Read, Watch & Listen

The debut performance of the National Open Youth Orchestra is the first move in changing what an orchestra can look and sound like, says Musical Director Doug Bott.

British artist and filmmaker John Akomfrah talks to academic, editor and writer Anthony Downey about his 2017 work in The Curve, 'Purple'

Acclaimed poet Christian Campbell addresses Jean-Michel Basquiat’s early graffiti experiments as SAMO.

Reflecting on the life of celebrated photographer, Peter Hujar, Stephen Koch, Director of the Peter Hujar Archive, discusses the work and legacy of his dear friend.

Acclaimed US photographer Catherine Opie discusses her work chronicling queer subcultures, urban transformation and American popular culture with Jonathan D. Katz, an art historian, curator and queer activist.

Join writer, actor, comedian and campaigner Stephen Fry in conversation with journalist Chris Gunness for a four-part series taking Beethoven’s Heiligenstadt Testament to spark conversations on music, art, mental health and the healing power of art. 

To mark his 250th anniversary here’s an introductory selection of Beethoven's music.

Following the sad news of legendary Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen’s death on Thursday 30 April 2020, we host a Spotify playlist of his music as a tribute. 

Gali Gold, our Head of Cinema, picks five films available online that put the home – and all its complex meanings – at the forefront.

Enjoy a film selected for you by our Leytonstone Loves Film partners. They’ll also be hosting a conversation online after the film so we can get together and have a chat about the movie, just like in the cinema. Sort of.

To mark International Space Day, we asked our cinema curators to pick their favourite space-themed films with incredible music scores.

Chris Gunness heads into rehearsal with underground political theatre company, Belarus Free Theatre, to speak to Natalia Kaliada and Nikolai Khalezin to learn more about making theatre in exile and the challenges of creation in isolation.