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Fashion Freak Show at Southbank Centre
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Jean Paul Gaultier: Fashion Freak Show

23 Jul - 2 Aug
performance & dance
comedy & cabaret

Eccentric, scandalous, provocative, exuberant and as funny as ever, fashion’s enfant terrible presents his new creation: part revue, part catwalk...

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exhibition

Kiss My Genders
12 Jun - 8 Sep
art & exhibitions

Kiss My Genders is a group exhibition celebrating more than 30 international artists whose work explores and engages with gender identity.

The...

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festival

Performer by the Fountains on the Festival Terrace

Summer
performance & theatre
film screenings

Join us for a summer-long party by the Thames, celebrating LGBTQI+ artists and performers in a packed programme of events.

Our outdoor stage...

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Queen Elizabeth Hall
Purcell Room entrance

Royal Festival Hall

7:00 pm | Thu 18 Jul 2019

Troubling Gender, Photography and Society

Artists Ajamu, Holly Falconer, Amrou Al-Kadhi and Del LaGrace Volcano in a talk chaired by Paul Clinton

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Hayward Gallery

11:00 am | until Sun 8 Sep 2019

Kiss My Genders

12 JUN – 8 SEP 2019: A group exhibition exploring gender identity and gender fluidity

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Queen Elizabeth Hall

7:00 pm | Thu 18 Jul 2019

Edmund Waller's Summer Celebration 2019

Class acts: children from the south London primary school present music, song, dance and spoken word

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Purcell Room

7:45 pm | Thu 18 Jul 2019

The Hot Sardines

Steeped in hot jazz and gypsy swing, the Sardine sound recalls between-the-wars Paris via New Orleans

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Things to do in the summer holidays at Southbank Centre
From disco dance to performing pigs there’s plenty for families this summer
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Jean Paul Gaultier sits among the seats on Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre
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Jean Paul Gaultier on life, London and loving yourself
Hear from Jean-Paul Gaultier ahead of his Fashion Freak Show
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Film still from Chicago (2002)
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Enjoy free outdoor Summer Film Night screenings on London’s South Bank
Join us for some open-air classic cinema favourites at Southbank Centre this summer
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