London 2012 event listings 4 August: what’s on during the Olympics

Today's listing, compiled by The Guide, includes the theatre adaptation of Chariots of Fire and house music's biggest names at the Eastern Electrics Festival
  
  

Chariots of Fire theatre play, London
Chariots of Fire theatre play, London Photograph: PR

Theatre

Chariots Of Fire, Gielgud Theatre, W1, to 10 Nov, chariotsoffireonstage.com Inventive and moving stage adaptation of the Oscar-winning film about two British athletes at the 1924 Paris Olympics.

Exhibitions

Elizabeth Price: The Tent, Bloomberg Space, Finsbury Square, EC2, to 12 Aug, bloombergspace.com There's taxonomical hijinks in this short film by the Turner Prize nominee, beginning with a book surveying the 1970s British Systems Group.

Ryan Gander, Lisson Gallery, NW1, to 25 Aug, lissongallery.com The feted young art star's playful pop conceptualism includes children's games and magic boxes.

Music

Eastern Electrics Festival, Area 12, SE10, today and tonight only, easternelectricsfestival.com House music's biggest names of recent years, including Joy Orbison, Julio Bashmore and Nina Kraviz, join legends Andrew Weatherall and Kerri Chandler, and rising stars Huxley and Bicep.

Horace Andy, Indigo2, SE10, 4 Aug, theo2.co.uk/indigo2 Roots reggae veteran, Massive Attack collaborator and possessor of possibly the most haunting vibrato on the planet, Andy is joined by like-minded souls Johnny Clarke and Michael Prophet.

Comedy

Nick Revell, The George, Covent Garden, WC2, thefunnyside.info, 4 Aug Hugely experienced satirist Revell may have been in the business for more than 20 years, but his gags are as fresh and as pointed as ever.

Dance

The Exhibitionists, Exhibition Road, SW7, to 5 Aug, exhibitionroadshow.co.uk An eclectic international collective of dancers and acrobats perform.

Events and family

International Alternative Press Fair, Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, WC1, to 5 Aug, alternativepress.org.uk Fanzines, comics, poetry, screenprinted and other self-published works from around the world, plus writing, printing and typographical workshops.

 

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