Annual games festival Now Play This returns this April for its biggest edition ever, with even more exciting hands-on gameplay for all ages to enjoy.
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corridors and grounds, and engage with the Strand Avian Society site-specific outdoor game. Workshops ... a tabletop game that is created by its players, all about changing the rules and inventing new ones. Find out ... different workshops. The morning session ends with 30 minutes of Folk Games. How to play – some workshops ...
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Announcing the return of the popular weekender, with a host of diverse games and workshops
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Annual games festival Now Play This returns to Somerset House in April for its biggest edition ever, with even more exciting hands-on gameplay for all ages to enjoy
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The three-day games festival returns as part of the city-wide London Games Festival, with a host of hands-on activities for all ages.
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Join us this Easter holiday for the 11th edition of Now Play This, the UK's leading festival of experimental games.
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London’s leading festival of experimental games returns, showcasing the very latest in independent and experimental game design from the across the globe.
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A cultural celebration of games and play across the site, with a weekend-long festival and a special exhibition
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Our friends at Inside Out Festival bring a new vibrant one-day event to the Strand Aldwych.
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London’s leading festival of experimental games, Now Play This, returns to Somerset House for April 2023
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London Battle takes over our iconic open-air courtyard with a day of dance and Breaking showcases, workshops, live DJs and a big outdoor party
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A jam-packed schedule of summer holiday activity for the whole family to get stuck into.
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Black Girl Fest Studios curate an afternoon of dance, breathwork and movement activations for young Black people.
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Announcing our spring summer programme with exhibitions, gigs, films and events which reflect on and celebrate the multiplicity of voices that together form modern Britain.
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A summer celebration of community and culture this August
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This summer, Somerset House celebrates the rich contribution of different cultures to Britain
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We’re back with new exhibitions, inspiring installations and much-loved returning events, alongside new ways to engage with our creative community online.
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Somerset House announce details of Now Play This 2025
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We speak to festival curators Holly Gramazio and George Buckenham about the three-day games weekender.
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