PLAY! 2025: Brass Band Summer Showcase

9 Jun 2025

Join us for this relaxed, family-friendly concert introducing you to the world of brass bands.

PLAY! 2025: Sorrow and Mercy: Pergolesi’s ‘Stabat Mater’

9 Jun 2025

Join us into the hauntingly beautiful soundworld of Giovani Batistia Pergolesi's 'Stabat Mater' as we explore the intricate ideas of sorrow and mercy in the context of Jesus' crucifixion.

PLAY! 2025: Ai Storytelling

9 Jun 2025

Join us for this pop-performance where art shakes hands and dances with artificial intelligence.

PLAY! 2025: HOSTILE

9 Jun 2025

Sit back in your seat and enjoy this film screening of new work by students from the Department of Media Studies.

PLAY! 2025: The Magic Stage

9 Jun 2025

As it says on the tin, PLAY! Festival encourages you to play. Take part in this immersive experience, as you are guided through a newly-designed app that embraces both dance and AI technologies.

PLAY! 2025: Unspoken

9 Jun 2025

Sit back in your seat and enjoy this newly commissioned show of new work by students from the Department of Drama, Theatre, and Dance, in partnership with The Student Workshop.

PLAY! 2025: Personal Barber Presents...The Ceramic Asparagus Revue

9 Jun 2025

Personal barber invites you to the most titillating and potentially difficult experience of all time.

PLAY! 2025: The Smellies

9 Jun 2025

Fancy something different? Join us for this event that aims to broaden your musical perspectives with an exploration of soundscapes and ambient sounds.

PLAY! 2025: Rhythm is Gonna’ Get You

10 Jun 2025

Join us for this special culmination concert of students from across the School of Performing & Digital Arts as they showcase their final pieces explored in our new module, Rhythm is Gonna’ Get You.

PLAY! 2025: New Sounds Lab with Trio Atem

10 Jun 2025

This New Sounds Lab will be an opportunity for five composers from our postgraduate community to collaborate with Trio Atem on new works for a mixture of voice, flute, cello, and electronics.