Events: 2026

Back to all years

28 Apr–29 Apr 2026

What To Expect
When You're Not Expecting

Louise Ashcroft

Artist Louise Ashcroft revisits her acclaimed autobiographical meltdown about turning 39 and realising she’s forgotten to have children.

Event Info
Two shirtless white men with light brown hair are standing together mirroring each other with their back shoulder and heads touching facing forward with eyes closed; their back arm extended backward and the other extended forward both in prayer position with one another. Their faces are painted with exaggerated contour and overlined red lipstick. Behind them are hanging pictures on a black background; biggest image on the left shows a white woman with wavy blonde hair in a yellow swimsuit, face down on the beach with the calm shoreline behind her; above her there is white text that reads ‘your eyes, they strove’. The other smaller images on the right show various abstract image with blue and orange colours.

1 May–2 May 2026

Monica

Pablo Lilienfeld and Federico Vladimir

A striking theatrical tribute to maternal legacy and erased histories. Expect dance, music and a touch of drag and cabaret in this multimedia telenovela.

Event Info

2 May 2026

Domestic Anarchism:
Köket (The Kitchen)

Andrea Zavala Folache and Adriano Wilfert Jensen

Is it possible to both abolish the family and do group dancing?

Event Info

2 May 2026

Dynamic Families

Louise Ashcroft

In this workshop, Louise Ashcroft brings together elements of her ongoing artistic research into family, kinship, and relational dynamics.

Event Info

2 May 2026

CLOWNS - An unfinished mini lecture

Samra Mayanja

A series of unfinished mini-lectures that loosely explore a developing work.

Event Info
A woman wearing pink tracksuit bottoms and a crop top is standing facing away from the camera with arms held high and peace signing with her fingers. Behind her, a large screen reads ‘The End Is Coming’ in bold white distorted text on a black background. A large pink teddy bear sits on a chair in the corner.

7 May–16 May 2026

Bloom 2026

Spanning two weekends, Bloom presents five genre-defying productions in a curated programme of cutting-edge performance developed at BAC.

Event Info
Two white sticks being puppeteerd by pink string. Blurred in the background are scattered black beads, a strip of light brown fur, and a curious audience in the shadows. Around the image is a blue-green haze, the colours of Bloom festival.

7 May–9 May 2026

Matter Era

Tim Spooner and Terrapin

Part installation, part performance, Matter Era brings a post-human world to life through experimental puppetry and animated objects.

Event Info
A white woman with long wavy ginger hair is kneeling on a desk with both hands down in front of her. She is wearing a dark pink long-sleeved leotard with strings of large light pink jewels and cloth tassels under the arms. There a microphone on her right. The image is treated with a green smoke at the bottom.

8 May–9 May 2026

Wormhole Of Our Formation

Catherine Hoffmann

A visceral, absurdist ride through Breakdown Britain.

Event Info
A brick wall lit by different coloured lights creates a rainbow mosaic backdrop for artist Stacy Makishi’s dance moves; a woman with a short grey bob and glasses, who is wearing a black long-sleeved shirt and black trousers. The chaotic crowd of people are joining in and display their unique poses, some with hands gesticulating, others joyfully still, sitting on the floor. The image is treated with a green smoke at the bottom.

9 May 2026

Walking Each Other Home

Stacy Makishi

What happens when our curiosity becomes larger than our fears? Welcome to a creative encounter celebrating the messy, imperfect parts we’re often told to hide.

Event Info
A white woman with black hair wearing red lipstick is standing in front of a cloud-filled sky background. She is holding a half-melted ice-cream in her left hand and gazing upward in awe of something out of frame. The image is treated with a green smoke at the bottom.

15 May–16 May 2026

FAMEHUNGRY

Louise Orwin

A helter-skelter nosedive into TikTok, The Almighty Algorithm and the attention economy to ask what it means to be an artist now.

Event Info
A softly lit pink room frames two people embracing for a kiss. The pair are both wearing white silk blindfolds, have various tattoos, and matching blonde hair with dark brown roots that have grown out. The image is treated with a green smoke at the bottom.

16 May 2026

Dance Me to the End of Love

pink suits

You're invited into an immersive performance of intimacy, pain, pleasure, and grief – set inside a wandering art installation.

Event Info
A person dressed in Frankenstein-esq prosthetics and chunky boots is standing on stage drinking a Monster energy drink. Behind them a green leather chair and teal curtains. Around the image is a blue-green haze, the colours of Bloom festival.

16 May 2026

No Bodies Here: Deleting the Body from Live Performance

Artist Talk
Ocean Stefan

Join Ocean for an artist talk sharing their experience experimenting in performance.

Event Info
1 2