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Classical Season 2018/19

Welcome to the 2018/19 Classical Season at Southbank Centre.

This season’s highlights include: the first performances of Stockhausen’s Donnerstag...

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Salman Rushdie: From Midnight's Children to Trump's America

London Literature Festival
18 Oct - 28 Oct
Poetry
Spoken word & Live literature

Now in its twelfth year, Southbank Centre’s London Literature Festival brings together today’s leading writers, thinkers and cultural observers to...

Part of London Literature Festival
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Southbank Centre Winter Market .Riverside Terrace.Shops.Market.Royal Festival Hall

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.

Eat,...

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

Royal Festival Hall

7:30 pm | Wed 17 Oct 2018

Nana Mouskouri in Concert

Legendary chanson singer Nana Mouskouri returns to London for a special show

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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

7:30 pm | Wed 17 Oct 2018

DakhaBrakha

Be transported to a world of Ukrainian folklore and theatre in a performance from DakhaBrakha

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Purcell Room

7:45 pm | Thu 18 Oct 2018

Olga Tokarczuk in Conversation

Olga Tokarczuk launches her latest novel, an unconventional thriller with an eccentric sleuth

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Melissa Harrison, novilist
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Melissa Harrison on All Among The Barley and Visions of England
The author on nature, writing, nostalgia, the 1930s and visions of England then and now
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Introducing Isabella Rossellini's Link Link
Isabella Rossellini, her dog Pan, and a collection of child’s toys. Welcome to a circus like no other
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Liz Pichon, British illustrator
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What’s on at Southbank Centre this October half-term?
Yep, it's that time already. Discover ways to keep your little ones entertained, with us
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