This week, we’re indulging in films and dance—honestly, we’re spoilt for choice, and it was just too hard to pick just one! But there’s more in this week’s Hot List… Nicer Tuesdays is back with their creative talks, and we’re excited for the launch of a new photography exhibition at Autograph Gallery that explores a radical vision of culture, intimacy, desire, and pain. Enjoy!
PHOTOGRAPHY
ROTIMI FANI-KAYODE: THE STUDIO - STAGING DESIRE
AUTOGRAPH
Brick Lane I 31 October - 22 March
In a space where the barriers between difference and fantasy are dissolved, Rotimi Fani-Kayode’s photographs are a spirited exploration of culture, intimacy, desire and pain. From 1983 until his death in 1989, the artist lived and worked in Brixton, where his studio transcended into a sanctuary visualising black queer self-expression.
Find out more about the show here.

SCREENING
GIRLS IN FILM: HALLOWEEN
GENESIS CINEMA
Mile End I 31 October 18:30 - 22:00
Girls in Film is back with their special Halloween night, hosting a Horror Quiz in the Genesis bar followed by a screening of a curated selection of short horror films.
All details and tickets available to purchase here.

DANCE PERFORMANCE
SPLICE I RORSCHACHBY EKLEIDO
THE PLACE
Euston I 5 Novemmber 19:30
A double bill by choreographic duo Ekleido, known for their work in contemporary dance and underground club dance scenes, features two new original scores by world-renowned electronic musician Floating Points.
All details and tickets available to purchase here.
TALK
IT'S NICE THAT: NICER TUESDAYS
EARTH HACKNEY
Hackney I 5 November 19:15
Hosted by the platform It's Nice That, Nicer Tuesdays are events during which three speakers from across the creative sphere share insights from a recent landmark project, showing the ideas and processes behind its making.
Their next one will feature Dinamo, Emmanuel Cole and Rose Pilkington exploring their work across innovative typography, documentary photography and wild, technicolour motion design.
All details and tickets available to purchase here.

SCREENING
LA HAINE
PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA
Leicester Square I 6 November 20:55
A landmark of French cinema and a gripping reflection of its country's ongoing identity crisis. The film unfolds over 24 hours in the lives of three men in the French suburbs, the day after a violent riot.
Tickets available to purchase here.
SCREENING
LOVE IN THE AGE OF ANARCHY
RIO CINEMA
Hackney I 6 November to 27 November
A queer punk film season at the Rio Cinema showcasing three features and a collection of shorts that celebrate self-expression and rebellion against the confines of authoritarianism and heteronormativity.
Tickets available to purchase here.
SCREENING
SET FILM FESTIVAL
SET SOCIAL
Peckham I 7 November - 5 December
The alternative grassroots festival celebrating contemporary, artist, and archival films is back at SET Social's custom-built cinema, located in a former Baptist church. Running every Thursday in November and on the first Thursday in December, the festival
features three curated nights of short films, alongside the feature Four Daughters and a free community screening of archival films.
All programme details here.

DANCE PERFORMANCE
CHUNKY MOVE: 4/4
SOUTHBANK CENTRE
Southbank I 8 November & 9 November
Eight dancers with backgrounds in krump, freestyle hip-hop, house, and contemporary dance perform a mesmerising symphony of movement, balancing unity and individuality.
Founded in the mid-1990s, Chunky Move is one of Australia’s leading companies pushing the boundaries of contemporary dance with its provocative, innovative style and intensely physical dance.
Tickets available to purchase here.
DANCE PERFORMANCE
MARIKISCRYCRYCRY DARK, HAPPY, TO THE CORE
LILIAN BAYLIS STUDIO
Angel I 7 November & 8 November
This riotous and complex exploration studies not only what makes us human and what binds us together, but manifests a panoply of symbols, archetypes, and structures for dancing that generate affect and feeling. By taking audiences on a jaw-dropping journey from ritual darkness, through the happy hardcore, and all the way to the calm, collective, Caribbeanist cool, DARK, HAPPY, to the CORE strives for the utopian with dedication, and without concern for ever reaching it.
Tickets available to purchase here.
