The Mystery of Existence

May 2026 | Royal Institution Theatre, London

Event venue: The Royal Institution Theatre, 21 Albemarle St, London, W1S 4BS

Doors Open 18:15 | All Events Start 19:00 | All Events End 21:00

All e-tickets are issued within 24 hours of your order. If you purchase a ticket on the day of the event, please arrive at the venue with your booking confirmation.


Multi-Event Pass

The Mystery of Existence: Three-Event Pass
Sale Price: £125.00 Original Price: £150.00

This discounted pass gives you access to all three of Mystery of Existence events. These include:

May 1 – The Story of Everything

May 5 – The Meaning of Life

May 7 – The Battle for Reality

Speakers: Slavoj Žižek, Sabine Hossenfelder, Joseph Folley, Alex O’Connor, William Lane Craig, Philip Goff, Jessica Frazier, and Rowan Williams.

Hosts: Jack Symes and Jonny Thomson

Venue: The Royal Institution Theatre, London

All e-tickets are issued within 24 hours of your order. If you purchase a ticket on the day of the event, please arrive at the venue with your booking confirmation.


Individual Events

The Story of Everything: Live Theatre Event [MAY 1]
£50.00

The Royal Institution, London | 1 May, 2026 | 18:30 (doors open)

Join William Lane Craig, Philip Goff, Jessica Frazier, and Joseph Folley for an evening of lively debate and discussion. Hosted by Jack Symes.

At the edge of human understanding lies the question of how reality began. This event plunges into that frontier, charting the explosive origins of the universe, the rise of mind and matter, and the theories that seek to explain why anything exists at all. What set the universe in motion? What brought humans into being? And what future might these origins be leading us toward?

All e-tickets are issued within 24 hours of your order. If you purchase a ticket on the day of the event, please arrive at the venue with your booking confirmation.

The Question of God: Live Theatre Event [MAY 5]
£50.00

The Royal Institution, London | 5 May, 2026 | 18:30 (doors open)

Join William Lane Craig and Alex O’Connor for an evening of lively discussion.

Host: Jonny Thomson

This event brings together two leading voices in philosophy of religion: William Lane Craig, one of the world’s foremost Christian apologists, and Alex O’Connor, one of today’s most prominent atheist thinkers. As they confront the arguments for and against belief in God, they seek to break the long-standing impasse between God and atheism.

All e-tickets are issued within 24 hours of your order. If you purchase a ticket on the day of the event, please arrive at the venue with your booking confirmation.

The Battle for Reality: Live Theatre Event [MAY 7]
£50.00

The Royal Institution, London | 7 May, 2026 | 18:30 (doors open)

Join William Lane Craig, Rowan Williams, Sabine Hossenfelder and Slavoj Žižek for an evening of lively debate and discussion. Hosted by Jack Symes.

At the heart of philosophy lies the divide between atheism and theism. This event brings that conflict to the fore as four leading thinkers contest whether we need God to explain the world. As they challenge one another on the origins of the universe, the fine-tuned nature of the cosmos, the foundations of morality, and the limits of modern physics, the debate reveals two rival visions of how reality works – and what it means for us. Can science answer the deepest questions alone? Does the universe point beyond itself? And in the struggle between belief and unbelief, which vision of reality will prevail?

All e-tickets are issued within 24 hours of your order. If you purchase a ticket on the day of the event, please arrive at the venue with your booking confirmation.