The Best Things to Do in London in March

Looking for the best things to do in London in March? We’ve got you covered

You’re in plenty of time to book tickets to the best events in London, from theatre shows to art exhibitions, and there are always pop-ups opening across the city, but our handy guide features the best of what’s on in London in March so you won’t miss a thing.

Spring is finally springing and the weather is (hopefully) on the turn, and the arrival of warmer weather isn’t the only thing to celebrate in March. This month is packed with religious holidays like Holi, Ramadan and Easter and you’ve also got lots of opportunities to honour the women in your life with Mother’s Day and International Women’s Day. You’ve got some good eating and drinking on the cards too with British Pie Week and St Patrick’s Day (get ready for all things Guinness) plus all that sweet, sweet Easter chocolate. Bring it on.


Yoko Ono exhibition Tate Modern

1. Visit This Major Yoko Ono Exhibition

Yoko Ono: Music Of The Mind will be the UK’s largest-ever exhibition dedicated to the artist and activist. Bringing together more than 200 artworks (spanning multiple decades and mediums) the show will explore Ono’s distinctive poetic and humorous style, and the lasting impact it has had on contemporary culture. Expect to see a selection of Ono’s ‘instruction pieces’, which are written instructions for the viewer – ranging from ‘Fly’ or ‘Touch’, to ‘Listen to a heartbeat’ or ‘Step in all the puddles in the city’ – to imagine, experience, make or complete the work. These will appear alongside scores, installations, films, music and photography, with Ono’s radical, activist work at the heart of the exhibition. The gallery’s windows that overlook the River Thames will display ‘Peace is Power’, first shown 2017, translated into multiple languages. Meanwhile, at the entrance to the Tate Modern, the 1996 interactive artwork ‘Wish Tree’ will invite passers-by to contribute their own wishes for peace.

Fri 1st – Sun 31st March 2024
Tate Modern, Bankside, London SE1 9TG
tate.org.uk


Ai Weiwei Piccadilly Circus 2024

2. Watch Ai Weiwei Go Head-To-Head with AI

Digital art platform CIRCA (short for Cultural Institute of Radical Contemporary Arts) has launched a new exhibition for 2024, part of their takeover of the iconic Piccadilly Circus screen. And they’re going back to their roots, with Ai Weiwei – their first collaborator – on the project. Across 81 days, Ai will pose 81 questions which will be displayed on the expansive screen for two minutes, starting at 8.24pm (or 20:24, geddit?), asking everything from ‘Is Edward Snowden guilty?’ to ‘Do plants have feelings?’. The questions are directed to a generalised ‘AI’ – hence the show’s name, Ai vs AI – in “both an endeavour to reinvigorate the ancient convention of philosophical dialogues (from Socrates to The Enlightenment Salon) and a hand-drawn map of Ai’s own mind”. You’ll be able to catch the artwork until the end of March, but if you can’t get down to Piccadilly Circus to see it in person, it’s also being streamed each night on the CIRCA website.

Fri 1st – 31st March 2024
Piccadilly Circus, London
circa.art


Theatreship in Canary Wharf

3. See What’s on at the New Theatreship

Theatreship has just launched Canary Wharf with an ongoing programme of filmtheatre, visual arts and music performance, featuring a mix of local and international talent. Keep an eye out to see what they’ve got going on this month.

Fri 1st – Sun 31st March 2024
Theatreship C.I.C., South Quay, London E14 9SH
theatreship.co.uk


Aida opera London

4. Catch Verdi’s Aida in Wembley

Giuseppe Verdi’s celebrated opera, Aida, is coming to London this March with what’s being billed as “the largest opera production in the capital this century”. The show is set to bring together over 250 performers, a 60-piece orchestra and high-tech digital projections for a very limited three-show run across two days.

