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Battersea Arts Centre

We harness the incredible power of art, creativity and collective imagination to create a better future for everyone.

A future that is more inclusive, more sustainable and more equitable. We work with ground-breaking artists across the globe to present innovative, exciting and socially engaged work. Most shows at BAC are available on a Pay What You Can basis, as part of our ongoing commitment to removing barriers to engagement.

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Our Areas of Work

Community Engagement

Cultural Diversity

Participatory

Youth Engagement

Schools Engagement

Professional Development

Our Artforms

Multi Artform

Dance

Performing Arts

Theatre

Activities or services we offer

Events

Exhibitions

Workshops and Classes

Touring Artist(s)

Age ranges we support

Children 8-13

Young People 13-17

18+

Our Events

a woman in white stands at a console, looking up in enjoyment.

asses.masses

Sat 12 - Sun 13 Apr 2025

a man in sunglasses is in a broken lift staring at two people dressed in pink and red

Burnt Toast

Tue 22 - Wed 23 Apr 2025

A man in a red vest stands behind some plastic film with blood running down it.

Goner

Tue 6 - Sat 10 May 2025

Koulounisation

Fri 23 - Sat 24 May 2025

A person in a leotard patterned in flowers crouches and looks forward into the audience

Natural Behaviour

Tue 3 - Sat 7 Jun 2025

A woman stands holding a basket with Arabic script projected onto her.

Language: no broblem

Fri 13 - Sat 14 Jun 2025

'A Public Address. 2-14 Mar. Quarantine Takeover'. A large, ornate Victorian town hall – Battersea Arts Centre – from across the road from the building.

A Public Address

Mon 16 Feb - Sat 14 Mar 2026

A dark night sky with browning trees surrounding the perimeter of the image. In the centre, words are created partially from ice, partially as brown and orange stamps, with stars twinkling around them. The text reads 'A Merry Misrule'

BAC & Wild Rumpus

A Merry Misrule

Sat 29 Nov - Wed 24 Dec 2025

Intergenerational Workshop

Sat 13 Sep 2025

Male presenting figure, the artist Dan Daw, in mid-action pose in mid-air with arms outstretched. There is a mattress covered with a loose sheet beneath them. They are wearing a silk dressing gown that is open, exposing his tattooed skin.

EXXY

Thu 2 - Fri 10 Oct 2025

A group of people sitting in a semi-circle on a stage. The group is mixed gender and a mixed age range, wearing casual clothes. The group who are sitting down are audience participants in the show. There is also a male presenting person standing on the stage. The standing figure is Tiago, the artist who created the show and invited the audience participants on stage.

By Heart

Tue 14 - Wed 15 Oct 2025

A large theatre studio space with a background photo image of a person with a gun, with an outline drawing of a person with a camera superimposed on the photo. The stage is populated by 5 performers of mixed gender. There are tables, chairs, microphones, a guitar, and large photo portraits of people spread around the stage.

Radio Live: A New Generation

Sat 11 - Sun 12 Oct 2025

Theatre studio space with audience seated around the edge of the space. There are performers across the stage standing in various positions. There tables, chairs, theatre lamps and a projection screen spread across the space.

12 Last Songs

Sat 14 Mar 2026

An image of a junction on a busy street.

The People of Lavender Hill

Mon 16 Feb - Sat 14 Mar 2026

An upward shot of the balcony of Battersea Arts Centre, with the BAC sign jutting out beneath it.

Why I am and why I am not

Fri 6 - Sun 8 Mar 2026

Interior of a cafe. There are people seated at a table facing each other engaged in conversation with the remains of their lunch on the table.

No Such Thing

Mon 16 Feb - Sat 14 Mar 2026

A twig of lavender floating in space, with more twigs of lavender and other wild flowers floating in the background.

Homegrown Festival 2026

TERRAIN

Fri 29 - Sat 30 May 2026

A black notebook containing various images of John Archer, attached using tape or a pin. Three blobs of grey paint are smeared next to each other on one of his images, with the name “John Archer” written at the bottom left-hand side of the notebook.

Homegrown Festival 2026

Archer's Legacy Lives: Exhibition

Fri 29 - Sat 30 May 2026

A black notebook containing various images of John Archer, attached using tape or a pin. Three blobs of grey paint are smeared next to each other on one of his images, with the name “John Archer” written at the bottom left-hand side of the notebook.

Homegrown Festival 2026

Archer's Legacy Lives: Roots of the People

Fri 29 May 2026

A black notebook containing various images of John Archer, attached using tape or a pin. Three blobs of grey paint are smeared next to each other on one of his images, with the name “John Archer” written at the bottom left-hand side of the notebook.

