Arts & Culture in London · Page 6

When film was film

A labour of love founded by private collectors Ronald Grant (ex-British Film Institute) and Martin Humphries, this...

South London · The Master's House, 2 Dugard Way, London

• museum
• cinema

Renowned family-run summer season opera festival

England's consummately civilised opera experience is a special affair involving an hour-long train journey south of...

Glyndebourne, Lewes, East Sussex

• performance

Britain's senior conservatoire

A classical-music training ground since 1822, the Royal Academy of Music took on jazz and musical theatre in the...

Central London · Marylebone Road, London

• performance

Super-gay-friendly theatre

England's first pub theatre since the days of Shakespeare, the King's Head was started in 1970 by New...

Northeast London · 116 Upper St, Islington Square, London

• theater

Victorian gothic venue for new music and ancient spirituality

In its own category, the architecturally notable Union Chapel (octagonal floor plan) triples as a working church, a...

Northeast London · The Vestry, Compton Avenue, Canonbury, Islington, London

21st-century mostly-music arts complex

Opened in 2008, this Jeremy Dixon/Edward Jones-designed arts-and-office complex features London's first new...

Northeast London · 90 York Way, Kings Cross, London

• art gallery

Precious recital hall perfect for Sunday brunch

Intimate but lofty central London music venue with a programme of more than 400 concerts a year, featuring Lieder,...

Central London · 36 Wigmore St, Marylebone, London

Iconic concert hall in the round

Namechecked by the Beatles in 1967 ("A Day in the Life"), the resplendent Royal Albert Hall was opened by Queen...

West London · Kensington Gore, Knightsbridge, London

• performance

5,000 acres of historic urban parkland

Technically in the domain of the Crown, with no real legal right of access for the general public, London's impeccably...

London

• art gallery

Concrete block with excellent acoustics inside

The acoustically superior neighbour of Southbank Centre matriarch the Royal Festival Hall (1951), this two-hall 1967...

Central London · Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, Waterloo, London

• performance