Sat 23rd & Sun 24th March 2024
OVO Arena Wembley, Engineers Way, London HA9 0AA
aida-opera.live


Three Sheets Soho

5. Have a Drink at the New Three Sheets Site in Soho

Three Sheets in Dalston is not only one of the best cocktail bars in London, it’s currently the seventh best bar on the UK’s Top 50 Cocktail Bars list and it’s also featured on the World’s 50 Best Bars list for a number of years. Come March, there’ll be more Three Sheets to go around as owners Max and Noel Venning (who also run Little Mercies in Crouch End) are opening a second site in Soho.

March 2024
Manette Street, London, W1
threesheets-bar.com


Pollock's Toy Museum

6. See Pollock’s Toy Museum IRL Once Again

After saying a sad goodbye to its former home on Scala Street in Fitzrovia last January, Pollock’s Toy Museum is coming back to London – this time, in pop-up form. The (now, mini) museum will be moving into a space in Croydon’s Whitgift Centre in January for a six-month residency and it’ll be bringing plenty of whimsical toys, games, dolls and theatres along with it. There’ll also be a display of toys made in a local factory, A Barton, exclusive to the Croydon pop-up. They’re open on Saturdays from 10am until 4pm and entry is free but donations are welcome and will go towards saving the collection and supporting the museum’s hunt for a new permanent home.

Every Saturday in March 2024
Centrale & Whitgift Shopping Centre, 21 North End, Croydon CR0 1TY
pollockstoymuseum.co.uk


Benedict Cumberbatch in Whodunnit 3

7. Watch This Star-Studded Murder Mystery Play

If you want to see some of this country’s biggest names of stage and screen take on a leading theatre role completely unrehearsed, then you’ll want to nab a ticket to Whoddunit [Unrehearsed] 3 at The Park Theatre in Finsbury Park this spring. Co-written and directed by the theatre’s Artistic Director Jez Bond, the play is the third instalment in this Agatha Christie-style murder mystery spoof series and it features a different actor taking on the lead role of the Inspector for every performance – without having ever seen the script before or having any time to rehearse.

Wed 27th – Sat 30th March 2024
13 Clifton Terrace, London N4 3JP
parktheatre.co.uk


Art of the Brick LEGO exhibition

8. Visit an Immersive LEGO Exhibition

The Art of The Brick, appropriately opening on Brick Lane, will feature more than 90 LEGO sculptures – that amounts to over a million bricks – that reinterpret some of the most recognisable artworks on the planet, including Michelangelo’s ‘David’, Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night’, Da Vinci’s ‘Mona Lisa’, Gustav Klimt’s ‘The Kiss’ and Edvard Munch’s ‘The Scream’.

March 2024
The Boiler House, 152 Brick Lane, London, E1 6RU
theartofthebrick.com


Hans Zimmer candlelight concert

9. Listen to Your Favourite Movie Soundtracks by Candlelight

Fans of Hans Zimmer, here’s your chance to listen to your favourite movie scores, performed live in an exceptional setting surrounded by candles. For two nights this winter, you can head to Central Hall Westminster to experience a selection of Zimmer’s most recognisable works – including Sherlock Holmes Discombobulate, Inception Time, Gladiator Now We Are Free, Pearl Harbor Tennessee, The Pacific Honor, The Crown Theme, The Holiday Maestro, Angels and Demons 503, The Lion King Medley and more – against the backdrop of a Grade-II listed building lit by hundreds of candles. Tickets are already going fast, so grab yours now while you still can.

Fri 15th March 2024
Central Hall Westminster, Storey’s Gate, Westminster SW1H 9NH
candlelightconcerts.com


Hadestown

10. Watch Hadestown Now That It’s Back in Town

After a sell-out run at the National Theatre in 2018, the Tony Award and Grammy Award-winning musical Hadestown is back in London, this time at the Lyric Theatre. Written by singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell and directed by Rachel Chavkin, Hadestown takes you on a journey to the underworld, telling the love stories of Orpheus and Eurydice and King Hades and Persephone through American folk music and New Orleans-inspired jazz.

Fri 1st – 31st March 2024 (excluding Mondays)
29 Shaftesbury Avenue, London W1D 7ES
thelyrictheatre.co.uk

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