What's On - May

So the festival is over for another year, and whilst nothing can quite replace that loss, there's still lots going on.

Including: yet more festivals, new films, talks and events, plus fantastical fiction front-and-centre at the British Library.

Enjoy!

Cinema Releases:

13 Assassins
Friday, 6th May - General Release
Hanna
Friday, 6th May - General Release
Priest
Friday, 6th May - General Release
Zombie Diaries 2
Friday, 6th May - Limited Release
Attack The Block
Friday, 13th May - General Release
Yu-Gi-Oh! 3D - Bonds Beyond Time
Saturday, 14th May - Limited Release
Pirates Of The Caribbean 4: On Stanger Tides (3D & IMAX)
Wednesday, 18th May - General Release
Julia's Eyes
Friday, 20th May - Limited Release
Planeat
Friday, 20th May - Limited Release
X-Men: First Class
Monday, 30th May - General Release

Festivals/Seasons:

The Disney 50
Sunday, 16th January - December 2011 - BFI Southbank - SE1 8XT
London Word Festival
Thursday, 7th April - Thursday, 5th May - Various Locations
SCI-FI-LONDON 10
Saturday, 23rd April - Monday, 2nd May - Various Locations
The London Australian Film Festival
Thursday, 5th May - Thursday, 12th May - Barbican Centre - EC2Y 8DS
Terracotta Far East Film Festival
Thursday, 5th May - Sunday, 8th May - Prince Charles Cinema - WC2H 7BY
Invasion
Friday, 6th May - Sunday, 8th May - Radisson Edwardian Hotel, Heathrow - UB3 5AW
Free Comic Book Day
Saturday, 7th May - Various Locations
Museums At Night 2011
Friday, 13th May - Sunday, 15th May - Various Locations
London MCM Expo
Friday, 27th May - Sunday, 29th May - ExCel London - E16 1XL
Sci-Fi Season
Saturday, 30th May - Saturday, 18th June - Screen On The Green - N1 0NP

Screenings:

Hanna + Q&A
Wednesday, 4th May - BFI Southbank - SE1 8XT
Into Eternity
Friday, 6th May - Thursday, 12th May - ICA - SW1Y 5AH
Frankenstein (NT Live)
Sunday, 8th May, Wednesday, 11th May - Various Locations
Fiend Without A Face
Wednesday, 11th May - BFI Southbank - SE1 8XT
District 9 + Q&A
Saturday, 14th May - ICA - SW1Y 5AH
Sing-A-Long-A Rocky Horror
Saturday, 14th May - Prince Charles Cinema - WC2H 7BY
Metropolis
Sunday, 15th May - Prince Charles Cinema - WC2H 7BY
Planeat
Sunday, 15th May - Barbican Centre - EC2Y 8DS
First Man Into Space
Wednesday, 25th May - BFI Southbank - SE1 8XT
Moon + Source Code (Double Bill)
Wednesday, 25th May - Riverside Studios - W6 9RL
Dr Strangelove + Live Comedy
Saturday, 28th May - Prince Charles Cinema - WC2H 7BY
Freaks
Sunday, 29th May - Prince Charles Cinema - WC2H 7BY

Signings:

Trudi Canavan - The Rogue
Thursday, 5th May - Forbidden Planet London Megastore - WC2H 8JR
China Mieville - Embassytown
Thursday, 5th May - Foyles - WC2H 0EB
Dan Abnett, Al Ewing, Robbie Morrison
Saturday, 7th May - Gosh! Comics - WC1B 3NZ
David Hine and Shaky Kane + Documentary + Q&A
Saturday, 7th May - Orbital Comics - WC2H 7JA
Alyxandra Harvey - Haunting Violet
Tuesday, 24th May - Waterstones Piccadilly - SW1Y 6WW
Kim Newman - Anno Dracula
Thursday, 26th May - Forbidden Planet London Megastore - WC2H 8JR

Talks:

