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A Festival about migration. As boats continue to arrive on the shores of Europe, we shine a light on stories of migration from across the globe.

Four fundraising concerts for the Ed Renshaw Award.

Circus meets sculpture in this exciting new outdoor show.

An award-winning, playful and acrobatic dance-piece exploring the relationship between reality and fiction in our everyday life.

A thrilling and energetic hip-hop dance performance.

A three year, cross London project which has brought outstanding, free outdoor arts event to London.

Featuring two incredible performers and a driver, EXO is a stunning outdoor spectacle for dancers and JCB diggers.

A vibrant programme of music, theatre, art and dance will celebrate diversity in the creative arts, making sure that everyone can enjoy the action

Legendary front woman and bassist from the Noisettes ignites a new chapter with her debut solo show.

A mesmerising new show exploring the creative interface between juggling, geometry and classical Indian dance.

This new show is a wild and musical celebration about the importance of imagination.

Alternative hip hop group Soulushun and alternative RnB artist Wiley Coyote are doing a joint headline show together here at the Albany.

A powerful and evocative new aerial theatre production from acclaimed circus theatre company Paper Doll Militia.

A response to the timeless songs, the journeys, questions and reflections raised by The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.

An ethereal and electronic driven exploration, rooted in a fusion of hip hop, R&B, soul and jazz.

This new show is a wild and musical celebration about the importance of imagination.

Combining live drum ‘n’ bass, jungle beats and spoken word, this is the story of one man caught between the daily grind and his real passion – music.

Leyendekker presents ’Rate / Repeat’; a new bi-monthly club night.

When we can have sex whenever we want, with whomever we want, why settle for a normal relationship?

Dennis of Penge is part gig, part poetry, part theatre performance, all transcendent.

Letters I Haven't Written invites you on a voyage into the lost art of letter-writing through music and film.

Castaways explores the nature of friendship, trauma and tribal loyalties in a neighbourhood where the blue touch paper is waiting to be lit…

A new play that tells the story of the struggle to move freely in the 21st Century and the dark, persistent ripples of the British Empire.

Matt Abbott presents a personal and political spoken word show exploring the chaos behind Brexit.

Catch Tawiah for this intimate gig on home turf, while you still can.

An intimate love story spanning Sweden and Zimbabwe that tackles belonging, migration, racism and power.

City girl Jacina must leave her Facebook-fuelled life to travel on a quest for her grandma, into the Amazon jungle.

The true story of the artist’s journey from Korean refugee to international cabaret performer.

Seamlessly crossing new music, poetry, song and rap - HUH looks at movement and identity through rhythm and rhyme.

Dad’s usually got some tricks up his sleeve to help send Baby off to the Land of Nod. But tonight, Baby has other ideas…

Oscar Wilde’s classic tale is re-imagined for the stage in this magical adventure for the whole family.

Nigeria. A grandmother passes. London, a son cooks a pot of stew for his mother hoping to uncover hidden stories and unanswered questions.

Our autumn tea dance takes a walk on the wild side with a multi-sensory celebration of nature in our city.

Established artists and emerging performers bring ground-breaking works-in-progress to the Albany.

One of four fundraising concerts for the Ed Renshaw Award.

FANS is a heart-warming tribute to music lovers.

One of four fundraising concerts for the Ed Renshaw Award.

One of four fundraising concerts for the Ed Renshaw Award.

Join our intrepid characters as they step into the unknown in an uplifting tale of friendship, courage and facing your fears.

Exploring neurodiversity, Jess Thom's Not I asks who is allowed to perform what and who gets the final say.

One of the most inventive and creative artists around, Lisa Knapp pushes boundaries with her radiant interpretation of traditional folk music.

An honest gig and an unflinching poem: a story of a mental breakdown assembled from rapper and composer Dizraeli's own diary entries.

Join Hejira for this exclusive first chance to hear their highly anticipated 2nd album live Thread of Gold.

Join our intrepid characters as they step into the unknown in an uplifting tale of friendship, courage and facing your fears.

Steam Down brings their immersive, melting pot of future soul melodies, west African rhythms, spiritual jazz and UK bass music to the Albany.

Kiko, a confused young girl, struggles to understand how she feels about the strange new world she lives in.

Be sure to pack your imagination and join us on an unforgettable journey to Moomin Valley .

A spoken word theatre piece which maps the journey of a young girl from Brighton to the tenements of East London.

A Pair of Pantos is a transpositive, all-gender-inclusive, queer pantomime mash-up for all the family and all families.

Full of the type of fun, mischief and magic that normally only happens when grown-ups turn their backs for a second.

An immersive melting pot of future soul melodies, west African rhythms, spiritual jazz and UK bass music.

A late night clubbing experience and a gig wrapped up in one night!

