> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.paperweightmag.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Hallo to Hallowe'en - URL: https://www.paperweightmag.com/hallo-to-halloween/ - Published: 2026-10-25T12:11:22.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-25T13:31:53.000Z - Description: Sunday 25th October 2026 - Author: Sunday Paperweight - Tags: Sunday Paperweight Welcome to a pre-Hallowe'en edition of Sunday Paperweight. With the Government launching its 'Be Ready' emergency preparedness campaign, and the US midterms fast approaching, you might perhaps wonder if we really need the additional scares that the Celtic New Year weekend brings. This week's *Greater Things* offers up ideas for decorating your home to ward off the evil spirits in a way that Henri Matisse would approve of, and our editor, Cal Roscow, takes a trip to the revival show that's being billed as a spiritual successor to *Les Misérables.* Here's what's coming up: **Darkroom:** The shimmering lights of the River of Light Festival in Liverpool **UK Affairs:** Following Angela Rayner's intervention, we list ten 'essentials' for your emergency preparedness box **On the Town:** A review of Warchus's penultimate production at the Old Vic **On the Grapevine:** Could the UK's best-kept secret, London City Airport, be getting a lounge? Followed by the usual restaurant openings, listings, and weather for cities across the UK. ### Darkroom Photograph of the week, as chosen by Paperweight Magazine's picture bureau: [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/97/7c/977c5cdf-7176-4cbd-bf06-fc5902787e82/content/images/2026/10/2026-10-22T193802Z_249728965_RC2I8OAKJ8Q9_RTRMADP_3_BRITAIN-ART-2.JPG)](https://www.paperweightmag.com/p/4d221f2a-022f-4bc2-a5b2-c04a3acda4e3/?member%5Fstatus=free) People interact with an illuminated installation called Flower Power as part of the River Of Light Festival in Liverpool. In Exchange Flags Square, seven large faceted flowers scatter thousands of colourful, shimmering reflections across the ground, surrounding architecture and visitors. An interactive jukebox invites the public to select tracks from a diverse playlist. Each piece is synchronised with a unique lighting sequence, creating a succession of immersive atmospheres. Credit: Reuters/Phil Noble ### Greater Things 1001 ways to live your life greater: Hallowe'en doesn't have to be an American horror story. Embrace the simple pleasure of decorating your home with squashes and gourds in a way that's more true to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain: [№ 18 | Embrace true Hallowe'en: Decorate your house with squashes and gourds for SamhainHallowe'en (yes, that's right, we use the correct spelling in this house) is rightly being reclaimed from the Americans. After decades of horror films claiming the ritual for their own, we're finally taking it back. You've probably already heard that All Hallows Eve has its roots![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/97/7c/977c5cdf-7176-4cbd-bf06-fc5902787e82/content/images/icon/Roundel-101363af-968f-43b7-a2e2-bc6aab81cded.png)Paperweight MagazineSunday Paperweight![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/97/7c/977c5cdf-7176-4cbd-bf06-fc5902787e82/content/images/thumbnail/getty-images-5512wCDaV8c-unsplash-2-6307f64a-5acf-45cd-a4d5-5d611ba7faec.jpg)](https://www.paperweightmag.com/p/822cad4c-3dfd-4073-b6db-65ea0e435eb7/?member%5Fstatus=free) ### UK Affairs The latest from Paperweight's UK Affairs bureau: This week Andy Burnham and Angela Rayner couldn't agree on the essentials that you should have in your emergency preparedness box. We set out to clear things up: [Ten 'essentials' for your emergency preparedness boxThis was the month that 'prepping' went mainstream, with Security Minister Dan Jarvis launching the government's 'Be Ready' campaign to get everyone to keep stores of water, non-perishable food, torches, blankets, and a variety of other items at home. While this is undeniably sensible advice, the cabinet was![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/97/7c/977c5cdf-7176-4cbd-bf06-fc5902787e82/content/images/icon/Roundel-2aeb726b-d075-4d5b-b3aa-b7bb1a83b534.png)Paperweight MagazineSunday Paperweight![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/97/7c/977c5cdf-7176-4cbd-bf06-fc5902787e82/content/images/thumbnail/logan-weaver-lgnwvr-s1sLdHL78Hs-unsplash-73c12493-de4f-40b6-a28e-89a999dd996b.jpg)](https://www.paperweightmag.com/p/75c9a228-f348-4626-a3dd-0654d792d0d0/?member%5Fstatus=free) ### On the Grapevine Gossip that we've been told this week: Rumour has it that the UK's favourite airport is set to finally get a lounge. Although don't call it a lounge, this is being strictly billed as a 'suite', whatever that means. Officially named [*09:LDN Suite*](https://www.londoncityairport.com/media-centre/press-releases/aspire-announces-09-ldn-suite-name-as-london-city-airport-looks-to-2027-and-40-years-of-aviation?ref=paperweightmag.com), riffing off its 90° angle from the runway, it's set to be open to those with Dragonpass and Priority Pass. The press release reads: *“Building on an airport experience passengers love, 09:LDN Suite will celebrate and draw inspiration from the very best of London and its countless contributions to the world of art, gastronomy, hospitality and culture.