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Painting, drawing and site-specific installation combine to brilliant effect in the works of Anne Gathmann and Kysa Johnson. Gathmann coats sheets of paper in wet paint so that their form begins to wilt and distort - these are then presented in such a way as to interact with the surrounding space. Johnson uses microscopic structures as the basic buil

Contemporary artist Isabel Rock combines a variety of media and techniques - spray paint, printing, drawing, collage, gold leaf... - to produce images that are layered with folk-tale whimsy. Her works are visually complex and fascinating, but also light-hearted and fun: a rare combination indeed. This is her first solo show, and provides a

Two ex-programmers from late and sorely missed nightclub The End save the day by taking over Friday nights at top notch newly cool venue The Arches. Tonight is the launch of A Bunch Of Cuts - a brand new night brought to you by Marcus Intalex's dnb collective - which includes Doc Scott, D Bridge, Calibre and Klute. Room two is tonight headed up by

Tobias Rehberger produces incredible sculptural installations that are a riot of colour, incredible gravity-defying form, and conceptual weirdness.

All manner of shapes, materials and ideas converge in these almost overwhelming pieces. He's got a solo show at Pilar Corrias this April and May and it looks like being a cracker.

Keeping it dark and bumping as we cruise into spring, Colony touches down again at the Russian Bar.

Topping the bill is the mighty Untold, a man responsible for some of 2008's most interesting dubs via his Hemlock imprint.

He cuts a line between skippety garage, smoked-out half step and tribal IDM.

Outlook Festival is one of the biggest on the dubstep calendar. Kicking things off with this simply enormous launch, they unite a host of underground nights including SubDub, Exodus, New Bohemia, Vagabondz, The Tuesday Club, Hit and Run and more. DJ wise it's absolutely stunning. The Digital Mystikz make a special guest appearance, added to pretty

Temporary experimental art space Five Hundred Dollars opens this April with an exhibition that explores the idea of anonymity.

ANOPSEUDONONYMOUS consists of work across a variety of media, including painting, sculpture and video, by a group of contemporary artists. The twist is that all the works are being shown without artist attribution.

Marking the 150th anniversary of Kenneth Grahame's birth, the Finborough presents an odd but compelling piece of social and literary history by David Gooderson. Starting with the delivery of flowers to his widow Elspeth Grahame, this play is essentially a flood of memories, with the characters of Toad, Badger, Rat and Mole from the classic

Heroic comedy veterans Adam Bloom and Paul Foot headline a rather special edition of this comedy stalwart, a long-standing fans' favourite.

If.comedy winner Phil Nichol and Tiffany Stevenson are the hosts of Old Rope, a weekly Monday night show where leading comedians, circuit regulars and newcomers debut material in front of an enthusiastic and supportive crowd.

Old Rope gets its name from the noose that hangs above the stage which the comedians hold onto while performing new material. They are allowed to mix in some old reliable bits but can only let go of the rope when telling the new stuff.

This is a really popular, innovative and cheap night. Plus it's always refreshing to see comedians forced to abandon their safety net.

Serial miserabilist Bonnie Prince Billie returns to the Royal Festival Hall for a one-off special gig showcasing songs off his new album 'Beware'. The shock is that whilst the dark heart remains, this is now his most ambitious and - whisper it - upbeat album yet.

Simply sensational in concert, this promises to be an incredible evening from one of music's most evocative and emotive characters.

Scotland's Vanishing Point Theatre specialise in effective theatre that uses a totally contemporary blend of dialogue and physical movement. Interiors is their latest show, a spooky little number following the unfolding story of a dinner party, the stories within the characters which emerge, and the fact that they're being watched.

If their last show Subway is anything to go by, this will give you the willies. In a good way.

A suitably unearthly duo, Richard File and Wendy Rae met when they were both working with Josh 'The Ginger Elvis' Homme in Joshua Tree national park, and have somehow landed up in London making sinister and kind of arousing rock/trip hop music.

What separates the figurative from the abstract? Where does reality end and fantasy begin? These are always going to be unanswerable questions, but the fact that we keep asking them is interesting in itself.

This month, ROLLO Gallery presents a show that examines the two-way glass that stands between representation and abstraction. There's work on display across a range of media by five different contemporary artists: Natalie Gale, Rhea 'Neill, Michelle Souter, Jane Ward, and one of Spoonfed's favourite contemporary painters, Nadine Feinson (pictured).

Wow - this is a comedy charity night with a difference! To raise money for Unicef James Corless is in the process of undertaking 29 tasks in 29 weeks around his 29th birthday. His friends have set his challenges and he has already stripped, water-skied, climbed Ben Nevis, flown to Philadelphia to get beaten up by a professional boxer and ran the Paris marathon.

