Dina Martina is a stunning and surreal performance - on 10 May at 9.30pm - art star and drag sensation. She makes her UK debut following acclaimed shows in New York and across the States.

For its annual summer festival of contemporary opera, music and theatre, the Almeida Theatre will present a programme which includes the London premiere of An Ocean of Rain, a specially commissioned opera by Yannis Kyriakides and Daniel Danis, the European premiere of Adam Rapp’s Nocturne and British African Theatre Company Tiata Fahodzi’s first week long residency at the Almeida.

Grayson Perry was catapulted into the public consciousness in 2003 when he won the Turner Prize for his delicate coil pots adorned with drawings and text suggesting a range of subject matter. Perhaps less well-known is Perry’s work as a curator. Unpopular Culture highlights this aspect of Perry’s practice and offers his personal view of the Arts Council Collection: one of the foremost national collections of British post-war art, with over 7,500 works - on view from 10 May to 6 July 2008.

From 22 May, artist Bernd Krauss’ new commission brings a live bird’s eye view of London’s ever-changing skyline to street level for the Whitechapel’s new project The Street.

The London Stock Exchange today celebrated the admission to trading of Magnit, which takes the number of companies from Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States on the Exchange's markets to 100. The company's GDR issue in London will supplement existing Magnit listings on the RTS and MICEX stock exchanges.

This Christmas - from Friday 19 December 2008 to Sunday 11 January 2009 - Southbank Centre presents LOST AND FOUND ORCHESTRA, the new show from the creators of STOMP (the hit show seen by over 12 million people in 42 countries since its beginnings in 1991).

The Whitechapel presents a new exhibition of Swiss artist, musician, video-maker and graphic designer Daniel Pflumm, including the world premiere of new work, London, 2008.

No artist living in the second half of the 20th century has made a deeper impression on popular culture than Andy Warhol (1928-1987). Almost two decades on from The Hayward’s acclaimed exhibition Andy Warhol: A Retrospective (1989), the gallery presents a major exhibition - running from 8 October 2008 to 11 January 2009 - that brings a fresh perspective to the work of the celebrated Pop Art master, showing works from the 1950s through to the 1980s.

Plans for a six-month programme to celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Hayward, starting in April this year, and a future programme of major monograph shows were unveiled today by Hayward Director, Ralph Rugoff.

The Hayward Project Space 1968 was the year that rocked the world. A time of unparalleled upheaval across the world, the remarkable events of 1968 created a legacy that was to shape a generation. To commemorate the revolutionary spirit of 1968, and to celebrate its own 40th birthday, The Hayward is presenting the first major May 68: Street Posters from the Paris Rebellion display in the UK of posters produced by students and workers in Paris during the strikes of May 1968.

The Chairmen of Hellenic Capital Market Commission (HCMC), Alexis Pilavios, and of Athens Exchange (ATHEX), Spyros Capralos, have both today met with the CEO of FTSE, Mark Makepeace, to discuss progress on changes being introduced in the Greek market and the country classification status given by FTSE.

The National Portrait Gallery is pleased to announce its participation in the UNDEREXPOSED arts program, part of the 4 The Record Initiative (4TR) created to highlight talent and achievement within the black British community and to bring their work to a wider audience.