London events in May
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For the optimists at least, May in London means shorts, sunnies and straw hats. Outdoor events are the order of the day, with parks to lounge in, waterways to wander and a buzzing festival calendar to pick through. And even if the weather refuses to play ball, there's a cracking line-up of early summer blockbuster movies to look forward to. So whether you end up indoors or out, here's our pick of the best May events in London.
Theatre and the arts
- Theatre Royal Drury Lane Catherine St, WC2B 5JF
- Until Sat Nov 30
To Kill a Mockingbird
- Critics choice
- Regent's Park Open Air Theatre Inner Circle, Regent's Park, NW1 4NR
- Sat May 25 - Sat Jun 15
The Hothouse
- Critics choice
- Trafalgar Studios 14 Whitehall, SW1A 2DY
- Sat May 25 - Sat Aug 3
Things to do
London Literature Festival 2013
- Critics choice
- Southbank Centre Belvedere Rd, SE1 8XX
- Sun May 26 - Wed Jun 5
Forage for a Feast
- Critics choice
- Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park Southern Grove, E3 4PX
- Sat Jun 1
Rory McEwen: The Colours of Reality
- Critics choice
- Kew Gardens Kew Rd, TW9 3AB
- Sat May 25 - Sun Sep 22
Science Museum Lates: LGBT
- Critics choice
- Free
- Science Museum Exhibition Rd, SW7 2DD
- Wed May 29
Exhibitions
- Natural History Museum Cromwell Rd, SW7 5BD
- Sun May 26 - Sun Sep 8
- British Library 96 Euston Rd, NW1 2DB
- Sat May 25 - Tue Sep 17
- Tower of London Tower Hill, EC3N 4AB
- Sat May 25 - Fri Feb 28
Estuary
- Critics choice
- Free
- Museum of London Docklands Hertsmere Rd, West India Quay, E14 4AL
- Sat May 25 - Sun Oct 27
Music and nightlife
Mark Knopfler
- Critics choice
- Royal Albert Hall Kensington Gore, SW7 2AP
- Mon May 27 - Fri May 31
Comedy and cabaret
- Udderbelly Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, SE1 8XX
- Fri May 31
- Leicester Square Theatre 6 Leicester Place, WC2H 7BX
- Thu May 30 - Sat Jun 1
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