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CloseOur second season focused on the centenary of the Battle of the Somme and the Battle of Jutland including Jeremy Deller’s powerful We’re Here Because We’re Here
These brightly coloured boats pay homage to the hundreds of ships that were ‘dazzled’ during the First World War.
Find Out MoreThe huge wartime changes in women’s lives and responsibilities inspired this innovative exhibition, which re-examined the conflict’s fashion legacy for the 21st century.
Find Out MoreFeaturing a film by Esther Johnson and a soundtrack by Field Music and Warm Digits, Asunder examined the Battle of the Somme through the prism of a single city – Sunderland.
Find Out MoreMore than 1,400 volunteers dressed in wartime uniform appeared unannounced across the UK for this extraordinary living memorial to the Battle of the Somme.
Find Out MoreA poignant outdoor artwork inspired by the often brutal experiences endured by Sikh, Muslim and Hindu soldiers from the British Raj on the Western Front.
Find Out MoreThis ambitious exhibition used objects, photography and sculpture to consider how the war changed the way we think about the human body.
Find Out MoreInspired by Dadaism, this extraordinary open-air production immerses the audience in a collage of sound, kinetic devices, pyrotechnics and performance.
Find Out MoreThis new work from the leading Irish artist took inspiration from the Nissen hut, the prefab structure invented in 1916 by Major Peter Norman Nissen.
Find Out MoreThe Turner Prize-nominated artist explored how wartime alliances changed British society – and how they continue to have an impact on our world today.
Find Out MoreA major choral work from the Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer, made freely available to choirs and singing groups all over the UK.
Find Out MoreInspired by the haunting works of the British surrealist painter, McKean’s major new book launched with a series of multimedia performances.
Find Out MoreThe flamboyant New Yorker brought his epic project to the Belfast International Arts Festival for three unforgettable concerts.
Find Out MoreA performance, a dance festival, a film and an academic symposium marked 100 years since Roger Casement – British knight, Irish rebel – was hanged for treason.
Find Out MoreCreated to mark the centenary of the Battle of the Somme, a series of poems both inspired by and presented with six haunting aerial and reconnaissance wartime images.
Find Out MoreLeading poets from countries that participated in the war contributed to this wide-reaching project, presented at live events, galleries, on BBC radio and online.
Find Out MoreDavid Pountney directed the premiere of Iain Bell’s powerful opera, adapted from an epic poem by writer, artist and infantryman David Jones.
Find Out MoreDamon Albarn and Paul Weller were among the guests at this celebration of Syrian music and culture, marking the centenary of the wartime Sykes-Picot Agreement.
Find Out MoreA century after it served as a training ground for soldiers heading to war, Manchester’s Heaton Park hosted a major cultural event commemorating the Battle of the Somme.
Find Out MoreWith public participation at its heart, this nationwide project was inspired by the importance of radio in the Easter Rising and the Battle of the Somme.
Find Out MoreSeen by 50,000 people in the Royal Pavilion Gardens, Dr Blighty brought to life the experiences of injured Indian soldiers sent to recuperate in Brighton during the war.
Find Out MoreThe first part of this moving musical-theatre trilogy introduced the stories of three soldiers convicted of mutiny, desertion and other military offences.
Find Out MoreThe British director brought together texts by writers as diverse as Virginia Woolf and Hannah Arendt in this haunting multimedia stage work.
Find Out MoreThe rich aviation history of Cumbria lay at the heart of Flight, which featured both performances and an innovative installation trail.
Find Out MoreSix new stories for children and families inspired by the First World War – but with animals, both real and imagined, at their heart.
Find Out MoreA series of four concerts combining world premieres with works written during the First World War by composers such as Debussy and Scriabin.
Find Out MoreAn immensely moving book and photography exhibition showing the sites where Allied troops were executed for desertion during the war.
Find Out MoreInstruments disfigured during conflict were reanimated to perform a haunting, disjointed rendition of The Last Post in this Tate Britain installation.
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