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Thursday 22 August

British Sign Language Tours: Tavares Strachan
Six Thousand Years (2018) Inkjet print, pigment, enamel, vinyl, graphite, Mylar, spray paint, cut 11 x 8 x 2 1/8 in. (27.9 x 20.3 x 5.4 cm) [each, 832 panels total] Courtesy of Regen Projects Los Angeles, photo by Bryan Forrest

British Sign Language Tours: Tavares Strachan

Art & exhibitions
This performance is tagged as British sign language interpreted (BSL)
Hayward Gallery
Tickets From £8.00

Friday 30 August

Matt Haig: The Life Impossible
Matt Haig wearing a white t shirt in a wood

Matt Haig: The Life Impossible

Literature & poetry
This performance is tagged as British sign language interpreted (BSL) Speech to text
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets From £15.00

Sunday 1 September

Gillian Anderson: Want

Gillian Anderson: Want

Literature & poetry
This performance is tagged as British sign language interpreted (BSL) Speech to text
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets From £15.00
Book Now

Last few tickets

Wednesday 4 September

Louder Is Not Always Clearer
Person wearing a navy tracksuit top and graphic T-shirt stands with arms outstretched against a dark background.

Louder Is Not Always Clearer

Art & exhibitions
This performance is tagged as Audio described Captioned
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Free
Silent World
Head shot of a person with eyes closed surrounded by pink hazy lighting. They have dark skin, a shaved head and facial hair.

Silent World

Art & exhibitions
This performance is tagged as Audio described Captioned
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Free
Hen Night
Person singing into a microphone and pointing at the camera, whilst wearing a wedding veil. The lighting is purple and blue and there is a dark background.

Hen Night

Art & exhibitions
This performance is tagged as Audio described Captioned
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Free
No Sleep Just Clouds
Desk with keyboard, mouse, stationary and computer monitor displaying someone in bed with the caption 'I miss my Excel sheet'

No Sleep Just Clouds

Art & exhibitions
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Free
Moving the Image/Moviendo la Imagen
Collage of black and white archival photographs of women including one sleeping, two in wheelchairs and others posing

Moving the Image/Moviendo la Imagen

Art & exhibitions
This performance is tagged as Captioned
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Free
Stopgap Dance Company: Lived Fiction
A dancer in a wheelchair leans upside down on the head with the wheelchair in the air in front of a bright yellow light.

Stopgap Dance Company: Lived Fiction

Performance & dance
This performance is tagged as A relaxed performance A touch tour Audio described Captioned
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets From £15.00
Raymond Antrobus: Signs, Music
Poet Raymond Antrobus sits on a doorstep wearing green shorts, white tshirt and sleeveless jacket.

Raymond Antrobus: Signs, Music

Literature & poetry
This performance is tagged as A relaxed performance British sign language interpreted (BSL)
Purcell Room
Tickets From £12.00

Thursday 5 September

Louder Is Not Always Clearer
Person wearing a navy tracksuit top and graphic T-shirt stands with arms outstretched against a dark background.

Louder Is Not Always Clearer

Art & exhibitions
This performance is tagged as Audio described Captioned
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Free
Silent World
Head shot of a person with eyes closed surrounded by pink hazy lighting. They have dark skin, a shaved head and facial hair.

Silent World

Art & exhibitions
This performance is tagged as Audio described Captioned
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Free
Hen Night
Person singing into a microphone and pointing at the camera, whilst wearing a wedding veil. The lighting is purple and blue and there is a dark background.

Hen Night

Art & exhibitions
This performance is tagged as Audio described Captioned
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Free
No Sleep Just Clouds
Desk with keyboard, mouse, stationary and computer monitor displaying someone in bed with the caption 'I miss my Excel sheet'

No Sleep Just Clouds

Art & exhibitions
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Free
Moving the Image/Moviendo la Imagen
Collage of black and white archival photographs of women including one sleeping, two in wheelchairs and others posing

Moving the Image/Moviendo la Imagen

Art & exhibitions
This performance is tagged as Captioned
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Free

Friday 6 September

Louder Is Not Always Clearer
Person wearing a navy tracksuit top and graphic T-shirt stands with arms outstretched against a dark background.

