Live fire cooking is the order of the day at Tobacco Dock. Image: Meatopia
GDIF: Greenwich + Docklands International Festival continues for the first week in September, offering free open-air theatre, circus and dance performances in east London. Highlights of the final week include Nature Speaks, an immersive storytelling experience in Thamesmead, and Dancing City, which brings performances to a variety of outdoor spaces in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. FREE, 21 August-6 September 2026
BBC PROMS: Classical music festival the BBC Proms continues until mid-September, culminating in the famous Last Night of the Proms. Until 12 September 2026
WIESENTHAL: One‑person play Wiesenthal follows the Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter on his final day in his Vienna office in 2003, exploring memory and the pursuit of justice at close quarters. See it at Wilton's Music Hall. 1-5 September 2026
FRINGE FIX: Missed the Edinburgh Fringe? Underbelly Boulevard Soho brings some of the best shows to London for Fringe Fix, a post-Fringe festival/party running for almost a month. Michael Kinnan's unauthorised retelling of Titanic, and Australian singing comedian Conk, are among shows on the schedule. 1-26 September 2026
