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Wednesday 20 July: Media Talk live: Join the audience for a phone hacking special
Join Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger for a panel discussion about the latest developments in the scandal
Saturday 8 October: The Big Draw family event at Kings Place
The annual Guardian and Observer Big Draw event takes place on Saturday 8 October and you and your family can take part
Saturday 14 January: Heaven 17 Live at Metropolis Studios, London
Be part of the audience at an intimate performance by Heaven 17, filmed at the famous Metropolis Studios. The concert will be broadcast on TV and released on DVD in 2012
Monday 23 January: A screening of The Wholly Family with director Terry Gilliam
SOLD OUT: Tickets for the event are sold out already but you can see the film online for just £1.99
Thursday 26 January: New Band of the Day goes live
Paul Lester's daily column for the Guardian's music site takes on a live incarnation, with a show at London's Barfly in January, featuring Worship, Josh Osho and Murray James
Friday 3 February: Hajj: Journey to the heart of Islam - exhibition viewing, dinner and talk
Extra members are invited to a viewing, dinner and curator's talk on 3 February
Tuesday 7 February: Observer newsroom visit
The next Observer newsroom visit will take place on Tuesday 7 February 2012

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Extra Offers

Join director Terry Gilliam for a special screening of his latest film

SOLD OUT: Tickets for our screening of The Wholly Family have sold out already. But don't forget, you can see the film online for just £1.99 at 7pm on 23rd (you can pre-order now) and our Film team will be liveblogging the event

Be one of the first to see new film Carnage

Carnage, the hilarious new comedy by Roman Polanski starring Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz and John C. Reilly, opens in the UK cinemas on 3 February. Extra members can see a preview screening at selected cinemas on 22 January

Nicholas Wright's Travelling Light: Get £10 off top price tickets

Nicholas Wright's new play at the National Theatre is a funny and fascinating tribute to the Eastern European immigrants who became major players in Hollywood's golden age. Extra members can get £10 off top price tickets

Get a headstart on a new you with our Headspace subscription offer

Start the new year off with a resolution to take good care of your mind. The Headspace organisation is offering Extra members a discount on an online subscription to lessons in a technique called mindfulness designed to alleviate stress, insomnia and worry

Sleeping Beauty in Birmingham: Get a 50% discount on tickets

Birmingham Repertory Theatre Company is staging a production of Sleeping Beauty at The Crescent Theatre. Extra members can get a 50% discount on tickets to see this new take on an old tale, written by Rufus Norris

London Art Fair 2012: Book early for a 2 for 1 ticket deal

London Art Fair is the UK's premier modern british and contemporary art fair. This year's event runs from 18 to 22 January and Extra members can get a 2 for 1 ticket deal if they book before 16 January

Hajj: journey to the heart of Islam at the British Museum

Explore the history and experiences of the sacred pilgrimage to Mecca, known as Hajj, at this latest exhibition at the British Museum. Extra members are invited to a viewing, dinner and curator's talk on 3 February

Shaped by War at the Imperial War Museum: Get a 2 for 1 ticket deal

Shaped by War is the largest ever UK exhibition about the life and work of acclaimed photographer Don McCullin. Extra members can buy two full price admission tickets for the price of one until 31 January 2012

Classical concerts in Cambridge: Get best available seats for £12

Extra members can get a signficant discount on tickets to see performances by up and coming pianist Benjamin Grosvenor and Cambridge University's 'resident quartet', the Endellion String Quartet. Both concerts take place next month

Prokofiev: Man of the People?

Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall is playing host to a festival dedicated to the composer Sergei Prokofiev. Extra members can save 25% on tickets to all of the concerts in the festival programme

All New People: Get a seat upgrade to see this new comedy

US actor Zach Braff makes his UK stage debut in 2012 in a new comedy, All New People. Written by Braff, the play, will be directed by Peter Dubois. Extra members can get free upgraded seats for performances in Glasgow, London and Manchester

New Band of the Day goes live

Paul Lester's daily column for the Guardian's music site takes on a live incarnation, with a show at London's Barfly in January, featuring Worship, Josh Osho and Murray James

The Sooty Christmas Show: Extra members get half-price tickets

Join Sooty, Sweep and Soo and the rest of the cast in this seasonal return to the stage for one of the nation's favourite teddy bears. Extra members can get a 50% discount on tickets to the show at the Garrick

You can save 20% on membership of the British Museum

To celebrate the relaunch of A History of the World in 100 Objects, Penguin Books have teamed up with the British Museum to offer Extra members the chance to save 20% when they become members of the Museum

See Heaven 17 perform at Metropolis Studios, London

Be part of the audience at an intimate performance by Heaven 17, filmed at the famous Metropolis Studios. The concert will be broadcast on TV and released on DVD in 2012

Fascinating Aïda: Get £5 off your Cheap Flights ticket at Charing Cross theatre

Comedy cabaret trio Fascinating Aïda return to the West End after a sold out run at the Edinburgh Festival followed by a sold out 50-date tour around the UK. During their five-week run at the Charing Cross theatre, Extra members can save £5 on the top two ticket prices

Competitions

Spend the morning at the Guardian

29 Dec 2011:
Extra members can go behind the scenes at our offices in Kings Place during our regular newsroom visits. The next Guardian visit takes place on Thursday 19 January when five people can spend the morning with us
Spend the morning with us at the Observer offices in Kings Place

22 Dec 2011:
The next Observer newsroom visit will take place on Tuesday 7 February 2012
The Prokofiev Diaries with Simon Callow: Win tickets to a performance on 22 January

15 Dec 2011:
Simon Callow will perform extracts from composer Sergei Prokofiev's witty, irreverent and revealing diaries at a performance at the Royal Festival Hall on 22 January. Musical extracts will be performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Extra members can win a pair of tickets to the event

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