Cubitt Sessions

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Claron McFadden returns with a specially tailored version of Muziektheater Transparant’s big hit success Aubergine.

Join Tête à Tête for a nightmare evening as we massacre another classic.

A shambolic production where Colin Carmichael does his best to destroy the performances of some of our best loved UK opera singers. Will Tosca leap to her death off the Castel Sant’Angelo? Will magnificent singing be ruined by hideously ear-splitting recorder playing? There is only one way to find out…

Four of Britain’s most outstanding singers, all associated with English National Opera, join forces to invite you to travel the globe with them, exploring some of the world’s greatest music.

The Wheel House is a rolling, acrobatic-theatre show, which unfolds inside and around a circular set as it moves, with the audience walking alongside. An enchanting story set in a dystopian future, at a time where survival relies on sharp eyes, quick hands and, above all, friendship. Join these traveller-gatherers on the road to nowhere: treading lightly, enduring quietly, and always, always moving onwards.

Explosive, acrobatic dance-theatre with a rain-soaked finale. Love, freedom, blood, sweat and rainstorms: Frantic is an exploration of our relentless devotion to busyness and one man’s thirst for escape. The performance features spectacular acrobatics and dance-theatre, choreographed around a wheel, with a hidden water system for a joyous finale.

As Resident Orchestra of Kings Place, Aurora Orchestra gives a free pop-up performance, featuring excerpts from Mozart’s 40th symphony in Kings Cross. The first orchestra to perform whole symphonies from memory, Aurora has electrified audiences across the world with this unique and thrilling performance style.

20 year old Post-Soul artist Talulah blends live instruments and analog electronic equipment as a back drop for some classic soul songwriting (think Solange meets James Blake).

South London singer/songwriter Sipprell combines the raw beauty of live instruments, soulful vocals and enchanting electronic production to take you to a new level of spacey neo-soul. Fluent on the violin, piano and guitar, Sipprell pours everything she can into her music.

Luke Marzec’s muddy tone, Polish-British twang, and unconventional delivery is astonishingly inimitable. Formally trained in classical and jazz sax, he borrows from hip-hop, jazz, electronic, and dub, creating tracks that feel universal and timeless yet contemporary and London.

In this work, Bishi takes a personal & intersectional journey reflecting on her experiences.
As a British-Bengali daughter of immigrants, adopted by London’s community of alternative queer nightlife, she has lived through a unique cross-section of London’s contemporary urban landscape.

Composer and Tête à Tête favourite, Errollyn Wallen performs her first Cubitt Session with her band, The Errollyn Wallen Songbook, a continually evolving set of songs.

London Brass is a programme of music through the ages arranged for a brass ensemble of ten of the finest brass players in London.

Led by cellist and session musician Ivan Hussey, five-piece band Celloman are described as a fusion of world, jazz and classical with African and Middle Eastern rhythms.

Discover eclectic, original music from Saachi, a jazz-inspired indie-pop act. Featuring keys, kit, brass and bass, with high energy vocals, every Saachi gig is a chance to hear something new, fresh and unexpected.

Saachi performs as part of a special evening presented by Roundhouse, alongside artists D M Farley & Joe Winter.

By 15, Scotland’s D M Farley was both an accomplished saxophonist and pianist and was exploring the sixties through The Velvet Underground, Rolling Stones, and The Doors. This combination of influences lets him enjoy an eclectic sound that continues to evolve with each release.

Presented by Roundhouse, D M Farley is joined by artists Saachi & Joe Winter.

A singer and song-maker who leans to the electronic left, Joe Winter’s voice evokes nowhere you’ve ever been. Winter has embraced a vast array of far-flung influences and is using his rich baritone vocal to sing of injustices at home and elsewhere, personal and public. The result is music full of soul, deep in meaning, and yet with a lyrical wit that doesn’t fail to raise eyebrows.

Dinosaur, led by BBC New Generation Artist trumpeter Laura Jurd, explores the world of ‘synth-pop meets jazz band’ as they present a journey of mesmerising new compositions. Expect folk-infused grooves and glistening melodies – all tied together by a love for extemporisation and improvisation.

Roulette wheel meets juggling: danger, skill and unpredictable moments. Project_Vee is a nod to a Soviet-era circus act, remixed for the 21st century. Steel, concrete and motors meet in an unlikely way; Project_Vee takes juggling in a different dimension. Literally.

Nu-Cle-Us is a celebration of the universe through our sounds and our bodies. One sound that melts into the other, that stretches and expands itself, that fearlessly jumps into the unknown of improvised music, always rooted into Mother Africa’s sounds and rhythms, into the melodies that came across the Mediterranean.

Violinist Thomas Gould, well-known to Kings Place audiences as a classical soloist and chamber musician, demonstrates his stylistic versatility in an evening showcasing both old and new collaborations with musicians from the classical and jazz worlds. Expect to hear new takes on familiar pieces, and plenty of spontaneous alchemy between musicians at their improvisatory best.

Recent headliners in a sold-out concert at the Royal Albert Hall, Apollo5 is a British a cappella ensemble comprised of five young professional singers. The group performs a wide-ranging repertoire of retro jazz, pop, classical and Christmas a cappella.

Bristol Suspensions is one of the country’s elite university a cappella groups. Based at the University of Bristol, they were Voice Festival 2016 Champions. With a huge repertoire, they are adept performers on the concert platform and festivals throughout the world.

Juice Vocal Ensemble‘s unusual three-part a cappella meets Roshi‘s Welsh-Iranian torch songs and electronica from Pars Radio.

Juice Vocal Ensemble mix classical, folk, pop and improvisation, including a unique take on a pop song or two! While Roshi’s experimental folk-pop explores themes including her Iranian heritage and London life, with vocal effects, loops, field recordings and atmospheres.

Join West End stars Daniel Boys (Avenue Q, Spamalot), Jon Robyns (Les Miserables, Memphis), Lauren Samuels (We Will Rock You, Grease) and Anna O’Byrne (My Fair Lady, Phantom) for an amazing evening of musical theatre. With songs from some of your favourite shows including Les Miserables, Mamma Mia, West Side Story, Phantom of the Opera, Wicked and Grease, it’s an evening not to be missed!

Hailed as “one of the finest and most entertaining British-based exponents of global music” (The Guardian), She’Koyokh has spent sixteen years absorbing the rich folk music traditions of Jewish Eastern Europe, Turkey and the Balkans.

In 2014 at the age of 22, Hungarian pianist Daniel Lebhardt won 1st Prize at the Young Concert Artists auditions in Paris and New York. He has since continued to impress audiences and critics alike with his thoughtful interpretations and outstanding virtuosity.