His 29th and final task is to do a stand-up comedy routine and tonight, along with some of the circuit's best including top female comic Isy Suttie and last year's if.comedy 'Best Newcomer' Mike Wozniak, he performs his first and (possibly last) set at the Good Ship in Kilburn. If you think about it this is the best possible debut any newcomer could have - if he's rubbish, it's all for charity so nobody minds and if he's hilarious then he might have just found a new job. This has to be seen!

Peddling a concept album detailing the tale of a shipwreck, Years of Rice and Salt are a band that definitely aren't afraid of a concept.

Haunting, layered and often challenging, these guys could just be the UK's answer to Explosions in the Sky.

Gallery-in-a-home First Floor Projects opens this April with an exhibition of work by emerging contemporary artist Lucy Barlow.

Barlow is probably best known for her humorous and ever-so-slightly kooky illustrations: about herself she says, "For a long time I've been the girl who does the drawings of birds and cakes".

But this - her debut solo show - sees the beginnings of a new direction. Inspired by Louise Bourgeois, Barlow has become increasingly experimental. Her work is still fun though, vibrant and exciting.

Cheek By Jowl present a radical new vision of the Racine play about the horrible dilemma faced by Hector's widow in the wake of the Trojan War, when her son is confronted by the Greeks.

A visceral tragedy brought up to date by one of the most inventive and reliably exciting companies in Europe.

Melancholic Scottish indie-pop group Camera Obscura were favourites of the late great John Peel. Drawing influences from a number of sixties artists such as The Mamas and the Papas, the band are currently touring their fourth album, 'My Maudlin Career'. At the Empire tonight, let yourself to be lulled with warm heartbroken harmonies.

The Photographers' Gallery presents an exhibition that seeks to explore the notion of a photograph as object, rather than merely an image of an object.

A photograph may be a two-dimensional image, but like a painting (or indeed a sculpture) a photograph is also a three-dimensional object.

With works by a host of experimental artists including Andy Warhol, Wolfgang Tillmans, Catherine Yass and Gerhard Richter, this should be a fascinating show.

The Camden Crawl returns to take over NW1 for two days of live music, film screenings, quizzes, comedy and debauchery. No wonder it is fast becoming a highlight of the urban festival season.

Now sensibly held on a Friday and Saturday over 25 official venues, the emphasis is firmly on groundbreaking live music, with many of rock, indie and electro's stars of the future gracing stages over the two days.

Crawlers are also handed a CD on arrival featuring the pick of the 130 or so artists on the bill, though anyone who manages to keep hold of it over the two days either has huge pockets or hasn't indulged in the Crawl's true spirit.

Soundspecies (an electronic melting pot of ideas formed by brothers Henry and Olly Keen) play live tonight to celebrate the launch of their self-titled album on Burnt Progress records.

Deck support in the shape of Nwachukwu, Gavin Alexander (Burnt Progress) Mr Beatnick and Alex Nut.

Southern Hospitality throw an extra special, extended party at The Social tonight.

All the way from Brooklyn NYC, The Rub's DJ Eleven is in the house flying the East Coast flag. The Rub are a hip hop collective. They throw mind-blowing parties, have their own radio show and are widely regarded for their encyclopedic knowledge and ability to make their audiences dance to Stevie Wonder, MOP and even Justin Timberlake with equal fervour.

Hip hop, you don't stop...

Cult circuit favourite Andrew O'Neill brings his 2008 show, a fake historical comedy about British industry, to the Cockpit Theatre for three days as part of a national tour.

Expect fast-paced jokes, impressive word play, silliness and vitriol all rolled into one from this wonderfully offbeat comedian.

Shake Shake have relaunched as Retro Remix. The mash up style party starters who remix and re-edit the very best in guilty pleasures, retro classics and party anthems return tonight to the best venue in London for another edition of swanning round like a '50s pin up in bowling shoes.

Tonight they've got the Congo Faith Healers plus their rocking resident DJs.

As usual there'll be an American diner, hot tub, private karaoke and a cinema to play in. Perfect!

Scand was a London based electro night which shut up shop three years ago.

Well they're back - this time in newly cool venue Lightbox with NYC techno pioneer Damon Wild topping the bill.

Sync 24 and Truss head up proceedings at Scand, with electro legend Carl A Finlow performing live under his Silicon Scally moniker.

Dominic Dromgoole directs an all-new, but entirely faithful rendering of the classic love story, with Ellie Kendrick and Adetomiwa Edun as the lovers from different warring factions.

Performed in period costume, with Shakespeare's florid, moving poetry preserved, but still as vital and relevant as when it was first performed, this will be one of the shows of summer.

A hardcore band from Exeter, Rat Attack have managed to make music that sounds like Born Against, Strike Anywhere and Youth of Today all at the same time.

Headlining a fairly ramshackle night at the Monto Water Rats (it must be said), this is the perfect show to take anyone who's ambivalent to hardcore as it will probably be full of people getting sweaty and hugging each other, rather than big dudes in Blood For Blood T-shirts beating everybody.