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More info for Frankie Goes to Bollywood
Person in red dress posing in front of blue glistening backdrop
Performance & dance

Frankie Goes to Bollywood

Expect dazzling dance, epic songs and sweeping romance in this new musical about Bollywood’s lure
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets from £15.00
More info for 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.
Performance & dance

Stopgap Dance Company: Lived Fiction

Revered dance company Stopgap invites you to experience dance from multiple perspectives
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets from £15.00
More info for Chisato Minamimura: Mark of A Woman
Chisato Minamimura dancing on stage wearing a loose-fitting cream tunic and trousers. Black and white silhouettes of figures in historical costume are projected on the wall behind her.
Performance & dance

Chisato Minamimura: Mark of A Woman

Projection, animation and performance trace the relationship between women’s bodies and tattoos
Purcell Room
Tickets from £15.00
More info for Michael Turinsky: Precarious Moves
Michael Turinsky blows onto a paper boat sitting in a pink bowl on the floor, with two empty bottles lying on their sides next to it..
Performance & dance

Michael Turinsky: Precarious Moves

A solo performance exploring the tension between the body and its environment
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets from £14.00
More info for 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.
Performance & dance

Martin O’Brien: An Ambulance to the Future

Death pays a man for sex. The price is immortality.
Purcell Room
Tickets from £10.00
More info for Krystal S. Lowe: New Growth
A performer hands upside down while holding on with their legs on a gold arched frame.
Performance & dance

Krystal S. Lowe: New Growth

Run away with dancer and choreographer Krystal S. Lowe to rediscover what’s lost in growing up
The Clore Ballroom
Tickets Free
More info for Jo Bannon: Sleight of Hand
A close up, landscape shot of three white hands emerging from underneath a pink, velvet curtain. The frame is taken up by the pink of the curtain, which is the same material lining the table upon which one of the three hands rests..
Performance & dance

Jo Bannon: Sleight of Hand

Tumble into a tactile installation for curious fingers and unbelieving eyes
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets from £12.00
More info for 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.
Performance & dance

Touretteshero: Burnt Out in Biscuit Land

With the world in chaos, three neurodiverse inhabitants of an apocalyptic bunker try to survive
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets from £10
More info for 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.
Performance & dance

FlawBored: It’s a Motherf**king Pleasure

A scathing satire on the monetisation of identity politics, from theatre company FlawBored
Purcell Room
Tickets from £15.00
More info for 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.
Performance & dance

Midgitte Bardot: Shooting from Below

A show about gaslighting, power and performance, told through musical theatre, drag and live art
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets from £8.00
More info for 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.
Performance & dance

Elle Chante: Accessible Dreamscapes

Sink into an immersive music event exploring performance from a disabled perspective
The Clore Ballroom
Tickets Free
More info for Touretteshero's Biscuit Land Cabaret
Person wearing a red tracksuit sits in a wheelchair on stage with their arms outstretched beside them.
Performance & dance

Touretteshero's Biscuit Land Cabaret

Discover fantastic work by disabled artists on themes of joy, resistance, invisibility and isolation
The Clore Ballroom
Tickets Free
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Whilst you’re with us

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
Fountains

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.