This year the Roundhouse is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the venue’s resurrection. Used as a performing arts venue from 1964, it was largely unused after 1983 and reopened in 2006 after a multi-million pound redevelopment. On 8 April 2026 the Roundhouse kicks off its second Three Sixty Festival after the festival’s successful launch last year.
An eclectic mix of one-off events creating a month-long vibrant mix of music, spoken word, literature, theatre, visual arts, podcasts, and club nights, the festival launches with cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, pianist and composer Harry Baker and the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Tom Fetherstonhaugh in a programme spanning styles and centuries, from Henry Purcell to Laura Mvula, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Finzi to classics by The Beatles.
Tom Fetherstonhaugh is the founder of the Fantasia Orchestra [see my 2024 interview with Tom] and their 2024 BBC Proms debut featured arrangements of classical, jazz and pop by Harry Baker (whose Proms debut it also was)
Other events in the festival include hip-hop dance company Boy Blue presenting their show Cycles, along with PROJECT rEVOLUTION, a dance theatre production created by young artists in collaboration with Boy Blue and Roundhouse, an evening with singer/songwriter Imogen Heap, along with plenty of free events.
Full details from the Roundhouse website.
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