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SUMMARY:Five Day Autumn Writing Intensive | Riverside Studios
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a playwriting course for writers and theatre-makers ready to start on a brand-new play or to develop a current piece. Learn to understand your characters and develop your world. You’ll come away with practical next steps for your latest theatre idea. \nThis is a full week of intensive training – work with industry professionals from SCRUM Theatre – award-winning director and writer Tristan-Flynn Aiduenu alongside winner of the Tony Craze Award\, Somebody Jones. This five-day playwriting intensive will help you kick-start and develop your next piece of theatre. The course is an opportunity to develop a play in the world of sci-fi\, horror\, fantasy or magical realism. We can’t wait to welcome you aboard. \nThis intensive is for: \n\nWriters and theatre-makers ready to start work on a brand-new play.\nWriters and theatre-makers who want to bring an existing piece/ideas into the room to work on and develop further.\nWriters and theatre-makers who are interested in exploring fantasy\, horror\, sci-fi and magical realism.\nActors\, devisers and companies are also very welcome.\n\nWhat to expect across the week: \n\nDay 1: Understanding the world\nDay 2: Understanding the characters\nDay 3: Understanding the story arcs\nDay 4: Dramaturgy work on your scene\nDay 5: An afternoon reading of scenes within the group\, with questions and feedback from Tristan and Somebody\n\nWhat you’ll come away with: \n\nA world bible to keep building your play – and to be able to write your story across other mediums (screen\, radio and beyond).\nA host of reading material to further expand your delve into Speculative Fiction.\nA brand-new scene from your play.\nThe experience of hearing your words read aloud by fellow creatives.\nPractical next steps to keep developing your work after the week ends.\n\nLed by award-winning director and writer Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu (Deep Azure\, For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy\, Pig Heart Boy) and award-winning playwright and dramaturg Somebody Jones (winner of the Tony Craze Award\, finalist for the Women’s Prize for Playwriting)\, this five-day playwriting intensive will help you kick-start and develop your next piece of theatre.
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/five-day-autumn-writing-intensive-riverside-studios/2026-10-30/
LOCATION:Riverside Studios\, 101 Queen Caroline St\, London W6 9BN\, Riverside Studios\, 101 Queen Caroline St\, London\, W6 9BN
CATEGORIES:Courses,Events in London,London Theatre,Writers
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SUMMARY:Not So Spooky Halloween at Battersea Park Children’s Zoo
DESCRIPTION:24 October to 1 November 2026 \nThe only scary thing this half term is missing out! Join Battersea Park Children’s Zoo for a Halloween celebration especially for primary-age children and younger\, with plenty of spooky fun and nothing frightening. \nMinibeast Mansion: Meet the mysterious invertebrates and make spooky crafts like badges and keyrings (11am to 1pm and 2pm to 4pm – some small additional charge)\nNot So Spooky Storytime: A Halloween tale about the zoo’s animals (10:30am\, free)\nGruffalo Granny Story Time: Back by popular demand\, with Julia Donaldson’s new book (1:45pm\, free)\nKeeper talks and feeding: Daily talks with the otters\, lemurs\, meerkats\, capuchins and Scottish wildcats\, plus pig feeding time (free) \nWhile the children burn off energy\, grown-ups can relax at our seating and picnic tables. Some activities are included in your entry ticket. \nBook your Halloween visit: https://tickets.batterseaparkzoo.co.uk/#category_1
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/not-so-spooky-halloween-at-battersea-park-childrens-zoo/2026-10-30/
LOCATION:Battersea Park Children’s Zoo\, Batterasea Park\, London\, SW11 4NJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Children,Events in London
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SUMMARY:The Abbey Art Centre as Postwar Refuge\, 1946–56
DESCRIPTION:Ben Uri is delighted to announce the upcoming exhibition\, The Abbey Art Centre as Postwar Refuge\, 1946–56\, marking the simultaneous publication of The Abbey Art Centre in postwar London 1946–1956\, eds.\, Jane Eckette\, Ian McLean and Sheridan Palmer (Routledge)\, this autumn. \nThe exhibition unfolds the remarkable story of the Abbey Art Centre\, a cosmopolitan art colony established at New Barnet in 1946 by charismatic artist\, gallerist and world art collector\, William Ohly (1883–1955). A crucible of creativity on London’s northern edge\, the Abbey was a postwar haven for stateless Jewish refugees\, as well as artists from Australia\, Britain and continental Europe. Ohly’s openness to outsiders extended to his dealings at the Berkeley Galleries in Mayfair\, which opened in late 1941 during the Blitz and where Abbey artists occasionally exhibited\, as well as Commonwealth artists and artists from Ohly’s own world art collection. The Abbey was an important seeding bed for cross-cultural and transnational modernism that proved pivotal to the careers of many artists\, as they navigated the seismic political and cultural shifts taking place in the postwar and postcolonial artistic landscape in Britain and beyond. \nFeaturing paintings\, sculpture\, drawings\, monotypes\, lithographs\, puppets and related photographs\, books and archival materials\, the exhibition includes artworks by Abbey residents Scottish painter Alan Davie\, English sculptor Peter King\, English painter Lilian Colbourn\, German émigré painters and printmakers Marcel Frishman\, Margret Kroch-Frishman and William Ohly\, Austrians Helen Grünwald and Angela Varga\, sculptors Inge King and Gudrun Krüger\, pioneering German animator Lotte Reiniger\, Ukrainian painter Stacha Halpern\, Australian constructivist Robert Klippel and painters James Cant and Mary Webb. Narrative sub-themes include the impact of African and Indigenous Australian art on emerging artists and socially conscious painter-printmakers working in London’s East End. The exhibition also features a small number of artists associated with the Berkeley Galleries including Nigerian modernist Ben Enwonwu\, German sculptor Fred Kormis and Prussian-born graphic artist Katerina Wilczynski\, as well as related photographs\, books and archival materials. \nA book launch and a related series of events will accompany the exhibition.
