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January 2020
In Response | Thursday 30th January
This exhibition features 22 visual essays from graphic design students at Chelsea College of Arts. Each essay is a personal critical response to the issues and ideas of different Victorian pamphlets held in Conway Hall’s library collections. They cover issues such as feminism, racism, disability, futurism and speculation. Each represents a visual conversation between the present and the past.
February 2020
Free Verse: The Poetry Book and Magazine Fair | Saturday 22nd February
Free Verse celebrates the vitality of contemporary poetry in the UK – it’s a day full of sales and conversation, where publishers and promoters of every scale and stripe display and sell their work directly to the public.
City of London Soloists: Conway Hall Debut Concert | Saturday 22nd February
Join the City of London Soloists in their Conway Hall debut, performing works by Haydn, Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky.
Among the Women of Isis | Sunday 23rd February
Why did women join ISIS? What is the line between victim and collaborator? Azadeh Moaveni discusses an intimate account of the women who made a shocking decision: to leave their lives behind and join the Islamic State.
Pre-concert Talk | The History of the Cello Sonata | Sunday 23rd February
Join composer, journalist, and lecturer Robert Hugill for a pre-concert talk exploring the history of the cello sonata.
Lydia Shelley & Nicolas Stavy | Sunday 23rd February
Lydia Shelly and Nicolas Stavy offer a traversal of the cello sonata’s development, from Beethoven’s pioneering G minor sonata through to Shostakovich’s only essay in the genre.
The Art of Rest – with Claudia Hammond | Tuesday 25th February
Join us for an inspiring evening with author and BBC presenter Claudia Hammond to discover how to find rest in a busy world.
Pexava Salsa Specials | Thursday 27th February
Join us for our Saturday Salsa Special. With one of the best dance floors around. If you have never been to one of our socials in this venue, please come join us for a great night of dancing! Starting with a class from Gil and Shelley, dancing until 2 am!
Amit Yahav: Piano Recital for Safe Passage UK | Saturday 29th February
Internationally acclaimed pianist Amit Yahav presents a programme of music by Mendelssohn, Schumann and Chopin in aid of Safe Passage UK, a charity that aims to help refugee children find legal routes into the UK.
March 2020
Paying it Forward | Sunday 1st March
Gulwali Passarlay’s journey to the UK, as told in his autobiography, “The Lightless Sky: A Twelve-Year-Old Refugee’s Harrowing Escape from Afghanistan and His Extraordinary Journey Across Half The World”, shaped his future and inspired an insatiable determination and commitment to raise awareness and make a difference for other refugees by co-founding the charity organisation My Bright Kite.
Tippett Quartet / Héloïse Werner | Sunday 1st March
Tippett Quartet return to Conway Hall to perform a programme of works for string quartet and soprano with Héloïse Werner