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Alchemy
4 May - 7 May
Global Culture & Ethnicity

Celebrate the exchange of ideas and cultural connections between South Asia and the UK with a packed bank holiday weekend of dance, comedy, music...

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Concrete Dreams Weekend
27 Apr - 29 Apr

Join a celebration of the rich and varied history of our 1960s buildings, offering encounters with its past while looking towards its future.

Over...

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Classical Season
Chamber & Recital
Choral

We are thrilled to announce our brand-new 2018/19 classical season of close to 200 concerts.

Highlights include: two concerts from Andris Nelsons...

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Royal Festival Hall

6:30 pm | until Mon 23 Apr 2018

Stewart Lee: Content Provider

Catch the hilarious Stewart Lee in his final comedy live show before he takes an extended break

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Hayward Gallery

7:30 pm | Wed 2 May 2018

Zach Blas & Ben Eastham in Conversation

Join us for a discussion about the themes of our Adapt to Survive: Notes from the Future exhibition

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Queen Elizabeth Hall

7:30 pm | Tue 24 Apr 2018

Malavika Sarukkai's Thari - The Loom

Experience a dance production that explores the artistic bond between dancing and weaving

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Purcell Room

7:00 pm | Sun 29 Apr 2018

Fifty Poems from Five Decades

Join ten of the UK’s finest poets to mark 50 years of our much-loved Queen Elizabeth Hall and Purcell Room

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Queen Elizabeth Hall reopening - your photos and reactions
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Who are the classical musicians Spira Mirabilis?
Meet an orchestra not like any other, one that doesn’t even call itself an orchestra.
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More acts revealed for Robert Smith’s Meltdown
Yep, even more! See who's been added to the festival's fantastic line-up
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