Epic Sundays - British Museum
London
I was spellbound – I don’t use the word lightly
THE TIMES
Each month we turn the sedate surroundings of the British Museum lecture theatre into a flickering cave of wonder. This is where to come for your Sunday afternoon epic overload!
what's on
British Museum, London
THE HEART OF A HERO: THE EPIC OF BANU HILALI
Chirine El Ansary
23 MARCH 2025, 2.30PM
History, myth and fairytale collide as the Hilali Tribe undertakes an epic odyssey – journeying from the Arabian Peninsula, across the Sinai Peninsula, and into Egypt. Mysterious and beautiful, this is a rare performance of an ancient story.
British Museum, London
GREEK MYTHS OF THE NIGHT SKY
Hugh Lupton, Daniel Morden
13 APRIL 2025, 2.30PM
Join master storytellers Hugh Lupton & Daniel Morden as they breathe new life into the myths that shape our heavens. Hear the stories of Orion's hunt, the Seven Sisters, beautiful Pegasus, brave Bellerophon, the healer Asclepius and the capricious, lustful, all-powerful divinities of Mount Olympus.