BAC to the future

Bloomsbury had it in 1910. The Actors' Studio definitely had it in the 1950s. And the Battersea Arts Centre (BAC) has it in spades in the noughties. It's The Buzz; The Juice; The Zeit-Zing.

If you want to see the future of music theatre, you don't need a time machine: all you need is a bus ticket to Lavender Hill.

The great Battersea success story is of course Jerry Springer - The Opera which, from humble beginnings in BAC workshops, is now London's hottest ticket. JSTO composer Richard Thomas is back in SW11 with some of the Jerry cast (May 23 and 24, 9pm) for the Kombat Opera Kl¸bneit - part filth, part club, and part psycho recital.

And there's plenty more. The always inventive and ever risky physical theatre string ensemble known as The Gogmagogs are producing a new show Gumbo Jumbo, which contains the tastiest morsels from their repertoire plus five new pieces (Tue to Thu, 8pm). And energetic young conducting talent Rebecca Miller presents two fully staged performances of Stravinsky's The Soldier's Tale and Milhaud's The Poor Sailor (May 20 and 21, 8pm). Things kick off tonight with the No Orchestra at 7.30pm, but the launch party is on Saturday at 7pm. Get booking.

Tonight until May 31, BAC, 176 Lavender Hill SW11, various times and dates, £4.75 to £10.75, £3.50 to £6.50 concs. Tel: 020 7223

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