series
series

Classical Season 2019/20
8 Sep - 7 Jul
contemporary classical

Welcome to the Classical Season 2019/20 at Southbank Centre.

This season’s highlights include the start of year-long celebrations to mark...

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festival

London Literature Festival
17 Oct - 27 Oct
poetry
spoken word & live literature

Bringing new resonance to timeless narratives, Southbank Centre's London Literature Festival returns for its 13th year with an exploration of...

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event

Circus 1903 at Southbank Centre

Circus 1903

19 Dec - 5 Jan
performance & dance
performance & dance

Experience the thrills and daredevil entertainment of a turn-of-the-century circus this Christmas.

Fresh from the Paris Theatre in Las Vegas,...

Series Winter
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happening at our venues

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Queen Elizabeth Hall
Purcell Room entrance

Royal Festival Hall

7:30 pm | Tue 24 Sep 2019 - Tue 24 Sep 2019

Richard Hills: The Quentin Maclean Legacy

Hark back to a golden age of melody with an evening of British Light Music for organ

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Hayward Gallery

11:00 am | until Sun 6 Oct 2019

Thabiso Sekgala

A free HENI Project Space exhibition exploring home, intimacy, place and belonging in the work of late photographer Thabiso Sekgala

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Queen Elizabeth Hall

7:30 pm | Mon 23 Sep 2019

Weimar Berlin: To the Cabaret!

Be transported back to the cabaret of 1920s Berlin with the Philharmonia Orchestra

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Purcell Room

7:45 pm | Mon 23 Sep 2019

Smash It: Working Class Artists Making It Happen

Join us for the launch of this anthology of working-class artists on art, life and making it happen

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stories
Peter Bernstein conducts an orchestra
story

Peter Bernstein on making it in music and the magic of film scores
The composer and orchestrator talks about bringing his father’s work to life
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story

Ólafur Arnalds on Iceland, experimentation and OPIA
Find out why the classical composer loves to hear his music covered and remixed
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Malorie Blackman, writer
podcast

Southbank Centre’s Book Podcast: Malorie Blackman in conversation
Listen to Malorie Blackman discuss her latest novel Crossfire
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