EC3R Area Guide

Join us for some fab Saturday night comedy in Tower Hill (right next to Fenchurch Street Station!) See your favourite acts and discover the best rising stars up-close and intimate in the Getaway Comedy Back Room. Only 60 seats available so grab your tickets now! Expect a delicious mix of playful, unapologetic, dark, punchy and (most importantly) very funny stand-up. It's all about the laughs... The venue is open until 11pm with full food and drinks menus at scandalously low prices!

Join artist and Dickens nerd, Gary Andrews on a 3 hour wander through the city of London, pointing out locations from the great man's life and works with a few stops along the way to sketch. Starts at The Monument and ends outside The Dickens Museum. Bring your own art supplies. Beginners or experienced artists welcome. Numbers limited so book early.

On the Petrifying London Ghost Tour, you'll sneak through the dark streets of hidden London and hear the spookiest stories of the ghouls, ghosts and spectres that creep the capital's back alleys after dusk will come alive before your eyes. Do you dare to walk in the footsteps of the unexplained?

Flatout London lands at the iconic Old Billingsgate Market from 25th–27th September 2026, bringing competitive fitness to the heart of the capital. Set against the backdrop of Tower Bridge and The Shard, this is your chance to take on 8 workout zones, 4km of running and an atmosphere unlike anything else. Whether you’re going solo, taking on Sidekicks, racing as a Relay team or entering the Next Gen category, Flatout is built to be challenging, inclusive and unforgettable. Every participant will also receive a free iconic event photo included with their entry. London, it’s time to go Flatout.

Explore London's darker side with Magic, Mystics and Martyrs, a ghostly walking tour uncovering tales of forgotten women. From witches and prophetesses to martyrs and mystics, this theatrical experience dives into haunted stories across the City. Expect eerie encounters, historical laughs, and a tipple at a haunted pub to finish. Get your tickets for Magic, Mystics and Martyrs Walking Tour in London now!

Fauré :Masques et Bergamasques Françaix: Dances from "les Malheurs de Sophie" (for wind dectet) Poulenc: Organ concerto (soloist: Robert Mingay-Smith) Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin Poulenc: Sinfonietta A CONCERT OF 20TH CENTURY FRENCH MUSIC Two pieces appeared in the aftermath of First World War and three straddle the Second. All take cues from earlier times and play their role in the contrast between sobriety and pleasure notable across the arts in the last century. Fauré's wistful divertissement inspired by commedia dell'arte characters was commissioned by the Prince of Monaco in 1919. That same year Ravel orchestrated his commemoration of a prominent forebear, giving a cheerful face to the sombre memory of a friend lost in the War behind each 18th century dance. More carefree are the dances in which Jean Françaix illustrates the escapades of miscreant Sophie at her parents' Second Empire chateau in 'la France profonde'. Of all French composers representing the bifurcation in 20th century music, Francis Poulenc is an exemplar: a devoutly religious hedonist plagued by manic depression. His baroque-influenced 1938 Organ concerto enshrines these conflicting passions, and his 1948 Sinfonia (a BBC commission) runs the gamut of emotions marking his and the century's life.