Tuesday's top picks

Tonight in town treat yourself to a night of entertainment from restless New York drummer Bobby Previte - accompanied by Bjork's harpist Zeena Parkins this promises to be a top evening. Catch Blaire-baiting and Bush-bashing at the Comedy Store or meet Joanna Trollope in Kensington. Have a great one!

Pick of the Night

Bobby Previte's Constellations Ensemble
7.30pm, Purcell Room, South Bank, SE1. £12.50, £10 concs. Tube: Waterloo. Restless New York drummer Previte figures anywhere between jazz, classical, rock and electronica. His latest work, Constellations Ensemble, could be his masterpiece - a suite of 23 jazz miniatures inspired by surrealist Joan Miró. A deft eight-piece group includes multi-reedist Ned Rothenberg, Bjork's harpist Zeena Parkins and vibist John Bacon.

Film

Cold Creek Manor
6pm, 8.35pm, Odeon Panton Street, SW1. £8, £5.50 concs. Tube: Piccadilly Circus.
Selected cinemas across London Director Mike Figgis's film about a couple opting out of the rat-race for a spooky mansion in a weird village. Sharon Stone and Dennis Quaid add psychological complexity.

The Idiots (18)
Lars Von Triers's very un-PC but amusing (and ultimately moving) film about a group of drop-outs who attempt to uncover their inner-child and liberate themselves from society by pretending to be mentally disabled.

Shows

The Goat, Or Who Is Sylvia?
7.30pm, Almeida Theatre, Almeida Street, N1. £6-£27.50. Tube: Angel, Highbury & Islington. Edward Albee's quirky play about a man who risks everything for the love of a goat.

Of Mice and Men
7.30pm, The Old Vic, The Cut, SE1. £7.50-£35. Tube: Waterloo.

Joe McGann replaces Matthew Kelly in the role of Lennie in Jonathan Church's atmospheric production of the John Steinbeck novel, which starts a second run here tonight.

MUSIC

Fiona Renshaw
9pm, Jazz Cafe, 5 Parkway, NW1. £12. Tube: Camden Town.
One to look out for - the husky-voiced Australian vocalist has been compared to Joan Armatrading and Gil Scott-Heron.

Dogs Die In Hot Cars
7.30pm, 100 Club, 100 Oxford Street, W1. £7. Tube: Tottenham Court Road.
Along with Franz Ferdinand, this punchy, soulful combo are the pick of a current glut of Glaswegian bands.

Comedy and Cabaret

The Cutting Edge
8pm, The Comedy Store, 1a Oxendon Street, SW1. £12, £8 concs. Tube: Piccadilly Circus.
Critics who say satire is dead have never stumbled into The Comedy Store on a Tuesday, when the regular ensemble dissects the body politic. Expect Blair-baiting and Bush-bashing.

Performance Club
9pm, The King's Head, 2 Crouch End Hill, N8. £6, £5 concs. Rail: Crouch Hill.
Alternative cabaret night, featuring barking motormouth Yap, stand-up Sheela Salmon, Elvenbitch and Den Levett. Tony Allen hosts.

Events

Sir John Soane's Museum
Until 9pm, 13 Lincolns Inn Fields, WC2. FREE! Tube: Holborn.
Open until late tonight, this charming museum is currently hosting a magical exhibition of Regency-era toys. Characters, scenes and souvenirs are all on show.

Joanna Trollope
7pm, Waterstone's, 193 Kensington High
Street, W8. £3. Tube: High Street Kensington. The doyenne of the Aga-saga reads from her new novel, Brother and Sister, about adopted siblings in search of their real mother.

... and for free

George Seferis Night
6.30pm, Borders, 120 Charing Cross Road, WC2. Tube: Tottenham Court Road.
Professor Roderick Beaton discusses his biography of the Nobel Prize winning Greek poet, while Louis de Bernieres, author of Captain Corelli's Mandolin, reads his poems.

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