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/the-abbey-art-centre-as-postwar-refuge-1946-56/2026-10-30/
LOCATION:Ben Uri Gallery 108a Boundary Road NW8 0RH London\, 108A Boundary Road\, St John’s Wood\, London NW8 ORH\, Central London\, NW8 0RH
CATEGORIES:Arts,Events in London,Exhibitions,Free Events,Museums,Visual Arts
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SUMMARY:Space Hamlet | The Cockpit Theatre
DESCRIPTION:It’s Shakespeare. In space. With Norse hammers. And Muppet-like aliens running amok. \nThe Bard’s tragedy gets blasted into orbit\, transformed into a cosmic Glam rock comedy featuring norse gods\, gladiator pits\, space misfits and a golden robot. \nContaining adult language\, puppet violence and at least one song that Shakespeare definitely didn’t write\, it is the ultimate treat for fans of Operation Mincemeat\, Avenue Q and Forbidden Planet. \n“Everyone still dies\, but there are a lot more laughs along the way” – Cultivated UK  \n\n“This brand new musical sets to catapult you into the stratosphere (with some amazing puppetry)!”\nRhombus Rota \nAlong with a cast of eight actors\, the show features an eclectic array of puppets playing aliens\, monsters\, courtiers and Norse god. The London premier follows a sold-out run produced by Open Door Theatre in Norwich 2025. Featuring an original Bowie-inspired glam rock score by Dan Sturman and R.C. Staab. \nHamlet stars Nic Gordon as Hamlet\, alongside Lucas Fox as Claudius\, Ruby Bardwell-Dix as Ophelia\, Amy Beven as Horatio and Polonius\, Shem Jacobs as King Ham\, Lauren Bryant as Gertrude\, Elle Overvoorde as Laertes and Lewis Aves as Fortinbras. \nThe creative team includes Jo Myers\, costume designer; Katie Howell\, puppet wrangler; Acer Smith\, orchestrator; Colin Nicol\, stage manager; Matt Cross\, sound and lighting designer; Carole Beatty\, choreographer; Christoper Davidson\, musical director; Dan Smith\, costumer designer and Elle Overvoorde\, puppet maker. \nDirector April Nash said\, “It is incredibly exciting to stage our show at The Cockpit\, a space renowned for hosting bold\, boundary-pushing new work. With our talented cast of eight actors in a universe of puppet aliens and Viking warriors get ready for an epic production that’s out of this world.”
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/space-hamlet-the-cockpit-theatre/2026-10-30/
LOCATION:The Cockpit\, Gateforth Street\, London\, NW8 8EH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Events in London,London Musicals
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SUMMARY:Gothic Opera presents: La Dame de Pique
DESCRIPTION:A society on the brink crumbles into grime\, decay and dissolution…. \nWitty\, gritty opéra-comique La Dame de Pique (The Queen of Spades) by Fromental Halévy premiered in 1850\, but has never been staged since. \nFeaturing a cast of exciting emerging singers and a chamber orchestra\, this operatic game of power will transport you to the dying days of the Ancien Régime in France. \nLoosely based on the Pushkin novella of the same name\, Halévy’s La Dame de Pique pre-dates Tchaikovsky’s better-known opera adaptation by forty years. \nIn a story perfect for the spooky season\, a shifting web of ambition\, strategy\, and survival is played out across every level of society…but the dealer always wins. \nSung in the original French with surtitles in English and newly-created English dialogue. \nYour perfect opera night out this Halloween. \nhttps://www.gothicopera.co.uk/productions/ladamedepique
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/gothic-opera-presents-la-dame-de-pique/2026-10-30/
LOCATION:Battersea Arts Centre\, Lavender Hill\, London\, SW11 5TN
CATEGORIES:Concerts,Events in London,Live Music,London Theatre,Music,Performing Arts
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