MIA: Out of Sync
Homegrown Festival 2026
Information
Time: 6pm
Tickets: Pay What You Can (Recommended Price £9)*
*all orders subject to a transaction fee of £2
Running Time: approx. 1 hour (no interval)
Age Recommendation: 14+
This event takes place in person across Battersea Arts Centre
MIA: Out of Sync is an immersive performance that takes audiences on a guided journey through our building.
Wearing headphones, follow the voice of Mia, a young autistic woman, through corridors, staircases, and hidden corners, encountering a series of audio scenes and visual moments along the way. Everyday spaces begin to shift — sounds layer, details intensify, and familiar environments become unfamiliar.
The work invites you to experience first-hand the sensory reality of an autistic person. Move through our building with Mia as she navigates the intersecting challenges of migration, adolescence, and perception.
The experience culminates in the Members’ Library, where the space is transformed into Mia’s inner world. Through projection, sound, and live performance, audiences step inside her perception.
Credits
Producer and Story Concept: Summer Xue
Co-Writer: Cassie Siqi Xue, Maryhee Yoon
Director: Belle Bao
Movement Director: Phoebe-Rae Levene
Associate Director: Melissa Cheng
Co-Creator and Performer: Zixi Li
Set Design: Zidi Wu
Sound Design and Original Music Composer: Mingyu Ding
Visual Dramaturg: Ember Wanbo Li
Video Design: Baihan Liao and Xingyu Dai
Voice Actors: Yue Tang, Xingyu Dai, Phoebe-Rae Levene, Kyle Langlais, and James Dolan
Next Gen Producers is part of BAC’s Next Gen creative engagement programmes for ages 11-29, generously supported by Arts Council England and Apple, with additional support from Craig Mawdsley, The Mackintosh Foundation, The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust, and The Idlewild Trust.
Access
PRE EVENT INFORMATION
This event will take place in various spaces around the building. The ground floor has step-free access, and there is step-free access to the first floor via a lift.
If you have booked a ticket you will receive an email from us before your performance detailing important information about your visit.
PERSONAL ASSISTANT/COMPANION TICKETS
If you require the assistance of a friend or helper to attend, we can make a free ticket available for your companion. You can book access companion tickets online or contact the Box Office to book by emailing boxoffice@bac.org.uk.
To book a free access companion online:
- log in to your account here
- go to ‘Other preferences’ and tick ‘I require a personal assistant/companion’.
- Choose the performance, date and seats you would like and if you add at least 2 tickets to your basket, then one of these will automatically become free.
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
Content
- Moments of complete darkness
- Loud or sudden music/sounds
- References to bullying, family trauma and racial discrimination
- References to neurodivergency, autism and disability
All performances will be Relaxed. We invite you to make yourself comfortable and move around if you need to and if you need to leave the performance at any point you will be allowed to return to the space when you feel ready.
We want our shows to be as accessible to as many people as possible.
We offer tickets to most shows on a Pay What You Can basis throughout the year.
Tickets for Homegrown Festival performances in 2026 start at £3, and we have recommended pricing to help you choose a price that works for you.
We know that ticket price is a huge barrier for some. If you can afford to pay the recommended price or more, choosing to do so supports those that can’t. It makes it possible for us to continue to offer Pay What You Can and welcome those who otherwise wouldn’t be able to attend.