Join us for an immersive re-imagining of Romeo and Juliet where the audience is guided through the story in contemporary language spoken by the narrator – the Friar.

Genre fluid music echoing new sounds from the south east London underground, other London and UK scenes, and internationally renowned players in a heady and engaging mix.

A show with something for everyone – enormous shoes, tiny houses, showers of silver and gold and a big, leafy explosion!

Near the foothills of the Himalayas, three orphans open a magical book under a Banyan tree and watch as stories of the forest rise from the pages.

Luca reached a point where thinking about politics made her want to lie down on the pavement and not get up. Instead of doing this she is throwing a party.

Multi-Instrumentalist, Geo, steps to the forefront with his solo project, showcasing his dreamy alternative take on Modern Soul and Electronic music.

Join Rabbit Girl and her Dad around the campfire and hear about some pretty awesome adventures from all over the world.

A story about finding strength when someone we love is injured, and about the love that endures when everything else has changed.

Anglo American songstress Sarah Gillespie performs from her new album Wishbone.

An uplifting blend of club styles fused with African and Contemporary dance, great music, a good dose of humour and HAIR stories!

Three visually impaired performers from Japan, Nigeria and the US follow their example to tell contemporary stories of migration to the UK.

Join us on a quest for adventure on a boat with no name. Mole and Gecko is an interactive rap musical that you (the audience) help create.

Join us on a quest for adventure on a boat with no name. Mole and Gecko is an interactive rap musical that you (the audience) help create.

What happens when a Beatboxer, a Singer and a Puppeteer arrive on stage but nothing is ready for them? No set, no instruments, no puppets. No rules.

An evening of beatboxing, live music and puppetry.

A girl-power aerial theatre show about a neat little girl whose world is turned upside down when is transported to the rainforest.

Glory takes us into the wrestling ring in this painfully funny, sweaty and gutsy story about what people will do to achieve glory.

Genre defying weave of vivid poems and experimental beats featuring 19 of the best current poets recorded in a bedroom studio.

A show with something for everyone – enormous shoes, tiny houses, showers of silver and gold and a big, leafy explosion!

Join Displace Yourself Theatre in a feast for the senses and tastes from around the world in this new show that asks who is winning (and losing) in the game to get food onto our plates and into our bellies.

A journey over a generational bridge, mixing poetry, storytelling and a Jamaican grandmother's voice.

The Boy lives by the sea with his Grandma, forbidden from venturing beyond the shore, but the tall tales she tells of monsters in the deep only whet his appetite.

The Boy lives by the sea with his Grandma, forbidden from venturing beyond the shore, but the tall tales she tells of monsters in the deep only whet his appetite.

Disruptive, radical and responsive international arts projects led by young emerging artists.

A surreal and confronting new work combining dance and new writing, participation and performance, children and adults.

Watch Sourpuss on his journey of discovery, learning the secrets of the great outdoors.

Is technology shaping us or are we shaping it?

A stunning spoken word theatre piece melding Adam Kammerling's award-winning poetry with a duo of tight-knit acrobatic dancers.

SOUNDS LiKE CHAOS’ latest production especially for 13 - 21 year olds.

What does it mean to be simultaneously demanded and derided by the public eye?

Imagine an experience – turbulent yet seductive, surrounded by sound and bathed in love...

For the Attention of Freakz - Frisky and their friendz are back for some freaky fun!

A multi-arts festival from UK-based Middle Eastern and South Asian artists hosted at the Albany.

This classic fairytale gets a dance makeover where African and Contemporary dance are weaved together.

6 storytellers, 6 myths, 1 winner, 0 f**ks.

An interactive musical adventure that offers a calm, playful and creative first opera experience for babies and toddlers.

Politics isn’t just some grey old men talking on TV. Cabaret is for everyone.

A late night clubbing experience and a gig wrapped up in one night!

One day, when his big brother is at school and Billy has no-one to play with, a magical bird chirps out of his big, curly, bird’s nest hair. The bird grants him three wishes.

Let’s whine, twerk and get sensual!

Jess Green has fallen in love with Jeremy Corbyn and his raw socialist magnetism, if only everyone else agreed.

You are invited to dinner with Scottee & Friends to talk about the C word …class!

We need you, the new world warriors, to help us. Repurposing recycled materials; sticking, drawing and crafting your way to a rebellious paradise. 

The National Theatre Connections festival is a celebration of young people, theatre-making and the importance of access to the arts.

Allow us to transport you to a distant metropolis: the only city that exists twice, once on earth and once in heaven.

Bursting with mirrors, lights, colours and sound, Kaleidoscope is the perfect introduction to theatre for your little one.

Tilly and Inga exist in a surreal bubble called Girl World where the only rule is “No boys allowed!”

Two Cabaret powerhouses side by side, for one night only.

A raucous new show with live music about England’s forgotten revolution.