Louder Is Not Always Clearer

Art & exhibitions
This performance is tagged as Audio described Captioned
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Free
Silent World
Head shot of a person with eyes closed surrounded by pink hazy lighting. They have dark skin, a shaved head and facial hair.

Silent World

Art & exhibitions
This performance is tagged as Audio described Captioned
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Free
Hen Night
Person singing into a microphone and pointing at the camera, whilst wearing a wedding veil. The lighting is purple and blue and there is a dark background.

Hen Night

Art & exhibitions
This performance is tagged as Audio described Captioned
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Free
No Sleep Just Clouds
Desk with keyboard, mouse, stationary and computer monitor displaying someone in bed with the caption 'I miss my Excel sheet'

No Sleep Just Clouds

Art & exhibitions
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Free
Moving the Image/Moviendo la Imagen
Collage of black and white archival photographs of women including one sleeping, two in wheelchairs and others posing

Moving the Image/Moviendo la Imagen

Art & exhibitions
This performance is tagged as Captioned
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Free
Martin O’Brien: An Ambulance to the Future
A shirtless person with green liquid all over their face and down their chest. Behind them is anther person wearing black and brick walls.

Martin O’Brien: An Ambulance to the Future

Performance & dance
This performance is tagged as British sign language interpreted (BSL)
Purcell Room
Tickets From £10.00

Saturday 7 September

Louder Is Not Always Clearer
Person wearing a navy tracksuit top and graphic T-shirt stands with arms outstretched against a dark background.

Louder Is Not Always Clearer

Art & exhibitions
This performance is tagged as Audio described Captioned
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Free
Silent World
Head shot of a person with eyes closed surrounded by pink hazy lighting. They have dark skin, a shaved head and facial hair.

Silent World

Art & exhibitions
This performance is tagged as Audio described Captioned
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Free
Hen Night
Person singing into a microphone and pointing at the camera, whilst wearing a wedding veil. The lighting is purple and blue and there is a dark background.

Hen Night

Art & exhibitions
This performance is tagged as Audio described Captioned
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Free
No Sleep Just Clouds
Desk with keyboard, mouse, stationary and computer monitor displaying someone in bed with the caption 'I miss my Excel sheet'

No Sleep Just Clouds

Art & exhibitions
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Free
Moving the Image/Moviendo la Imagen
Collage of black and white archival photographs of women including one sleeping, two in wheelchairs and others posing

Moving the Image/Moviendo la Imagen

Art & exhibitions
This performance is tagged as Captioned
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Free
Krystal S. Lowe: New Growth
A performer hands upside down while holding on with their legs on a gold arched frame.

Krystal S. Lowe: New Growth

Performance & dance
This performance is tagged as A relaxed performance
The Clore Ballroom
Free
Ruby Addy
A person sits at a keyboard playing.

Ruby Addy

Gigs
This performance is tagged as A relaxed performance
The Clore Ballroom
Free
Maddie Morris
Maddie Morris stands against a white background wearing a green short sleeved jumpsuit and round glasses. They have pale skin, tattoos on one arm, and a shaved head.

Maddie Morris

Gigs
This performance is tagged as A relaxed performance
The Clore Ballroom
Free
Krystal S. Lowe: New Growth
A performer hands upside down while holding on with their legs on a gold arched frame.

Krystal S. Lowe: New Growth

Performance & dance
This performance is tagged as A relaxed performance
The Clore Ballroom
Free
Touretteshero: Burnt Out in Biscuit Land
Three people stare directly at the camera and are each wearing different coloured, knitted balaclavas where only their eyes and mouths are exposed. They are all wearing black stab vests with the words ‘NO DNR’ stencilled onto the vests in white paint.

Touretteshero: Burnt Out in Biscuit Land

Performance & dance
This performance is tagged as A relaxed performance Audio described British sign language interpreted (BSL) Speech to text
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets From £12.00
FlawBored: It’s a Motherf**king Pleasure
The three people are gathered around a large armchair in an open bear trap against a concrete background illuminated in purple and red.

FlawBored: It’s a Motherf**king Pleasure

Performance & dance
This performance is tagged as Audio described Speech to text
Purcell Room
Tickets From £15.00
Midgitte Bardot: Shooting from Below
Midgitte Bardot stands in a fishnet dress and green bra with bright blonde hair that fans out against the purple and red lit backdrop.

