The Lost Girls of Autism
The history of autism is male. It is time for women and girls to enter the spotlight. When autistic girls meet clinicians, they are often misdiagnosed with anxiety, depression, personality disorders, or are missed altogether. Autism’s ‘male spotlight’ means we are only now starting to redress this profound injustice. In this UnMasked talk, renowned brain […]
Art / Magic / Lore: Wild Talents
Art / Magic / Lore returns to Conway Hall this summer with an exploration down the lesser-trodden paths of wild folklore and myth. From pagan counterculture to queer folk tales, rebel villains and roadside magic, discover the thread of activism and resistance that runs through occult history. Featuring: Phil Hine – Delinquent Elementals A fascinating […]
Holy Men of the Electromagnetic Age
The interwar period was a golden age of the uncanny. Clairvoyants, fakirs, Theosophists, mind-readers, miracle-workers and jinn-summoners—all assured the masses that, just like the newly discovered invisible forces of electricity, radiation and magnetism, unseen spiritual powers commanded a realm of hidden human potential. This was a transnational movement of eccentrics, gurus and prophets, with East […]
8th Annual Stuart Hall Public Conversation with Françoise Vergès: There Will Be No Future Without Seizing the Present
The Stuart Hall Foundation invites you to the inaugural event of their 2025 programme, In Search of Common Ground. We are delighted to welcome political theorist, writer, activist, independent curator and political educator, Françoise Vergès to Conway Hall as the keynote speaker for the 8th Annual Stuart Hall Public Conversation. In Vergés’ keynote, ‘There Will […]
How to Fall in Love with the Future
There are an infinite number of possible futures that lie ahead of us—quantum threads stretching out into the distance. In this special event and launch of his new book How to Fall in Love with the Future, Rob Hopkins, cofounder of the international Transition Network, invites us to travel to future worlds we would actually […]
Silhouettes of Passion’s Master-mistress
“A gem of a recital… played consummately.” – FringeReview Ensemble Fioritura’s concert explores evolving cultural perspectives on gender identity and queer life by juxtaposing two newly composed song cycles—each featuring six sonnets by Shakespeare and 2021 National Poetry Competition winner Eric Yip. These works are brought to life by Keith Pun‘s gender-defying countertenor, praised by […]
From Paris to Pechin
Join the London Performing Academy of Music at Conway Hall on a musical Silk Road. Celebrating the works of some of the finest composers from France to China, LPMAM professors and students present an international concert like no other. The London Performing Academy of Music is an independent international music conservatoire in London focused on […]
Beethoven Weekend: Saturday
“I genuinely found myself listening to the Beethoven with new ears… a delicate balance between depth and playfulness [in Op. 96] that’s hard to beat amongst contemporary versions”. (Gramophone) This immersive weekend offers the unique experience to hear all of Beethoven’s major chamber works with piano – violin sonatas, cello sonatas and piano trios – […]
Halcyon Quartet
The Halcyon Quartet is a passionate and dedicated ensemble that formed in 2012 at the Royal Academy of Music, studying under the tutelage of Jon Thorne, Martin Outram and the Doric Quartet. For four years they were recipients of the Academy’s Davey Posnanski Quartet Scholarship, which granted them masterclasses with distinguished chamber music ensembles and […]