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China Changing: INK
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China Changing Festival
Contemporary Dance
Spoken word & Live literature

The final edition of our three-year festival showcasing contemporary China, and its creative connection with the UK, through cutting-edge art and...

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Andris Nelsons, conductor

Andris Nelsons and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig

9 Oct
Classical music
Orchestra

Described by The New York Times as ‘a young dynamo’, Andris Nelsons enjoyed an acclaimed tenure at the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra...

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Southbank Centre, views of the London Eye lit up by fireworks on New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve Spectacular

31 Dec - 1 Jan
Gigs

Party through the decades in one unforgettable night at Southbank Centre, with a front-row seat to London’s iconic New Year’s Eve fireworks.

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Hayward Gallery at Southbank Centre
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Purcell Room entrance

Royal Festival Hall

7:30 pm | Thu 20 Sep 2018

Jazz Jamaica All Stars - 50 Years of Trojan Records

Get ready to rocksteady with Gary Crosby’s 22-piece band, celebrating 50 years of Trojan Records

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Hayward Gallery

11:00 am | until 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 | Thu 20 Sep 2018

Bill Ryder-Jones

Hear multi-instrumentalist, composer, and singer Bill Ryder-Jones play from his latest album

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Purcell Room

7:45 pm | until Fri 21 Sep 2018

Truth by Helen Chadwick Song Theatre

A haunting song theatre show that explores truth in our messy modern age of fake news

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stories
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See who’s on the shortlist for the 2018 Man Booker Prize
Take a look at the six books in the running for this year’s prestigious award
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Eight great events to catch at this October’s China Changing Festival
With so much to choose from, here are a few festival highlights
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podcast

Southbank Centre's Book Podcast: Literature and the refugee crisis
Listen to the fourth episode of our monthly literary podcast featuring Khaled Hosseini and Nick Makola
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