What's on our radar this week? From a theatre play exploring migrant experiences and state racism, to experimental sound performances and a talk on underground club culture, we've curated the hidden gem events in London you won't want to miss.
THEATRE
KING TROLL (THE FAWN)
NEW DIORAMA THEATRE
Great Portland Street I 4 October to 2 November
A dystopian tale about the corrosive impact of state racism, King Troll (The Fawn) is a dark and otherworldly thriller about two South Asian sisters, desperate to escape the border regime without losing their humanity. It’s an exploration of migrant experiences in all their complexity, and the troll that lives within all of us - whispering ‘me, not us’, and definitely ‘me’ first.
Panels and workshops will run alongside the show, exploring how we can organise for justice in the present while imagining better futures within the context of the UK’s border regime, featuring discussions with activists at the forefront of these efforts.
Event information and tickets here.

LATE NIGHT MUSIC AND PERFORMANCE
IKLECTIK 10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
SPANNERS
Brixton I 19 October 19:30 – 02:00
IKLECTIK, a non-profit creative organisation supporting experimental sound, art and technology, continues their 10th anniversary celebration by presenting a unique music event at Spanners. This is a night not to be missed, featuring some groundbreaking artists including uh, Sascha Brosamer, Mohammed Rowe, Assia Ghendir, and aircode.
Event information and tickets here.

EXPERIMENTAL SOUNDS
CTM x ICA
THE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS
Charing Cross I 22 October to 23 October
CTM Festival, an annual music and visual arts event in Berlin, returns to the ICA’s Theatre for a second year. Rooted in Berlin’s DIY and club scenes, the festival will feature late-night programmes of DJs, live sets, and UK premieres, showcasing cutting-edge club sounds. This two-day collaboration merges the raw energy of underground clubs with the intensity of DIY noise shows, promising an explosive and body-shaking experience.

PERFORMANCE ART, LIVE MUSIC, PANEL DISCUSSION
VOICES FROM THE NOISE
ALGHA’S PLANTROOM
Hackney Wick I 24 October 19:00 – 23:00
MYTO is a multimodal organism reimagining learning through collaborative practice spanning music, performance, contemporary art, and club culture.
For their first episode, VOICES FROM THE NOISE, innovative voices emerging from London's underground ecosystems will join for a discussion on authenticity as resistance to the mainstream. This resistance is synthesised with performance work that highlights how censorship silences us in an increasingly polluted and surveilled world.
Event information and tickets here.

DANCE
I’VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THINGS THAT LAST CURATED BY SERAFINE1369
SHOREDITCH TOWN HALL
Old Street I 25 October 19:00 – 22:00
An evening of performance curated by the acclaimed artist and choreographer SERAFINE1369, showcasing a cyclical programme of works from an exciting lineup of UK and international queer artists. Set amidst a pile of dirt, this three-hour programme invites the audience to view the works from various angles and perspectives, encouraging you to look again, readjust, to feel and engage with the experience at your own pace.
Event information and tickets here.

SCREENING
TEEN HORROR MARATHON
PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA
Leicester Square I 26 October 23:00 – 09:10
A 600 minute long horror movie marathon featuring a selection of some of Prince Charles Cinema’s favourite teen horror flicks: The Craft, Scream, I Know What You Did Last Summer, The Faculty, and Jennifer’s Body.
Event information and tickets here.

BOOK TALK
FLORENCE GIVEN: WOMEN LIVING DELICIOUSLY
SOUTHBANK CENTRE
Waterloo I 27 October 12:00
Join Florence Given for a talk about her new book, an illustrated guide helping women tap into joy and live life to the full, in conversation with Megan Jayne Crabbe. Women Living Deliciously seeks to help women uncover the sense of awe and wonder that has been buried by the layers of shame, perfectionism and self-objectification that is piled on them by the patriarchy.
Event information and tickets here.

ART SHOW
WYNNIE MYNERVA: MY WEAPONISED BODY
GATHERING
Piccadilly Circus I 4 October to 9 November
Encompassing installation, sculpture and painting, Wynnie Minerva’s second exhibition with Gathering reconsiders established narratives around the body and chronic illness. Mynerva seeks, as they express, “a personal writing of HIV in my body,” to “name where I am and where I am not, in the dimensions of mental and physical space.”
Event details here.
