What’s on

Wed 12 May –Wed 21 Jul 2021

Multi-disciplinary artist and Guildhall tutor Paula Varjack curates and hosts a third series of conversations in collaboration with students from the School's BA Performance & Creative Enterprise.

Wed 16 –Fri 18 Jun 2021

Of Shadow and Light – a title inspired by a line from June Jordan’s poem Big City Happening – is a richly diverse festival of innovative, poetic and politically resonant performance works.

Thu 24 Jun –Thu 8 Jul 2021

Escape into a fantastical world with Jonathan Dove’s spellbinding chamber opera in this online production which was created during the 2021 lockdown.

Fri 25 Jun –Sun 4 Jul 2021

Join a guided tour of a distant city where nothing seems to make sense. Its people are silenced and its landscape is disappearing.

Thu 1 –Tue 6 Jul 2021

Guildhall School composers, librettists and musicians present three brand-new short operas.

Mon 5 –Wed 7 Jul 2021

Filter Theatre’s bold new version of Gorky’s 1906 play, in which a provincial town is shaken from its lethargy by the imminent arrival of a major railway line.

Tue 6 –Sun 11 Jul 2021

Accompany Samuel Beckett’s curious figures into an uncertain future. Dressed in dark cloak and given headphones, you’ll be guided around the Barbican Highwalks on this rhythmic, immersive journey.

Fri 23 Jul –Sun 17 Oct 2021

Legendary stars in a legendary musical, Cole Porter's golden age classic, Anything Goes begins a strictly limited season this summer.

Sat 26 Feb 2022, 14:30

Join the nation’s favourite ballroom couple in a glittering dance tribute to some of history’s most iconic entertainers, from Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire to Shirley Bassey and Elton John.