Saturday, 4 August 2012

London 2012 Festival - Olympics 2012

The Olympic Journey: The Story of the Games
BP and the Royal Opera House have joined forces with the Olympic Museum to create this free and unique exhibition of the medals, Torches and inspiring stories behind the Olympic Games.

As we welcome 'Super Saturday', dozens of free London 2012 Festival events are taking place across the capital this weekend, which will see 25 gold medals awarded at the Olympic Games in one day.

Today an exhibition at the Royal Opera House is telling the Story of the Olympic Games from its creation in 776BC through to the London 2012 Olympic Games. Three times gold medal winner, Russian gymnast Olga Korbut, will be there to tell the tale of winning her three titles at the Munich 1972 Olympic Games.

As part of Art Drive ! The BMW Art Car Collection 1975 – 2010, there is special pop-up cinema in the unusual setting of a multi-storey car park in Shoreditch.

The National Portrait Gallery is running its final exhibition in the series – BT Road to 2012: Aiming High which features portraits of key people involved in the Games, including Sebastian Coe, Mark Cavendish, Fran Halsall and Danny Boyle.

Experience Brazilian culture at Somerset House, the adopted home for the Brazil National Olympic Committee during the Games. 'Casa Brasil' features From the Margin to the Edge, a major exhibition on Brazilian art and design in the 21st century, as well as Brazilian culture and its folklore and preparations for Rio 2016.

Tomorrow Kids Week in the West End gets underway. The event gives children a chance experience the magic of live theatre. During the week, children (aged 16 and under) can go free to the theatre with a paying adult. With lots of theatre productions on at the West End, there's sure to be something for everyone.

Thousands of London 2012 Local Leaders around the UK areholding their own Olympic-themed celebrations this weekend, from organising barbeques to watching sport on the big screen at Live Sites. Get advice and tips on how to have a great Super Saturday

These are part of more than ten million free opportunities to take part in the spectacular London 2012 Fesitval which continues to the final day of the Paralympic Games on 9 September.

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