Lavender Hill, London SW11 5TN | near Clapham Junction station
The Battersea Arts Centre is a 350-seat venue that has provided a home for extraordinary artists for over 50 years now, and is a registered charity that receives public grants to recognise its platforming of artists; this year BAC presents Bloom 2024, a performance strand for works that have been developed there over the past year - artists including Samir Kennedy and Midgitte Bardot were provided with rehearsal space and time with no expectation of an outcome, and here they present works that are both in-progress and finished pieces. BAC also hosts an annual Homegrown Festival of pieces produced by young performers.
Past theatrical highlights include the daring Truth’s A Dog Must to Kennel in 2023 and Punchdrunk Theatre Company's 2007-8 promenade performance of "The Masque of the Red Death" by Edgar Allan Poe - the interactive performance, which ran through most of the building, required the audience to wear masks the entire time (Jeff Goldblum and Joanna Lumley even managed to see it!) and was seen by over 40,000 people in its seven-month long sell-out season!
Click here to see the BAC's program of events, which includes comedy, dance, music, workshops and talks
Tickets for shows with set prices range from £14 to £42; most shows operate on a ‘pay what you can’ basis (with Recommended Prices as low as £8)
Details
- Address:
- SW11 5TN
- Contact:
- https://bac.org.uk/