# The best things to do in London today The best things to do in London today, Wednesday 28 October: 16 events, among them 7 in exhibitions and museums, 5 in theatre, 1 in film, 1 in festivals and street parties, 1 in concerts and 1 in dance. ## When - [Today](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/today/best/?format=markdown): 16 - [Tomorrow](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/tomorrow/best/?format=markdown): 16 - [Weekend](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/weekend/best/?format=markdown): 23 - [This week](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/week/best/?format=markdown): 25 ## Where - [Berlin](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/today/best/?format=markdown): 29 - [London](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/today/best/?format=markdown): 16 ## What - [Anything](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/?format=markdown): 1,345 - [The best](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/today/best/?format=markdown): 16 - [Concerts](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/today/concerts/?format=markdown): 79 - [Theatre](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/today/theatre/?format=markdown): 69 - [Party and club](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/today/party-club/?format=markdown): 42 - [Comedy](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/today/comedy/?format=markdown): 20 - [Film](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/today/film/?format=markdown): 53 - [Exhibitions and museums](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/today/exhibitions-museums/?format=markdown): 222 - [Festivals and street parties](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/today/festivals-street/?format=markdown): 19 - [Talks and readings](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/today/talks-readings/?format=markdown): 82 - [Dance](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/today/dance/?format=markdown): 3 - [Food and drink](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/today/food-drink/?format=markdown): 89 - [Markets](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/today/markets/?format=markdown): 7 - [Tours and walks](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/today/tours/?format=markdown): 42 - [Quiz and games](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/today/quiz-games/?format=markdown): 66 - [Kids and family](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/today/kids-family/?format=markdown): 82 - [Workshops and courses](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/today/workshops-courses/?format=markdown): 155 - [Sport](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/today/sport/?format=markdown): 69 - [Worship](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/today/worship/?format=markdown): 38 - [Stage](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/today/stage/?format=markdown): 98 - [Art](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/today/art/?format=markdown): 288 - [History](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/today/history/?format=markdown): 91 - [Photography exhibitions](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/today/art/photography/?format=markdown): 31 - [Painting](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/today/art/painting/?format=markdown): 66 - [Drama](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/today/stage/theatre/drama/?format=markdown): 19 - [Nature](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/today/nature/?format=markdown): 37 - [Music](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/today/music/?format=markdown): 138 - [Fashion](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/today/art/fashion/?format=markdown): 6 - [Experimental theatre](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/today/stage/theatre/experimental-theatre/?format=markdown): 1 - [Wellness](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/today/wellness/?format=markdown): 34 - [Musicals](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/today/stage/musical/?format=markdown): 21 - [Nature photography](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/today/art/photography/nature-photography/?format=markdown): 3 - [Animals](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/today/nature/animals/?format=markdown): 11 - [Documentary photography exhibitions](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/today/art/photography/documentary-photography/?format=markdown): 3 - [Folk](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/today/music/folk/?format=markdown): 5 - [Modernism exhibitions](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/today/art/painting/modernism/?format=markdown): 1 - [Performance art](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/today/stage/performance-art/?format=markdown): 2 - [Figurative painting exhibitions](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/today/art/painting/figurative-painting/?format=markdown): 3 - [Postwar Germany](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/today/history/postwar-germany/?format=markdown): 1 ## Wednesday 28 October - 13:20 NAZA — The Garden Cinema — £10 — NAZA is a documentary film screening. In secret conversations on the rooftops of Tel Aviv at night, the systems behind Israel's calculated mass killing of … — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/naza-34653/ - 19:00 My Neighbour Totoro — Gillian Lynne Theatre — £20–150 — My Neighbour Totoro is a magical stage play. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/my-neighbour-totoro-36239/ - until 8 Nov Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art — Mayfair Gallery — £28–30 — "Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art" is the UK's first exhibition on the designer Elsa Schiaparelli, held in London. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/schiaparelli-fashion-becomes-art-41682/ - until 30 Nov White Rabbit Red Rabbit — Duchess Theatre — £25–60 — White Rabbit Red Rabbit is a theatrical experiment in which a different performer each night opens an envelope with a script they have never seen, performing … — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/white-rabbit-red-rabbit-37387/ - until 19 Dec Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? — @sohoplace — from £40 — A new production of Edward Albee's play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, set in the round, runs at @sohoplace in the West End. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/whos-afraid-of-virginia-woolf-38659/ - until 31 Jan Painting the French Riviera — Royal Academy of Arts — £24–26 — "Painting the French Riviera" is an exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in the Main Galleries at Burlington House, running from 2 October 2026 to 31 … — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/painting-the-french-riviera-38251/ - until 18 Dec Georg Baselitz The Heroes 1965–66 — Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac — An art exhibition devoted to Georg Baselitz's Hero paintings, held at Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac's Ely House in London. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/georg-baselitz-the-heroes-196566-36211/ - until 9 Jan The Lives of Others — Adelphi Theatre — from £25 — The Lives of Others is a stage play at the Adelphi Theatre. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/the-lives-of-others-37308/ - until 21 Feb William Eggleston: All that goes unnoticed — The Photographers' Gallery — £14 — An exhibition marking 50 years since William Eggleston's Guide (1976), showcasing iconic and rarely seen dye transfer prints by an American pioneer of colour … — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/william-eggleston-all-that-goes-unnoticed-39555/ - until 11 Jul Wildlife Photographer of the Year — Natural History Museum — £17–21 — Wildlife Photographer of the Year is an internationally acclaimed exhibition celebrating the very best in nature photography, with 100 award-winning images on … — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-37298/ - until 1 Nov Film Africa 2026 — Institut français du Royaume-Uni — Film Africa 2026 is the Royal African Society's annual celebration of African cinema, running in London from 23 October to 1 November 2026. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/film-africa-2026-36671/ - until 1 Nov Darbar Festival 2026 — Darbar Festival is a celebration of Indian classical music and culture returning to London for its 21st edition. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/darbar-festival-2026-37594/ - until 3 May Julio Le Parc: Light. Colour. Action. — Tate Modern — £15 — An immersive exhibition spanning seven decades of work by the Argentinian artist Julio Le Parc, from the late 1950s to the 2020s. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/julio-le-parc-light-colour-action-38879/ - until 17 Jan Ana Mendieta — Tate Modern — £18 — A major exhibition at Tate Modern dedicated to the artist Ana Mendieta, presenting many of her iconic works alongside newly remastered films, early paintings, … — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/ana-mendieta-38881/ - until 25 Nov Manon — Royal Opera House — £9–207 — Manon is a three-act ballet performed on the Main Stage of the Royal Opera House. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/manon-38316/ - Hadestown: The Musical — Lyric Theatre — from £25 — Hadestown is a musical at the Lyric Theatre in London, currently playing and booking through to December 2027. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/hadestown-the-musical-37787/