* *“It will provide guests with an exclusive, elevated pre-flight hospitality experience, the luxury of space and a moment of pause and relaxation before their onward journey.”* Given that the main appeal of London City Airport is the fact that you can spend barely any time there, one wonders if this will be a success... As ever, remember that the first rule of London City Airport is that you never tell anyone about London City Airport. ### On the Town What's happening in town this week: It's being billed as the spiritual successor to *Les Misérables.* Cal Roscow reviews a revival of a show that flopped: [Review: Martin Guerre★★★★☆ | Warchus's swan song is a brilliant rebirth of Schönberg and Boublil's long-languishing musical![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/97/7c/977c5cdf-7176-4cbd-bf06-fc5902787e82/content/images/icon/Roundel-fe292a4e-f580-4df4-ad25-6f77c1173a13.png)Paperweight MagazineCal Roscow![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/97/7c/977c5cdf-7176-4cbd-bf06-fc5902787e82/content/images/thumbnail/Martin-Guerre-871611e6-2f5f-4ec1-aba4-6233927d8625.jpg)](https://www.paperweightmag.com/review-martin-guerre/) Here's everything that's going on this week: ### London ***Restaurant Openings:*** **Solis** A fourth site of the South American-style chicken and steak grill, Solis, opens in Soho, birthed by the TATA Eatery team. [Reservations recommended.](https://solisgrill.co.uk/?ref=paperweightmag.com) **26 Kingly Street, Soho, London W1B 5QD.** *Opened 20th October 2026.* **Lenny's** New Haven-style pizzeria comes to Covent Garden, and bookings are already open ahead of its first service. [Reservations recommended.](https://lennysapizza.com/?ref=paperweightmag.com) **24 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E 8ND.** *Opens 27th October 2026.* ***Listings:*** **Agatha Christie: A World of Mystery** A new exhibition on the crime writer's life and work, built around manuscripts, personal objects and the puzzles behind her plots. [Tickets from £20.](https://events.bl.uk/exhibitions/agathachristie?ref=paperweightmag.com) **British Library, 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB.** *Opens Friday 30 October 2026, runs to 20 June 2027.* **Criminal: An Untold History of Homelessness, Resistance and Survival** Exhibition on how homelessness has been criminalised through history, and the resistance and survival strategies of homeless communities, drawn from the museum's own collection and testimony. [Free admission.](https://museumofhomelessness.org/news/criminal-exhibition-extended-till-october-31st?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Museum of Homelessness, The Manor House Lodge, inside Finsbury Park, by Manor House Gate, Seven Sisters Road, London N4 2DE.** *Thursdays to Saturdays, 12.30pm to 4.30pm, until Saturday 31 October 2026.* **The Operating Theatre: 250 Years of Surgery in Hospitals** Exhibition marking 250 years since surgery moved out of hospital wards and into purpose-built operating theatres, using the museum's surgical history collection. [Free admission with museum entry.](https://hunterianmuseum.org/exhibitions/the-operating-theatre-250-years?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Hunterian Museum, Royal College of Surgeons of England, 38–43 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PE.** *Wednesdays to Saturdays, until Saturday 31 October 2026.* **Voices in the Room** Three newly acquired contemporary works by Rachel Kneebone, Tamsin van Essen and Grayson Perry, shown together for the first time, responding to the Foundling Hospital's history of child abandonment, care, memory and belonging. [Tickets from £14.](https://foundlingmuseum.org.uk/event/voices-in-the-room/?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Foundling Museum, 40 Brunswick Square, London WC1N 1AZ.** *Until Sunday 1 November 2026.* **Frieze Sculpture** Free outdoor display of large-scale sculpture by eleven international artists, including Conrad Shawcross, Ivana Bašić and Douglas White, sited across the park's historic English Gardens for its 14th edition. [Free admission.](https://www.frieze.com/fairs/frieze-sculpture?ref=paperweightmag.com) **The Regent's Park, English Gardens, London.** *Until Sunday 1 November 2026.