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SoundState
16 Jan - 20 Jan
Contemporary Classical
Orchestra

Bringing together an unrivalled concentration of global creativity, SoundState celebrates the artists who are defining what it means to make new...

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Imagine Children's Festival
13 Feb - 24 Feb
Children & Young people

Southbank Centre's Imagine Children's Festival returns in 2019 for 12 jam-packed days of fun.

Dive into the best children’s theatre, literature and...

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Panel discussion for WOW festival talk

WOW – Women of the World
8 Mar - 9 Mar
Gender Politics & Equality

In 2019, WOW presents an incredible line-up of events to mark the launch of The WOW Foundation and begin our countdown to 2020 – the 10th...

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happening at our venues

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Queen Elizabeth Hall
Purcell Room entrance

Royal Festival Hall

7:30 pm | Sun 20 Jan 2019

Sandi Toksvig Live! National Trevor

Laugh yourself silly at a new show packed with tall stories, funny facts and some terrible baking

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Hayward Gallery

11:00 am | until Thu 7 Feb 2019

Aleksandra Mir

7 JAN – 4 FEB 2019: A free HENI Project Space exhibition featuring US tabloid coverage of Donald Trump, from 1986 to 2000

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Queen Elizabeth Hall

6:30 pm | Sun 20 Jan 2019 - Sun 20 Jan 2019

Bounce Beat

Hear ping-pong in a whole new way at a musical performance incorporating the sounds of a live game

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Purcell Room

8:00 pm | Sun 20 Jan 2019

The Next Generation: Music of Today

Take in gripping music by two composers who are fast becoming the leading lights of their generation, Dai Fujikura and Andrew Norman.

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George Gershwin composer, seated at his piano
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Playlist: the influence of George Gershwin
Listen to covers of some of the composer’s most iconic songs in this Spotify playlist
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Rebecca Saunders, composer
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SoundState: Rebecca Saunders - behind the music
Listen to the composer’s work, and discover more about its creation
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SoundState: Claire Chase - Density 2036
Listen to pieces from the 22-year project, and discover more about Chase’s commissions
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