So, as the Bank Holiday is over and done with, move past all that banking and holidaying via this shortlist of post-BH arts aids…

TODAY’S MUSIC CHOICES

California X, The Borderline, 27 Aug (pictured)
This fast-rising Massachusetts gang dazedly merge 1980s noisy rock, 90s garage pop, and classic post-hardcore SST, all things fans can try live tonight (and even earlier, via Cali X’s first and only LP). Details and tickets here.

TODAY’S SPOKEN WORD CHOICES

Margaret Atwood, Queen Elizabeth Hall at Southbank Centre, 27 Aug
Hear, if you will, Booker Prize-taker Mararet Atwood talk her new book ‘MaddAddam’ the final tome in a dystopian trinity that started with ‘Oryx And Crake’ and ‘The Year Of The Flood’. Details and tickets here.

TODAY’S THEATRE CHOICES

Never Have I Seen Mount Fuji, Jack Studio Theatre, 27 Aug – 7 Sep
Playwright Howard Colyer creates this theatrical repaste in three parts, animating ‘a love affair’ in its title play, ‘a ghost story’ in ‘Conference Call’, and ‘a confession’ in final script ‘Nothing Else Ever’. Details and tickets here.