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Events in London - January 2010

Billy Connolly 5th January to 31st January 2010 Hammersmith Apollo, 45 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9QH

Billy Connolly, once a Glaswegian welder, may have built an early reputation that focussed much on his free use of ‘bad’ words but he is a talented performer with a superb sense of comic timing and a tremendous talent for one liner observations... (read more)

The London Boat Show 8th January to 17th January 2010 ExCeL London Exhibition Centre, Royal Victoria Dock, Docklands, London E16 1XL

London now revels in two boat shows a year.  This is the original and whilst a little less conveniently set at ExCeL, that puts it alongside the River Thames and enables a vast array of boats...(read more)

Elvis Presley’s 75th Birthday at Charlotte Street Blues 8th January to 10th January 2010 Charlotte Street Blues, 74 Charlotte Street, Fitzrovia, London W1T 4QH

It would have been Elvis Presley’s 75th Birthday at this time and this relatively new and ambitious venue is putting on 3 nights of celebration of the life and times of The King...(read more)

The France Show 8th January to 10th January 2010 Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Warwick Road, Earls Court, London SW5 9TA

The recent economic difficulties do not change the fact that some 500,000 Britons now make France their home.  If you have ever thought about joining them – soon or after some time – this is the show for you...(read more)

London International Mime Festival 13th January to 31st January 2010 Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, South Bank, London SE1 8XX

Actually taking place at four venues across central London – the Southbank Centre, Royal Opera House, Barbican Centre and Institute of Contemporary Arts – the London International Festival of Mime lays to rest any image you might have...(read more)

The Winter Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair 19th January to 24th January 2010 The Marquee at Battersea Park, Albert Bridge Road, London SW11 4NJ

The extended name comes from the fact that this is one of three Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fairs that  take place each year – in January, April and October – at The Marquee at Battersea Park.  January’s fair has a theme...(read more)

Waiting for Godot 21st January to 3rd April 2010 Theatre Royal Haymarket, Haymarket, London  SW1Y 4HT

Beckett’s masterpiece returns to the Theatre Royal Haymarket with Ian McKellan repeating his role as Estragon whilst Roger Rees steps in to take the role of Vladimir.  Famously described by Vivian Mercer in the Irish Times...(read more)

The Diet and Fitness Show 23rd and 24th January 2010 Olympia Exhibition Centre, Olympia Way, Hammersmith, London W14 8UX

If you included slimming, healthy eating or keeping fit in your New Year’s resolutions, then this is almost certainly the show for you.  With exhibits covering every aspect of the burgeoning industry, you will find advice and tips...(read more)

Real van Gogh: The Artist and his Letters 23rd January to 18th April 2010 The Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington House, Mayfair, London W1J 0BD

This major new exhibition on the life and times of van Gogh features a rare chance to see and read many of the artist’s letters – arely seen because of their fragile condition - although just 35 on loan from the van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam which has 120 of van Gogh’s letters...(read more)

ABBA World 27th January – 28th March 2010 Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Warwick Road, Earls Court, London SW5 9TA

‘Mama Mia’ launched an extended period of nostalgia over this incredibly successful Swedish pop group.  The original stage play was put on the silver screen and now London hosts the launch of ‘ABBA World’ – a new...(read more)