Homegrown Festival 2026

Archer's Legacy Lives: From Roots to Creation

Sat 30 May 2026

This fluid, abstract composition features reflective, liquid-like shapes suspended in deep blue space. The image conjures up an imagined underwater environment, with hints of movement and texture that evoke memories of long-forgotten swimming pools. Rather than depicting a literal space, the unstable, continuously shifting forms appear as if shaped by memory, perception and reinterpretation. Created through observation, reconstruction, and reimagination, the image reflects the workshop's approach to space. Sitting between documentation and fiction, it visualises a collective attempt to see the building differently - not as it is now, but as it once was.

Homegrown Festival 2026

Almost Here: The Pool That Never Existed

Fri 29 - Sat 30 May 2026

An image of a young person sitting on the edge of their bed with their hands covering their face. The young person and the bed are situated upside down as if stuck to the ceiling. The walls around the room have projections of buildings, trees and outdoor spaces.

Homegrown Festival 2026

MIA: Out of Sync

Fri 29 - Sat 30 May 2026

A young woman is submerged in a hole in an empty field of dirt. Only the back of their head and shoulders is visible.

Homegrown Festival 2026

Made-a-Medea

Fri 29 - Sat 30 May 2026

A twig of lavender floating in space, with more twigs of lavender and other wild flowers floating in the background. Colours have been emphasised and distorted to create a psychedelic effect.

Homegrown Festival 2026

TERRAIN: PULSE

Fri 29 May 2026

A split image - the left half of the image is of a rugby stadium with a rugby match playing. The view is from amongst the spectators seating, with the back of heads of other spectators, some wearing hats with a Jamaican flag design. The right half of the image if of a DJ music equipment.

Homegrown Festival 2026

Roots, Rhythm and Rugby Fundraiser

Sat 30 May 2026

A group of young people dancing on stage. They are each wearing white t-shirts, black jeans, and a transparent poncho. There is a sing above them saying 'Hope'.

Homegrown Festival 2026

BAC Academy Jam: A Beatbox Academy and Dance Academy Collab

Sat 30 May 2026

A hand is being held in front of a person wearing jeans and a blue shirt. Their palm is covered in silver stars.

Homegrown Festival 2026

Angel: (Work-in-Progress)

Sat 30 May 2026

Two performers have their back to us, illuminated in purple light. One person is suspended in air by rope bondage knot, with neon red, pink and green rope, his hands crossed behind his back. The other has his back to the camera and is gently holding the first person's head and pressing their own to it, creating a sense of connection and safety. In the purple background various mundane objects are spun in neon macramé creating unique patterns based on their shapes. An audience is sitting on the floor, watching.

Daniel Kok and Luke George

Bunny

Thu 4 - Sat 6 Jun 2026

Text reads: 'The Art of Mini Golf. A playable exhibition by RISING Melbourne'. 'Wave of Fortune’ min-golf installation for production Swingers, featuring a 6-foot wave made from plaster and lit with blue light, which must be put through on the course; a woman in a red top and black trousers is getting ready to put a ball. There are flagpoles on the other side of it and a seaplane above the scene.

RISING Melbourne

The Art of Mini Golf

Wed 17 Jun - Sun 9 Aug 2026

A woman is stood on a theatre stage in front of a red curtain. She’s white, wearing all black and has long brown hair. A seagull is flying towards her, blocking us from seeing her face.

A BAC production written by Caroline Williams. Co-directed by Deborah Pearson and Caroline Williams.

NINA

Tue 6 - Sat 24 Oct 2026

Someone is walking through a door at the end of a long corridor with an arched ceiling. There are lamps on the walls that give a green tinge to the image, and there is an unearthly haze in the air.

Created by Immersive Octopus

Room 13

Fri 16 Oct - Sun 1 Nov 2026

A male performer dressed in a blue onesie is balancing on a light as it tips over, with his legs and arms in the air.

Peut-Être Theatre

The Dark

Tue 27 - Sat 31 Oct 2026

Three people are sat on a red sofa on a stage, surrounded by red and pink confetti. There is one man on the left-hand side in jeans and a t-shirt, he has blonde hair in a ponytail and green paint in war-like markings across his face. The other two are women – one on the right-hand side of the sofa is wearing a green hoodie and combat boots, and the one in the centre is wearing orange joggers and is holding a cardboard box. Box Office

Dead Centre with Emilie Pine

Good Sex

Wed 4 - Fri 6 Nov 2026

A white man with short grey hair is sat down and talking into a microphone. He’s wearing a pink paper crown on his head and a pink waterproof jacket with a sticky note on it that says ‘ME’. Behind him a pale pink liquid is dripping down the wall. The same liquid is also on his jacket, hand and lips as well.

A Song and Dance

Tue 17 - Sat 21 Nov 2026

An actor dressed as Santa Claus has one finger to his lips, looking off to the side as his other hand holds a large present wrapped in a yellow bow.

