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Green Rock River Band
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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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Salman Rushdie: From Midnight's Children to Trump's America

London Literature Festival
18 Oct - 28 Oct

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

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Hayward Gallery at Southbank Centre
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Purcell Room entrance

Royal Festival Hall

7:30 pm | Tue 18 Sep 2018

Michel Legrand and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

See the legendary composer perform and conduct 60 years of music and movies

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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

7:00 pm | Tue 18 Sep 2018

The Forward Prizes for Poetry Ceremony

See the most coveted poetry prizes in the British Isles awarded live

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Purcell Room

7:45 pm | Thu 20 Sep 2018 - 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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Cloud Show, model
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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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Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection Shortlist book covers 2018
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Forward Prize for Best First Collection: the shortlist
Take a detailed look at this year's shortlist with National Poetry librarian Chris McCabe
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Think Aloud podcast: ask a curator day
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Think Aloud podcast: Ask a Curator Day
In the fourth edition of Think Aloud, we join the #AskACuratorDay celebrations
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