Theatrical links

• London West End Ticket Service - buy London West End theatre tickets online on discounted rates, London attraction visitor pass and movie theatre tickets
• Tkts - run by London Theatre Guide, ticket booths are the best way to snap up last minute bargain tickets for many of London’s top shows
• Official London Theatre Guide - not to be confused with the one near the foot of this list
• Bloomsbury Theatre - 550-seat theatre near University College London offering range of productions from children's matinees, to drama and musical performance
• London Dance - when the terpsichorean mood strikes, this is where to go
• Riverside Studio - adventurous theatre in Hammersmith (saw the Beckett trilogy starring Billie Whitelaw here years ago)
• Barbican - theatre in concrete maze near the City
• Almeida - this has moved from its original Islington building, which is closed for refurbishment, to a previously disused coach depot near King's Cross train station and shows classic and contemporary work
• Shakespeare's Globe - recreation of of Shakespeare's Globe by actor, film, opera and stage director Sam Wanamaker together with a museum, close to its original Bankside, Southwark location. Next door to a wonderful museum about historical Southwark
• Players' Theatre - an 'authentic taste of Victorian music hall'
• Hackney Empire - East End theatre
• Brick Lane Music Hall - get your nostalgia fix at this Victorian music hall near the City
• Pub Theatre - theatres in pubs, bars and restaurants, many in London
• What's on Stage - the 'home of British theatre'
• Theatrenet - more info about what's on stage in the UK
• UK Theatre Web - listings, jobs and tickets
• London Theatre Guide - online news, reviews and tickets
• 1st 4 London Theatre Tickets - book tickets to London theatre & pop concerts

Cinemas

• Ciné Lumière - part of Institut Français in South Kensington, specialises in French art house movies
• Clapham Picture House - sister site to Ritzy in Brixton, offering mix of first run titles and weekend double bills
• Curzon Mayfair - two screens showing mainly foreign movies
• Curzon Soho - another branch in Shaftesbury Avenue
• Electric Cinema - trendy movie house in Notting Hill's Portobello Road that was saved from developers
• Everyman Cinema Club - mix of retrospectives and new releases in Hampstead
• Gate Cinema - ornate single screen picture house showing first runs in Notting Hill Gate
• Genesis Mile End - five screens in East London featuring subcontinental output
• Goethe Institute - films for Germanophiles in South Kensington
• The Horse Hospital - find experimental art, music, film and the avant garde in Russell Square
• ICA - Institute of Contemporary Arts, shows arty films alongside its gallery space
• National Film Theatre - part of the concrete South Bank complex, this specialises in seasons and festivals
• The Other Cinema - dedicated to alternative programming, in Rupert Street near Soho
• Phoenix - dating back to 1910 in East Finchley, North London, offering mainly family movies
• Prince Charles - very cheap and and a chance to catch films after the first run, in Soho
• Richmond Film House - south west London single cinema offering independent and arthouse movies
• Rio Cinema - Dalston, east London house carrying the likes of Turkish and Kurdish festivals
• Ritzy - London's largest independent cinema, five screens, in Brixton
• Riverside Studios Cinema - part of the Hammersmith based studio theatre, double bills and festivals
• Screen on Baker Street - small chain of independent cinemas showing first run movies and some retrospectives, also with branches at Islington (Screen on the Green) and Haverstock Hill (Screen on the Hill)
• Tricycle - playhouse, cinema and gallery rolled into one in Kilburn