Battersea Arts Centre - BAC

02/04/2026

🎟️ On sale now

Grab your putt and secure your tee time as The Art of Mini Golf lands at BAC this summer.

Discover nine adventurous mini golf holes, each designed by a leading woman artist, in this playable exhibition rooted in the game’s subversive history.

17 June – 26 July
Tickets available via our website

A playable exhibition by Rising Melbourne curated by Grace Herbert

Formerly known as ‘Swingers’

The Art of Mini Golf at BAC is supported by House of Oz

31/03/2026

The Agency of Change is now an independent charity.

Read the full statement below. We can't wait for this next chapter.

Creativity is power. And today, it's also a charity!
The Agency of Change is now an independent charity, led by the very people it was built for.

This model was brought to the UK in 2013 through a partnership between Battersea Arts Centre - BAC , Contact and People's Palace Projects, inspired by the work of Brazilian theatre maker and activist Marcus Faustini in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro. It was built on a single conviction: that young people from underserved communities should have the resources to lead change where they live. That conviction is now the foundation of an independent organisation.

Since 2013, more than 900 young people have become Agents across the UK. They've launched 277+ social enterprises and community projects, created 167 jobs and reached over 41,000 community members — tackling knife crime, mental health, social isolation and unemployment. Not as beneficiaries. As leaders.

Today we also welcome the board that will lead this next chapter. Saad Eddine Said joins as Chair of the Board. As CEO of New Art Exchange, Saad led the institution to become the first cultural organisation globally to embed a Citizen Assembly in its governance.

Alumni Agents Henrietta Imoreh and Aaron Omotosho join as Trustees alongside Rosie Hunter Executive Director from Peoples Palace People's Palace Projects and Tarek Iskander CEO and Artistic Director of Battersea Arts Centre - BAC

This isn't the end of a journey, it's the structure that lets us take it further.

The next chapter starts now. Young people are already leading it and we hope that you will join us.

Creativity is power. It's time we all acted like it.

Read the full announcement: https://www.theagencyofchange.org/news/we-are-the-agency-of-change

05/03/2026

Alongside A Public Address, we have commissioned local photographer Steve Reeves to take a series of photos of people in the borough.

All the people photographed are part of the four-week takeover, whether they work at a cafe where we’ve been hosting conversations between strangers for No Such Thing, or they’ve contributed to The people of Lavender Hill, a self-guided audio tour from people who work on the high street.

They could be making a speech from BAC’s balcony tomorrow, and becoming part of the interactive exhibition The Rooms this weekend. Or they could be one of the workers in 12 Last Songs, a 12-hour show that invites more than 30 workers from the borough to the stage.

Across these four events, A Public Address makes space for people to assemble as we ask: who gets heard in a place like this today?

1. Pastor Freddie at his church in Tooting
2. Aiste training dogs on Clapham Common

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A Public Address is a co-production between Quarantine and Battersea Arts Centre - BAC as part of Welcome to Wandsworth, London Borough of Culture. London Borough of Culture is a Mayor of London initiative.

12/02/2026

Our building looking beautiful in the rain ☔

26/01/2026

It's already been a month since our Community Christmas Party 2025 ✨

With the help of your donations, we threw open the doors to our Grand Hall and greeted 170 guests for a day of music, joy, and very tasty food provided by our partners at Waste Not Want Not Battersea.

Thank you to Battersea United Charities for their generous support, as well as to all these incredible organisations for their contributions:

Whole Foods Market
Brijwasi Events
A to Z Catering
Home-strat Battersea
Dishoom
The Camberwell Arms
Battersea Social
Dinner Ladies
Pinstripes & Peonies
Ragasaan
Elizabeth Marsh
The Print Design

🎥 Keepsake Videos

21/01/2026

🎟️ Tickets for our Spring 26 Season are now on sale.

Available now:

The Present Is Not Enough | 26 – 27 Mar Silvia Calderoni and Ilenia Caleo

Second Trimester | 14 – 25 Apr Krishna Istha and Geetha Shankar

Monica | 1 – 2 May Pablo Lilienfeld and Federico Vladimir

Bloom 2026 | 7-16 May featuring:

Matter Era | 7 – 9 May Tim Spooner and Terrapin

Wormhole of our Formation | 8 – 9 May Catherine Hoffman

Walking Each Other Home | 9 May Stacy Makishi

FAMEHUNGRY | 15 - 16 May Louise Orwin

Dance Me to the End of Love | 16 May Pink Suits

No Bodies Here: Deleting the Body from Live Performance | 16 May Ocean Stefan

Bunny | 4 – 6 Jun Daniel Kok and Luke George. Co-presented with Q***r East.

Explore the full programme through the link in the comments.

02/12/2025

Christmas is for community ✨

We loved welcoming local residents for Christmas Day in our Grand Hall last year, and we can’t wait to greet even more people in a few weeks!

We’ll be providing free Christmas Dinners in partnership with Waste Not Want Not Battersea, festive entertainment (Santa has already RSVP’d) and accessible transport to make sure everybody who wants to can join us for a very merry afternoon.

This Giving Tuesday, help us to host as many people as possible on Christmas Day. Find out more through the link in our comments 👇

Thank you to Battersea United Charities for their support towards Christmas Day at BAC.

01/12/2025

We loved welcoming our very first audiences to A Merry Misrule this weekend.

Join us for an immersive adventure featuring gorgeous puppetry, hearty wassails and plenty of festive chaos ❄️

Running until the 24 Dec.

📷Jemima Yong

25/11/2025

Who gets heard in a place like this today?

In 2026, award-winning theatre collective Quarantine will take over the Battersea Arts Centre building, formerly Battersea Town Hall, to present A Public Address.

Part of Welcome to Wandsworth's London Borough of Culture year, A Public Address brings together people across Lavender Hill, the borough and beyond, to create a programme of events from intimate encounters to grand-scale durational performance.

Find out more through the link in the comments 👇

16/10/2025

Spotted 👀

A familiar face has been on the lookout for new recruits to help save the holidays from chaos...

Journey through our halls and encounter mischievous new creatures in A Merry Misrule this winter❄️

Immersive art creators Wild Rumpus are back in our building with a brand-new festive adventure.

🎟️ Pay What You Can tickets available for opening weekend

21/09/2025

Thanks for coming over❤️

It was a delight to welcome so many of you into our building last Sunday as part of Open House Festival 🗝️

There will be plenty more opportunities to explore as our season kicks off with Liberty Festival, the ’s flagship free festival of work by disabled artists, coming to us as part of London Borough of Culture 2025.

Head to our website to explore the full programme of events – all produced by Criptic Arts.

📸 Harry Elletson