Battersea Arts Centre News

Battersea Arts Centre has announced a new, flexible residency for artists based in England to explore the future of live performance using the very latest in Extended Reality (XR) technology. Supported by Arts Council England, five successful applicants will explore the possibilities of digital content creation, manipulation and distribution, harnessing artists' creativity to connect directly with audiences at a time when traditional avenues have been shut off to them.

Battersea Arts Centre has received the 2020 Overall Winner Award and the Community and Experiencing Culture prizes from New London Architecture (NLA), whose annual awards celebrate the very best in architecture, planning and development in the capital.

On 4 December 2020, the Philharmonia Orchestra and Esa-Pekka Salonen present the final Philharmonia Session of 2020, filmed and recorded at Battersea Arts Centre.

Tarek Iskander, CEO and Artistic Director of Battersea Arts Centre has released a statement, announcing Battersea Arts Centre's move towards pay-what-you-can pricing beginning 2021. 

Sleeping Trees bring panto season to your living room with The Legend of Moby Dick Whittington. The production is streaming 1st December 2020 – 5th January 2021.

Following the announcement of a second lockdown, producer Ameena Hamid Productions partnered with Applecart Arts to ensure the premiere of Pepa Duarte's Eating Myself would still go ahead online this November in spite of the cancellation of its run at the Golden Goose.

The organisations involved have been successful in securing an initial investment of £500,000 from Arts Council England for a pilot year, following an open call in summer 2019 for a consortium to devise and deliver a brand-new performing arts showcase at the Edinburgh festivals from 2021-2023.

As part of Brent 2020, London Borough of Culture, a Mayor of London initiative, Kiln Theatre's The Agency is a scheme to support young Brent-based entrepreneurs between 15-25 years old develop ideas for social change in their area, turning their passion into a project.

The Traverse Theatre today announce two shows as Scottish online premieres from Manchester based The Javaad Alipoor Company continuing the theatre's all year-round Festival in Traverse 3.

On Sunday the 18th of October, the Yes Queens will be reunited after six months of being apart. Back in February, if you'd told me I would be getting teary-eyed at the thought of being in a room with five other people, I would have told you you were nuts.

Battersea Arts Centre's original musical film, Frankenstein: How to Make a Monster created with BAC Beatbox Academy, will receive its world premier as part of BBC Arts' Culture in Quarantine, in partnership with digital commissioning agency The Space.

Ameena Hamid Productions Ltd presents Tales from the Tombstone Tavern.

The Achates Philanthropy Prize, the national campaign to promote support of the arts, has announced the Regional Showcase for the reimagined 2020 Prize.

HighRise Theatre will blend Grime with theatre for a one-night-only livestream of Dominic Garfielda??s (Merryville; The Concrete Jungle Book) acclaimed production Lil.Miss.Lady. Part rave, part drama, the event is a bass-pounding immersive experience, exploring the history and music of Britaina??s biggest sub-culture, Grime.    

Battersea Arts Centre is extending an invitation to Make/Love this autumn, today announcing an ambitious season of daring and intimate work. At a time when connecting people has never been more important, Make/Love asks how we can re-imagine a future with care and creativity as the guidelines.

The Luke Westlake Scholarship, formerly known as the JAM Scholarship, is an award designed to provide an actor with artistic and financial support worth over £3,000 in their final year and as they graduate from university or drama school, and begin to navigate their way into the industry.

The Stagea??has announced the 2020 winners ofa??The Stagea??Debut Awards, in association witha??Access Entertainment. The awards were presented as a virtual ceremony on Sunday, September 27, filmed at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, in the heart of London's West End.   

Ameena Hamid Productions presents the premiere of Pepa Duarte's Eating Myself, a brand-new show packed with South American flavour about a woman's identity in Peruvian society. Eating Myself, written and performed by Duarte with direction from Sergio Maggiolo, will be running at The Golden Goose Theatre from Tuesday, 10 November - Saturday, 14 November 2020.

The Philharmonia Orchestra today announces its full programme for October and November 2020: six online performances in two strands, encompassing live-streamed concerts, pre-recorded performances and radio broadcasts, as the Orchestra continues to build out its new digital performance schedule.

On Sunday 9 August 2020, presidential elections took place in Belarus, and since then the country has witnessed its biggest protests in modern history, as the Belarusian people have defied threats of a government crackdown to continue protesting the falsified election results.