Top ten at the Southbank this week
Each week Annie from www.southbanklondon.com picks her top ten things to do on the Southbank.
1. Derek Marks at Bicha Gallery. Bicha. Starts Tues.
An exhibition of artist and lecturer Derek Marks’ work at Bicha Gallery, 7 Gabriel’s Wharf.
2. Kingston MA Graduation Show. Bargehouse. Wed- Sat
A free exhibition of work from Kingston’s faculty of art, design and architecture.
3. ROSL Annual Scholars Exhibition 2009. gallery@oxo. Starts 8 Thurs.
A free exhibition of sculpture, painting and works in mixed media.
4. Ulver. Southbank Centre. 9 Fri.
Conceptual artists who’ve exaggerated and blurred the lines between every musical form, winning praise for introducing folk, jazz, minimalism and filmic soundscapes to black metal.
5. Mountain Goats. Southbank Centre. 10 Sat.
The Mountain Goats are the musical endeavour of long-time favourite John Darnielle, one of the most imaginative lyricists of his generation.
6. Hitchon 09. Southbank Centre. 11 Sun.
A day of intergalactic entertainments with actor Simon Jones and the original cast celebrating 30 years of Douglas Adams’ classic British comedy.
7. Tosca. BFI IMAX. 10 Sat. 6pm
Live streamed Opera from the New York Met. Soprano Karita Mattila sings the title role for the first time outside her native Finland.
8. Berlin – Schönhauser Corner. BFI Southbank. 5 Mon. 6pm
East Germany’s answer to Rebel Without a Cause is a wonderfully atmospheric portrait of 1950s (post-war but pre-Wall) Berlin in which a gang of teenage delinquents with a taste for rock’n'roll decide to investigate whether the West is more to their liking.
9. Swedish Wildcats. BFI Southbank. 8 Thurs. 8.50pm
In a Copenhagen brothel where the girls parade in ritualistic ‘wild animal’ shows, clad in full body make-up and nothing else, the madame (a florid Diana Dors) pimps her two nieces.
10. Dear Summer Sister. BFI Southbank. 9 Fri. 8.40pm
Made immediately after the US handed Okinawa back to Japan, the last Sozo-sha production takes its look from the home movies that many Japanese shoot during vacations on the tropical islands.
For more details on any of the above visit www.southbanklondon.com
