PLAY! is a week-long, annual festival of arts presented by the School of Performing & Digital Arts, showcasing some of the best and most innovative music, film, and theatre at Royal Holloway.

PLAY! Festival returns bigger and better than ever, showcasing the very best of music, film, and theatre at one of the UK's highly-ranked arts faculties, with events curated and performed by the staff and students of Royal Holloway. With pop-up recitals, film screenings, cross-arts collaborations, jazz and music theatre gigs, talks and recital-lectures, new music from across the UK, plus the year's largest orchestral event, PLAY! offers a bundle of exciting events for all. 

This year's festival will take place between Sunday, 8 June 2025 to Friday, 13 June 2025, in venues across campus and the local community.

What's On

To find out what's on, please visit our events page (link embedded).