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Discover incredible free art across our site with uplifting and inspiring works connected to the theme of our summer season, Dance Your Way Home.
Watch the classic film framed by live music, performed by Jazz Jamaica and guest artist Brinsley Forde, followed by a conversation with composer Dennis Bovell. Set in 1980s south London, during the ...
Poems for Family & Loved Ones is an online workshop led by poet Jonathan Edwards as part of Romalyn Ante’s workshop series. This workshop will use poetry as a tool to approach, examine, and create in ...
The Poetry Society is hosting a Stanza event featuring members from Lisbon Stanza, Germany Stanza, and the Global Online Stanza. There will be readings from each group as well as open mic slot for ...
Park Theatre is hosting Lost Watches, a play directed by Alex Helfrecht, written by Lorenzo Allchurch, and featuring the voice of actor Jason Isaacs. This play explores the character of Allen who, ...
Every February half-term our festival for children aged 0 – 11 and their grown-ups turns the Southbank Centre into one big playground. Imagine Festival is all about sparking creativity through ...
Explore a multi-layered exhibition of new work collectively created by two Iranian-Canadian artists, featuring image-based works, sculpture, video and found objects. Punning and playful, Freudian Typo ...
Join us for a celebration of East and South East Asian arts and culture, spanning performances, music, poetry, literature, art and a pop-up market.
Tash Aw’s latest novel, The South, is an epic about longing, inheritance and the land; a love story that blooms between two boys one unforgettable summer. He is the author of five novels, including We ...
Did you know LEGO bricks from over 60 years ago still fit perfectly with bricks from today? They can be passed down through generations, and played with again and again, which is why we want to make ...
Photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto leads us through the Hayward Gallery's 2023 survey of five decades of his work in this video interview.
Our Royal Festival Hall organ celebrated 70 years in 2024. The organ's curator William McVicker's short history includes the story of its creation.