* **Monika Sosnowska: Weight of Matter** A new sculpture by the Polish artist, bending and twisting steel beams and architectural debris into images of structural collapse and failed utopian design. [Free admission.](https://www.southlondongallery.org/whats-on/?ref=paperweightmag.com) **South London Gallery, 65-67 Peckham Road, London SE5 8UH.** *Until 22nd November 2026.* **Room 13** An experiential horror piece built around the real fire that gutted BAC's Grand Hall in 2015, ten years on: you move through timed, immersive scenes alone or in a small group, with no warning of what's coming. [Tickets from £20.](https://bac.org.uk/whats-on/room-13/?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Battersea Arts Centre, Lavender Hill, London SW11 5TN.** *Until Sunday 1st November 2026.* **Day of the Dead Evening Fiesta** A Día de Muertos celebration with music, dance and ofrendas marking Mexico's festival of the dead. [Tickets from £22.](https://www.horniman.ac.uk/event/day-of-the-dead-evening-fiesta/?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Horniman Museum and Gardens, 100 London Road, Forest Hill, London SE23 3PQ.** *Saturday 31st October 2026, 7pm until 10.30pm.* **Discrepant vs Keroxen London Festival 2026** Three nights of experimental, non-mainstream music, run jointly with Tenerife's *Keroxen* festival; each single-night ticket comes with a free vinyl, and the three-night pass throws in entry to Keroxen 2027\. [Tickets from £20.](https://www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/discrepant-vs-keroxen-london-festival-2026/?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Cafe OTO, 18-22 Ashwin Street, London E8 3DL.** *Thursday 29th to Saturday 31st October 2026, 7.30pm each night.* **Summoning Sylvia + Q&A with Frankie Grande & Both Directors/Writers** A screening of the LGBTQ+ horror comedy about a gay bachelor party that spirals into a séance gone wrong, starring Frankie Grande and Michael Urie, followed by a live-streamed Q&A with Grande and the film's directors and writers. [Tickets from £12.](https://thearzner.com/TheArzner.dll/WhatsOn?f=359450&ref=paperweightmag.com) **The Arzner, 10 Bermondsey Square, London SE1 3UN.** *Monday 26th October 2026, 8.15pm.* **It's F\*cking Halloween (What's All This Then?)** A Halloween night of indie and alt-rock classics and deep cuts, fancy dress encouraged. [Tickets from £7\. ](https://dalstonsuperstore.com/event/whats-all-this-then-indie-alt-rock-club/?ref=paperweightmag.com)**Dalston Superstore, 117 Kingsland High Street, London E8 2PB.** *Thursday 29th October 2026, 10.30pm until 2.30am.* ***Last Chance to See:*** **Fences** [Tickets from £15.](https://lyric.co.uk/shows/august-wilsons-fences/book-now/?ref=paperweightmag.com) Lyric Hammersmith, Lyric Square, King Street, London W6 0QL. *Final performance Saturday 31st October 2026.* **Martin Guerre** [Tickets from £14.50.](https://oldvictheatre.com/stage/martin-guerre/?ref=paperweightmag.com) The Old Vic, The Cut, London SE1 8NB. *Final performance Saturday 31st October 2026 (2.30pm access performance).* **Angel's Bone** [Tickets from £15.](https://www.eno.org/events/angels-bone/?ref=paperweightmag.com) London Coliseum, St Martin's Lane, London WC2N 4ES. *Final performance Saturday 31st October 2026.* **STORIES: The Tap Dance Sensation** [Tickets from £18.](https://sadlerswells.com/whats-on/stories-the-tap-dance-sensation-2026/?ref=paperweightmag.com) Peacock Theatre, Portugal Street, London WC2A 2HT. *Final performance Saturday 31st October 2026, 7.30pm.* **Golden Boy** [Sold out; check for returns.](https://www.almeida.co.uk/whats-on/golden-boy/?ref=paperweightmag.com) Almeida Theatre, Almeida Street, London N1 1TA. *Final performance Saturday 31st October 2026.* **Stoker Wilde** [Tickets from £14.50.](https://www.wiltons.org.uk/whats-on/770-stoker-wilde?ref=paperweightmag.com) Wilton's Music Hall, Graces Alley, London E1 8JB. *Final performance Saturday 31st October 2026.* ### Manchester **Portrait of Black Britain** Free photography by Cephas Williams profiling Black lives and communities across the UK, in its final few days. [Free admission.](https://factoryinternational.org/whats-on/portrait-of-black-britain-cephas-williams/?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Aviva Studios (The Social), Water Street, Manchester M3 4JQ.** *Until Sunday 1st November 2026.* **Poets & Players** Free live poetry readings pairing established and emerging poets, part of a long-running series that punches well above its low profile. [Free admission.](https://www.anthonyburgess.org/whats-on/?ref=paperweightmag.com) **International Anthony Burgess Foundation, Engine House, Chorlton Mill, 3 Cambridge Street, Manchester M1 5BY.** *Saturday 31st October 2026, 2.30pm.* **Talk: Newcomen Society, The Springfields Nuclear Fuel Site** A free, determinedly niche industrial-heritage lecture on Britain's first large-scale nuclear fuel plant. [Free admission.](https://www.anthonyburgess.org/whats-on/?ref=paperweightmag.com) **International Anthony Burgess Foundation, Engine House, Chorlton Mill, 3 Cambridge Street, Manchester M1 5BY.