It’s going to a London autumn filled with theater, music, new art exhibits, photography and fashion — a season set to take full advantage of everything the great city offers the traveler and lover of culture.
Visit London compiled a complete cultural guide to the Fall season, documenting every event, production and exhibit set to tumble onto the British capital like falling leaves. We’ve selected just a few of the more diverse listings and put together the details below.
The Crime Museum Uncovered, Museum of London
Running from October 9, 2015 to April 10, 2016, the Museum of London will feature never-before-seen objects from the Metropolitan Police’s Crime Museum – akin to the famous Black Museum of Scotland Yard from eras passed.
Previously only accessible to police, the exhibition will reveal the secrets of the Crime Museum, curated by officers since 1875. The exhibition will take visitors through real cases to explore how they were investigated. The items cover some of the UK’s most notorious crimes, including the Acid Bath Murderer of 1949, the Great Train Robbery of 1963 and the Millennium Dome Diamond Heist of 2000.
Pomona , National Theatre
While London is always filled with a mix of classic and modern theater, the groundbreaking production of Pomona by Alistair McDowall will to the National’s Temporary Theatre for one month – September 10 to October 10, 2015.
Presented by the Orange Tree Theatre, the production is directed by Ned Bennett and designed by Georgia Lowe. It’s a “sinister and surreal thriller set in a dark alternative reality.”
Swan Lake / Triple Bill, Sadler’s Wells
The Birmingham Royal Ballet returns to London’s Sadler’s Wells theater October 13-17, 2015. The company opens with production of the Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
In the Triple Bill, Director David Bintley marks his 20th year with the company by presenting his new work, The King Dances. It’s a “re-imagining of the very beginnings of ballet when men were, quite literally, the kings of dance.” Enigma Variations was composer Edward Elgar’s springboard to fame, containing famous pieces, such as Nimrod. Completing the triple bill is George Balanchine’s Theme and Variations performed to the final movement of Tchaikovsky’s Suite No. 3.
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Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2015, Natural History Museum
The stunning London Natural History Museum hosts The Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition from Oct 16, 2015 to April 10, 2016. The exhibit will combine the top work of talented professionals and gifted amateur photographers from around the globe.
Bend it Like Beckham: The Musical, Phoenix Theatre
The London theater scene can play it light, too — as with Bend It Like Beckham: The Musical. The upbeat, soccer-themed coming of age story comes to the musical stage along the Charing Cross Road now through February 20.
Transcender, Barbican and Other London Venues
A four day event running from September 24, the Barbican’s series of transcendental and psychedelic music returns for its sixth season, with concerts taking place in the Barbican Hall, LSO St Luke’s, Union Chapel and Village Underground.
The series includes musicians from The Netherlands, Bulgaria, Iran, China, Germany, Pakistan and Australia. It looks to explore “links between traditional devotional music and contemporary styles which share a common impulse to transport listeners beyond the here and now.”
Alexander Calder: Performing Sculpture, Tate Britain
I leave you with this one simply because Calder is my personal favorite artist. From November 11, 2015 to April 3, 2016, a study of the work from this American sculptor will “reveal how motion, performance and theatricality underpinned his practice.” The Tate Modern event will bring together major works from museums around the world, as well as showcasing his projects in the fields of film, theatre, music and dance.