Unleash your inner rebel in the company of the Entelechy Arts Tea Dance Team.

Do you ever feel like your body takes up too much space in a world that doesn’t want to make any room?

Three unique women. Three unique voices. All bringing their radically different sounds together for an unmissable evening of original music.

Enter a world of electronic punk, amazing music and exotic birds with Brigitte Aphrodite and Quiet Boy.

How do we define ourselves? How do others define us and what happens when these two viewpoints are in conflict?

The final London performances of the critically acclaimed This Heat iteration.

From our friends

Everyone is invited into a large, clear space. The walls are lined with spare parts, materials, stuff. The floor is empty. Then we draw the line.

The planet is spinning off its axis. Humankind is at a tipping point. We are heading towards disaster. Divided, we will fall.

Ravioli Me Away invite you to experience a vivid, witty-wry opera about greed, aspiration and freedom.

A season about politics, protest, breaking the mould and celebrating difference.

Join the all-women/femme identifying sound and performance collective experiment, celebrate and make noise!

Quentin Blake's beautiful children's book The Green Ship is brought to the stage for the first time by Librarian Theatre.

Seeing the Levitation Orchestra live is to join a joyous musical journey.

Nonclassical Associate Composer Dan Samsa curates a night of spatial soundscapes, electronic music and UK sound system culture.

Beyond Woodpecker brings together streaks of rejoice, moments of acceptance and nostalgic unity performed by young artists around Woodpecker Youth Centre.

Uncover Theatre brings together incredible local young people aged 8-13 for a live showcase at the Albany.

This live gig brings together some of the best up and coming young artists together with professionals, Abimaro, Geordan Reid-Campbell , Sam Beste, and Alex Reeve.

7,000 rubber ducks. Seven Seas. One big adventure!

A hip-hop garden festival for families.

Interactive, immersive theatre as part of The Home.

Interactive, immersive theatre as part of The Home.

AUDITION, combines contemporary circus, dance-theatre, fierce acrobatics and stunning visuals.

A 48-hour immersive experience where you sleep, eat and thrill to the experience of The Home.

Interactive, immersive theatre as part of The Home.

Interactive, immersive theatre as part of The Home.

Entelechy Arts’ Tea Dance team takes the conventional form of the tea dance and brings it kicking and screaming into the 21st century.

An award-winning, dark and ribald physical commentary, bringing together dance and spoken word.

Singer-songwriter Carol Grimes performs excerpts from her autobiography alongside a talented band of musicians.

Join us for a short film screening of docu-drama Wannabe.

Revel in the work of two distinctive musicians in an evening of groove, sound, vibe and emotion.

An international symposium on how cultural initiatives can contribute to positive ageing.

A work-in-progress sharing of an interactive children’s musical, exploring community, imagination and a passion for plants. Filled with catchy songs, humour and imagination.

Members of Red Ribbon perform a piece about positive opportunities that are possible for people living with HIV and their families.

A night of cabaret, extravagance and celebration, with our older LGBT+ community at its heart.

premiere performance of award-winning spoken word artist Antosh Wojcik’s debut work for stage.

Lavinia Co-op reflects on queer life over the last half century.

A family go on an expedition of a lifetime, running down the grassy bank, wading through the cold river, squelching over the oozy mud and peering into a cave. What will they find?

Come and join our famous Meet Me Choir as they perform at their Albany home.

The inspirational Company of Elders present an exciting double bill.

Ridiculusmus’s unsettling two-hander, set in a future cursed by eternal life without eternal youth.

At this event, conversation about our ‘last taboo’ is eased with curly kale, cake, coffee and fine teas.

Award-winning London-based jazz quintet ARQ, led by double bassist Alison Rayner.

A celebration of tradition across cultures and generations, with Vietnamese food and dance.

Meet Me at the Albany is an arts club for older people that meets every week on a Tuesday, at the Albany.

A movie club like no other.

Join us to enjoy artwork in the Albany café as part of Age Against the Machine.

A show developed and performed by Myatt Seniors and children from Myatt Garden School, based on the theme of ‘Loving London’.

An intergenerational cast of performers explore the difference age brings and the constant things in life that bind us all together.

A mixed-media art exhibition exploring Lewisham Market in the past and today.

Festival of Creative Ageing

Bursting with mirrors, lights, colours and sound, Kaleidoscope is the perfect introduction to theatre for your little one.

Bursting with mirrors, lights, colours and sound, Kaleidoscope is the perfect introduction to theatre for your little one.

Voyage into the unknown in this dreamlike family show featuring dance, theatre and spell-binding stage trickery.

A tender, funny and lyrical play about finding love and holding on to it with everything you’ve got.

A tender, funny and lyrical play about finding love and holding on to it with everything you’ve got.

