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Home > Archives for Battersea Arts Centre

Archives for Battersea Arts Centre

Live From The Grand Hall Credit Battersea Arts Centre

Make/Love this autumn with a season of digital shows

This autumn, Battersea Arts Centre (BAC) in London is inviting you to Make/Love, as a season of daring and intimate work is launched…

unReal City BAC

A virtual reality experience for two

This month, be part of an audience of two and enjoy an intimate and innovative virtual reality experience at Battersea Arts Centre…

The Spirit - BAC

Performance focuses on the human spirit

A trilogy of physical performances, radically exploring the changing of the human spirit, will open at Battersea Arts Centre this month…

Impact Dance, Photo credit : Chris Winter / Wembley Park

Some Outrageous Behaviour in London

Enjoy a weekend festival from Impact Dance at Battersea Arts Centre, with a dance showcase and an interactive dance evening…

Now is the Time to Say Nothing

An installation that connects audiences to a human story beyond the headlines

An interactive sound and video installation exploring the role of screens in observing global conflicts, is heading to Battersea Arts Centre this autumn…

BAC Heritage trail installation

Interactive trails with mechanical eyes and applauding chandeliers

This month, Battersea Arts Centre (BAC) is launching a new set of interactive heritage trails and installations for visitors of all ages…

Occupy festival Battersea Arts Centre 2019 Post

Occupy – a Battersea Arts Centre takeover

Battersea Arts Centre’s month long Occupy festival will feature world premieres, gig theatre, live games, virtual experiences, rap poetry and installations…

Little Bulb Theatre, Orpheus - Battersea Arts Centre

Battersea Arts Centre turns into an opulent 1930s music hall for Orpheus

Audiences will be transported to 1930s Paris, for Little Bulb Theatre’s production of Orpheus at Battersea Arts Centre this month…

BAC Productions, Return to Elm House Image Guy Sanders

An immersive family adventure at Battersea Arts Centre

This Christmas, in an immersive family adventure, Battersea Arts Centre will share the radical and inspiring true story of Jeanie Nassau Senior (1828–1877), an early feminist and social pioneer…

Lekan Lawal, Superblackman - Battersea Arts Centre

Mythology and pop culture collide in a multi-art form mash up

Follow Al’s journey in SUPERBLACKMAN, as mythology and pop culture collide in a multi-art form mash up that explores power, mental health and representation…

Dead Centre, Chekhov's First Play, Rory Nolan PHOTOCREDIT Jose Miguel Jimenez

A fragmented version of Chekhov’s earliest work

Dublin’s award-winning Dead Centre fragment and rebuild Chekhov’s earliest work this autumn at the Battersea Arts Centre in London…

Apples and Snakes Rallying Cry - Battersea Arts Centre - Image: Jerry Kiesewetter

Hear a Rallying Cry at Battersea Arts Centre

Apples and Snakes, celebrates 35 years with an immersive journey through London’s Battersea Arts Centre, rallying the voices of protest…

At Home in Gaza and London - Battersea Arts Centre

London and Gaza brought together with special performance at Battersea Arts Centre

The World premiere of At Home in Gaza and London follows the lives of people living in two locations separated by great political, economic and physical divides…

Mercenary (Image: Andreas Gebert, Alamy Live News)

The truth behind our beautiful game with Mercenary

Mercenary, at Battersea Arts Centre this month, takes a look at the human cost of building our global World Cup dreams and features some unique football-dance moves…

Caleb Femi & Lex Amor in Goldfish Bowl by The Paper Birds. Photo: Camilla Greenwell

A mix of spoken word, theatre, music and illustration in Goldfish Bowl

Goldfish Bowl is a collaboration between The Paper Birds and former Young People’s Laureate for London, Caleb Femi, with a combination of spoken word, theatre, music and illustration…

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Curiosity of the Week

Normanton Church, a waterside wonder
Normanton Church by Karen Cann

Welcome to a new year, and a new Curiosity of the Week! Our first curiosity of 2021 is a sunken church. It’s also one of the UK’s finest hidden gem tourist attractions…

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Drama from a toilet cubicle
Overflow, Bush Theatre steaming show

This month, UK audiences can enjoy a streamed performance of Overflow, a heart-wrenching show played out in a club toilet…

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