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Graphic title image. The text is in bold white font and reads '29-30 May. Homegrown Festival. Curated and produced by BAC's young producers'. The background is a light purple that fades into a bright salmon pink.

29 - 30 May

Homegrown Festival 2026

Curated and produced by BAC's Young Producers

A celebration of bold ideas, innovative artistry and radical experimentation from a brand-new cohort of BAC’s young producers.

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A twig of lavender floating in space, with more twigs of lavender and other wild flowers floating in the background.

29 - 30 May

TERRAIN

Homegrown Festival 2026

'TERRAIN' is Homegrown Festival’s space of transformation. We take over a room and turn it into a landscape, an environment you can touch, rest and dream within.

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A black notebook containing various images of John Archer, attached using tape or a pin. Three blobs of grey paint are smeared next to each other on one of his images, with the name “John Archer” written at the bottom left-hand side of the notebook.

29 - 30 May

Archer's Legacy Lives

Homegrown Festival 2026

'Archer’s Legacy Lives' is a three-part exploration of the life and legacy of John Archer.

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This fluid, abstract composition features reflective, liquid-like shapes suspended in deep blue space. The image conjures up an imagined underwater environment, with hints of movement and texture that evoke memories of long-forgotten swimming pools. Rather than depicting a literal space, the unstable, continuously shifting forms appear as if shaped by memory, perception and reinterpretation. Created through observation, reconstruction, and reimagination, the image reflects the workshop's approach to space. Sitting between documentation and fiction, it visualises a collective attempt to see the building differently - not as it is now, but as it once was.

29 - 30 May

Almost Here: The Pool That Never Existed

Homegrown Festival 2026

What if Battersea Arts Centre was meant to become a swimming pool and that future never happened? A participatory workshop where you explore BAC and reimagine its hidden past.

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An image of a young person sitting on the edge of their bed with their hands covering their face. The young person and the bed are situated upside down as if stuck to the ceiling. The walls around the room have projections of buildings, trees and outdoor spaces.

29 - 30 May

MIA: Out of Sync

Homegrown Festival 2026

Guided by sound, image, and shifting perception, audiences are invited to experience a sensory landscape shaped by an autistic perspective — where reality fragments, intensifies, and transforms.

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A young woman is submerged in a hole in an empty field of dirt. Only the back of their head and shoulders is visible.

29 - 30 May

Made-a-Medea

Homegrown Festival 2026

What makes Medea, Medea?

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A twig of lavender floating in space, with more twigs of lavender and other wild flowers floating in the background. Colours hae been emphasised and distorted to create a psychedelic effect.

29 May

TERRAIN: PULSE

Homegrown Festival 2026

Four artists take over 'TERRAIN' for one night only, transforming the landscape into their own.

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A split image - the left half of the image is of a rugby stadium with a rugby match playing. The view is from amongst the spectators seating, with the back of heads of other spectators, some wearing hats with a jamican flag design. The right half o the image if of a DJ music equipment.

29 - 30 May

Roots, Rhythm and Rugby Fundraiser

Homegrown Festival 2026

A vibrant arts and sports fundraiser supporting the Jamaican Rugby League UK Men’s Team.

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A group of young people dancing on stage. They are each wearing white t-shirts, black jeans, and a transparent poncho. There is a sing above them saying 'Hope'.

30 May

BAC Academy Jam:
A Beatbox Academy and Dance Academy Collaboration

Homegrown Festival 2026

Explore what it means to be a part of a powerful group through performances created by and for young performers! 

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A hand is being held in front of a person wearing jeans and a blue shirt. Their palm is covered in silver stars.

30 May

Angel
(Work-in-Progress)

Homegrown Festival 2026

Lania Hamilton presents a reading of her second play, Angel (Work-In-Progress).

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A tentative audience sitting on the floor blur into the shadows behind two vibrant bold figures, illuminated in purple light. One person is suspended in air by rope bondage knot, with neon red, pink and green rope, hands crossed behind their back. The other, with their back to the camera is gently holding the first person's head and pressing their own to it, creating a warm sense of connection and safety. In the purple background various mundane objects are spun in neon macramé creating unique patterns.

4 - 6 Jun

Bunny

Daniel Kok and Luke George
Co-presented by BAC and Queer East Festival

In rope bondage, a ‘Bunny’ is the person being tied. Artists Daniel Kok and Luke George ask: what if everyone in the theatre is a Bunny?

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17 Jun - 26 Jul

The Art of Mini Golf

A playable exhibition by RISING Melbourne

The long-awaited UK Premiere of this major exhibition lands at BAC this summer.

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