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Sirens for a wounded planet

Kings Place turns its focus to Earth for our 2025 award-winning Unwrapped series, bringing artists together to explore our wounded planet and how collectively we can seek healing.
We turn to Artists in Residence Sam Lee and Jason Singh to tell stories of the Earth through their performances, installations and celebrations throughout the year.

Environmental artist Alice Boyd creates The Sounds of King’s Cross for our d&b Soundscape system, listening and talking to the people wildlife in our local area, whilst EarthPercent, the music industry’s climate foundation, will host an important conversation with their expert advisory panel.

Virtuoso violinist Daniel Pioro invites you to a weekend of deep listening for our audiences, with works from Catherine Lamb, Pauline Oliveros, James Tenney and Valgeir Sigurðsson.

We celebrate Terry Riley’s 90th birthday, look to Pauline Oliveros’ concept of deep listening and are taken on a Mahler adventure with Resident Ensemble, Aurora. You’ll hear new music and commissions from artists who dedicate their work to our planet including Julia Wolfe, Josephine Stephenson, and Erland Cooper.

Our d&b Soundscape system will bring the outdoors in with artists such as Soumik Datta, Ligeti Quartet and The Rheingans Sisters enabling us to feel immersed in the outdoors from sounds on our doorstep to around the world.

This year-long series will offer a place to listen deeply to our world on a microscopic to cosmic scale, inviting you to celebrate our natural world, provide a space to listen, learn and be inspired by the artists around us.

See our Digital Earth Unwrapped brochure – here.

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Aurora Orchestra: In the Alps

Classical / ‘Under 30s’ Tickets

Welcome to the Alps! Join Aurora and soprano Mary Bevan on a mountain journey in the third concert of Aurora’s year-long exploration of Mahler’s music.

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Jack Jennings & Omar Puente 'Allied with Nature' Album Launch

Contemporary at Kings Place

Two of the most electrifying virtuosos of the UK scene, Jack Jennings & Omar Puente create new music inspired by the world's biggest natural sound library. A powerful electric band led by guitar and violin, combining raga themes of Indian classical music, with a jazz/rock rhythm section of Domenico Angarano on bass, Arthur Newell on drums. 

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The House of Bedlam: To Valerie Solanas and Marilyn Monroe

d&b Soundscape / d&b Soundscape

Enhanced by the use of the Kings Place d&b Soundscape system and performed in-the-round, The House of Bedlam present two contrasting works by British composer Larry Groves and American electronic pioneer, Pauline Oliveros.

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The Lost Birds: VOCES8 & Carducci Quartet

Classical at Kings Place

Join VOCES8, The VOCES8 Scholars, Carducci Quartet and pianist Christopher Glynn for an evening paying tribute to bird species driven to extinction by humankind, through Christopher Tin’s work 'The Lost Birds'.

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The Lost Birds: VOCES8 & Carducci Quartet

Classical at Kings Place

Join VOCES8, The VOCES8 Scholars, Carducci Quartet and pianist Christopher Glynn for an evening paying tribute to bird species driven to extinction by humankind, through Christopher Tin’s work 'The Lost Birds'.

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Far, Far Away: Mahler and the Mountain Adventure

Family / Aurora Orchestra - Far, Far Away

Climb every mountain! Paddle in the stream, explore echoes across the valley and meet some friends along the way in Aurora’s latest adventure in the Far, Far Away Early Years series, part of Kings Place’s Earth Unwrapped series.

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Terje Isungset Ice Quartet

Jazz / ‘Under 30s’ Tickets

The ice music pioneer, Terje Isungset, returns to Kings Place after a sold-out performance in 2021 with his exquisite quartet featuring voice, ice harp, ice horn, iceophone, ice percussion and ice bass.

