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Timeout.com Around Town Art Bars & Pubs Books Clubs Comedy Dance Film Gay & Lesbian Kids Music Property Restaurants Sport Theatre Tickets Travel   London's Hot Five   1 Cans Festival images Our pick of the Banksy-curated street art exhibition held in a tunnel under Waterloo Station Read more 2 King Lear Simon Calder tackles the role of the misguided king in this corking season opener Read more 3 Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art Last chance to get an alien's eye view of modern art Read more 4 Stag and Dagger So many acts, so little time. Shoreditch's answer to the Camden Crawl kicks off Read more 5 Museums at Night Weekend Make like Wallace & Gromit and have after-hours fun at museums across London Read more   Time Out planner   Tonight       Thurs   15   Gay & Lesbian - Tournament of Tease Cuddly Fred Bear hosts this burlesque extravaganza Dance - Argentine Tango Learn this hip-swivelling dance Theatre - An Alchemy of Flesh Intriguing suicide play More Tomorrow       Fri   16   Clubs - Friday at Stoned Pony Start the weekend at this new 'ditch venue Theatre - The Good Soul of Szechuan Jane Horrocks stars in Brecht's lyrical masterpiece Clubs - DJ Marky & Friends Brazil's fave D&B producer hosts his anything-goes party More Weekend       Sat   17   Comedy - Fat Tongue Wickedly twisted sketches Clubs - Brand New Fiction Warehouse Party it's techno time! Ewan Pearson headlines Around Town - James Bond's Mayfair Visit Bond creator Ian Fleming's old haunts More         Sun   18   Around Town - Get Afloat Cut-price Thames boat trips Art - Hans Schabus Installation of 461 chairs fills the Barbican's Curve Gallery Museums - The Story of the Supremes Go retro! Relive the glory days of Diana Ross's iconic girl group More   See all of tomorrow's events   See all of the weekend's events   See all the events for the week ahead             Restaurants London's best vegetarian menus Gone are the days when veggies were forced to settle for pasta 'n' pesto. Find out where to graze on the capital's finest meat-free cuisine Read more London London's top 20 sights From glimpses of everyday life to world-famous views, London's sights come in a dizzying array of guises. Here's a few of our favourites Read more London Human Rights Watch theatre offer Time Out has teamed up with Human Rights Watch to bring you an exclusive online discount on theatre tickets for their new production 'Cries From The Heart' Read more Competitions Win a culinary camping trip to France Summer is here and if you fancy some civilised alfresco fun why not enter this fab foodie competition. Win a week's camping plus gourmet cookery classes Read more Time Out magazine FREE festival guide Pick up next week's Time Out magazine and get a free summer festival guide London Culture Clinic Need a solution to a cultural dilemma? Let our critics plan you a bespoke itinerary, from how to party on a pittance to where to get cut-price theatre tickets Read more London for FREE See all Free cinema tickets Shotgun Stories The lives of three brothers descend into violent chaos when they decide to gatecrash the funeral of their estranged father. A tale of revenge gone wrong played out against the Arkansas plains Free gig tickets Dawn Kinnard + Essie Jain Time Out's monthly free music series, On The Up, invites husky Pennsylvania gal Dawn Kinnard to headline the next gig on Thursday May 29. Support comes from New York-based folkstress Essie Jain Free art exhibition Origins: Time Out 1968 1968 was a big year. Not only did the peace movement explode in cities across the world, but here in London Tony Elliott published the first edition of Time Out. This show celebrates our place in that era   Hot tickets South West Four @ Clapham Common Book now Hot Chip @ Brixton Academy Book now Bestival Reunion @ Koko Book now Midsummer Nights Dream @ Globe Book now Hairspray @ Shaftesbury Theatre Book now Alicia Keys @ O2 Book now Competitions A two-day trip to a French wine region Enter here A Canon EOS 450D digital camera Enter here A five-star holiday to Spain's Cava region Enter here A portable Sony DVD player Enter here A Sony Cybershot digital camera Enter here A Panasonic camcorder Enter here Overheard Underground “ I just don't know what it is about me that attracts stalkers” “This is Moorgate. It's not Margate? That's far away innit?” “Are you Polish? Or do you come from Europe?” “ I've started carry around a plastic bag with me... just in case I go shopping” “He's like Jabba the Hutt, only thinner” “Don't you find it strange how many people resemble hard-boiled eggs?” See all tickets See all competitions www.themanwhofellasleep.com       Londoners' POLL Last week's RESULTS   This week we want to know: The mayor has proposed Saturday schools for teens. Is it a good idea? Last week we asked: mediators are being recruited by London Councils to negotiate between different gang members. How else could mediators assist Londoners? A Yes – Sunday too, please B No – they're all playing truant anyway C Send them to boot camp 71%  Negotiate between loud music-loving teens and commuters 20%  Help angry motorists make peace with cyclists 9%  Organise peace camps for Millwall and Crystal Palace   Thanks for reading, the Time Out team