ACI Festival of Creativity

Festival of Creativity 2025

"The Festival of Creativity at LSBU celebrates the talent, achievements, and creativity of our final year students across the School of Arts and Creative Industries, and includes Performance, Music and Sound, Film & TV, Photography, Games, Media Production and Fashion Communications. Open to the public, industry professionals and / or the wider community of the University, the Festival of Creativity includes a range of events, performance and award ceremonies providing a showcase for our students as they enter their chosen profession.” - Dr Natalie Garett Brown, Dean of the School of Arts and Creative Industries.

You can catch up on many of the events featured in the Festival of Creativity here:

BA Acting and Performance Graduate Showcase 2025

BA Acting and Performance Graduate Showcase 

Over the course of May and June, BA Acting and Performance students will be presenting a season of four plays by established British playwrights directed by our resident actor-training practitioners. This graduate showcase marks the culmination of students’ undergraduate training and forms the cornerstone of their engagement with the industry - as actors, artists, makers, and professionals.

Pleasures of the Damned adapted from George Gissing's novel The Nether World, a play written and directed by Alex McSweeney, Friday 16 May 2pm and 7pm

Our Country's Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker, directed by Gill Foster, Friday 23 May 2pm and 7pm

The Welkin by Lucy Kirkwood, directed by Jon Lee. Friday 30 May, 2pm and 7pm

The Last Days of Judas Iscariot by Stephen Adly Guirgis, directed by Aiden Condron, Friday 6 June 2pm and 7pm

All performances will take place in the Edric Theatre at LSBU.  For further information on the productions and to buy tickets please visit https://edrictheatre.com/whats-on/

BFI Graduate Showcase Awards Ceremony - 19 June 2025

Thursday 19 Jun 2025 10:00 - 17:00 BST @ BFI Southbank

End of Year Showcase for 3rd year Film Practice students. This showcase at BFI IMAX, the country's biggest screen,  provides an opportunity to view the impressive work of our graduating students and experience the evocative, emotional, humorous, suspenseful, and awe-inspiring narratives crafted by our talented students. Awards will be presented in 10 categories by industry judges, celebrating the work of our students and their collaborators. This is a SOLD OUT event.

Photography plus Music & Sound Design Graduate Show 2025 28 May - 1 June

28 May: 6pm - 9pm  - Private view

29 May: Live event with Music and Sound Design student performances 6pm - 10pm

29 May  - 1 June: Gallery opening hours 11am to 6pm.

Location: Copeland Gallery 133 Copeland Road #Unit 9 London SE15 3SN

Features the work of third-year BA (Hons) Photography and BA (Hons) Music and Sound Design students from London South Bank University. 

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