Midgitte Bardot: Shooting from Below

Performance & dance
This performance is tagged as A relaxed performance Speech to text
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets From £8.00
Book Now

Last few tickets

Elle Chante: Accessible Dreamscapes
Two dancers wearing all black bend over with their arms outstretched. They have silk scarfs tied to their wrists, and the fabric hangs down to the stage. A screen is behind them with 'Elle Chante' projected onto it. The lighting is red.

Elle Chante: Accessible Dreamscapes

Performance & dance
This performance is tagged as British sign language interpreted (BSL) Speech to text
The Clore Ballroom
Tickets Free
Book Now

Last few tickets

Disco Neurotico
A DJ stands at decks with blue, green and pink lights bouncing round the image.

Disco Neurotico

Gigs
This performance is tagged as A relaxed performance
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets From £10.00
Book Now

Last few tickets

Unlimited on Screen
A studio space with a movie screen set up and people sitting in the dark watching the screen.

Unlimited on Screen

Art & exhibitions
This performance is tagged as Captioned
Royal Festival Hall
Free

Sunday 8 September

Louder Is Not Always Clearer
Person wearing a navy tracksuit top and graphic T-shirt stands with arms outstretched against a dark background.

Louder Is Not Always Clearer

Art & exhibitions
This performance is tagged as Audio described Captioned
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Free
Silent World
Head shot of a person with eyes closed surrounded by pink hazy lighting. They have dark skin, a shaved head and facial hair.

Silent World

Art & exhibitions
This performance is tagged as Audio described Captioned
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Free
Hen Night
Person singing into a microphone and pointing at the camera, whilst wearing a wedding veil. The lighting is purple and blue and there is a dark background.

Hen Night

Art & exhibitions
This performance is tagged as Audio described Captioned
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Free
No Sleep Just Clouds
Desk with keyboard, mouse, stationary and computer monitor displaying someone in bed with the caption 'I miss my Excel sheet'

No Sleep Just Clouds

Art & exhibitions
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Free
Moving the Image/Moviendo la Imagen
Collage of black and white archival photographs of women including one sleeping, two in wheelchairs and others posing

Moving the Image/Moviendo la Imagen

Art & exhibitions
This performance is tagged as Captioned
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Free
Two Destination Language: Hope & Ponies
Katherina, a white woman in a denim dress holds a colourful flag that reads

Two Destination Language: Hope & Ponies

Courses & workshops
The Clore Ballroom
Free
FlawBored: It’s a Motherf**king Pleasure
The three people are gathered around a large armchair in an open bear trap against a concrete background illuminated in purple and red.

FlawBored: It’s a Motherf**king Pleasure

Performance & dance
This performance is tagged as Audio described British sign language interpreted (BSL) Speech to text
Purcell Room
Tickets From £15.00
Touretteshero's Biscuit Land Cabaret
Person wearing a red tracksuit sits in a wheelchair on stage with their arms outstretched beside them.

Touretteshero's Biscuit Land Cabaret

Performance & dance
This performance is tagged as A relaxed performance
The Clore Ballroom
Free
Abnormally Funny People IRL
Shaparak Khorsandi who has short dark hair and is wearing a red velvet jacket smiling

Abnormally Funny People IRL

Comedy
This performance is tagged as A relaxed performance British sign language interpreted (BSL) Speech to text
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets From £12.00
Touretteshero: Burnt Out in Biscuit Land
Three people stare directly at the camera and are each wearing different coloured, knitted balaclavas where only their eyes and mouths are exposed. They are all wearing black stab vests with the words ‘NO DNR’ stencilled onto the vests in white paint.

Touretteshero: Burnt Out in Biscuit Land

Performance & dance
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets From £12.00
Book Now

Last few tickets

StammerMouth: CHOO CHOO!
Person wearing pink dungarees stands up looking outwards and smiling. A person wearing yellow dungarees sits behind them.

StammerMouth: CHOO CHOO!

Comedy
This performance is tagged as Audio described British sign language interpreted (BSL)
Purcell Room
Tickets From £14.00
Unlimited on Screen
A studio space with a movie screen set up and people sitting in the dark watching the screen.