** *Tuesday 27th October 2026, 6.30pm.* **Bright Places** New touring stage show about living with multiple sclerosis, told with warmth and dark humour rather than misery. [Tickets from £10.](https://www.homemcr.org/whats-on/bright-places-zp85?ref=paperweightmag.com) **HOME, 2 Tony Wilson Place, First Street, Manchester M15 4FN.** *Thursday 29th to Saturday 31st October 2026, 7.45pm (Saturday matinee 2.15pm).* **Nathan Macintosh: I Have Questions** Stand-up from the Canadian comic, built around the anxious, over-thinking questions he can't stop asking about modern life. [Tickets from £20.](https://www.anthonyburgess.org/whats-on/?ref=paperweightmag.com) **International Anthony Burgess Foundation, Engine House, Chorlton Mill, 3 Cambridge Street, Manchester M1 5BY.** *Wednesday 28th October 2026, 8.30pm.* **Baked A La Ska: Halloween Special** A Halloween-themed night of ska and reggae with DJ Coops, fancy dress encouraged. [Tickets from £20.](https://bandonthewall.org/events/baked-a-la-ska-halloween-special-6/?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Band on the Wall, 25 Swan Street, Northern Quarter, Manchester M4 5JZ.** *Friday 30th October 2026.* **OBSESSED / ALLSORTS** Halloween night in the club's main room upstairs, with the alternative and rock-leaning ALLSORTS taking over the Sub 101 room downstairs from 1am. [Tickets from £7.](https://www.fatsoma.com/e/3iox7a0n/cruz-101-obsessed?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Cruz 101, 101 Princess Street, Manchester M1 6DD.** *Saturday 31st October 2026, 11pm until 8am.* ### Glasgow **NOW NOT NOW** Cade & MacAskill's performance piece on grief, intimacy and the pressure to perform okayness, with Yas Clarke and Tim Spooner. [Tickets from £18.](https://www.tramway.org/event/b3780c07-1d30-4fde-b247-b42b00a44124/?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, Glasgow G41 2PE.** *Friday 30th and Saturday 31st October 2026, 7.30pm.* **Greater Govanhill presents: MUMS, A Shared Story of Motherhood** Community-made photography and writing exploring motherhood through the voices and objects of local Govanhill women. [Free admission.](https://www.tramway.org/event/006ca466-8095-4acf-b9bf-b4db0102f448/?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, Glasgow G41 2PE.** *Open Wednesday to Sunday (closed Monday and Tuesday); until 15th November 2026.* **Women+ on the Edge of Democracy** A discussion-and-performance event asking what democracy looks like through women's eyes. [Free admission, booking required.](https://www.tron.co.uk/shows/women-on-the-edge-of-democracy/?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate, Glasgow G1 5HB.** *Thursday 29th October 2026, 7pm.* **Queer Folks' Tales: Oct 2026** A recurring night of queer storytelling and cabaret, with performers sharing true and tall tales in whatever form they like, 18+. [Tickets from £13.](https://citz.co.uk/whats-on/queer-folks-tales-oct-26/?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Citizens Theatre (Studio Theatre), 119 Gorbals Street, Glasgow G5 9DS.** *Saturday 31st October 2026, 7.45pm.* **Othello** Mainstage revival of Shakespeare's tragedy of jealousy and manipulation, with a captioned performance on the Saturday matinee. [Tickets from £18.50.](https://citz.co.uk/whats-on/othello/?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Citizens Theatre (Main Theatre), 119 Gorbals Street, Glasgow G5 9DS.** *Tuesday 27th to Saturday 31st October 2026, 2pm and 7.30pm.* **Animal Farm: MARRØN with Quail + AXION** A house and techno line-up headlined by MARRØN, with support from Quail and AXION. [Tickets from £22.](https://subclub.co.uk/events/animal-farm-marron-quail-axion/?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Sub Club, 22 Jamaica Street, Glasgow G1 4QD.** *Friday 30th October 2026.* **Ponyboy Halloween** An 18+ Halloween costume party built around queer club culture and camp pop. [Tickets from £17.](https://swg3.tv/events/2026/october/ponyboy-halloween?ref=paperweightmag.com) **SWG3 (Galvanizers), 100 Eastvale Place, Glasgow G3 8QG.** *Friday 30th October 2026, doors 9pm.* ### Edinburgh **Women+ on the Edge of Democracy** A discussion-and-performance event asking what democracy looks like through women's eyes. [Free admission, booking required.](https://www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/women-on-the-edge-of-democracy?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Traverse Theatre, 10 Cambridge Street, Edinburgh EH1 2ED.** *Wednesday 28th October 2026, 7pm.* **Days Halloween Special (Pitt Mini Mart)** A Halloween-themed street-food market with DJs, stalls and costumes encouraged. [Free admission to the market.](https://thepitt.co.uk/?ref=paperweightmag.com) **The Pitt, 1 Manderston Street, Edinburgh EH6 8NR.