Have you ever considered how a single weapon could change the course of history? What stories lie behind the guns that shaped empires, wars, and even criminal underworlds? How did these firearms influence not just battles, but entire societies?
Kno...
Simon is an author, TV presenter, and one of the world’s most adventurous travellers. His unique brand of documentary filmmaking combines travel and adventure with current affairs, history, wildlife, culture, and conservation. His journeys have...
What were the Victorians really like behind closed doors? Was Caesar any good in the sack? How did the Black Death unexpectedly favour medieval women?
Join historian Dr Kate Lister for a riotously entertaining and equally enlightening evening a...
What happens when Britain’s sharpest political impressionist steps out from behind the masks?
For four decades, Rory Bremner has been the voice of our times—quite literally. Now, following a thrilling sold-out 2025 tour, the master satiri...
Thursday 3 September 2026, 7.30pm & Friday 4 September 2026, 7.30pm
After entertaining millions of people online with his no-nonsense guides, wine expert, broadcaster, author and all-round decent bloke, Tom Gilbey is hitting the road across the UK and Ireland, bringing his trademark energy, humour, producer Fred and...
After three decades investigating the strange edges of human behaviour—from public shamings, psychopaths, to modern moral panics—Jon Ronson’s latest true story turns unexpectedly close to home.
When his son is lured to a mysterious castle dee...
An evening exploring the richness of women’s writing, curated and hosted by one of the UK’s most celebrated writers and literary figures, Bernardine Evaristo, recipient of the Women’s Prize for Fiction Outstanding Contribution Award. Bringi...
Blue Plaques Talk Back Live returns to the Chelsea Arts Festival following the riveting launch event at the Festival in 2025. This unique, immersive, live show celebrates four iconic – or intriguingly overlooked – blue plaques, chosen specificall...
A Poem for Every Night of the Year, 10 Year Anniversary
Allie Esiri & special guests
Friday 18 September 2026, 7pm
Acclaimed actors and performers fill the stage with poetry to celebrate ten years of Allie Esiri’s best-selling anthology A Poem for Every Night of the Year, which, along with her other popular poetry collections, has lit an explosion of interest i...
In this special event, Shaun Usher – bestselling author of Letters of Note and founder of the live series, and cultural phenomenon, Letters Live – brings Diaries of Note to the stage. A cast of acclaimed performers will read from a remarkable col...
Renowned historian Mary Beard returns to the stage after her sold-out 2025 tour, stepping once more into the world of Ancient Rome—a civilisation whose stories still shape the way we see ourselves today.
In this captivating live event, Mary tak...
Carrie Hope Fletcher (Heathers, Cinderella, Calamity Jane), one of the UK’s most beloved musical theatre stars, is set to light up Cadogan Hall with her breathtaking new Ghost Light concert – an evening of music and storytelling.
Audiences are in...
Step into a glittering royal world with Lucy Worsley, beloved historian and bestselling author, who spent twenty years working as Chief Curator in some of Britain’s most marvellous palaces.
Lucy wants to take you behind the scenes and into t...
After successive sell-out tours, legendary journalist and broadcaster John Simpson CBE returns to the stage with a bold, unflinching look at leadership: why some inspire while others descend into tyranny.
With nearly 60 years of unparalleled acce...
Secretary of State. Traveller. TV superstar. The inimitable Michael Portillo joins us live on stage to share funny, insightful, and poignant stories from his extraordinarily rich and varied life.
The son of a refugee who rose to become one of Bri...
