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• This play is selling fast. Before you’ve even read this review you might want to pop a few tickets in your web-basket, all ready to press ‘buy’ once you’ve finished reading. There’s even a good chance it’ll have sold out by the time we’ve finished writing this, but we’ll tell you about it anyway because it deserves this hype and is really a must-see for any theatre buff. Disgraced starts like this: Amir, a successful lawyer from Pakistan enjoys an incredibly comfortable life in New York with his equally successful artist wife Emily. Emily takes inspiration for her work from Islam, the religion of Amir’s home country, which is a sore point to him as it is a faith he renounced and now scoffs at. The play’s climax comes at a most wonderfully constructed dinner scene, where an art curator interested in Emily’s work and his wife (a colleague of Amir’s) come over to dine. This pivotal scene is the undoing of everyone present, and is quite honestly one of the most well-written and powerful scenes to have hit the stages of London this year. Disgraced isn’t for the weak-minded or the faint-hearted; this play bites to the heart of several contentious subjects and does so so pointedly that it had people gasping aloud. Centred purely on dialogue (a play then not for those more inclined to action than words), the script is biting and bristling with intelligence, truly a bravado of play-writing. The playwright Ayad Akhtar won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for this, and it’s been met with a furor of critical appraisal from both sides of the Atlantic so what are you waiting for; we’ll have our fingers crossed that there are still tickets for you. Disgraced is running at Bush Theatre, Shepherd’s Bush until 29 June, tickets £10-£19.50. For more information visit the Bush Theatre website. Londonist saw this on a complimentary press ticket. 
  
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  A Stunning Script And Biting Deliverance In Disgraced

• The Bluths are back! It’s been seven years since Ron Howard told Maeby that he saw the story of a wealthy family who lost everything and the one son who had no choice but to keep them all together as more of a movie. Ha! Ron Howard. What does he know? Netflix releases the giddily-awaited season four on Sunday morning and you could sign up and watch them at home, or you could head to Shoreditch and watch the whole lot. For free. Yelp is taking over the Strongroom on Curtain Road for an AD marathon: all 15 new episodes from 12pm, back to back. You can get food and booze there (frozen bananas doubtful). You know it’d be a huge mistake to miss it. Yelp’s All Day (New) Arrested Development Marathon starts at 12pm on Sunday 26 May at The Strongroom, 120-124 Curtain Road, Shoreditch. Entry is free.
  
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  Watch New Arrested Development Episodes In A Free Marathon

• Brendon Burns / photo by Steve Ullathorne Where to find funny this week Sunday 26 May: Head to Hammersmith for two extended preview sets from Lucy Porter and Henry Parker at Twice as Nice Comedy (8pm, £5). Monday 27 May: Richard Herring is back at Leicester Square Theatre, clutching his Bronze Sony Award, for more podcasting. This week’s guest is Chris Addison (7.30pm, £14). Tuesday 28 May: Fresh from filming Game of Thrones, Gemma Whelan steps back into her Chastity Butterworth persona for a show at Hen and Chickens (9.30pm, £7 / £5). Wednesday 29 May: Bec Hill, Lenny Sherman, Sami Stone, Diane Spencer and Mike Sheer are at the Gallery Cafe in Bethnal Green for a fiver, or for a tenner you can have a curry before the comedy (food from 7pm, gig 8.30pm). Thursday 30 May: The Always Be summer season of Edinburgh previews is well under way. Catch Alex Horne and Carl Donnelly at the Tommyfield (8pm, £5 / £6). Friday 31 May: Brendon Burns and Ed Aczel test out their new Edinburgh material at the Camden Head. This will definitely be worth seeing (8pm, £5). Saturday 1 June: If haven’t yet experienced Sean Hughes’s 2012 Edinburgh show, see it at the Arts Theatre Thu-Sat. It’s about life, death and getting old (8pm, £18 / £16). Book ahead: Aziz Ansari, Parks and Recreation’s wonderful Tom Haverford, brings his solo tour to Hammersmith Apollo on 15 June (£28.50+bf). Tip us off to friendly, intelligent, alternative comedy around town tips@londonist.com, read our guide to watching live comedy in London and our top 10 themed comedy nights.
  
