In the heart of the summer 2024, Grimeborn Opera Festival returns from the 14th of August for its seventeenth year of radical opera, featuring seven innovative productions from across the globe

“It’s a pleasure to be bringing audiences another serving of Grimeborn for the seventeenth year now.

Grimeborn allows us to do that with programming from both classical and radical thought-provoking artists and companies from across the continent and some of the most affordable ticket prices in the UK.”

Gilbert & Sullivan’s gothic masterpiece, reinterpreted for modern media madness Julian Light Operatic Society presents Ruddigore, Gilbert and Sullivan’s gothic masterpiece, fully staged, with orchestra, costumes and specially designed sets, reinterpreted for modern media madness!  TV stars, would-be celebrities, journalists and media barons fill our stage competing for your attention, and for the ultimate prize: […]

Piano​​ Shunta Morimoto
Conductor Marcio da Silva

The exceptional musicians of the Piccadilly Sinfonietta perform Vivaldi's masterpiece, The Four Seasons, by candlelight in the beautiful setting of St Mary Le Strand, London. The performance will also include other much-loved classical works. A hugely appealing programme designed to help you celebrate the weekend in style! There are plenty of restaurants and bars nearby to […]

Dark, atmospheric, and bursting with life, this opera is the quintessential example of the unrepressed power of Mozart's genius - sublime beauty, jokes and pranks, and spine-tingling drama. Here the best and worst of human nature are on display; the tragic and the grotesque, the sublime and the ridiculous are combined in the pursuit of […]

Ensemble OrQuesta returs to The Cockpit for the  7th consecutive year, with three operas in March, May and June. Don Giovanni is Mozart's most dramatic opera from the Da Ponte cycle. This production is a new adaptation of Marcio da Silva's 2017 minimalist production that focuses and dives deep into the darkness of the piece, […]

The Third Culture Collective, known for fusing South Asian and western classical genres, joins traditional and orchestral musicians for a collaboration with singer Osman Mir. Featuring new orchestral arrangements by Kavi Pau (conductor), and showcasing bhajan, garba and lok sangeet, it highlights the state’s rich cultural heritage. Celebrating British Indian culture, it connects generations and […]