Booking now open: Arts & Humanities Festival

This year's Art & Humanities Festival at King's College London, 15 - 24 October, explores 'underground' literally and metaphorically through immersive events, theatre, music, exclusive underground tours, film screenings, specially commissioned site specific performances and a range of debates about art, history, politics, freedom, protest, death and creativity. Festival Director, Professor Max Saunders , Director of the Arts & Humanities Research Institute commented: "The 'underground' is irresistibly fascinating to the human mind and it is a potent cultural and political metaphor. We chose this theme for the Festival not only to demonstrate the cross-section of Arts and Humanities at King's but also to bring together a diverse number of writers, academics, performers and artists to explore the creative, destructive and enduring impact of the underground." The Festival promises to be exciting, thought-provoking and above all, entertaining, with something for everyone. There are over fifty events being run during the Festival and the vast majority of them are free of charge although advance booking is recommended. Highlights of the Festival include: A panel discussion about the critically-acclaimed film The Double based on the novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky with writer/director Richard Ayoade, former Archbishop of Canterbury and celebrated writer on Dostoevsky, Dr Rowan Williams and King's academics Catherine Wheatley and Max Saunders. The films The Double and Crime & Punishment will be screened on the two previous evenings and will form the basis of the discussion.