** *Saturday 31st October 2026, 3pm until 11pm.* **Man to Man** Tilda Swinton performs Manfred Karge's one-woman play about a German welder who takes her dead husband's identity to keep his job through the Nazi era and beyond. [Tickets from £15.](https://www.traverse.co.uk/man-to-man-priority-booking-and-ticketing?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Traverse Theatre, 10 Cambridge Street, Edinburgh EH1 2ED.** *Thursday 29th October 2026, until 7th November 2026.* **Fin Taylor: The Pre-emptive Comeback Special** Stand-up from the sharp-tongued comic and podcaster, mixing culture-war material with self-deprecating bits about his own career. [Tickets from £32.25.](https://www.thequeenshall.net/whats-on/fin-taylor-tickets-edinburgh-2026?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Queen's Hall, 85-89 Clerk Street, Edinburgh EH8 9JG.** *Saturday 31st October 2026, 7.30pm.* **Totem Halloween: Silva Snipa (vinyl-only UKG set)** A vinyl-only set of UK garage, a format increasingly rare at club nights built around digital sets. [Tickets from £6 (up to £18.50 on the door).](https://www.thebongoclub.co.uk/events/?ref=paperweightmag.com) **The Bongo Club, 66 Cowgate, Edinburgh EH1 1NY.** *Thursday 29th October 2026, 11pm until 3am.* **Birdvox** A Scottish folk supergroup of Sarah Hayes, Inge Thomson, Jenny Sturgeon and Charlotte Printer, with support from Faith Eliott. [Tickets from £19.](https://www.sneakypetes.co.uk/2026/10/30/birdvoxfor-fans-of-admiral-fallow-karine-polwart-salt-house/?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Sneaky Pete's, 73 Cowgate, Edinburgh EH1 1JW.** *Friday 30th October 2026, 7pm.* ### Belfast **New Work: John Carson / Sectarian Murder Series: Paul Seawright** Two concurrent free shows: new work by John Carson, and Seawright's landmark photographic series reconstructing the sites of Troubles-era sectarian killings from newspaper reports, taken years after the events themselves. [Free admission.](https://goldenthreadgallery.co.uk/whats-on/?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Golden Thread Gallery, 84 Great Patrick Street, Belfast BT1 2LU.** *Until Saturday 31st October 2026.* **Monster Mash: Halloween Special** A free drop-in Halloween event with spooky family activities and crafts. [Free admission, drop-in.](https://themaclive.com/whats-on/?ref=paperweightmag.com) **The MAC, 10 Exchange Street West, Belfast BT1 2NJ.** *Saturday 31st October 2026, 11am until 1pm.* **The Glass Menagerie** Tennessee Williams' memory play about a fragile family and the illusions they live by, in its final performance this week. [Tickets from £24.](https://themaclive.com/whats-on/?ref=paperweightmag.com) **The MAC, 10 Exchange Street West, Belfast BT1 2NJ.** *Tuesday 27th October 2026, 7.30pm.* **Old Flattop presents Martin Taylor** Solo jazz guitar from one of the genre's most technically dazzling players, known for playing basslines, chords and melody all at once. [Tickets from £27.](https://crescentarts.org/events/old-flattop-presents-martin-taylor?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Crescent Arts Centre, 2-4 University Road, Belfast BT7 1NH.** *Thursday 29th October 2026, doors 7.30pm, show 8pm.* **HallowEMO (Volume Control)** An annual Halloween club party headlined by Susi Pagel, with support from AOA and Synapse; fancy dress encouraged. [Waiting List.](https://www.ohyeahbelfast.com/events/271026?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Oh Yeah Music Centre, 15-21 Gordon Street, Belfast BT1 2LG.** *Tuesday 27th October 2026, 7.30pm until 10.30pm.* ### Birmingham **No11 Arts: Locations** A short, rotating show of new work responding to the idea of place and location. [Free admission.](https://www.ikon-gallery.org/?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Ikon Gallery, 1 Oozells Square, Brindleyplace, Birmingham B1 2HS.** *28th October to 5th November 2026.* **Darkling** World premiere set in Bhopal, India in 1984, following a woman's reckoning with the industrial disaster unfolding around her; stars *Stranger Things*' Linnea Berthelsen. [Tickets from £16.](https://www.birmingham-rep.co.uk/whats-on/darkling/?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Birmingham Rep (The Door), Centenary Square, Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2EP.** *Friday 30th October 2026, 7.45pm; Saturday 31st October 2026, 2.45pm and 7.45pm.* **The Turn of the Screw** World-premiere stage adaptation of Henry James's ghost story, in which a governess becomes convinced her two young charges are haunted. [Tickets from £20, plus a £3.50 transaction fee.](https://www.birmingham-rep.co.uk/whats-on/turn-of-the-screw?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Birmingham Rep (The Studio), Centenary Square, Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2EP.