Shows & events

Rowan McCabe is the world’s first Door-to-Door Poet. Knocking on strangers’ doors, he asks what is important to them.

As part of the PureGold season, we present the final degree shows from students on the MMus in Popular Music.

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

A hip-hop garden festival for families.

Festival of Creative Ageing

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.

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

Interactive, immersive theatre as part of The Home.

Interactive, immersive theatre as part of The Home.

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

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

Join us for two exhibitions in the Albany café as part of Age Against the Machine.

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.

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?

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.

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

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.

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

A movie club like no other.

Let us take you on a musical journey as we celebrate Black History Month.

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

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

The music of Where Pathways Meet is the sound of outer-space colliding with the London jazz scene.

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.

Tawiah, the voice of British alt-soul, returns with her debut album and immersive live show.

An evening of genre fluid music curated by local musician and sound activist Charles Hayward.

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

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.

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.

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

What might eloquent voices from contemporary poetry and spoken word movements have to say about Missy Elliot?

Set on a slave ship in 1788, this powerful new opera tells the story of an enslaved African boy.

Fresh from the release of their debut EP, They Call Me Max bring you a showcase of brand new original material.

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.

This immersive play envelopes you into families in crisis as they seek refuge.

AGAMA’s truly original sound fuses jazz, electronica, soul and classical choral music.

A cultivated collection of melodies, combined with uniquely captivating and moving vocals.

Hip-hop and feminism are on a collision course. And Testament reckons he’s the guy to sort it out. Beatboxing, spoken word, storytelling and hip-hop classics like you’ve never heard them before.

Acclaimed vocalist Randolph Matthews presents the story of heroic Black, British WW1 soldier, Lieutenant Walter Tull.

A sonic exploration of poetry, storytelling, music and artwork with Inua Ellams and special guests.

And Is Phi is a vocalist, writer and member of the Steam Down collective.

An all-star improv session featuring members of Maisha and Vels Trio, and DEM1NS, the ever-evolving outlet of drummer and producer Kwake Bass.

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.

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

Firefly Burning’s intricate rhythms and soaring melodies evoke Steve Reich, Kate Bush and The Beach Boys.

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

Follow one woman’s trip around the world looking for good nosh and a place to call hers.

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

Exciting, colourful and vibrant – explore the world of bellydance.

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