Unlimited on Screen

Art & exhibitions
This performance is tagged as Captioned
Royal Festival Hall
Free

Wednesday 11 September

David McWilliams: Money

David McWilliams: Money

Literature & poetry
This performance is tagged as Speech to text
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets From £15.00

Thursday 12 September

Diane Abbott: A Woman Like Me
Woman in a black coat and blue scarf looks into the distance.

Diane Abbott: A Woman Like Me

Literature & poetry
This performance is tagged as Speech to text
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets From £15.00

Wednesday 18 September

Qudus Onikeku’s Re:INCARNATION
Group of five performers wearing colourful outfits jumping into the air on a yellow background

Qudus Onikeku’s Re:INCARNATION

Performance & dance
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets From £20.00

Thursday 19 September

Qudus Onikeku’s Re:INCARNATION
Group of five performers wearing colourful outfits jumping into the air on a yellow background

Qudus Onikeku’s Re:INCARNATION

Performance & dance
This performance is tagged as A touch tour Audio described
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets From £20.00

Friday 20 September

Elizabeth Strout: Tell Me Everything

Elizabeth Strout: Tell Me Everything

Literature & poetry
This performance is tagged as Speech to text
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets From £15.00

Saturday 21 September

Jess Phillips: Let's Be Honest
Jess Phillips wears a green shirt and silver earrings

Jess Phillips: Let's Be Honest

Literature & poetry
This performance is tagged as Speech to text
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets From £15.00
Carol Vorderman Live & Outspoken!
Carol Vorderman wearing a white suit holding a megaphone in one hand and smiing

Carol Vorderman Live & Outspoken!

Literature & poetry
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets From £41.50

Sunday 22 September

ESEA Lit Fest Finale: An Evening with Phil Wang
Comedian Phil Wang sits at a desk

ESEA Lit Fest Finale: An Evening with Phil Wang

Literature & poetry
This performance is tagged as Speech to text
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets From £15.00

Wednesday 25 September

Sally Rooney: Intermezzo
Sally Rooney wearing a khaki t shirt

Sally Rooney: Intermezzo

Literature & poetry
This performance is tagged as Speech to text
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets From £15.00
Book Now

Last few tickets

Tuesday 1 October

Richard Ayoade: The Unfinished Harauld Hughes
Richard Ayoade holding a camera in a jungle themed room

Richard Ayoade: The Unfinished Harauld Hughes

Literature & poetry
This performance is tagged as British sign language interpreted (BSL) Speech to text
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets From £15.00

Thursday 3 October

10 Years of Serial: An Evening with Sarah Koenig
Sarah Koenig sits in front of a red background wearing a grey top

10 Years of Serial: An Evening with Sarah Koenig

Literature & poetry
This performance is tagged as British sign language interpreted (BSL) Speech to text
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets From £25.00

Thursday 24 October

Out-Spoken: October
Danez Smith sits onstage, wearing a camo jacket.

Out-Spoken: October

Literature & poetry
This performance is tagged as Speech to text
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets From £15.00
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Modified Social Benches

Modified Social Benches

Benches that challenge the space and distance we place between one another.

Crazy Boules
A close up shot of the boules by the 'jack'

Crazy Boules

The classic French game gets a neon-spangled makeover.

Southbank Centre Food Market
Mango chutney being added to a wrap at La Sani

Southbank Centre Food Market

With a huge choice of street food and drinks, our weekly food market is a must-visit.

Ground & Sound
Gardener Paul Pulford listening to Ground and Sound in the Roof Garden

Ground & Sound

Experience an enchanting musical score in our very own secret garden.

Shopping
A variety of Block Scene merchandise on sale at the Royal Festival Hall shop including colourful printed t-shirts, mugs and tea towels.

Shopping

A vibrant range of inspiring books, homeware, prints, accessories and more.

Klaus Weber: Thinking Fountains

Thinking
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Water cascades and spouts over Klaus Weber’s bronze figures.

William Pye's Zemran
A photograph showing Riverside Terrace at Southbank Centre, with the metal sculpture Zemran in the foreground, next to Queen Elizabeth Hall

William Pye's Zemran

Pye’s beautiful stainless steel sculpture sits overlooking the Thames.

Natura Nostra Forest

Natura Nostra Forest

Our growing pocket forest creating a natural oasis.