What’s on

18 Jul 2018, 19:00

What if your first true love was someone you’d been told you must hate?

6 –9 Sep 2018

There’s never been greater urgency for change. But what shape could this take and who will be in charge? Join us as we ask if human ingenuity can restore our relationship to each other and the planet.

6 –8 Sep 2018

A dazzling modern opera that tells the foreboding story of a life falling apart, The Second Violinist unfolds like an unnerving thriller driven along by a haunting and compulsive score. 

12 Sep 2018, 19:00

Down on his luck in the suburbs, John Falstaff plans to hustle his way to a comfortable retirement by seducing the wives of two wealthy men. 

12 –15 Sep 2018

Fierce, bold and affecting, this galvanising hip-hop dance triple bill reflects themes of identity, oppression and transcendence in a performance of pure physical poetry. 

20 –29 Sep 2018

This is theatre for a generation engulfed by the fog of information in the digital age, where the storytelling is disrupted, never fully taking shape, as our narrators try to recall an event.

25 Sep 2018, 19:30

Combining live video, physical theatre and music, a new piece by Sascha Ring (Apparat) and Transforma reflects the rhythms and physicality of labour.

27 Sep 2018, 19:00

Broadcast live from London’s West End, see Ian McKellen’s ‘extraordinarily moving portrayal’ (Independent) of King Lear in cinemas.

27 –30 Sep 2018

In this richly layered theatrical experience, Alice Oswald’s extraordinary poem is performed on a grand scale, brought to impassioned life inside Jocelyn Pook’s transporting, otherworldly score.

3 Oct 2018, 19:30

This new play, with music by contralto Lucy Stevens and pianist Elizabeth Marcus, weaves together Dame Ethel Smyth’s music with anecdotes from her confidants, her letters and her own writing.