Produced by Norwell Lapley Productions

Dear Santa

Sat 28 Nov - Thu 24 Dec 2026

A white man with piercing blue eyes is mostly in shadow, with only the right edge of his face in the light. He has blue tape all over his face, covering everything but his eyes, nostrils and mouth. He is holding some playing cards to his mouth as if he is about to eat them, his hand is in a blue latex medical glove.

Jim Dahl Presents

Magic: An Illustrated History

Sat 7 - Sat 14 Nov 2026

A Mouthful of Tongues

Sat 7 - Sun 8 Nov 2026

Two images are placed next to each other horizontally. On the left, a man with long brown hair tied up in a bun is using his hand as a puppet with two googly eyes stuck on top of his fingers. On the right, another man is sat down and dressed all in black, and is reaching over to the right with a deck of cards in his hand.

Tom Cassani, Luis Sartori do Vale and Kalle Nio

Black Magic and Iterations (Double Bill)

An image of a man reading a book whilst a confetti of playing cards falls around him.

Vincent Gambini

This is Not a Magic Show

Sat 14 Nov 2026

A white woman with blonde hair is lying on her back, cuddling a ventriloquist doll. She’s wearing a white shirt and jeans, and the doll is also blonde, with lined eyes and very red lips. It’s wearing a cream turtleneck jumper and chequered black and white trousers.

Answer Me, Pythia (Work-in-Progress)

Sat 14 Nov 2026

woman with long brown hair is wearing a brown turtle neck and a blazer, leaning against a black table and smiling dreamily into the distance. She is stood in front of an audience, we can see two people sat down watching her.

Chloé Vivarès

Escaping Oneself

Fri 13 - Sat 14 Nov 2026

A white man with long curly hair tied back in a ponytail is wearing a suit and extending out his arms as if ready to cast a spell. He looks concerned, as if he’s trying to ward something off. Behind him is a window painted black and a metallic red and purple curtain. The whole image has a paint-like quality to it, as if it’s been put through a retro filter on photo-booth to make it appear more like a poster.

Oraculum (Work-in-Progress)

Fri 13 Nov 2026

A man with short black hair and glasses is has their back slightly turned away from the viewer, wearing a black t-shirt. He has just thrown a pale, almost transparent piece of cloth in the air, his arms still outstretched from the motion. The cloth is still suspended in the air, and there is a fan in front of the man keeping it afloat. The background is completely black.

Hsiang-Sheng Teng

Liminal (Work-in-Progress)

Fri 13 Nov 2026

A bald man in a dimly lit room with white walls is wearing a white t-shirt and holding a lit match aloft, staring at it seriously.

Shambles Ensemble

Perpetuity (Work-in-Progress)

Thu 12 Nov 2026

Two women's photos are side by side, one with dark curly hair and a pink blazer on and the other with long white hair and a black jacket on.

Marisa Carnesky and Jo Bannon

Artist Talk: UNREAL

Wed 11 Nov 2026

A woman with dark hair wearing a blue dress suspends herself from the floor of a dark stage with one arm, the other is raised above her and her legs are raised off the floor.

Valentina Cortese

Lento e Violento

Tue 10 - Wed 11 Nov 2026

An inky black sky with icy trees surrounding the edge. In the centre, letters made of icicles read 'Santa's Grotto' with twinkling fairy lights weaved between them.

Produced by Battersea Arts Centre

Santa's Grotto

Fri 4 - Thu 24 Dec 2026

Text overlaid on image is transparent against a dark navy background. It reads ‘Festive Soft Play’. At the bottom of the treatment the blue background fades into snowflakes. A graphical image of lots of different Christmas toys – a teddy bear, a rocking horse, a toy airplane – gathered underneath a Christmas tree with fairy lights on it. All the image apart from the title treatment is a very merry red.

Battersea Arts Centre

Festive Soft Play

Tue 1 - Thu 24 Dec 2026

A drawing of a Queen of Spades playing card that has been ripped horizontally in the middle. The top half appears with the black outline of the Queen showing up against the white card, but the bottom half shows the colours inverted, with the Queen’s white outline showing up against a black card like an x-ray.

La Dame de Pique

Thu 29 Oct - Sun 1 Nov 2026

A painting of Battersea Arts Centre

Battersea Arts Centre

Originally built in 1893 as Battersea Town Hall, this building has a long queer history rooted in radical politics, social reform and performance.

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Welcome to Wandsworth projects at Battersea Arts Centre

A Public Address

Award-winning theatre collective Quarantine took over the former Town Hall to ask: who gets heard in a place like this today?

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Sim Campbell sits centre stage on a sofa. He is a black man with dyed dreadlocks, wearing a black vest, grey shorts and white socks. He's surrounded by mysterious figures wearing trench coats, masks and hats. They frame him as they pass objects to eachother, behind and around him. But Sim is looking intently at his own hands, which are held up in front of him as he uses sign language.

Liberty Festival 2025

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We Art Wandsworth

We Art Wandsworth was an artist-led, borough-wide visual arts programme for London Borough of Culture 2025.

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