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  London Stand Up And Sketch Comedy: 26 May-1 June

• All Weekend ESTUARY: Take an hour or so to visit Museum of London Dockland’s wonderful Estuary exhibition. We went on a tour of it yesterday and it really is captivating, featuring contemporary paintings, photographs, prints and experimental film about the Thames Estuary that will have you enthralled. Londonist is proud to be media partner to the show. Free entry, open 10am-6pm CARS: Enfield Pageant of Motoring takes place on Enfield Playing Fields, Enfield Town. The star attraction this year is Megatron but there’s an Autojumble and arena events across the weekend. Entry £9 per day, open Saturday to Monday. WALK LONDON: A fantastic series of free, guided walks are being put on this weekend by Walk London’s Spring into Summer campaign. Ramble your day away on a long jaunt or join them for a short stroll. The lengths, routes and topics all vary so there is something to suit everyone. Free, just turn up, Saturday and Sunday. STEAM TRAINS: All aboard the steam trains on the Metropolitan line to Amersham this bank holiday weekend as the Tube150 celebration events continue! Tickets from £15, prebook. EDIBLE PLANTS: IncrEdibles launches at Kew this weekend, starting a season all about surprising edible plants. See the fruit salad boating experience, an extraordinary tea party and a global kitchen and enjoy the rest of the amazing gardens while you’re there. Entry adults £16, concessions £14, free to u16s, open daily from 9.30am FOOTBALL FESTIVAL: The UEFA Champions free festival of football at Stratford rolls on till Sunday. See five-a-side teams of famous ex-players, demonstrations of disability football and try an unsighted penalty shoot out at The International Quarter, Stratford. Free, just turn up, 9am-6pm (Sat), 12-6pm (Sun). BIG PICNIC: Hampton Court hosts three days of family friendly fun based around a Big Picnic in their East Front Gardens. Tickets give access to the palace and gardens and for the bank holiday weekend, kids go free when with a paying adult at £16.50, concessions £13.65, open 10am-5pm LITERATURE: The London Literature Festival at the Southbank Centre continues: check out our book and poetry events round-up for our recommendations. CHELSEA FRINGE: The spin-off from the Flower Show offers lots of opportunities to admire blooms and green-fingered achievements all over London, including in the grounds of Battersea Power Station. Check out the extensive what’s on guide or download the app. 606 CLUB: The Chelsea music venue celebrates 25 years with a 12 day festival of live performance. This weekend, experience live jazz and big bands on Lots Road. Check the website for times and tickets. ALES: The Alma, near Newington Green N1 hosts a bank holiday beer festival with some gypsy folk, reggae and DJing on the side. Saturday 25 May DALSTON KIDS: The Dalston Children’s Festival launch event takes place today in Dalston Square, Gillett Square and the Eastern Curve Garden. It’s all free, just turn up and play from 10am till late  THE SUPREME COURT: Take a free nosey inside The Supreme Court today to begin Guildhall’s centenary celebrations. The courtrooms, library, exhibition area will all be open to visitors, as well as a wide range of portraits from the Middlesex Guildhall Art Collection being on show. Free, just turn up, 10am-4.30pm GEEKS: It’s International Geek Day at Covent Garden Waterstones. Follow @WaterstonesCGdn for updates and prizes. Free, just turn up, 10.15am-8pm FIELD DAY: Victoria Park hosts the first of the summer’s big music festivals, Field Day 2013, featuring Bat for Lashes, Django Django, Everything Everything, Fucked Up, Tim Burgess and bags more. Tickets still available £54.50, 11.30am till late FSTVL: A brand new dance music festival tempts you to Upminster! We Are FSTVL launches with a line-up including some of the biggest names in electronic dance music, clubs and labels across 10 stages and arenas at Damyns Hall Aerodrome, Upminster. Only VIP tickets remain at £95, open 11.30am to 2.30am CROQUET: Have a bash at croquet in Victoria Park with Croquet East. First game is free to see if you like it, do