You may have noticed two very large tents pop up in Regent’s Park. You know what that means – Frieze London is back. So it’s an art heavy Combo this weekend, enjoy.

A documentary about a revolutionary photographer
Libuše Jarcovjáková is a photographer best known for her photos of Soviet-era Czech nightlife. Her images are famed for demystifying an era that many people associate with oppression and austerity, showing a side of Soviet life that is often forgotten about, such as in her T-Club series, which documents nights in the legendary Prague gay bar.

In Klára Tasovská’s debut feature, I’m Not Everything I Want to Be, which was made in close collaboration with Jarcovjáková, she explores the photographer’s search for identity and what led Jarcovjáková to break free from Czechoslokiavia’s rigid societal rules to embark on a wild journey towards freedom.

I’m Not Everything I Want to Be is playing at the ICA Cinema until October 17th. Tickets are available on the ICA website. 

Emma D’Arcy and Alison Oliver take on Antigone
Alexander Zeldin’s The Other Place has opened at the National Theatre’s Lyttelton, with a star-studded cast that includes Emma D’Arcy, Alison Oliver and Tobias Menzies. A modern reinterpretation of Antigone by Sophocles, the drama revolves around D’Arcy’s Annie who returns to her childhood home (now fully refurbed with giant sliding patio doors) to discover that her uncle Chris (Menzies) wants to finally spread her father’s ashes, entirely against her wishes. What follows is a tight and fraught family drama that unravels over a night. Plus, it has an ending that will have you gasping in the stalls.

The Other Place runs at the Lyttelton theatre, National Theatre until November 9th.

90s shoegaze in a church
While Reading ’92 is forever carved into music lore due to Nirvana’s legendary headline set, the festival also saw shoegaze legends Ride perform a renowned set supporting headliners Public Enemy – the same year as Ride’s celebrated second record, Going Blank Again. This weekend, Ride are taking over Hackney Church to replay their entire Reading ’92 setlist, rolling back the years for an epic evening.

Ride play Hackney Church on Saturday 12th October.

Young choreographers take over Sadler’s Wells
Last year, we interviewed each of Sadler’s Wells Young Associates, the young choreographers who are going to be the next big names in dance. Their 2023 show was the first preview of the works that have now reached their final form in Four, a new mixed bill for Sadler’s Wells’ main stage. This is a one night only show, so don’t miss this chance to see BLUE MAKWANA, Elisabeth Mulenga, Maiya Leeke, and Roseann & Sula debut their final works – and be able to say that you saw them first!

Young Associates: Four is taking place on the 15th of October. Tickets are available on the Sadler’s Wells website.

Zoe Bedeaux’s sonic transmission
London-based artist Zoe Bedeaux has teamed up with street advertising specialists Buildhollywood to take over a carwash in Shoreditch, filling the space with imagery and soundscapes that explore the pulse of life and Afro-deity art. If you’re aware of Bedeaux’s work, you’ll know this will be an experience not to be missed.

The event takes place at The CarWash in Shoreditch, 1 Quaker Street, London, E1 6SZ on Friday 11th October.

Haegue Yang at the Hayward
The first major UK survey of the internationally celebrated artist Haegue Yang has just opened in the Hayward Gallery on the Southbank. Considered to be one of the leading artistic voices of her generation, Yang’s work is both spellbinding and boundary-pushing, probing into contemporary ideas of cross-cultural pollination, modernism and folk traditions, and personal and political histories. The exhibition features pieces from all of Yang’s major series, such as Light Sculptures, Sonic Sculptures, The Intermediates, Dress Vehicles, Mesmerizing Mesh and the Venetian blind installations.

Haegue Yang: Leap Year is running until January 5th. Tickets are available on the Hayward Gallery’s website.

It’s Frieze London!
Frieze London and Frieze Masters are taking place this weekend in Regent’s Park and lucky for you, we’ve put together our own guide to Frieze. So why not pop into the new George Rouy exhibition in Hauser & Wirth, or check out the new Turbine Hall instillation by artist Mire Lee.

Check out our guide to Frieze here.

The Unexpected
In honour of Frieze being in town this weekend, The Twenty Two have enlisted the help of Daniel Malarkey to adorn their dining room walls with an exhibition titled The Unexpected. Curated from global private collections, Malarkey’s vision sees pieces by the likes of Maggi Hambling, Howardena Pindell, Francesco Clemente, Flora Yukhnovich and Felipe Baeza come together under the Mayfair hotel’s roof. Enjoy Malarkey’s eclectic curation alongside the restaurant’s extensive menu of modern European dishes including Cornish Dover sole meunière, grilled grass-fed British lamb chops and wild mushroom and black truffle risotto, best washed down with a glass of champers or a gin martini, obviously.

The Twenty Two is located at 22 Grosvenor Sq, W1K 6LF and the exhibition will run until October 20th, more info here.