Pleasure and Pain
Thursday, 5th May - The Royal Institution - W1S 4BS
Sustainable Pasts
Thursday, 5th May - Science Museum's Dana Centre - SW7 5HD
Behind The Scenes: The DNA Labs
Tuesday, 10th May - Natural History Museum - SW7 5BD
Strange New Worlds
Wednesday, 11th May - Science Museum's Dana Centre - SW7 5HD
What Killed The Dinosaurs?
Wednesday, 11th May - Natural History Museum - SW7 5BD
Ray Jawawardhana - Strange New Worlds
Thursday, 12th May - Royal Observatory - SE10 8XJ
User Heaven or Techno Hell: Where are Intelligent Adaptive Technologies Leading Us
Tuesday, 17th May - Science Museum's Dana Centre - SW7 5HD
Off the Grid
Wednesday, 18th May - Science Museum's Dana Centre - SW7 5HD
Looking For Our Cosmic Origins
Friday, 20th May - Natural History Museum - SW7 5BD
Summer Science in the Planetarium: The Birth of Stars
Thursday, 26th May - Royal Observatory - SE10 8XJ
Searching For Water In The Solar System
Friday, 27th May - Natural History Museum - SW7 5BD
Hunting For Meteorites Around The World
Monday, 30th May - Natural History Museum - SW7 5BD
Molecular Chaperones: How Cells Stop Proteins From Misbehaving
Tuesday, 31st May - The Royal Society - SW1Y 5AG

Events:

Ghost Stories
Friday, 25th June 2010 - Sunday, 26th June - Duke Of York's Theatre - WC2N 4BG
Ray Harryhausen - Myths & Legends Exhibition
Tuesday, 29th June 2010 - June 2011 - London Film Museum - SE1 7PB
Extinct
Tuesday, 18th January - Saturday, 23rd July - The Hunterian Museum - WC2A 3PE
Frankenstein
Saturday, 5th February - Monday, 2nd May - National Theatre - SE1 9PX
Doctor Who Experience
Sunday, 20th February - Wednesday, 30th November - Olympia Two - W14 8UX
Impact: Collisions and Catastrophes
Saturday, 12th March - Monday, 29th August - Royal Observatory - SE10 8XJ
Little Eagles
Saturday, 16 April - Saturday, 7th May - Hampstead Theatre - NW3 3EU
Cosmic Revolutions Course
Tuesday, 26th April - Tuesday, 24th May - Royal Observatory - SE10 8XJ
Pocket Dream
Saturday, 30th April - Saturday, 14th May - E4 Udderbelly - SE1 8XX
Paul Duffield and Kate Brown Exhibition
Sunday, 1st May - Thursday, 26th May - Orbital Comics - WC2H 7JA
April London SF Meeting
Thursday, 5th May - The Melton Mowbray - EC1N 2LE
Attack The Block - Take-Over!!
Friday, 6th May - Ritzy Picturehouse - SW2 1JG
Not So Grimm Fairytales
Saturdaym 7th May - Saturday, 21st May - E4 Udderbelly - SE1 8XX
May 2011 Fiction Lab
Monday, 9th May - The Royal Institution - W1S 4BS
Science Night
Friday, 13th May - Science Museum - SW7 2DD
May 2011 Quiz Night
Monday, 16th May - The Royal Institution - W1S 4BS
ZZ9 London Pub Meeting
Wednesday, 18th May - The Wheatsheaf- SE1 1TY
Out Of This World: Science Fiction But Not As You Know It
Friday, 20th May - Sunday, 25th September - The British Library - NW1 2DB
Manga Comic Workshop
Sunday, 22nd May - The British Museum - WC1B 3DG
BSFA Open Meeting
Wednesday, 25th May - The Antelope - SW1W 8EZ
Science Museum Lates
Wednesday, 25th May - Science Museum - SW7 2DD
Stripburger: A Taste of the Slovenian Comix Zine
Friday, 27th May - Sunday, 12th June - Orbital Comics - WC2H 7JA
Microbes and Me
Saturday, 28th May - Wellcome Collection - NW1 2BE
Saturday Space Explorers
Saturday, 28th May - Royal Observatory - SE10 8XJ