let them know you’re coming, starts 2.30pm CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Attend a pre-match discussion about literature and football courtesy of Birkbeck Arts Week at the College Arms, Store Street then stick around to watch the match. Free, just turn up, 6-9.45pm ONE ACT PLAYS: Enjoy a triple-bill at the One Act Festival run by Lost Theatre, Wandsworth. Tickets £14/£10 concessions, prebook or just turn up, 7.30pm 48 HOUR FILM FINALE: A couple of weeks ago we told you about Herne Hill Free Film Festival’s 48 hour film competition, where you had 48 hours to make your own short film. The results will be screened and the winners announced tonight. Free, just turn up, 8pm MAY MASQUERADE: The Last Tuesday Society’s May Masquerade ball features the London Gay Symphony Orchestra, a Feast Room and Teaspoon Playroom at The Coronet.  Tickets £20 (10% goes to Crisis), prebook, from 8pm-4am Sunday 26 May HULA HOOPING: There are still some Sunday tickets available for London Hoop Fest for hoop dance workshops, jamming and play at The Mile End Art Pavilion. Tickets £55, prebook, open 10am-6pm CAR FILMS: Head to a basement in Hither Green for a double bill of films screened among a collection of classic cars. For the kids, there’s Pixar’s Cars (2pm start £3) or for grown ups there’s American Graffiti (6pm start, £3). CROATIA PARTY: The Soundwave Croatia Launch Party has toured all over Europe and winds up at XOYO for its final party-starting launch effort with a mini-festival in its own right.  DJs, live bands and a special secret guest plus visuals, food and ‘summer beverages’ will see you through 11 hours of fun. Tickets are £10 advance, more on the door, from 2pm-1am HANGOVER MUSIC: The Hangover Lounge marks its 5th birthday with a gig at the Lexington, featuring Birdie, Amor de Dias and Hacia Dos Veranos. Tickets £7, prebook, doors 7pm DAFT PUNK: Stay up late and you could get lucky during an immersive theatrical experience at Random Access Memories in The Vaults. Tickets £5 in advance, starts 8pm Bank Holiday Monday 27 May ACOUSTIC MUSIC: Enjoy an afternoon of chilled out live acoustic music at Boxpark. Free, just turn up, 1-4pm BERLIOZ: London Symphony Orchestra play live al fresco in Trafalgar Square with a triple bill of Berlioz, which is suitable for all ages. Free, just turn up, 6.30-8pm RHLSTP: There are still tickets left for Richard Herring’s Leicester Square Theatre Podcast with guest, Chris Addison. Cost £14, prebook or chance it on the door, starts 7.30pm Other good stuff What’s on stage and art shows to see Live comedy in London Booky and spoken word events Free things to do in London What’s on in the big Museums and Galleries Food and drink Listen to our latest podcast Browse all latest arts and events features and make your tummy rumble with our latest food and drink content. Seek out the Flower Cat Head in Whittington Park! Photo by Bob Comics via Londonist Flickrpool. 
  
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  Things To Do In London This Long Weekend: 25-27 May

• Image by Mike T in the Londonist Flickr pool. Woolwich attack Government defends the security services over criticisms that they missed signs that could have prevented the attack. Help for Heroes donations surge. How the attack was covered in the world’s press. Other news Plane makes emergency landing at Heathrow, closing both runways for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, a plane is diverted to Stansted, where two passengers are arrested for endangering the plane. London estate agents target investors rather than people who want to buy a home. Two men jailed for life over drive-by shooting of 18 year old. Westminster loses battle over sex shop policing. Editorial shake up at local newspaper publishers Archant, as newsrooms merge. Cultural news 93 Feet East set to reopen. Love & Marriage theme for Gay Pride on 29 June. West End Live line-up announced. An audit of London’s commercial galleries finds that only 5% present an equal balance of male and female artists. A new exhibition about Shakespeare and London opens at London Metropolitan Archives next week.
  
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