** *Thursday 29th to Saturday 31st October 2026.* **SaturGAY** The club's regular Saturday night, falling on Halloween this week. [Admission £4 before 11pm, £8 after.](https://www.designmynight.com/birmingham/clubs/gay-village-and-arcadian/nightingale-club/saturgay?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Nightingale Club, Essex House, Kent Street, Birmingham B5 6RD.** *Saturday 31st October 2026, 9pm until 6am.* ### Brighton **One Song by Kadir Karababa** A solo exhibition of new work by the artist, closing this week. [Free admission.](https://www.fabrica.org.uk/?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Fabrica, 40 Duke Street, Brighton BN1 1AG.** *Until Wednesday 28th October 2026.* **Photo Fringe Collectives Hub 2026** Photo Fringe’s Collectives Hub returns to Phoenix Art Space for its twelfth edition, bringing together eight selected photography and lens-based artist collectives from across the UK and beyond. [Free admission.](https://www.phoenixartspace.org/?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Phoenix Art Space, 10-14 Waterloo Place, Brighton BN2 9NB.** *Wednesday to Sunday, 12pm until 5pm; until 22nd November 2026.* **Chaps & Straps: Queer Line Dancing** A queer line-dancing night for all abilities. [Tickets from £12.](https://komediabrighton.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873656329/events/128665587?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Komedia, 44-47 Gardner Street, Brighton BN1 1UN.** *Tuesday 27th October 2026, doors 7pm.* **Killers, Cults & Queens** A true-crime-meets-cabaret show mixing dark history with camp performance. [Tickets from £21.50.](https://komediabrighton.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873666330/events/128660767?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Komedia, 44-47 Gardner Street, Brighton BN1 1UN.** *Wednesday 28th October 2026, doors 7pm, show 7.30pm.* ### Bristol **Dark Tales: British Documentary Photography and the Gothic** Eighty-plus years of British Gothic documentary photography, from Bill Brandt, Robert Frank, Don McCullin, Martin Parr and Jo Spence, tracing a dark thread through everyday British life. [Free admission.](https://martinparrfoundation.org/exhibitions/?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Martin Parr Foundation, 316 Paintworks, Bristol BS4 3AR.** *Until 20th December 2026.* **Joy Gregory: Catching Flies with Honey** New photographic work from an artist long concerned with history, identity and the gaps in official archives. [Free admission.](https://arnolfini.org.uk/whats-on/?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Arnolfini, 16 Narrow Quay, Bristol BS1 4QA.** *Until 7th February 2027.* **Lanny** Stage adaptation of Max Porter's novel about a village boy who vanishes, and the folklore spirit, half-man half-tree, who has watched over the village for centuries. [Tickets from £15.](https://bristololdvic.org.uk/whats-on/lanny?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Bristol Old Vic, King Street, Bristol BS1 4ED.** *Monday 26th to Saturday 31st October 2026, 7.30pm.* **Folk Horror & Adaptation** A talk on folk horror's long life on page, stage and screen, tied to the Old Vic's own folk-horror season. [Waiting List.](https://bristololdvic.org.uk/whats-on/folk-horror-adaptation?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Bristol Old Vic, King Street, Bristol BS1 4ED.** *Saturday 31st October 2026.* **Blood Red Shoes** The Brighton indie-rock duo on tour behind their fuzzed-out guitars and driving, two-piece sound. [Tickets from £26.](https://www.alttickets.com/venue/bristol/thekla?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Thekla, East Mud Dock, The Grove, Bristol BS1 4RB.** *Friday 30th October 2026, 6.30pm doors.* ### Leeds **Light Night Leeds** Free citywide light-art trail with over 40 installations, including a large-scale piece on Briggate and a projection across Leeds Civic Hall. [Free admission.](https://leedslightnight.co.uk/?ref=paperweightmag.com) **City centre (hub at Millennium Square), Leeds LS2 3AD.** *Wednesday 28th and Thursday 29th October 2026, 6pm until 10pm.* **BROOKLYN JAM: A Free NYC-Inspired Block Party** A free block party of hip-hop, R&B and old-school dance tunes, modelled on a New York street jam. [Free admission.](https://www.brudenellsocialclub.co.uk/whats-on/?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Brudenell Social Club, 33 Queens Road, Leeds LS6 1NY.** *Tuesday 27th October 2026, doors 7.30pm.* **Penelope Isles** Touring indie dream-pop band known for woozy, harmony-laced songwriting split between two sibling songwriters. [Tickets from £15.](https://www.hydeparkbookclub.co.uk/?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Hyde Park Book Club, 27-29 Headingley Lane, Leeds LS6 1BL.