May Day! May Day! No, don’t panic, I’m only saying… it’s May Day today. And since it’s May Day, please do stare agape at the beautiful, seasonal blooms blossoming right now on London’s branch-of-culture…

TODAY’S COMEDY CHOICES

Stand Up For Firebox presents… Francesca Martinez/Stewart Lee/Mark Thomas, Bloomsbury Theatre, 1 May
Sticking it to ‘the man’ (the one that hates media and the arts) in the name of media/arts cafe Firebox are the great Stewart Lee, Francesca Martinez, Mark Thomas, and that’s only the half of it. Details and tickets here.

We Love Comedy presents… Magnus Betner, Aisling Bea, David Mills, Matthew Highton, Tobias Persson, Effra Social, 1 May (pictured)
The usually east-based WLC spreads its wings southwards, setting its stall at Brixon’s Effra Social in time to present spiky (in the controversial sense, he’s actually bald) Swede Magnus Betner and a brilliant cast of supporting dial-a-comics. Details and tickets here.

TODAY’S THEATRE CHOICES

Passion Play, Duke Of York’s Theatre, 1 May – 3 Aug
Peter Nichols’ hearty love-drama has proved lastingly popular since its initial staging in 1981, and now it’s back (again, in that it closed at the Richmond Theatre only last month) thanks to Tony-winning theatre whizz David Leveaux, who directs a cast starring Zoë Wanamaker, Owen Teale and Samantha Bond. Details and tickets here.