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LIBERTY FESTIVAL 2025

The Mayor of London’s flagship festival of work by disabled artists comes to Wandsworth as part of London Borough of Culture 2025.

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2025/26 SEASON

Revel in the radical legacy of Battersea Town Hall.

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Two male presenting figures who are performing outdoors. One is a wheelchair user and is leaning far forward and posing on all fours while the wheelchair is still strapped to their waist. The other is behind the wheelchair user and holding onto the wheelchair with one outstretched hand, while crouching down with one leg stretched behind them. There are a group of people of mixed age and gender in the background watching the performers.

25 - 28 Sep

Liberty Festival

Produced by CRIPtic Arts

The Mayor of London's flagship festival of work by disabled artists comes to BAC as part of London Borough of Culture 2025.

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Male presenting figure, the artist Dan Daw, in mid-action pose in mid-air with arms outstretched. There is a mattress covered with a loose sheet beneath them. They are wearing a silk dressing gown that is open, exposing his tattooed skin

2 - 10 Oct

EXXY

Dan Daw Creative Projects

In a world premiere in our Grand Hall, join Dan: a Queer crippled artist on the rise as he transports us to the Australian outback to talk about his imposter syndrome.

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Oct 10

Arts and Class: In Conversation

Dance Umbrella

Art should be for everyone — but is it? A panel of working-class artists, producers and changemakers unpack how class shapes opportunity.

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A large theatre studio space with a background photo image of a person with a gun, with an outline drawing of a person with a camera superimposed on the photo. The stage is populated by 5 performers of mixed gender. There are tables, chairs, microphones, a guitar, and large photo portraits of people spread around the stage.

11 - 12 Oct

Radio Live: A New Generation

Aurélie Charon & Amélie Bonnin

Radio Live hands the microphone to young people from conflict zones and highlights their stories in a moving ode to resilience.

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A group of people sitting in a semi-circle on a stage. The group is mixed gender and a mixed age range, wearing casual clothes. The group who are sitting down are audience participants in the show. There is also a male presenting person standing on the stage. The standing figure is Tiago, the artist who created the show and invited the audience participants on stage.

14 - 15 Oct

By Heart

Tiago Rodrigues

Making its long-awaited UK premiere, 10 people are invited to learn a Shakespeare sonnet live on stage, in a true manifesto for the power of poetry.

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Female presenting figure, the dancer Amrita, caught mid-movement. Half their body is merging with the colour of the background.

14 Oct

Rinse

Amrita Hepi & Mish Grigor

An intimate yet epic solo performance co-presented at The Place. 'Rinse' explores the romance of beginnings and what happens next when the initial thrills begin to fade.

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Male presenting figure in foreground. There is a long strong dangling horizontally in front of them at waist height. The long string holding various cards that have different pieces of text, such as

11 - 14 Nov

Handle with Care

Ontroerend Goed

Theatre stripped down to its essence. No actors, no technicians. Just a box. And you. Choose your role - take the lead or observe as others steer the performance in unexpected directions.

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A dark night sky with browning trees surrounding the perimeter of the image. In the centre, words are created partially from ice, partially as brown and orange stamps, with stars twinkling around them. The text reads 'A Merry Misrule'

29 Nov - 24 Dec

A Merry Misrule

Wild Rumpus and Battersea Arts Centre

After last year's five-star show, The Holly King and The Oak King, award-winning immersive arts creators Wild Rumpus return with a new festive family adventure.

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The exterior of Battersea Arts Centre from across the street. A large Victorian building with arched windows and a weather vane on its roof.

2 - 14 Mar 2026

A Public Address

Quarantine

Award-winning theatre collective Quarantine take over the former Town Hall - now Battersea Arts Centre - to ask: who gets heard in a place like this today?

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CHRISTMAS 2025

Spend the festive season ’round ours this December.

A dark night sky with browning trees surrounding the perimeter of the image. In the centre, words are created partially from ice, partially as brown and orange stamps, with stars twinkling around them. The text reads 'A Merry Misrule'

29 Nov - 24 Dec

A Merry Misrule

Wild Rumpus and Battersea Arts Centre

After last year's five-star show, The Holly King and The Oak King, award-winning immersive arts creators Wild Rumpus return with a new festive family adventure.

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An inky black sky with icy trees surrounding the edge. In the centre, letters made of icicles read 'Santa's Grotto' with twinkling fairy lights weaved between them.

6 - 24 Dec

Santa's Grotto

Battersea Arts Centre

Santa Claus is coming to town and making a scheduled stop at BAC.

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ELSEWHERE

Rinse
Amrita Hepi & Mish Grigor

Co-presented at The Place

An intimate yet epic solo performance co-presented with The Place. Rinse explores the romance of beginnings and what happens next when the initial thrills begin to fade.

14 OCT

ALSO COMING UP

Chromatica Orchestra rehearses on stage. The orchestra is bathed in green and purple light.

22 Oct

Nightscapes

Chromatica Orchestra

Join Chromatica Orchestra for an evening of stories told through music.

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30 Oct - 2 Nov

Die Rheinnixen

Gothic Opera

This Halloween, Gothic Opera presents a UK staged premiere of an intense, musically rich horror story that has been neglected for 160 years.

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4 - 8 Nov

Even More... Ghost Stories by Candlelight

A HighTide and Pentabus co-production in association with Harlow Playhouse

The sell-out success lands at BAC with four brand new spooky stories from award-winning writers.

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IN TOM’S CAFE

Live music, comedy and more from our community.

10 Sep

0800 COMEDY

A friendly and inclusive night showcasing a curated line up of the best talent in the heart of Battersea.

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