Pioneering photographs that bridge the gap between documentary and fine art. FREE

The Menier Chocolate Factory presents Pippin, in a vivid and bold re-imagining of this darkly enjoyable musical...

The exhibition takes its name from a military term designating an area where the presence of just one person is not allowed FREE

This is a varied, spectacular exhibition of a truly unique artist, work spans over six decades and this exhibition will highlight the artist’s moments of most intense innovation.

Die Harder will be in place in Southwark Cathedral from Ash Wednesday 22 February to Good Friday 6 April

Support Jonjo's 23 mile walk from Wembley Stadium to West Ham when he passes through Bankside on February 24th 2012

One of the most influential Italian artists of the twentieth century, Alighiero Boetti (1940-1994) will be the subject of a major exhibition at Tate Modern in spring 2012. Alighiero Boetti: Game Plan will be the first large-scale retrospective of Boetti’s work to be held outside Italy in over a decade highlighting his often playful exploration of numeric, linguistic and classificatory systems, as well as his engagement with the people and politics of Afghanistan.

Come and support Ovacome at our Holding Onto Hope photographic exhibition at the Menier Gallery in London on the 1st & 3rd March. FREE

In 2012, Tate Modern will present the first substantial survey of Damien Hirst’s work ever held in the UK.

For the first time, 37 international companies present all 37 of Shakespeare’s plays in 37 different languages

4 by 4 Textile Artists present an eclectic mix of contemporary textile artwork, alongside sculpture and ceramics from four guest artists.

Henry V, which opened the new Globe with the words ‘O for a muse of fire’, celebrates the power of language to summon into life courts, pubs, ships and battlefields within the ‘wooden O’ - and beyond.

Shakespeare’s most outrageous comedy, The Taming of the Shrew introduces one of theatre’s great screwball double-acts, a couple hell-bent on confusing and outwitting each other right up to the play’s equivocal and controversial conclusion.

Every 14th of July the streets of France come alive in celebration of the ‘storming’ of the Bastille and the birth of La République 1789. For the 5th year the French spirit takes Bankside by storm on France’s National Day, London’s largest free Bastille Day celebrations.

Tino Sehgal will undertake the annual commission for Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall in 2012. FREE

Punchy phone booths, buses and sporty cars traverse Frank Kiely’s latest exhibition.

The Macular Disease Society presents an exhibition of artwork by or about people with central vision loss.

Filled with a cast of unforgettable characters, Twelfth Night combines cruelty with high comedy and the pangs of unrequited love with someof the subtlest poetry and most exquisite songs Shakespeare ever wrote.