It has been announced that Battersea Arts Centre will launch a new digital season of work that will run across the autumn, with plans for the venue to live stream events from its Grand Hall.

The extensive new season will feature performances from musician, novelist and spoken word artist Anthony Joseph, in collaboration with EFG London Jazz Festival and The Close Encounter Club, and Gigwise will present Liverpool rock gang The Mysterines. There will also be performances from female-led improvisation troupe Yes Queens, a selection of diverse talent from Berk’s Nest and a night in with The LOL Word’s Big Online Gayla, which promises to be a raucous evening.

BAC Agents will present We Will Still Breathe in response to the Black Lives Matter movement, curated by Tunde Adefioye, which will include the documentary short I Still Breathe (PROJECTSIXTY4 and Modern Films), directed by Alfred George Bailey with Tavaziva Dance. BAC will also host the first Migrants in the Theatre Town Hall in order to discuss ways in which representation of migrant artists can be improved.

The theatre will also present new work from Brian Lobel, Joon Lynn Goh and Robert Softly-Gale, along with work from emerging producer Lorra Videv and Hadas Hagos, CEO of local surplus food sharing charity, Waste Not Want Not Battersea, presenting an experimental co-creation. SESSION: The Documentary will also be featured and will see Still House, Steppaz and Empire Sounds celebrating community and youth. There will also be the digital premiere of movement film, Don’t Wait.

Tarek Iskander, Artistic Director and CEO of Battersea Arts Centre said: “At this moment of worldwide crisis we all need to step up and do our bit. For BAC, we’re focussing on continuing to MAKE artists work in this time in whatever ways we can. Our response to the pandemic is to keep empowering artists, young people and communities to be creative in this moment of incredible hardship. Together they can help us envision a better future. This season is also about radiating some LOVE into the world. We must push forward together and use our collective artistic creativity to reimagine our communities in ways that support all of us, not just some, to thrive. And it’s the essential, playful, messy, mischievous kinds of interactions that you’ll find in this season. I believe these are the best ways for us to establish a more just future for everyone”.

The season will include captioning, BSL interpretation and audio description where possible.

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