The Royal Festival Hall is closed from 6pm on Monday 27 November until the morning of Wednesday 29 November.

Online booking will be suspended from 9:30am on Wed 29 Nov until tickets for James Acaster: Hecklers Welcome go on sale at 10am.

We are expecting high volumes of traffic, and you may experience queuing for tickets.

Saved events

    Featured events

    1. 20 Dec 2023 –⁠ 7 Jan 2024, from 11am

      Bluey’s Big Play

      The Heelers are brought to life in a brand-new theatrical adaptation of the smash-hit TV show
      A cartoon dog family, two of which are blue and the other two are brown, lie on a green rug against a wooden floor gazing up at the sky. There is a pink owl toy, a ball and a xylophone on the rug with them.
      courtesy of Dressing Room 5
    2. Thu 30 Nov, 7.45pm

      Out-Spoken: November

      TS Eliot Prize winner Joelle Taylor hosts the November edition of our spoken word and music night
      A man standing on a stage, speaking into a microphone
    3. Wed 29 Nov, 7.30pm

      Boy George: Karma

      The icon lifts the lid on his life and career as he launches his new memoir
      Boy George wearing a pink and blue spotted shirt and a pink hat
      Dean Stockings
    4. 13 –⁠ 30 Dec, from 1pm

      The House with Chicken Legs

      Follow the story of a young girl finding her feet, in a show featuring puppets, projection and music
      The cast of The House with Chicken Legs gathered against a nebulous backdrop
    5. Sat 2 Dec, 2.30pm

      About Us! Artists' Scratch Showcase

      Share your artistic endeavours and meet other creative people in a supportive environment
      Person holding a mic standing in front of a group of people
      Marcia Chandra

    Artform links

    1. Multicoloured wave graphics of pink, blue, yellow and purple.
      courtesy of NPL and Fourteen Poems
      Wed 6 Dec, 8pm

      Special Edition: Bi+ Lines

    2. Graphic of Nutcracker Nights logo
      courtesy of 5th Wall
      9 Nov 2023 –⁠ 6 Jan 2024, from 6.15pm

      Nutcracker Nights

    3. Installation view of Hiroshi Sugimoto, Conceptual Forms and Mathematicall Model 006.
      Installation view of Hiroshi Sugimoto, Conceptual Forms and Mathematical Model 006. Gelatin silver prints, aluminium and steel. Photo: Mark Blower. Courtesy the artist and the Hayward Gallery.

      11 Oct 2023 –⁠ 7 Jan 2024

      Hiroshi Sugimoto

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