Join us at the Conservatory for events that explore the themes of the festival’s films. Nestled among exotic plants, our Conservatory will become a living hub for film, music and discovery.
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Chronic Youth Film Festival: Collage & Community Cook
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Free drop-in activities during the festival, come along for to the Collage & Cookbook Corner.
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Concrete Garden: Experiments in Utopia
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Step inside our iconic conservatory for a day of talks, performances and workshops centred around intentional community building.
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Home: Community Exhibition
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Come along to this free foyer exhibition that brings together a range of artworks in response to the themes of family, identity and the home.
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Concrete Garden: May Day
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Come together and celebrate the traditional springtime festival in our iconic conservatory at a day of talks and workshops.
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Talk: Jason Moran on Noah Davis and music making
Join American jazz pianist and composer Jason Moran in the Art Gallery as he explores different contexts for music making, taking inspiration from the paintings of Noah Davis.
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Concrete Garden: Listening to Images
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Join us for a day of pop up readings, discussions, performances and workshops centred around Tina Campt's idea of 'listening to images'.
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In conversation: Black Worlding
Join artist and director Jenn Nkiru alongside other artists, musicians and cultural mavericks for a talk about intersectional creativity and "Black Worlding".
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Guenther Steiner: Unfiltered LIVE
Fasten your seatbelts for a hugely entertaining conversation spanning a decade inside Formula 1, with former Haas F1 team principal Guenther Steiner, star of Netflix’s smash hit Drive to Survive.
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An Evening with Niall Harbison
Niall Harbison takes to the stage to discuss how rescuing street dogs saved him and inspired the creation of his charity Happy Doggo and Tina’s Hospital – a sanctuary for Thailand’s vulnerable dogs.
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Graeme Arnfield: Zero-Gravity Resistance
Join artist and filmmaker Graeme Arnfield for an evening of experimental screenings and live lecture performances exploring the intersections of cinema, history, and speculative futures.
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MOST WANTED: Anonymous Letters
Award-winning actor and War Child Ambassador Gillian Anderson hits the stage - joined by a surprise cast of friends - to give voice to the raw, unfiltered fantasies of women from across the globe.
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Miriam Margolyes: From A to Z
What do arseholes, America, apostrophes, and ageing all have in common? In Miriam Margolyes’ world, they’re the perfect material for wit, wisdom, and unfiltered stories.
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An Evening with Fran Lebowitz
In a cultural landscape filled with endless pundits and talking heads, Fran Lebowitz stands out as one of our most insightful social commentators.
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Explorers: The Age of Discovery with James May
Join James May for a landmark live show, bringing to life the stories of the extraordinary explorers who traversed the deserts, scaled the mountains, sailed into the unknown.