Emily wakes up one bright autumn morning to find that her feet can’t touch the ground, and no one can understand why. To everyone’s surprise Emily keeps rising higher and higher.

The story of a little girl who befriends a mischievous polar bear, this playful, funny and heart-warming tale is one of imagination and growing up.

Living in Limbo uses storytelling, spoken-word and song to map Abu-Zayd’s life in Sudan and his journey to Newcastle.

Toe-tapping songs and lots of laughs from the company that brought you The Gruffalo.

The story of our stars and a reminder to look up using projection, playful performance and aerial circus.

Love2Dance members come together to show off what they have learnt in a spectacular live street dance showcase. Featuring guest performances from professional dancers.

A funny, moving and uplifting play with live music and original songs by award-winning writer Chris Bush.

A brand new festive adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen with incorporated British Sign Language and spoken English.

You don’t want to be above ground when winter comes around: every hedgehog knows that.

Michael Morpurgo's heart-warming tale springs to life in an epic mountain adventure about friendship and courage that’s packed full of snow, dragons, lively songs and captivating puppetry.

A 5-piece made up of sax and violin, keys, drums and bass, Nihilism’s influences range from jazz, hip-hop and funk to soul and grime.

Children and adults will be transported to the world of the Little Prince with puppetry, music of North African heritage and a rich Afrofuturist aesthetic.

Drag Queen Story Time is a fun, inclusive, storytelling session for children.

Help scientists and engineers work out how to save the planet in the immersive adventure Space Plague!

From our friends

From the makers of the Chit Chat Chalk Show, join us for an interactive, icy adventure for young explorers. Sit amongst the set and performers to help three penguins on their amazing wintery journey.

A day of free performance, food, music, activities, films and more at the Albany.

Joygernaut incorporates eighteen months of research into the psychology, sociology and biology of kindness.

Black Gay Ink is a series of creative writing workshops for Black gay men.

Have you ever wanted to have your say on a future Albany events? Now’s your chance at the Pizza and Pitches Party.

Cecilia Knapp explores the mental health crisis in the UK through the eyes of two everyday young people experiencing it on the front line.

A thrilling story told through performance, games and creative play that explores Roald Dahl’s extraordinary stories, including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The BFG and The Twits.

With live music and story-telling, talented cellist/singer-songwriter, Chloe Bezer, weaves new tales from old threads, inspired by a bloated walrus and a carnally reticent jellyfish.

Levitation presents its latest ensemble: Bronze Choir.

Poet and local resident Inua Ellams brings a brand-new open mic version of his R.A.P. (Rhythm and Poetry) Party to the Albany for Deptford Literature Festival.

Taking place at locations around Deptford, Deptford Literature Festival will celebrate the diversity and creativity of South East London.

A moving and funny exploration of the lives of four generations of women in one family.

Deptford Live! is our local community’s chance to take centre stage, share a skill, meet other local creative people and have a free, fun, family friendly day out!

Local young people from Love2Dance bring you a brand new hip-hop dance theatre show.

Written by acclaimed award winning children’s author Laura Dockrill, Dust uses exquisite poetic language to explore a heartfelt story about love, loss, identity and memory.

Comedy Club 4 Kids gets the best comedians from the UK and world circuit to do what they do best for an audience of children and their families… without the rude bits!

Two powerful plays, inspired by real life events, woven together across time.

Earwax is a space for womxn artists to experiment and make noise.

An exuberant, confessional and hilarious piece told by rising experimental North/South comedy duo: Camille Dawson and Serena Ramsey.

Would you trust a talking cat?

Ground-breaking new cabaret co-curated by artists Tricity Vogue and Lisa Lee.

Enter the undergrowth to squish, squelch and play your way through this hilarious and surreal show.

CLS returns with two relaxed, lunchtime performances curated and directed by company musicians.

The National Theatre Connections festival is a celebration of young people, theatre-making and the importance of access to the arts.

Would you trust a talking cat?

Curated by Dan Samsa.

Using a cutting-edge speaker dome and specially engineered spatialised sound, ARRAY plunges you into a universe of music, colour, and movement alongside some of London’s most electric acts.

Curated by Simon Deacon (Goldsmiths) and Tom Slater (Call & Response).

Expect dance, music, love, romance and feisty polemics.

A thrilling story told through performance, games and creative play that explores Roald Dahl’s extraordinary stories, including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The BFG and The Twits.

A hip-hop garden festival for families.

Meet Me on the Radio is a new weekly radio show featuring sonic journeys through Lewisham, news and sounds from the Albany garden, creative activities, provocations, and conversations with members and artists. It is broadcast every Tuesday at 11.30am - 12 midday

Quarantine Commissions gives young artists complete creative freedom to experiment and respond to Covid 19. As the UK began to shut down, and bringing people together physically became forbidden, we knew it was vital that we continued to connect with each other and also imperative that we changed.