From London Fashion Week to BFI Future Film Festival: Five things to do this weekend
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Although Storm Eunice may be in town this weekend, there are still plenty of indoor events to enjoy in the capital.
With London Fashion Week and the BFI Future Film Festival in full swing this weekend, we are in the cultural epicenter.
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Hide AdFrom theatre to curling pop-ups, here are five events happening in the capital this weekend, February 18 to 20, we think you should check out.


London Fashion Week 2022: City Wide Celebration
City wide February 18 to 22
Calling all fashionistas. London Fashion Week is in town this weekend.
Although in-person catwalk events are invite only there are a whole other programme of events open to everyone.
The British Fashion Council’s series of “city-wide” celebrations is taking place all over the city in renowned shopping destinations including Carnaby, Marylebone Village, Seven Dials and Soho.
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Use the London Fashion Week map to find out the best city-wide events to attend near you.
BFI Future Film Festival
British Film Institute, Belvedere Rd, Southbank, SE1 8XT February 17 to 20 Ticket prices vary
The BFI Future Film Festival is the UK’s largest festival for young, emerging filmmakers.
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Hide AdThe festival runs across four days, with events and screenings taking place both online and in-venue at the BFI Southbank, all of which are focused on helping talented young filmmakers aged 16 to 25 to break into the film and screen industries.


Curling Club at the Langham
1c Portland Place, Regent St, W1B 1JA Till February 20 Tickets £9
Ever wanted to try the curious sport of curling?
This weekend is your last chance to visit the Curling Club at the Langham.
The winter pop up close to Oxford Circus is open till February 20, and has an aprés-ski vibe going on to coincide with the Winter Olympics.
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Go see ‘The Collaboration’ at the Young Vic
Young Vic, 66 The Cut, Waterloo, SE1 8LZ Till April 2 Tickets: £10 to £50
New York, 1984. Fifty-six-year-old Andy Warhol’s star is falling and Jean-Michel Basquiat is the new wonder-kid taking the art world by storm.
When Basquiat agrees to collaborate with Warhol on a new exhibition, it soon becomes the talk of the city.
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Hide AdAs everyone awaits the ‘greatest exhibition in the history of modern art’, the two artists embark on a shared journey, both artistic and deeply personal, that re-draws both their worlds.
Kiwi playwright Anthony McCarten’s new play ‘The Collaboration’ imagines their New York workshops together, just a few years before both men’s deaths.
Young Vic boss Kwame Kwei-Armah directs a heavyweight cast in the first show of his theatre’s 2022 season.
Returning to theatre after an extensive stint becoming a movie star, Paul Bettany of MCU fame (aka Vision) plays Warhol, with acclaimed US stage actor Jeremy Pope playing Basquiat.
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Legacies: London Transport’s Caribbean Workforce
London Transport Museum, The Piazza, WC2E 7BB Till March 11 Tickets included with museum admission: Adults £18.50
Celebrate the contribution Caribbean people have made to transport in London and British culture more widely at the new exhibition Legacies: London Transport’s Caribbean Workforce, now open at the Museum.
Explore the struggles and triumphs many of these individuals and their families experienced as they moved halfway across the world from the Caribbean to the UK.
Stories include memories from first, second and third generation Caribbean people who worked for London Transport (LT) or still work for Transport for London (TfL).
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