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Africa Utopia
13 Sep - 15 Sep
folk & world
spoken word & live literature

How does Africa and its diaspora shape the way we think about art, culture, gender, race, sexuality, fashion, activism and society? Explore with...

Part of Africa Utopia
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Stockhausen visual

Stockhausen: Cosmic Prophet
contemporary classical

Celebrate the architect of modern music across three projects that explore different sides to his revolutionary works.

Donnerstag aus Licht...

Part of Stockhausen: Cosmic Prophet
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The Light in the Piazza at Southbank Centre

The Light in the Piazza

14 Jun - 5 Jul
performance & dance

Be transported to sun-drenched Italy by the London premiere of hit Broadway musical The Light in the Piazza.

Starring four-time Grammy winner and...

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SOUTHBANK CENTRE AERIAL VIEWS BY INDIA ROPER-EVANS84
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Purcell Room entrance

Royal Festival Hall

7:30 pm | Thu 23 May 2019

Beverley Knight in Concert with Live Orchestra

Come as you are for an evening of hits from the queen of UK soul, backed by a live orchestra

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Hayward Gallery

11:00 am | until Sun 23 Jun 2019

Kate Cooper

15 MAY – 23 JUN 2019: A free HENI Project Space exhibition of a large-scale video installation exploring gender, technology and the body

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Queen Elizabeth Hall

8:00 pm | Fri 24 May 2019

Absolute Bird: Translating Nature

Look to the birds at a City of London Sinfonia concert featuring chamber works inspired by birdsong

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Purcell Room

8:00 pm | Tue 28 May 2019

Kieran Hodgson: '75

Uncover the tale of how Britain joined the EU on a comedy adventure through the 1970s

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Things to do in May half-term at Southbank Centre
Reasons to get out the house and join us down beside the Thames
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Interview with artist Kate Cooper
The artist discusses her exhibition in Hayward Gallery’s HENI Project Space
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Stockhausen’s Donnerstag aus Licht and five other rarely performed operas
Celebrating some of opera’s lesser heard works
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