In a world where AI seems to be taking over more and more human tasks, while placing ever greater demands on our environment, Shannon Vallor asks a crucial question in the final lecture in this series: can we live with AI, and what do we need to be able to do so harmoniously?
Celebrate the power of music with Piers Torday, Roxane De Bastion, Sam Lee, Natasha Farrant and Laura Dockrill in OneTrackMinds, a cross between Desert Island Discs, TED Talks and The Moth that sees storytellers share one song that changed them forever.
For this pre-Christmas Sunday morning edition of Bach, the Universe and Everything, a joyful Bach cantata is accompanied by a talk from science communicator, comedian, songwriter and 33.33% of The Festival of the Spoken Nerd, Helen Arney.
Can it really be one year since the Empire Podcast celebrated another landmark episode with a rip-roaring, triumphant live show at Kings Place? Well, clearly it can, as they're about to do it again!
Can it really be one year since the Empire Podcast celebrated another landmark episode with a rip-roaring, triumphant live show at Kings Place? Well, clearly it can, as they're about to do it again!
A musical nature adventure for all the family. Join virtuoso violinist Daniel Pioro and the ever-adventurous Manchester Camerata as they guide you through Vivaldi's extraordinary Four Seasons. Bring your raincoat, sunglasses, umbrella, woolly hat, and imagination for a whirlwind adventure through the sun, storm, rain and snow!
For the first in the Platoon Presents at Kings Place series, join us for a never-heard-before version of Vivaldi’s baroque masterpiece, 'The Four Seasons', bringing music and poetry together, performed by virtuoso violinist Daniel Pioro, Manchester Camerata and interspersed with specially commissioned new poetry written by Sir Michael Morpurgo, recited by Stephen Fry.
In our first Bach, the Universe and Everything Sunday morning of the new year, Joanne Wheeler MBE talks about the urgent work of protecting the surprisingly limited space around our Earth for future generations, with a contemplative cantata from Orchestra of The Age of Enlightenment.
The Crick Crack Club, the UK’s boldest and busiest storytelling programmer and promoter, creating worlds in the imaginations of its audiences, returns to Kings Place to present 'The Three Snake Leaves', fairytales for grown-ups from the Grimm forest.
Political commentator and broadcaster, Steve Richards, presents the latest behind-the-scenes guide to the epic dramas and the characters shaping seismic events. How have we got here? What’s going to happen next? Are there any answers to these questions? Come along and find out.
Political commentator and broadcaster, Steve Richards, presents the latest behind-the-scenes guide to the epic dramas and the characters shaping seismic events. How have we got here? What’s going to happen next? Are there any answers to these questions? Come along and find out.
Hayden Thorpe brings music and words from his poignant third album to Kings Place. ‘Ness’ is a collaboration with pioneering place author Robert Macfarlane, and both Thorpe and Macfarlane will be joined live on stage by Propellor ensemble to present this visceral new work together.
In this penultimate celestial Sunday morning with Bach, the Universe and Everything, guest speaker Sam Illingworth explores the numerous occasions in history where poets and creative minds have somehow been ahead of scientific discovery in their predictions, alongside an adventurous cantata from Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
Join us for a morning of music and insight as Chamber Studio returns to Kings Place for their Hall One Masterclass series, as Michael Collins, Peter Hill and the Paddington Trio explore Messiaen’s transcendent Quartet for the End of Time.
A collaborative concert as part of Sam Lee’s Earth Unwrapped residency, featuring tree wisdom, poems, anecdotes and folk songs inspired by trees, which will invoke the cultural heritage this species holds within our culture and society. Featuring guest musicians, Jonathan Drori, The Seed Sisters and more, alongside Sam Lee himself.
This season's cosmic Sunday mornings with Bach, the Universe and Everything closes with 'Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn' (You true God and Son of David), BWV 23, a soulful contemplation of eternity and forgiveness of the human journey from darkness into light, with a scientific talk from a guest speaker.
Singer-songwriter and sound artist Alice Boyd brings folk-inspired harmonies, ambient electronics and field recordings to Hall Two, inviting us to ponder the intersection of human life and the landscapes we call home.
In this Platoon Presents at Kings Place event taking place on Earth Day, renowned composers Stewart Copeland and Arash Safaian discuss their recent compositional projects, brought together by their love of Nature.
Andrew Millham will be discussing his debut book, ‘Singing Like Larks’, and the remarkable relationship between birds and traditional folk songs as part of our birdsong-inspired Folk Weekend.
Get ready for a night like no other as Suli Breaks hits the stage as part of the Platoon Presents at Kings Place series with his signature mix of storytelling, spoken word, and sharp, relatable humour.