May 2025 sees the second edition of South Asian Sounds, four days of concerts and gigs here at the Southbank Centre featuring a mix of big names and emerging new voices. South Asia is an undeniably ...
In this 3 hour workshop at Somerset House Exchange, with facilitator Eljai Morais, you will be guided through the process of creating spoken word stage-ready work using free-writing exercises, prompts ...
The Southbank Centre has today announced that HRH The Duke of Edinburgh has become its new Patron. The Duke takes on the patronage previously held by his mother, Queen Elizabeth II. The Southbank ...
Six artists are now officially on the bill for this year’s Meltdown – plus Little Simz herself – and to give you a flavour of the summer to come, we’ve brought them together in a single playlist. It’s ...
The Southbank Centre is delighted to unveil its new destination bar, the Seventy5th Balcony Bar. Named in honour of the Southbank Centre’s 75th anniversary in 2026 and the bar’s location on the fifth ...
The Southbank Centre has announced the much-anticipated first wave of artists performing at Little Simz’ Meltdown. Taking place this summer from Thursday 12 – Sunday 22 June, Little Simz is assembling ...
The monumental harmony of over 200 voices combines with the full force of the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra to perform Orff’s masterwork Carmina Burana.
It is the 1990s. Growing up in Zanzibar, three very different young people – Karim, Fauzia and Badar – are coming of age, and dreaming of great possibilities in their young nation. But for Badar, an ...
A small informal drop-in session to practice poetic metre. Choice of metre and variations will be discussed, with example poems sent out in advance for attendees to read. Ideally, participants will ...
was only red-eyed over onions, waiting for the boy I’d cooked for ...
The words of Ione Gamble, founder and editor-in-chief of the intersectional feminist arts and culture zine, Polyester, as she explored our celebration of 50 years of the pioneering British feminist ...