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Summer Holidays At Southbank Centre

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Summer at Southbank Centre
25 Jul - 27 Aug

Experience an amazing array of summer events for the whole family at Southbank Centre. Choose from exhilarating summer shows for young and old, a...

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Andris Nelsons, conductor

Classical Season 2018/19

Welcome to the 2018/19 classical season at Southbank Centre.

This season’s highlights include: two concerts from Andris Nelsons and the...

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DRAG: Self-portraits and Body Politics
21 Aug - 14 Oct
Art

This free exhibition features the work of more than 30 artists who have used drag to explore or question identity, gender, class and politics,...

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happening at our venues

SOUTHBANK CENTRE AERIAL VIEWS BY INDIA ROPER-EVANS84
Lee Bul at Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Purcell Room entrance

Royal Festival Hall

Various times | until Sat 8 Sep 2018

The Jam Shed Supper Club

Join MasterChef contestants for delectable fare at this supper club overlooking the Thames

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Hayward Gallery

11:00 am | Wed 22 Aug 2018 - Sun 14 Oct 2018

DRAG: Self-portraits and Body Politics

DRAG is an exhibition of radical self-portraiture from the 1960s to the present day

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Queen Elizabeth Hall

7:30 pm | Tue 28 Aug 2018 - Thu 30 Aug 2018

The Tiger Lillies: Edgar Allan Poe's Haunted Palace

Embrace the darkness in this comic and musical concert inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s gothic world

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Purcell Room

8:00 pm | Fri 31 Aug 2018 - Sat 1 Sep 2018

Velvet Petal by Scottish Dance Theatre

This intimate dance work explores the transformative power of beauty

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stories
Robert Smith performs with CUREATION-25 at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall as part of Meltdown 2018
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Robert Smith on curating his Meltdown festival
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Photograph showing Ted Hodgkinson and Jordan Stephens, who appear on Southbank Centre's Book Podcast
podcast

Southbank Centre’s Book Podcast: Matt Haig & Jordan Stephens on mental health and creativity
Two very different artists discuss this important subject
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Photo shows a young woman sitting among flowers in the Queen Elizabeth Hall Roof Garden at Southbank Centre
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What’s on August Bank Holiday at Southbank Centre
Cap off a marvellous summer with our weekend of varied fun
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