to be broadcast on BBC4 next Sunday 25 October

an ambitious season of daring and intimate work

it left me shocked, it left me squirming in my seat

An inspiring and exciting combination of dance, music, and audience intimacy

Playing as part of BAC’s Going Global season, unReal City blends intimate live performance by learning disabled artists with virtual and mixed reality, exploring what personal connection means in a world that is increasingly digital. Prior to its opening on 2 March, the makers of the experience spoke to Everything Theatre about what audience members can expect when they plug in, and the relationship, both now and in the future, between theatre and virtual reality. unReal City is a virtual ...

An emotional family story about memory and time.

Interview: Tarek Iskander, Artistic Director of BAC

A dark comedy about ageing that sails exceptionally close to the wind.

Homegrown Festival: Occupy He. She. Him. Her. They.  Such little words but with so much meaning.  But as Elise Heaven tells us, gender is a social construct.  There are people who don’t identify as he or she, otherwise known as non-binary.  Such as Elise Heaven, who isn’t he or she, but as is Elise’s wish, the pronoun to use is “they”.  Except they is singular, not plural.  Well that’s going to mess my editor’s head up, that’s for sure. [Ed: ...

Homegrown Festival: Occupy There is an incredible buzz in the building tonight for the grand opening of Battersea Arts Centre’s Homegrown Festival: Occupy, an almost month-long takeover of this lovely old building, by under represented voices.  There is nothing quite like the hum of so many excited and engaged youngsters to make you smile and savour the energy and joy they can generate.  It’s almost worth going along just to sit and enjoy that feeling, but then again, whilst you ...