Kings Place
90 York Way
© Richard Bryant
What's on at Kings Place
Wittank & Friends
Comedy
Witness the outrageous mess as this sketch group mix sharp wit with charm presenting fast-paced sketch fun. Plus guests.
- Thu May 23
- Kings Place 90 York Way, N1 9AG
- £12.50, £9.50 online
The Kennedys
Blues, roots and country, Folk
Wife and husband folk/country-rock duo Pete and Maura Kennedy play from their eleventh album, 'Closer Than You', with which they're hoping to reach out to their UK audiences once more. As approved by Nanci Griffith and Steve Earle, theirs is a sweet though...
- Fri May 24
- Kings Place 90 York Way, N1 9AG
- £6
Kenny Wheeler/Norma Winstone/London Vocal Project
Categories, Jazz and experimental
- Critics' choice
Iconic Brit-jazz trumpeter Wheeler is 83, but he still sounds wonderful, with a pristine, melancholic tone and fleet-fingered solo flights. It’s his talent as a composer, though, that has made him an influential figure both for his contemporaries and...
- Sat May 25
- Kings Place 90 York Way, N1 9AG
- £9.50-£24.50
Guardian Review Book Club
Books and poetry
- Critics' choice
Guardian journalist John Mullan interviews authors about their work live, before opening up the floor to a Q&A sessions and signing. Booking essential.
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Wed May 29
– Tue Jun 4 - Kings Place 90 York Way, N1 9AG
- £11.50, adv £9.50
THE TIME AND THE PLACE: Budapest Bar
Categories, Jazz and experimental, World
- Critics' choice
Except when they're covering 'Gloomy Sunday', this Hungarian gypsy band run through their songs – chanson, film music, jazz, and even Haydn and Lizst – at breakneck speed. They kick-start a weekend of multi-artform explorations in European cultural identity,...
- Thu May 30
- Kings Place 90 York Way, N1 9AG
- £16.50-£24.50
THE TIME AND THE PLACE: Poul Høxbro + Fraser Fifield
Traditional music, Folk
- Critics' choice
Danish early music specialist Hoxbro uses recreations of ancient Viking lyres, bone flutes and reed pipes, and promises a 'dance of the devil', in a musical journey from northern Europe to the Iberian peninsual. In support, Fitfield pipes and whistles...
- Fri May 31
- Kings Place 90 York Way, N1 9AG
- £12.50
THE TIME AND THE PLACE: Soweto Kinch
Categories, Jazz and experimental
Award-winning post-bop altoist and MC Kinch, who seamlessly meshes engaging, funky instrumentals with evocative, conscious raps, plays as part of a weekend of multi-artform explorations in European cultural identity, curated at Kings Place by reliably...
- Fri May 31
- Kings Place 90 York Way, N1 9AG
- £16.50-£24.50
THE TIME AND THE PLACE: Gianluigi Trovesi & Gianni Coscea
Folk
A clarinet-and-accordion duo drawing on northern Italian folk traditions, Trovesi and Coscea perform as part of a weekend of multi-artform explorations in European cultural identity, curated at Kings Place by reliably eclectic producers Serious.
- Sat Jun 1
- Kings Place 90 York Way, N1 9AG
- £14.50
THE TIME AND THE PLACE: Mari Boine
Categories, World
- Critics' choice
Extraordinary Sami singer Boine manages to evoke huge glistening Norwegian vistas with barely a movement of her lips, and drives her mesmeric compositions – performed on everything from overtone flutes to drone drums – forward with elements of rock and...
- Sat Jun 1
- Kings Place 90 York Way, N1 9AG
- £16.50-£24.50
Kairos 4tet
Categories, Jazz and experimental
- Critics' choice
Talent-heavy group featuring alto/tenor sax star Adam Waldmann whose warm yet biting tone, attractive rock-edged (but acoustic) melodies and dazzling polyrhythmic grooves sound something akin to Wayne Shorter playing EST tunes. The excellent band features...
- Sat Jun 8
- Kings Place 90 York Way, N1 9AG
- £12.50
Tony Hawks
Solo shows, Storytelling
As part of the Travel Festival, best-selling author and panel show regular Tony Hawks looks back at some of the strangest and funniest moments in his life in an evening of stories, songs and silliness.
