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This riverside titan of arts and entertainment has morphed and expanded in the past few years securing its position as one of the most attractive cultural hotspots in London, helped by its accessible location and proximity to the National Theatre and Tate Modern. The Southbank Centre caters for the widest spectrum of people and interests, peddling visual art, music, literature events and performance in its several venues - the Royal Festival Hall, The Hayward Gallery, Queen Elizabeth Hall (including the Purcell Room) and the Saison Poetry Library. Recently it has become a go-to destination for foodies too. Skylon, a swanky British-themed restaurant within RFH, caters for those with a bit of cash, while a range of spanking new chain restaurants (Wagamama, Strada, Ping Pong) jostle for attention alongside the pie-touting Canteen.
Annual festival of music, comedy and theatre, with appearances by children's writers including Jacqueline Wilson (Feb...
This astonishing performance piece from Bristol-based company Uninvited Guests was wreathed in praise at the 2009 Edi...
The British author, musician and black belt martial artist, who penned the award-winning children's series, 'Young Sa...

Poet Laura Dockrill shares her favourite Roald Dahl poems with the group, before helping everyone to create their own...
Neuroscientist Sharot presents her findings from an in-depth look at how the brain creates hope, dread and anticipati...
The Bristol-based children's author reads her 'Operation Eiffel Tower' story, which follows four kids' plans to get t...
Storyteller Rachel Rose and illustrator Laura X Carle help you pick some mega awesome super powers and show you how t...
Poet-cum-DJ Charlie Dark delves into a poetical adventure beneath the sea. Suitable for children aged two and under.
In celebration of International Women's Day (March 8) the WOW festival features music, talks, debates, market stalls ...
The Southbank Centre's summer-long Festival of the World is inspired by the educationalist Baron Pierre de Coubertin ...
Set to be the largest poetry festival ever staged in the UK, the Southbank Centre's Poetry Parnassus brings together ...

Senegalese superstar Maal, with the spine-tingling voice and modern, beat-orientated take on African music, hosts a t...
This festival brings together international, world class poets, authors and speakers representing the spectrum of cre...
A festival of slam poetry and the spoken word, bringing together young people from around the country to compete in...
Performance artist Bobby Baker joins the London 2012 Festival with a show about wellbeing and recovery, based around ...
A poignant circus theatre show themed around depression and society's approach to the mentally ill from Stumble dance...
Performance piece from Fittings Multimedia Arts that useas the story of conjoined Siamese twins Chang and Eng Bunker ...
Disabled theatre company Graeae call in at the London 2012 Festival with an epic new piece about a trio of nomadic st...
Using and ingenious aerial set, performance storyteller Ramesh Meyyappan performs a one man adaptation of Italo Calvi...
Young audiences are invited to step into the inner sanctum of a bee hive and help Sophie Bee save her fellow insects ...
An installation by ceramic fine artist Paul Cummins that celebrates the quintessential English garden. Cummins has c...
Music and dance from Brazil in a large-scale performance that brings together performers from north east Brazil and ...
An unexpected spectacle featuring a self-propelled underwater wheelchair. Part of the London 2012 Festival.
A short animated film by Joel Simon in which a group of mis-shapen shoft toys escapes from a factory to seek out a n...
A collaboration between UK choreographers David Toole and Lucy Hind and South African dance company Remix. Remix are...
Set to an original score by cellist and composer Philip Sheppard and percussionist Evelyn Glennie, a new piece from ...
Sue Austin creates an unexpected spectacle involving a self-propelled underwater wheelchair and a sense of unbridled...
Twenty-one-year-old songwriter and artist Rodney curates a nine-night stint at the Southbank Centre to create 25 song...
Twenty-one-year-old songwriter and artist Rodney curates a nine-night stint at the Southbank Centre to create 25 song...
Twenty-one-year-old songwriter and artist Rodney curates a nine-night stint at the Southbank Centre to create 25 song...
Twenty-one-year-old songwriter and artist Rodney curates a nine-night stint at the Southbank Centre to create 25 song...
Twenty-one-year-old songwriter and artist Rodney curates a nine-night stint at the Southbank Centre to create 25 song...
Twenty-one-year-old songwriter and artist Rodney curates a nine-night stint at the Southbank Centre to create 25 song...
Twenty-one-year-old songwriter and artist Rodney curates a nine-night stint at the Southbank Centre to create 25 song...
Twenty-one-year-old songwriter and artist Rodney curates a nine-night stint at the Southbank Centre to create 25 song...
Twenty-one-year-old songwriter and artist Rodney curates a nine-night stint at the Southbank Centre to create 25 song...
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