare meets Radiohead live.
until Sat 23 Jan | 19:45
Barbican Arts Centre
from £30
Wild Horse Nine: McDonagh film with Malkovich and Rockwell.
Wed 4 Nov | 12:45
3 cinemas
My Neighbour Totoro: a magical stage play for all.
Wed 4 Nov | 19:00
Gillian Lynne Theatre
£20–150
Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art, first UK exhibition.
until Sun 8 Nov
Mayfair Gallery
£28–30
White Rabbit Red Rabbit with Lucian Msamati.
until Mon 30 Nov
Duchess Theatre
£25–60
Albee's Virginia Woolf with Gillian Anderson.
until Sat 19 Dec
@sohoplace
from £40
Painting the French Riviera: modern art's Côte d'Azur.
until Sun 31 Jan
Royal Academy of Arts
£24–26
Georg Baselitz: The Heroes, paintings of 1965–66.
until Fri 18 Dec
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac
The Lives of Others, stage play with Keira Knightley.
until Sat 9 Jan
Adelphi Theatre
from £25
William Eggleston: colour photos of the American everyday.
until Sun 21 Feb
The Photographers' Gallery
£14
Wildlife Photographer of the Year: best nature photography.
until Sun 11 Jul
Natural History Museum
£17–21
Julio Le Parc: interactive light art.
until Mon 3 May
Tate Modern
£15
Ana Mendieta: the artist of body and nature at Tate Modern.
until Sun 17 Jan
Tate Modern
£18
Manon: MacMillan's ballet of love and riches in Paris.
until Wed 25 Nov
Royal Opera House
£9–207
NAZA: Documentary on Israel's targeted killings in Gaza.
until Thu 5 Nov
Act One Cinema
£10
Cloud 9: Caryl Churchill's play on gender and power.
until Wed 13 Jan
Lyttelton Theatre
£32–91
Pitchfork Music Festival: The Avalanches, Noname.
until Sun 8 Nov
Prices vary
Highlights Tour: Soane's house with Canaletto and Turner.
until Thu 31 Dec | 12:00
Sir John Soane's Museum
£25
Portrait caricature: from Renaissance to today.
until Sun 8 Nov | 10:30
The Cartoon Museum
West End Drag Brunch: musicals, high kicks and death drops.
until Sat 2 Jan | 14:00
Nest
£35–65
Soulful Sunday: day party with soul, reggae and RnB.
until Sun 22 Nov | 15:00
The Antwerp Arms
Albee's toxic marriage drama with Gillian Anderson.
until Sat 19 Dec | 19:00
@sohoplace
from £40
Home Song: a musical for babies from 6 months.
until Sun 8 Nov | 10:00
Unicorn Theatre
Saturday Sake Tasting: three premium sakes at KANPAI.
until Sat 17 Apr | 12:30
Kanpai
£30
‘The Sad Ghost Club’: Lize Meddings' comic art on show.
until Sun 6 Dec | 10:30
The Cartoon Museum
Angel Comedy Club: free stand-up every night.
until Sun 31 Jan | 19:30
Camden Head
Free
Theft in the archives: exhibition.
until Thu 18 Mar | 09:00
London School of Economics and Political Science
Michael Landy: drawings of buildings in ruins.
until Sun 17 Jan | 11:24
Sir John Soane's Museum
DOLLY: new play about one woman and the justice system.
until Sat 7 Nov | 19:30
Omnibus
£20–25
Women artists in conflict zones: art as resistance.
until Fri 4 Dec | 10:00
London School of Economics and Political Science
CACHE: a group show of ten painters on memory.
until Wed 25 Nov | 18:00
Elements Gallery London
Menotti & Bernstein: two short operas on trapped wives.
until Mon 9 Nov | 19:00
Barbican Arts Centre
£6–30
Abbey unlocked: Westminster Abbey before the crowds.
until Tue 24 Nov | 08:30
Westminster Abbey
£150
The true story of pilot Jerrie Cobb, denied by NASA, a play.
until Sat 7 Nov | 20:00
South London Theatre
Le Club Knight: Duckie Sharp plays odd boogie and disco.
Wed 4 Nov | 21:00
Ridley Road Market Bar
Free
The Old Vic's new backstage wing: timber, reuse, low impact.
Wed 4 Nov | 08:30
The London Centre
Free
Primetime: a true-story film with Robert Pattinson.
Wed 4 Nov | 10:30
2 cinemas
Evelyn Taocheng Wang on Britain, fiction and desire.
Wed 4 Nov | 12:00
Goldsmiths, University of London Campus
Free
Beneath the Stones: hidden spaces of St Mary Magdalene's.
Wed 4 Nov | 12:00
Grand Junction
£5
Behind the scenes at a Victorian Gothic chapel.
Wed 4 Nov | 12:00
Union Chapel
£15