Somerset House - What's On April

NOW PLAY THIS & GAME CHANGERS Now Play This coincides with the city-wide London Games Festival and showcases the wider possibilities of games - the peculiar, the beautiful and the deeply experimental. It's a place for games that challenges us to play in new and wonderful ways, whether that's in groups, on our own, outside, inside, on or underneath tables. There are games that send us running across courtyards, on screens and games that take place entirely in our heads. Running alongside there's a month-long, free exhibition titled Game Changerswhich provides an in-depth look at the creative process behind game design. Discover how traditional forms of chess, billiards and mazes continue to influence designers making new games today.  7 - 9 APR & 7 APR - 7 MAY 2017 NEW WING & TERRACE ROOMS, SOUTH WING  DISCOVER MORE & BOOK TICKETS SHUTTERS DOWN! Shutters Down! curated by LoneLady, commissioned by Somerset House Studios,  Sat 25 Feb 2017 Last month LoneLady brought her experimental club night Shutters Down! from Manchester to London as part of her residency at Somerset House Studios. Rarely accessible to the public, The Deadhouse is a subterranean space beneath The Edmond J. Safra Fountain Court. The event featured LoneLady (DJ and visuals), avant-noise band Vanishing (live) and John Doran, founder of The Quietus (DJ). Here's a short film that captures Shutters Down! in The Deadhouse. DISMANTLE YOURSELF CURATED BY GRAHAM DUNNING Continuing Somerset House Studio’s late night series of guest curations deep inside The Deadhouse, Associate Artist Graham Dunning deconstructs the rave with Dismantle Yourself, a night of experimental dancefloor focused electronic music featuring Ewa Justka, Algobabez, dtub and Alien Jams (NTS). Please note this is an 18+ event. 15 APRIL 2017 20.00 - 01.00 THE DEADHOUSE, SOUTH WING BOOK NOW

Featuring rich and fascinating photographic stories from key figures and emerging talent of the photography scene today, this year's tenth anniversary edition includes a special exhibition of rarely seen work by British photographer Martin Parr, recipient of the Outstanding Contribution to Photography Prize. 21 APR - 7 MAY 2017 OPEN DAILY, 10.00 - 18.00 WEST & EAST WINGS BOOK NOW READING DRAWINGS SONY WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS & MARTIN PARR 2017 EXHIBITION Discover the intriguing variety of inscriptions that can be found on drawings, from artist signatures to casual notes and records of ownership. Featuring works by Canaletto, Corot, Signac and others, this selection reveals how such annotations can shed light on the purpose, history and use of drawings.   UNTIL 4 JUN 2017 OPEN DAILY, 10.00 - 18.00 THE COURTAULD GALLERY, NORTH WING BOOK NOW FROM OUR FRIENDS... RICHARD MOSSE: INCOMING   Prize-winning conceptual documentary photographer Richard Mosse showcases a multi-channel video installation across three, eight-metre wide screens in the Curve's unique gallery space, creating an immersive artwork around the unfolding migration crisis across the Middle East, North Africa and Europe. UNTIL 23 APR 2017 FREE ADMISSION THE CURVE GALLERY, BARBICAN   DISCOVER MORE