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 ...

Aside from a brief period in the 1990s when those ones with the brightly coloured hair topped every 11-year-old’s pencil, these fuzzy cuddly hippo-like creations have topped the troll polls for ...

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 Caterpillar Poetry Prize is now open for submissions. The prize is for unpublished poems written by adults for children aged 7–11. First Prize: €1,000 plus a week at Circle of Misse in France ...

Enter an endless world of play and invention in a limitless recycled playground for children and their grown-ups to tap into their imaginations. Part installation, part adventure playground, REPLAY is ...

The performer’s note on the programme contains references to topics that some may find disturbing. Content warning: attempted suicide, substance abuse.

Resident Artist James McVinnie and producer/composer Tristan Perich present Infinity Gradient, merging primitive electronic waveforms with the sonic magnitude of the organ. Infinity Gradient, scored ...

Our permanent pocket forest is made up of 390 trees, including 24 native species, that will grow over time to create a natural oasis in the centre of London. Created using the Miyawaki Method, a ...