** *Thursday 29th October 2026, doors 7.30pm.* **The Klittens + Guests** A Brudenell-promoted gig from the Leeds band, with support acts on the bill. [Tickets from £12.](https://www.wharfchambers.org/events?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Wharf Chambers, 23-25 Wharf Street, Leeds LS2 7EQ.** *Friday 30th October 2026, doors 7.30pm.* **S0PH1NAT0R Presents: The Rocky Horror Picture Show** A late-night screening of the cult musical, played as a full costumed, singalong party rather than a straight showing. [Tickets from £12.](https://www.outsavvy.com/event/37288/s0ph1nat0r-presents-the-rocky-horror-picture-show?ref=paperweightmag.com#anchor) **Wharf Chambers, 23-25 Wharf Street, Leeds LS2 7EQ.** *Saturday 31st October into Sunday 1st November 2026, 11.59pm until 4am.* **Big Gay Saturday** The upstairs nightclub's regular Saturday night, falling on Halloween this week, open until 5am. **Glamorous (above Queen's Court), 167-168 Lower Briggate, Leeds LS1 6LY.** *Saturday 31st October 2026, until 5am.* ### Cardiff **Monthly Organ Recital** A free lunchtime organ recital, held on the last Friday of every month. [Free admission.](https://museum.wales/cardiff/whatson/?ref=paperweightmag.com) **National Museum Cardiff, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3NP.** *Friday 30th October 2026, 1pm until 2pm.* **Movies at the Museum: The Birds and Psycho** A Hitchcock Halloween double bill, two of his most unsettling thrillers back to back. [Tickets from £10.](https://museum.wales/cardiff/whatson/?ref=paperweightmag.com) **National Museum Cardiff, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3NP.** *Saturday 31st October 2026, The Birds at 2pm, Psycho at 7pm.* **Wythnos Yng Nghymru Fydd** Welsh-language drama imagining a man who has seen the future twice, with audio-described, BSL-interpreted and captioned performances. [Tickets from £16.](https://www.shermantheatre.co.uk/event/wythnos-yng-nghymru-fydd/?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Sherman Theatre, Senghennydd Road, Cathays, Cardiff CF24 4YE.** *Thursday 29th October 2026, 7.30pm; Friday 30th October 2026, 2.30pm and 7.30pm.* **Mark Thomas: 40 in Stand-up Years** The veteran political comedian looks back on four decades of taking on the powerful. [Tickets from £21.50.](https://www.shermantheatre.co.uk/event/mark-thomas-40-in-stand-up-years/?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Sherman Theatre, Senghennydd Road, Cathays, Cardiff CF24 4YE.** *Saturday 31st October 2026, 8pm.* **Panic Shack** Cardiff-born post-punk band, loud, funny and deliberately scrappy, playing a matinee and an evening show on home turf. [Tickets from £20.](https://www.clwb.net/whats-on?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Clwb Ifor Bach, 11 Womanby Street, Cardiff CF10 1BR.** *Saturday 31st October 2026, matinee 2pm (14+), evening 7pm (18+).* **Living Dead Festival** An 18+ Halloween club night and mini-festival of DJs through the night. [Tickets via Tixr.](https://www.tramshedcardiff.com/?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Tramshed, Pendyris Street, Cardiff CF11 6BH.** *Saturday 31st October 2026, 10pm.* ### Liverpool **Next Up-2026** A showcase of work by early-career photographers, closing at the end of its run. [Free admission.](https://openeye.org.uk/?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Open Eye Gallery, 19 Mann Island, Liverpool L3 1BP.** *Tuesday to Sunday, 10am until 5pm; closes Sunday 1st November 2026.* **Tom Rooney: My Own Masterpieces** New, just-opened paintings from the artist Tom Rooney. [Free admission.](https://www.thebluecoat.org.uk/whats-on?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Bluecoat, College Lane, Liverpool L1 3BX.** *Opens Wednesday 28th October 2026, runs to 8th November 2026.* **Día de Muertos altar display** A free community ofrenda, built with marigolds, photographs and offerings to remember the dead in Mexico's Day of the Dead tradition. [Free admission.](https://www.everymanplayhouse.com/whats-on?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Everyman Theatre, 5-9 Hope Street, Liverpool L1 9BH.** *Monday 26th October to Friday 6th November 2026.* **The 2026 Lowry Lounge: Malc, Magic and Mexico** A one-off talk connecting Liverpool heritage, stage magic and a Mexican thread, part of the gallery's regular Lowry Lounge talks series. [Tickets from £8.](https://www.thebluecoat.org.uk/whats-on?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Bluecoat, College Lane, Liverpool L1 3BX.** *Saturday 31st October 2026, 1pm until 5pm.* **Kate Bush and Peter Gabriel Performed LIVE by The Classic Double Band** A tribute show working through both artists' catalogues, from Bush's art-pop to Gabriel's prog-rock years. [Tickets via Skiddle.](https://www.campandfurnace.com/?