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Un/stable series showcases improvised music. Featuring a solo performance by Rosa Theodora, followed by a duet from Seijiro Murayama and Ross Lambert
Four outstanding poets, including Fran Lock and Stephen Romer, read from their new work in an evening of contemporary poetry at The Horse Hospital. Presented by Dare-Gale Press, Michael Marks Publisher of the Year 2024.
Native Spirit Film Festival present writing activation and short films programmed by Zain Gibson, and a screening of the feature film MUNDURUKUYÜ – The Forest Of The Fish Women.
Odda presents Tara Cunningham and Fohn. Both celebrating new releases Warm Ground and Porcelain.
The Gathering is monthly residency series from vocalist, dancer and performer Maggie Nicols.
London-based singer, songwriter and jazz pianist Saskia creates a distinctive blend of ethereal electronic soul, left-field R&B and atmospheric soundscapes, drawing influence from the likes of James Blake, Radiohead and Sampha. Join her for an intimate headline performance at London's The Horse Hospital, bringing her captivating world of sound to life. Support from Mr. Beale.
Band of Holy Joy, BAG, Storyteller and DJ Biba Kopf come together at the Horse Hospital for a special night in support of Resonance FM.
Dancing On My Own is a two-day exhibition of artist’s film and video. Shorts by Mark Leckey, Morgan Quaintance and Keith Piper play throughout the day, accompanied by an evening screening of feature length films by Larry Achiampong (Saturday 21st), and Sarah Miles and Zarina Nares (Sunday 22nd).
Working with somatic therapy, dream theory and physical space, damsel Elysium and a Guildhall Live Electronics Ensemble will explore the conditions of invisible structures to build and express new sonic objects. Investigating how to use these objects as sacred materials and tools of metaphysical excavation.
The Horse Improvised Music Club and The Horse Hospital Present HORSEPOWER, an improvised music all-dayer. Featuring a performance from Catford To Khartoum, and an eclectic array of improvised musicians.
Animated shorts are a powerful medium for addressing mental health issues, offering a unique and often visually compelling way to explore complex emotions and inner struggles. These 9 short films vividly depict experiences like anxiety, depression, trauma and personal growth, often capturing the nuance of these conditions in ways that words alone cannot.
As psychiatrist Derwood Richards prepares to say goodbye to Rosemary Hamm, his long-term patient, the boundaries between therapy, memory and imagination begin to blur. Their parting opens a portal into a wonderfully strange universe of lost astronauts, Cold War ghosts and a mysterious Soviet-American space station drifting somewhere beyond Saturn.
A gloriously filthy, anarchic animated romp, O Filho da Puta takes family dysfunction, bad behaviour and surreal mayhem and throws them into one beautifully unhinged blender.
A NOTE FROM ALAN MOORE
“There’s not another venue like it on the planet. The Horse Hospital, crouched there in Bloomsbury on Colonnade’s chopped-off corner since the 18th century, engulfs the visitor on entry in its cask-aged atmospherics, otherworldly and unique... ”
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Image: Knockabout Comics
[Image description: Black and white photograph of Alan Moore. The light is dim, the background is black and his face is lit in low light from below.]