SPRING 21
How we learnt to live, think and come together… differently.
#WildTimes2021
PAY WHAT YOU CAN
As part of our wider commitment to making the arts accessible to everyone, all performances at Battersea Arts Centre will now be part of our universal Pay What You Can pricing model.
Use the slider on the booking page to decide how much you want to pay for your ticket. To give you a guide, the slider is set at a recommended price for each event. Any amount paid over this will help us continue to make our events accessible to everyone, whilst supporting our activities with artists, young people and our local community.
Head to our blog to find out more about Pay What You Can.
19 - 25 Apr
The Motherhood Project
Fifteen short films explore the guilt, joy, absurdity, pressure and taboo surrounding motherhood, offering a fascinating cross-section of perspectives. All ticket sales will include a 50% donation to Refuge.
Apr 28
D&D Satellite: Time to Vent & Revive
A Conversation for Parents & Carers Working in the Arts during the pandemic. A chance to come together, to share stories of the good, the bad, the ugly and the downright maddening times you have been through.
10 - 16 May
From Me to Us
A playful and poignant performance letter to a future child from their future father. From Me to Us documents, in a powerful piece of autobiographical performance art, the 2019 law change to allow for single father surrogacy.
24 May - 13 Jun
Helen
Helen is a brand new digital show from innovative theatre ensemble N2P using virtual reality to tell the story of pioneering astronaut Helen Sharman CME OBE, the first British person in space.
24 May - 13 Jun
Lights Over Tesco Car Park: The Abductions
The Abductions is a 360° experience, inspired by Poltergeist's 2018 sell-out Edinburgh Fringe hit, Lights Over Tesco Car Park, that puts audiences at the centre of four historic alien abductions.
24 May - 13 Jun
LIVE TO TELL: The Madonna Jukebox Musical
Madonna survives by reinventing herself...like a retrovirus. Living with HIV, Brian desperately dreams of doing the same. Just like a prayer, his pitch LIVE TO TELL: The Madonna Jukebox Musical to the Queen of Pop goes from camp fun to raw emotion.
24 May - 13 Jun
Scored in Silence
Using a unique blend of cutting-edge technology and choreography to unpack the hidden perspectives of Deaf people, Scored In Silence uses true accounts from the handful who survived the atomic bomb atrocity in Japan 1945.
24 May - 13 Jun
Look At Me, Don’t Look At Me
A brand new cabaret about love, art, and a legacy, RashDash reclaim the story of Lizzie Siddal; known throughout history as model and muse for Pre-Raphealite painters, but an artist and poet in her own right.
18 - 20 Jun
Brownton Abbey: Talk Show
Introducing Brownton Abbey: Talk Show;
a frank and open conversation with artists and exclusive screenings of brand new digital performance commissions from the Brownton Abbey Universe.
22 - 27 Jun
salt: dispersed
In Feb 2016, two artists got on a cargo ship, and retraced one of the routes of the Transatlantic Slave Triangle - from the UK to Ghana to Jamaica... this show is what they brought back. salt: dispersed sees artist Selina Thompson develop an intimate new film adaption of her hit stage show salt.
2 - 4 Jul
Political Mother: The Final Cut
Hofesh Shechter’s iconic stage work Political Mother explodes onto the screen as an UNPLUGGED, unapologetic and exhilarating new short film.
8 - 15 Jul
Life: LIVE!
Following her smash-hits Post-Popular and Triple Threat, Lucy McCormick presents her latest sensational show Life: LIVE! as she forefronts her aspiration to become a world-famous pop star.
WHAT IF...?
24 – 25 Apr
The What If…? team are BACK as we follow Hadas Hagos, CEO of Waste Not Want Not Battersea, artists Hunt & Darton and emerging producer Lorra Videv on their next co-created adventure tackling food waste in the Battersea community.
THE MOTHERHOOD PANEL
Thu 22 Apr
This panel discussion will explore the realities faced being an artist and a mother. Panel members include the playwright and creator of Emilia Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, award-winning author Irenosen Okojie, actor, writer and co-host of The Pleasure Podcast Naomi Sheldon and Lakuta vocalist Siggi Mwasote.
FREE UP FESTIVAL
Sat 3 Jul
The Inside-Out Collective presents Free Up Festival; boasting creative activities, live podcast discussions, screenings from local filmmakers and more.
A chance to get back to community living.