- Sun Jun 23
- Kings Place 90 York Way, N1 9AG
WAGNER 200 Janice Watson in Recital
Music festivals, Song recitals, Romantic music (1815 – 1910)
- Critics' choice
A song recital by Janice Watson, one of Britain’s leading dramatic sopranos, accompanied by pianist Joseph Middleton. To include Wagner’s 'Wesendonck Lieder' and some of his less frequently performed songs, as well as examples by his friend and father-in-law,...
- Wed Jun 26
- Kings Place 90 York Way, N1 9AG
- £9.50-£24.50
WAGNER 200 Pianist Llyr Williams
Music festivals, Piano recitals, Romantic music (1815 – 1910)
- Critics' choice
A recital by the outstanding Welsh pianist Llŷr Williams, featuring Wagner rarities and dazzling transcriptions of Wagner by Liszt, including Isolde’s Liebestod. Wagner: Fantasia in F sharp minor Wagner: Sonate für das Album von Frau MW Wagner: Albumblatt...
- Thu Jun 27
- Kings Place 90 York Way, N1 9AG
- £9.50-£24.50
Niall Ashdown and Between the Notes – Note to Tale
Impro comedy
Impro regular Niall Ashdown performs with musical group Between the Notes for an evening of improvised comedy with added cello, marimba, saxophone, piano and vocals.
- Thu Jun 27
- Kings Place 90 York Way, N1 9AG
- £12.50, £9.50 online
WAGNER 200 Siegfried Idyll: Drama and Music
Music festivals, String ensembles, Romantic music (1815 – 1910)
- Critics' choice
As part of the 'Wagner 200' celebrations marking the 200th anniversary of Richard Wagner's birth, Aurora under Nicholas Collon presents 'The Gift' – a narrated re-creation of his 'Siegfried Idyll', performed as a birthday gift for his wife Cosima. Actors...
- Fri Jun 28
- Kings Place 90 York Way, N1 9AG
- £9.50-£26.50
WAGNER 200 Symposia 1-2: Wagner in Performance
Classical & Opera, Music festivals
Susan Rutherford, David Breckbill, Neil Howlett speakers John McMurray chair The first of three illustrated talks featuring an international roster of Wagner experts examining aspects of the performance of his music under the headings Singing, Conducting...
- Sat Jun 29
- Kings Place 90 York Way, N1 9AG
- £14.50 each (weekend pass £44.50)
WAGNER 200 Symposia 1-2: Wagner in Performance
Classical & Opera, Music festivals
Susan Rutherford, David Breckbill, Neil Howlett speakers John McMurray chair The first of three illustrated talks featuring an international roster of Wagner experts examining aspects of the performance of his music under the headings Singing, Conducting...
- Sat Jun 29
- Kings Place 90 York Way, N1 9AG
- £14.50 each (weekend pass £44.50)
WAGNER 200 Film Screening: Tristan und Isolde
Film, Music festivals, Romantic opera, German opera
A screening of Nikolaus Lehnhoff’s acclaimed production for Glyndebourne, conducted by Jirí Belohlávek and starring Robert Gambill (Tristan), Nina Stemme (Isolde), Katarina Karnéus (Brangäne), Bo Skovhus (Kurwenal) and René Pape (King Mark). (Running...
- Sat Jun 29
- Kings Place 90 York Way, N1 9AG
- £9.50
WAGNER 200 Symposium 3: Wagner in Performance
Classical & Opera, Music festivals
Paula Bortnichak, Ingrid Kapsamer, Hugo Shirley, Tash Siddiqui, Katherine Syer and Simon Williams speakers Patrick Carnegy and Peter Franklin chairs The last of three symposia featuring an international roster of Wagner experts examining aspects of the...
- Sun Jun 30
- Kings Place 90 York Way, N1 9AG
- £24.50 (weekend pass £44.50)
WAGNER 200 Film Screening: 'Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg'
Film, Music festivals, German opera
A screening of Katharina Wagner's controversial production for the Bayreuth Festival, conducted by Sebastian Weigle and starring Franz Hawlata (Hans Sachs), Klaus Florian Vogt (Walther), Michaela Kaune (Eva) and Michael Volle (Beckmesser). This breathtaking...
- Sun Jun 30
- Kings Place 90 York Way, N1 9AG
- £9.50















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