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Southbank Centre Winter Market
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Winter
9 Nov - 6 Jan
Circus
Theatre

See Southbank Centre transformed this winter with magical family shows, markets, twinkling lights, festive fun and other seasonal delights.

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Circus 1903 at Southbank Centre

Circus 1903

19 Dec - 5 Jan
Performance & Dance
Circus

Experience the thrills and daredevil entertainment of a turn-of-the-century circus this Christmas.

Fresh from the Paris Theatre in Las Vegas,...

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Rumpelstiltskin surrounded by glowing sowing paraphernalia from buttons to thread.

Rumpelstiltskin

13 Dec - 6 Jan
Performance & Dance
Theatre

See the UK premiere of this retelling of a beloved family fairy tale, reimagined with lashings of magical mayhem, rocking music and supreme...

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Queen Elizabeth Hall
Purcell Room entrance

Royal Festival Hall

7:30 pm | Sun 16 Dec 2018

Messiah

350 voices in monumental harmony with the Philharmonia Orchestra

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Hayward Gallery

11:00 am | until Sun 6 Jan 2019

Space Shifters

Now until 6 JAN 2019: a major group exhibition bringing together sculptures and installations that explore perception and space

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Queen Elizabeth Hall

Various times | until Sun 6 Jan 2019

Rumpelstiltskin

Watch this new spin on the classic fairy tale that will delight the whole family

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Purcell Room

Various times | Mon 17 Dec 2018 - Sun 6 Jan 2019

Maureen Lipman Is 'Up for It'

Join the new queen of Coronation Street for an evening of rave, rollick and rant

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Installation view of Emmanuelle Lainé, “Learn the Rules Like a Pro, So You Can Break Them Like an Artist!”, 2018 (detail) 
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Emmanuelle Lainé at Hayward Gallery
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Who is pianist Pavel Kolesnikov?

All you need to know about the pianist ahead of his solo recital in the International Piano Series
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Troy Miller
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Introducing Troy Miller; percussionist, songwriter, producer, composer
The remarkable career of the man bringing his reimagining of Gershwin to Southbank Centre
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