Alice Boyd: Debut Album Launch
Under The Elder
Alice Boyd returns to Kings Place to celebrate the release of her debut album, Under The Elder: a collection of songs and soundscapes exploring our relationship with the natural world, blending voice, field recordings, synths and ambient electronics with folk-inspired songwriting.
Musician, composer and sound artist Alice Boyd‘s music grows from a practice of close listening to landscapes, changing ecosystems and the sounds of the more-than-human world. Under The Elder brings these elements together, moving between intimate songs and expansive, immersive sound worlds.
At the heart of the album is Alice’s ongoing collaboration with legendary field recordist Martyn Stewart (The Listening Planet), which began with her BBC Radio 4 documentary Shifting Soundscapes. Retracing Martyn’s journeys across Britain in the 1970s, Alice returned to some of the same places almost fifty years later, weaving his archive recordings together with her own to create a portrait of our changing environments: what is being lost, what is returning, and what remains.
For this album launch, Alice will begin the evening performing solo, building layers of voice, electronics and environmental recordings live on stage. She will then be joined by special guest collaborators, expanding the performance into a wider celebration of her music, past and present.
This event will last approximately 1 hour 45 minutes, including an interval.
Concessions & Under 30s tickets
Kings Place Concessions Tickets
We want to ensure that people who may be struggling financially to purchase a ticket can still enjoy visiting Kings Place. A limited number of concessions tickets will be allocated on selected events. This discount will automatically be applied in your shopping basket if you are registered for this scheme and an allocation is available.
For more information on registering please visit https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/your-visit/ticketing-information/concessions/
Concessions tickets are accessible for people on the following criteria (for more information visit our FAQs)
- Pension Credit
- Universal Credit
- Disability Benefit
- Income Support or Job Seekers allowance
- Students
£10 ‘Under 30s’ tickets
A limited number of £10 tickets are available for certain shows to attendees aged under 30. To access Under 30s tickets, update your account with your Date of Birth. Please visit the account centre to add your Date of Birth.
If £10 tickets are available, the ticket discount will apply automatically at checkout. If the discount does not apply, this means all ‘Under 30s’ tickets have sold out for the performance.
Please note that proof of age may be requested at the venue.
Plan your visit
Getting here
Kings Place is situated just a few minutes’ walk from King’s Cross and St Pancras stations, one of the most connected locations in London and now the biggest transport hub in Europe.
Our address is:
90 York Way, London, N1 9AG.
The Venue
Our performance spaces are situated on the lower ground floor. Hall One, Hall Two and St Pancras are located in level -2, reached by stairs, escalator and lift from the ground floor entrance level.
Event Times
Door times indicate auditorium entrance times only. Visitors are welcome to enjoy the Kings Place seating areas, gallery-level art, canal-side terrace, café, restaurant and bar throughout the day and evening.
- Our events begin promptly at the advertised start time. Typically, there is no support unless otherwise stated.
- We recommend arriving in good time before the performance. The Hall doors will open 30 minutes before the performance to allow time to take your seats, or to choose a space for standing shows.
- Latecomers will be admitted at a suitable break in the performance where possible
Access
We aim to make your visit to Kings Place as comfortable as possible. For more information about the accessibility of Kings Place, including details about our Access Scheme, please visit this page.
If you would like to discuss your access requirements with a member of our team, please get in touch with the Box Office team at info@kingsplace.co.uk.
Food & Drink
Rotunda Bar & Restaurant
Rotunda, situated on the ground floor of Kings Place, offers a unique dining and drinking experience alongside Regent’s Canal. The concert bar in the venue foyer will also be open for select events.
Green & Fortune Café
Recently re-furbished and now open with a new look, the Green & Fortune Café is open for selected concerts. Serving hot and cold food and drinks, including sandwiches, salads, soup, stew and a pie of the day, alongside a choice of cakes made by the on-site bakery team. See here for selected concert dates and standard opening hours.
Reviews
‘Alice’s music beautifully reframes the urgent climate crisis into an opportunity for reconnection with nature.’ Sir Tim Smit KBE, Eden Project
‘Beautiful’ Brian Eno, Music producer & Artist
‘Such a perfectly realised amalgamation of concept, melody and landscape is vanishingly rare, but Boyd achieves it with an easy grace.’ Thomas Blake, KLOF Mag
‘Alice’s work is visceral, playful and innately communicative.’ Melanie Wilson, Sound Artist (Royal Opera House, National Theatre)