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Pre-Performance Talk - Bashō: The Botanical Mind

Words / Noh Reimagined

Gina Buenfeld-Murley, curator of the exhibition 'The Botanical Mind' at Camden Art Centre, joins Dr Christopher Harding, arts historian, to discuss the noh play 'Bashō' (Plantain Tree) by Konparu Zenchiku (1405–1470), ahead of its historic first-ever performance outside Japan.

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Bashō (Plantain Tree)

Contemporary / Noh Reimagined

'Bashō' (Plantain Tree) by Konparu Zenchiku (1405–1470), a is a mesmerising tale in which the spirit of a banana plant, appearing as a middle-aged woman, embodies the Lotus Sutra’s teaching that plants too, can attain enlightenment, reflecting a vision of the harmony and equality of humans and the natural world. 'Bashō', is performed first time outside Japan in history.

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Far, Far Away: Mahler and the Mountain Adventure

Family / Aurora Orchestra - Far, Far Away

Climb every mountain! Paddle in the stream, explore echoes across the valley and meet some friends along the way in Aurora’s latest adventure in the Far, Far Away Early Years series, part of Kings Place’s Earth Unwrapped series.

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Discover the World of Matsukaze

Words / Noh Reimagined

Step into the world of the timeless masterpiece 'Matsukaze'. Uncover the hidden meanings layered poetic language and emotional depth. In this workshop, participants will gain a deeper appreciation of why 'Matsukaze' is one of noh’s most beloved works.

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Pre-Performance Talk: 'Song of Rona Island'

Words / Noh Reimagined

An opportunity to hear from Kathleen Jaime (poet and former Scottish Makar) about her essay ‘On Rona’, and how this essay inspired the creation of the Scottish-Noh theatre production ‘Song of Rona Island’ from Kanji Shimizu (Noh shite actor), Aidan O’Rourke (fiddler) and Gareth Mattey.

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Solem Quartet: Towards Silence

Classical at Kings Place

Join Solem Quartet at Kings Place for an evening of music which asks us to contemplate, or perhaps mourn Earth’s current condition, whilst reminding us of its natural aural beauty.

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Matsukaze & Song of Rona Island

Contemporary / Noh Reimagined

Motokiyo (1363–  c. 1443) is one of the most revered masterpieces of classical noh, and a work that Zeami himself held in special regard. Its haunting themes of ghostly love, memory, and seaside solitude that have inspired artists for centuries, echoing in opera, poetry, and painting in Japan and beyond. ‘Song of Rona Island’, inspired by ‘On Rona’ by Kathleen Jamie, follows a traveller on an ecological survey to an abandoned island in the Outer Hebrides, and their encounter its haunting past. Six noh performers – including Kanji Shimizu – join forces with fiddler Aidan O’Rourke and Scottish smallpipes player Brìghde Chaimbeul in a groundbreaking new work bringing together Scottish music and culture with Japanese noh theatre.

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Erland Cooper’s The Peregrine (World Premiere) 

Contemporary at Kings Place

Erland Cooper makes his debut at Kings Place as part of Earth Unwrapped, presenting the world premiere of his new work ‘The Peregrine’ for small ensemble.

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Far, Far Away: Mahler and the Mountain Adventure

Family / Aurora Orchestra - Far, Far Away

Climb every mountain! Paddle in the stream, explore echoes across the valley and meet some friends along the way in Aurora’s latest adventure in the Far, Far Away Early Years series, part of Kings Place’s Earth Unwrapped series.

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Far, Far Away: Mahler and the Mountain Adventure (for grown-ups)

Classical / Aurora Orchestra

Climb every mountain! Join Aurora on its latest adventure in an adaptation of its new 'Far, Far Away' show for a grown-up evening out.

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Nicolas Altstaedt and The Carice Singers

Classical / ‘Under 30s’ Tickets

Join Nicolas Altstaedt and The Carice Singers for an evening of new works by Josephine Stevenson and Raquel García-Tomás, music compositions that questions our true connection with Earth and its vulnerable state.

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