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Triple bill at Sadler's Wells from the fine Richard Alston Dance Company. 7:30pm. Rosebery Avenue EC1. £10- 24. 0870 7333 900 or here.

Giselle's had a make-over at Barbican from Irish Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre troupe. 7:45pm. Silk St, EC2. £12- 23. 020 7638 8891 or online.

Simple Plan punk rock noise makers are at Astoria. 7pm. 157 Charing X Rd, WC2. £12 0870 264 3333 or online.

We now view exhibitions via the Internet, fast-forward the commercials (thank god for Sky), and down the contents of Metro in the five stops between Bethnal Green and Holborn.

If, like us, you spend so much time doing everything quickly, yet still have no time left to learn new and exciting things, then Pecha Kucha could be for you. Don't be scared off by the name - it's not a Kabbalah cult - it's just Japanese for "chit chat".

Tireless Brighton six piece tour veterans The Levellers at The Forum. 7:30pm. 9-17 Highgate Rd, NW5. £17.50. 0870 264 3333 or online.

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Pecha Kucha is a new kind of event created by those clever guys at Apple where 20 people involved in architecture, design, fashion or art, show 20 images each, for 20 seconds.

It's easier than swallowing an encyclopedia and you'll learn loads of stuff to tell your mates about.

Pecha Kucha - tonight at 6:30pm
Apple store, 235 Regent St, W1 - 020 7153 9000
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Cupid & all: Caravaggio now open at the NG. 10am-9pm. Trafalgar Sq, WC2. £7.50. 0870 906 3891 or online.
Shoreditch drawlin': Country Soul Revue at Cargo. 7pm. 83 Rivington St, EC2. £10.

Elgar's Dream of Gerontius is staged at RFH. 7:30pm. Belvedere Rd, SE1. £2.50-12. 0870 401 8181 or online.
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