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Young boy leading a group of animals away from the BAC building. There is a wolf, a duck, a robin, and a cat following the young boy. Musical notes float in the air.

17 Feb

Peter and the Wolf
Family Concert

Chromatica Orchestra

Chromatica Orchestra return with another adventure where instruments come to life and imaginations run wild.

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Interior of a cafe. There are people seated at a table facing each other engaged in conversation with the remains of their lunch on the table.

16 Feb - 13 Mar

No Such Thing

Quarantine

When was the last time you had a conversation with a stranger? We buy you lunch in exchange for a short conversation. 

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A black and white cut out image of soprano Lotte Betts-Dean on a blue and yellow background

26 Feb

Songs and Dances

Chromatica Orchestra

Eastern European folk melodies and French Baroque dances are reborn in three richly coloured 20th-century masterpieces, performed by Chromatica Orchestra with Lotte Betts-Dean.

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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.

16 Feb - 14 Mar 2026

A Public Address

A BAC and Quarantine Co-Production

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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6 - 8 Mar

Why I am and why I am not

Quarantine

A weekend-long intervention starting with speeches from the balcony of our building – formerly Battersea Town Hall.  

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Theatre studio space with audience seated around the edge of the space. There are performers across the stage standing in various positions. There tables, chairs, theatre lamps and a projection screen spread across the space.

14 Mar

12 Last Songs

Quarantine

Part live exhibition, part epic performance made for and with the people of London.

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An image of a junction on a busy main road. A cafe sits on the corner with a neon red sign titled 'Café'.

6 - 14 Mar

The people of Lavender Hill

Quarantine

Hear from the people behind the counter in this audio walk, composed for and from Lavender Hill.

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A group of people are in a studio space, kneeling with their forearms on the floor. They are all facing the same way with their bottoms pointing diagonally forward. They are in various states of undress, some of them are topless with jeans on, others with a half-unbuttoned top on, others just in underwear or with their trousers and underwear showing part of their bottom. The floor is brick and there is a black cable running round it connecting to some lighting stands that can be seen in the background.

26 - 27 Mar

The Present Is Not Enough

Silvia Calderoni and Ilenia Caleo

Inspired by cruising as a social practice, The Present is Not Enough reimagines the city as a space that can be open, intimate and safe.

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Production Second Trimester's promotional photo featuring Krishna, one hand on chin gazing up longingly, and his mother, looking very cool pulling down her bright red glasses with a questioning look. the Image has white flowers and collage-style red, orange and yellow block colours.

14 - 25 Apr

Second Trimester

Krishna Istha and Geetha Shankar. Directed by Milli Bhatia. Produced by BAC.

Following the critically acclaimed 'First Trimester', this ambitious new show is a cinematic, Bollywood-inspired family saga.

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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 - 2 May

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.

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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 - 16 May

Bloom 2026

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

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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 - 9 May

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.

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