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After a hugely successful sell-out world premiere performance at the Royal Albert Hall in 2013, and a further two performances in December 2014, Danny Elfman’s Music from the Films of Tim Burton returns to the Hall for its tenth anniversary on Saturday 7 October.

Event of the Week

Having started their first adventure together at Paddington Station during the pandemic in 2020, the Paddington Trio is making waves. At St John’s Smith Square on 24 October, Ellen Lindquist’s ‘Shining Through’ (2023) opens their programme demonstrating their passionate advocacy of new music that won them first prizes at the New Formats Project Prize 2022 in Graz and at the Clara Schumann International Competition.


Music of the Week

The Decorative Fair returns to Battersea Park for its Autumn edition from Tuesday 3 to Sunday 8 October. Highly anticipated by the interior design world, as well as collectors, the Fair’s 135 exhibitors have an eye for the most exciting and unusual objects and works of art, and the many dealers in decorative antiques and 20th century design understand what is currently in vogue.

Exhibition of the Week

The Little Big Things is currently playing at @sohoplace – a brand new British musical devised by Nick Butcher, Tom Ling, Joe White and Nickie Miles Wildon. It’s the first musical Butcher and Ling have written, the latter having only just finished his final year at drama school. Read the full review here.

Theatre of the Week