If you could get the Sarcasts (Digg), the Grunts (YouTube) and the Silent (Londonist’s forgotten readers’ forum) into a room together, what would you hear? The Science Museum might have the answer. New installation ‘The Listening Post’ slaps up random content from hundreds of chat rooms simultaneously, bringing you an orgy of words. “It is an awe-inspiring ‘portrait of chat’,” says the press release. Alan Partridge is having wet dreams. The installation debuted in......

West End theatre is something probably most of us can't really afford that often, but if seeing the big shows is what rings your bell then you'll want to be heading down to Leicester Square this weekend. On Saturday and Sunday from 1230 - 6pm, West End Live will take over the square to showcase all the West End has to offer and in particular on the theatre side. A large stage will be......

A few days back, we briefly mentioned the Cybersalon Artful Gaming event over at the Dana Centre. Unfortunately, given the sheer number of other sci-tech events last week, we didn't really do it justice. Step forward Lisa Devaney, who really, really makes us wish we'd gone... This week London debuted its first ever games festival with panels, workshops and a few industry schmooze events tossed in for those employed by the gaming world. Some attention......

These listings appear every Wednesday. If you want to let us know about any upcoming science or technology events, you can contact us on londonistSciTech@Gmail.com An absolute bumper crop this week (and it’s 100% GM-free). So without further ado… Event Of The Week For the second week running, little green men are the ‘star’ attraction. The Science Museum’s new exhibition ‘The Science of Aliens’ opens from Saturday, and contains four areas. Zone 1 (which......

The Science Museum is once again playing host to an exhibition based on a movie following the success of its Lord of the Rings fan fest. No life size replicas of Sean Bean dead in a boat this time round, but you will get to see a certain paranoid android. Yep, props and sets from the big screen adaptation of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy are due to go on display from the......