Knightsbridge Area Guide

The past 20-plus years have seen the Red Hot Chilli Pipers become the most famous bagpipe band on the planet… ever! Bagpipes with attitude, drums with a Scottish accent and a show that leaves people with warm hearts and smiles on their faces. There has never been anything quite like them, from their formation in 2002 and a cameo appearance at T in the Park in 2004 with The Darkness to opening the main stage in their own right in 2014, and storming the Glastonbury festival in 2024. A red-hot ticket. Early booking is advised! Please note: people around you may stand.

Ballet Nights‘ second London programme of 2025 marks a historic first for Ballet Nights – the debut of a Christopher Wheeldon staging – featuring two iconic works from the West End and television. The evening also includes a world premiere, a UK premiere, and the highly anticipated UK debut of Ballett Augsburg alongside rising talents and bold new voices shaping dance today. Join the new Ballet Nights tradition of uniquely compèred evenings of Classical Ballet, Neo-Classical, and Contemporary Dance, presented up close and without compromise. ★★★★★ “Fresh, unique and inspiring” (The New Current) ★★★★★ “Full marks for this electric and thoroughly enjoyable night out.” (LondonTheatre1) ★★★★★ “Transformative” (Parliamentary Society) ★★★★ “Bold and beautiful” (Bachtrack) ★★★★ “A delightful high table tasting menu” (British Theatre Guide)

‘All of human history? It’s basically people taking things from each other’ A 1000-year-old statue of the Boddhisattva Guan Yin lives in The British Museum. When it emerges that the statue was stolen from its original home, the museum attempts to deflect both the public response and controversial repatriation claims from the Chinese government. As statesmen scheme and grease their palms, beneath the statue witches dance, a cleaner prays, and spirits weep. Guan Yin’s gaze falls over the broken shards of human life from empires old and new. Joel Tan’s shape-shifting play unfolds the statue’s journey from China to Britain and back again, stirring up centuries of ghosts. Directed by experimental theatre-makers emma + pj (Ghosts of the Near Future, Barbican), Scenes from a Repatriation questions who can claim cultural artefacts – and why.

Discover how London grew from a lively capital city to a global hub for trade, commerce, and scientific enquiry between 1550 and 1800. In 1550, London was a hustling, bustling, rapidly expanding commercial city, with a relatively modest position on the world stage. By 1800, it was a global city and a world-leading centre of science. Science City: The Linbury Gallery tells the story of how science was integral to that transformation. From the observation of previously unidentified planets to the identification of underlying physical principles of the universe, science itself changed, as it began to acquire characteristics that we associate with modern science today—from the carrying out of experiments to the preoccupation with precision measurement. Drawing on three iconic scientific collections: the Science Museum Group Collection ; the King George III collection owned by King’s College London ; and the collection of the Royal Society , this gallery reveals how science was London’s lifeblood, but more than this, it emphasises that science was at the heart of our culture. Covering over 650 square metres, the gallery design by Gitta Gschwendtner creates an abstract cityscape that will immerse you in a contemporary interpretation of historic London. Planning a school visit? Find out more information about the gallery for educational groups.

Explore our fascinating gallery that celebrates engineers and how they shape the world we live in. Human stories are at the heart of the Engineers gallery, where visitors can take a closer look at iconic objects such as the first digital camera, the cutting-edge CMR ‘Versius’ surgical robot arm and a miniature atomic clock that the entire GPS system depended upon, as well as learn more about the remarkable people who invented them. These stories sit within four distinct sections:Bodies looks at how controlled drug delivery and surgical robots place people and their bodies at the heart of precision engineering practice. In Lives​, LED lighting and digital imaging sensors​ illustrate how engineers’ powers of visualisation shape technology to new and successful outcomes. In Connections​, GPS, internet and web technologies show engineering as a connected practice, with diverse teams enabling the connections humanity depends upon.Creating​ looks at how engineers are are imaginative people. Their creativity is central to developing amazing innovations which can change the world. Visitors can also see the Virtual Heart display, a large-scale virtual simulation created by bioengineer Dr Jazmín Aguado Sierra using scans of her own heart. The virtual heart, located in the Bodies section, functions just like her real heart and shows the intricate interactions between electrical impulses, muscle contraction and blood flow. The gallery celebrates our engineering heritage and showcase innovations through the global lens of the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering—the world’s leading award for engineers— with current and past prize winners featured throughout.

Jon & Jo first met 27 years ago when they became part of S Club, one of the biggest British pop groups of the late 90’s/early 00’s. The two were firm friends from the beginning and together toured the world, sold millions of albums and were part of a record breaking TV series shown in 110 countries all over the world. After the band, Jo’s instantly recognisable voice earned her 2 critically acclaimed solo albums. Jon returned to his musical theatre background and became a leading man in London’s West End. It’s always been a dream of theirs to do a live acoustic gig together. So for the very first time, you can… _Exclusive Soundcheck Experience tickets available to witness Jon & Jo perform the last two songs of their Soundcheck plus Meet and Greet (please arrive at 5:30pm prompt for this). Tickets are; Standard at £50, Soundcheck Experience at £75_