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Camp and Furnace, 67 Greenland Street, Liverpool L1 0BY.** *Friday 30th October 2026, 7pm until 11pm.* ### Newcastle **Sublime Landscapes / Pre-Raphaelites: Art and Poetry** Two free collection displays: romantic landscape painting, and Pre-Raphaelite art shown alongside the poetry that inspired or accompanied it. [Free admission.](https://www.northeastmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Laing Art Gallery, New Bridge Street West, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8AG.** *Until December 2026.* **It Walks Around The House At Night** New ghost story and psychological thriller by Tim Foley, on a limited run. [Tickets from £12.](https://www.northernstage.co.uk/whats-on/it-walks-around-the-house-at-night?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Northern Stage, Barras Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RH.** *Wednesday 28th to Saturday 31st October 2026, 7.30pm (Saturday matinee 2.30pm).* **Crease** New sketch comedy from Your Aunt Fanny, on a short run. [Tickets from £20.](https://www.live.org.uk/whats-on/crease/?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Live Theatre, Broad Chare, Quayside, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 3DQ.** *Thursday 29th to Saturday 31st October 2026, 7.30pm.* **Pan's Labyrinth Supper Club** A themed dinner paired with a screening of Guillermo del Toro's dark fairytale, set against the Spanish Civil War. [Tickets from £45.](https://tynesidecinema.co.uk/event/pans-labyrinth-supper-club/?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Tyneside Cinema, 10 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 6QG.** *Saturday 31st October 2026.* ### Nottingham **Once Upon a Time in Sokoto** New drama by Inua Ellams (Barber Shop Chronicles), with BSL-interpreted and audio-described performances. [Tickets from £17.50.](https://nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/events/once-upon-a-time-in-sokoto/?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Nottingham Playhouse, Wellington Circus, Nottingham NG1 5AF.** *Thursday 29th to Saturday 31st October 2026.* **Ugly (UK)** Live gig from the band Ugly. [Tickets from £18.](https://dice.fm/event/oe8yeg-ugly-31st-oct-rough-trade-nottingham-nottingham-tickets?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Rough Trade Nottingham, 2a Broad Street, Hockley, Nottingham NG1 3AJ.** *Saturday 31st October 2026.* ### Sheffield **Revolution, Revelation, Reinforcement: Queer Legacies in Sheffield's Art Collection** An exhibition drawing on the city's own art collection to trace queer histories and lives often left out of the official record. [Free admission, suggested £5 donation.](https://www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/visit-us/graves-gallery/?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Graves Gallery, Surrey Street, Sheffield S1 1XZ.** *Until Saturday 31st October 2026.* **Louis O'Hara and His Burley Chassis** Live music from the singer-songwriter and his band. [Tickets from £6.](https://www.sidneyandmatilda.com/events?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Sidney & Matilda, 46 Sidney Street, Sheffield S1 4RH.** *Monday 26th October 2026, 7.45pm until 10.30pm.* **Burlesque The Musical** Stage musical adapted from the 2010 backstage film, built around big musical numbers and showgirl spectacle. [Tickets from £15.](https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield Theatres, 55 Norfolk Street, Sheffield S1 1DA.** *Tuesday 27th to Saturday 31st October 2026.* **CORPSE FEST (Friday Corp)** A Halloween-themed club night of DJs and dancing. [Tickets from £10.](https://www.corporation.org.uk/event/friday-corp-46/?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Corporation, 2 Milton Street, City Centre, Sheffield S1 4JU.** *Friday 30th October 2026, 11pm.* **Wicked Behaviour: Halloween Special** A free-entry Halloween weekend party with DJs through the night. [Free admission.](https://www.sidneyandmatilda.com/events?ref=paperweightmag.com) **Sidney & Matilda, 46 Sidney Street, Sheffield S1 4RH.** *Saturday 31st October into Sunday 1st November 2026, 11pm until 4am.* ### Weather Forecast Forecast data provided by OpenWeather London ![The week's London weather forecast](https://gen.sendtric.com/weather/2c3553ea2b40) Manchester ![The week's Manchester weather forecast](https://gen.sendtric.com/weather/a3bf6e8bed66) Glasgow ![The week's Glasgow weather forecast](https://gen.sendtric.com/weather/7bfb6d2c3e24) Cardiff ![The week's Cardiff weather forecast](https://gen.sendtric.com/weather/1a9f889ccf61) Brighton ![The week's Brighton weather forecast](https://gen.sendtric.com/weather/36ca73a7eb0c) *Get Sunday Paperweight delivered to your inbox every week* [*when you subscribe to a free Paperweight membership*](https://www.paperweightmag.com/membership/)*.*