Live Art Workshop: Over the Edge
For performance and visual artists, writers, dancers, philosophers, sociologists, mathematicians, poets, historians, theologians, and others interested in creating live art. Participants may bring in pieces that they are working on, or use this workshop to begin new work. We’ll develop short performance pieces that can stand on their own, be joined together to create longer […]
Testing Ground: Dance Theatre Performance workshops
THREE DATES: TUE 31 OCT, MON 06 NOV + MON 13 NOV Be inspired into performance-making with a group of creative people responding to the many ideas resonating throughout the fabric of Conway Hall, the home of innovative thinking and culture creation throughout the Modern era, in this 4 week Testing Ground dance theatre project. […]
e-PERFORMANCE: Publishing, podcasting and other alternative lives for your show
This two day event takes place on Sat 23 Sep AND Sun 24 Sep. — It takes a lot of time, energy, and resources to put on a show. There are many great show ideas that never see the light of day because their creators do not have the capital or resources to get them […]
Janice Perry – Not Just Another Pretty Face: a retrospective
“One of the World’s Most Respected Performance Artists” – BBC Radio Janice Perry laughs us through her 35+ years as an international performance artist and political satirist. Free-ranging from Pope to Pop, from Marilyn Monroe through a few Gulf Wars, High Fashion, Erotica, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Robert Mapplethorpe’s naked men and Arts censorship. Described as […]
So They Call You Pisher! Michael Rosen in conversation with Daniel Hahn
Michael Rosen has a new memoir, So They Call You Pisher! In this conversation with Daniel Hahn, Rosen recalls the first twenty-three years of his life. Born in the North London suburbs, his parents, Harold and Connie, both teachers, first met as teenage Communists in the 1930s Jewish East End. The family home was filled with […]
The Playing Human Conference
This year’s conference, The Playing Human, is taking shape and will take place on 27-28 September 2018. “The idea for the title of this conference came from an article I read only recently on the topic of playing as adults, and my mind wandered back to an exhibition I visited in my teens at the […]
Creating a happier world – with Jeffrey Sachs
Join us for an inspiring evening with Jeffrey Sachs as he explores the causes of happiness and unhappiness in modern Western culture and shares his vision for a better culture and a happier world. What factors really matter for wellbeing? Why has happiness fallen in some countries even as the economy has grown? What is […]
Reel Rock 2017
Don’t miss an extraordinary collection of adventure and climbing films from some of the world’s best adventure filmmakers. Featuring alpine legends, amazing adventurers and climbing icons, prepare to be transported through the big screen to mountains and cliff faces across the globe as they attempt to achieve their dangerous lifelong ambitions. The films start at […]
Music-in-Motion Ensemble & Gildas Quartet, directed by John Landor (Matinee)
*Tickets also available for further performances on Saturday 28 October 7.30pm – 9.00pm and Tuesday 31 October 7.30pm – 9.00pm. Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G BWV1048 Vivaldi Sinfonia al Santo Sepolcro in B minor RV169 Pärt Fratres Janáček String Quartet No. 1 ‘Kreutzer Sonata’ Purcell Chacony in G minor Elgar Introduction and Allegro […]