The Rake's Progress
Venue: Battersea Arts Centre
Date: 18–21/08/2026
Type: Clasical music Music Opera Youth music
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A shady figure offers to upgrade your life overnight, do you trust him?
For Tom Rakewell it's an easy yes. And he starts a new life in the seediest corners of London where there's only one rule – endless pleasure with zero consequences. But as his debts, and the fiancé he left behind, catch up with him he realises that life is never that simple.
Stravinsky's dark comic opera paints a world where 'living life to the full' comes at a cost. Experience it brought to life by BYO – a unique programme that puts a full-scale production into the hands of some of the UK's brightest and most exciting young creatives and performers.
Running Time: 2 hours and 40 minutes (including a 20 minute interval)
Age Recommendation: 12+
Address:
Battersea Arts Centre, Lavendar Hill, London, SW11 5TN
Phone: 020 7223 2223
Web site: https://bac.org.uk