Rhythmatic Intimate Sessions Launch Party
After successful repeated nights at Egg, Sosho (RIP) and The White House, the founders of Rhythmatic, Double Trouble Productions, bring their Intimate Sessions to Shoreditch once more. If you’re looking for the best emerging talent in House music, these guys are going to deliver it. Courtesy of Rico Novo, Wesley Razzy and Ben Gomori, you can get your groove on all night to some upfront House music.

The Gods Weep
What happens when you spend a lifetime building up your empire, only to see it destroyed by your own minions as you grow old and grumbly behind your desk? Admittedly, your ‘empire’ might only extend to the front door and include a cat and two goldfish but hey, it would still suck. This new production by the Royal Shakespeare Company sees Jeremy Irons in the lead role as Colm, whose company is at the centre of a clash between corporate greed and state security as the play leads you through three separate worlds with a rising body count.

Bestival: Time Machine
If you can’t wait for the Bestival machine to come rolling around this summer, get a little pre-party taster at their Time Machine event. With a 2010 theme of ‘The Fantastic’ for the main festival in September, tonight celebrates all the diverse subjects of their illustrious past – so get your fancy dress in order. There’ll also be Lost & Found nonsense, the inflatable church is back, live music from Alex Metric, Charli XCX, The Correspondents, and DJs Rob da Bank and Sombrero Sound System. Now we just need to decide - Cowboys and Indians, Under the Sea or Out of Space?

Going Public at Tate Britain
The first in a new series of public days out at Tate Britain offers up a whole host of free events for you to observe, or if you’re feeling brave, take part in. Sit down at a Quaker meeting and voice your concerns, raffle off your unwanted goods at the Penny Social, step through the velvet curtain and confess some secrets, get lectured by a puppet Professor, and pop by the drop-in barbershop.

Rankin’s Cheeky
Fancy a little sauce with your Sunday stroll? Check out Rankin’s Cheeky, the photographer’s new show (and incidentally, a lovely coffee table tome with foreword by none other than Hugh Hefner) which is being exhibited at the man’s very own gallery - Annroy. Featuring all of your favourite model players, including Kate Moss, Lily Cole and Helena Christensen in some state of undress, it’s a tongue-in-cheek exploration of the female form and sexuality.

Scrabble Sunday
Board games are a much maligned pastime of our digital age, no? Or something less existential sounding - but still, we miss a rousing round of Scrabble, the sneaky attempts to find the blank tiles, the imaginary two-letter words and someone getting in a huff because nobody believes that ‘zephlarg’ is a word. So come along to this Scrabble-a-thon (part of The London Word Festival) complete with dictionary keepers, cakes and biscuits for sustenance and an array of boards, from vintage spinny types to junior and giant varieties - so something to suit every intellect then.