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Wednesday 9 September

Playing with Fire
Yuja Wang plays piano in a dreamy landscape

Playing with Fire

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy
Book Now

Last few tickets

Thursday 10 September

Playing with Fire
Yuja Wang plays piano in a dreamy landscape

Playing with Fire

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy
Book Now

Last few tickets

Friday 11 September

Playing with Fire
Yuja Wang plays piano in a dreamy landscape

Playing with Fire

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy
Get Your Hands-Dirty with Creative Tech
A series of laptops using the Hydra coding software in a purple lit room

Get Your Hands-Dirty with Creative Tech

Art & exhibitions
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Free

Saturday 12 September

Playing with Fire
Yuja Wang plays piano in a dreamy landscape

Playing with Fire

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy
Get Your Hands-Dirty with Creative Tech
A series of laptops using the Hydra coding software in a purple lit room

Get Your Hands-Dirty with Creative Tech

Art & exhibitions
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Free
Kevin Peter He: Vestige
A dancer arches backward on stage beneath a large digital projection of a leaping figure and a robotic arm sculpture.

Kevin Peter He: Vestige

Performance & dance
Purcell Room

Sunday 13 September

Playing with Fire
Yuja Wang plays piano in a dreamy landscape

Playing with Fire

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy
Get Your Hands-Dirty with Creative Tech
A series of laptops using the Hydra coding software in a purple lit room

Get Your Hands-Dirty with Creative Tech

Art & exhibitions
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Free
Dance of the Nine-Colored Deer
a colourful deer puppet stands astride a dancer in a crouched position

Dance of the Nine-Colored Deer

Performance & dance
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets Free
Sold out
Julianknxx & THABO: Bantutronic – Finding 15 Live
Two people in ceremonial white clothing stand on a path in a dense, green forest.

Julianknxx & THABO: Bantutronic – Finding 15 Live

Performance & dance
Purcell Room
Sold out

Tuesday 15 September

Playing with Fire
Yuja Wang plays piano in a dreamy landscape

Playing with Fire

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy

Wednesday 16 September

Playing with Fire
Yuja Wang plays piano in a dreamy landscape

Playing with Fire

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy

Thursday 17 September

Playing with Fire
Yuja Wang plays piano in a dreamy landscape

Playing with Fire

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy

Friday 18 September

Playing with Fire
Yuja Wang plays piano in a dreamy landscape

Playing with Fire

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy

Saturday 19 September

Playing with Fire
Yuja Wang plays piano in a dreamy landscape

Playing with Fire

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy

Sunday 20 September

Playing with Fire
Yuja Wang plays piano in a dreamy landscape

Playing with Fire

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy
Duckie: Why Do Benders Love Divas?
A high-contrast pink stencil illustration of a singer on a black background, performing with arms spread wide.

Duckie: Why Do Benders Love Divas?

Performance & dance
The Clore Ballroom
Tickets Free
Sold out
THIS IS MY LIFE: Duckie Salutes Shirley Bassey
Silhouette of a singer with arms raised, composed of shimmering gold sequins against a solid black background.

THIS IS MY LIFE: Duckie Salutes Shirley Bassey

Performance & dance
The Clore Ballroom

Tuesday 22 September

Playing with Fire
Yuja Wang plays piano in a dreamy landscape

Playing with Fire

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy

Wednesday 23 September

Playing with Fire
Yuja Wang plays piano in a dreamy landscape

Playing with Fire

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy

Thursday 24 September

Playing with Fire
Yuja Wang plays piano in a dreamy landscape

Playing with Fire

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy

Friday 25 September

Playing with Fire
Yuja Wang plays piano in a dreamy landscape

Playing with Fire

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy

Saturday 26 September

Playing with Fire
Yuja Wang plays piano in a dreamy landscape

Playing with Fire

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy

Sunday 27 September

Playing with Fire
Yuja Wang plays piano in a dreamy landscape

Playing with Fire

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy

Tuesday 29 September

Playing with Fire
Yuja Wang plays piano in a dreamy landscape

Playing with Fire

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy

Wednesday 30 September

Playing with Fire
Yuja Wang plays piano in a dreamy landscape

Playing with Fire

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy

Thursday 1 October

Playing with Fire
Yuja Wang plays piano in a dreamy landscape

Playing with Fire

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy

Friday 2 October

Playing with Fire
Yuja Wang plays piano in a dreamy landscape

Playing with Fire

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy

Saturday 3 October

Playing with Fire
Yuja Wang plays piano in a dreamy landscape

Playing with Fire

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy

Sunday 4 October

Playing with Fire
Yuja Wang plays piano in a dreamy landscape

Playing with Fire

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy
About Us! Artists' Scratch Showcase
Charlotte, a Black women artist smiles as she reads her own poetry in front of a yellow screen.

About Us! Artists' Scratch Showcase

Gigs
The Clore Ballroom
Tickets Free

Friday 9 October

Forced Entertainment: Cold Sweat
An actor with long dark hair sits in a red inflatable chair on a stage scattered with oversized playing cards, tinsel, and white cups.

Forced Entertainment: Cold Sweat

Performance & dance
Purcell Room

Saturday 10 October

Forced Entertainment: Cold Sweat
An actor with long dark hair sits in a red inflatable chair on a stage scattered with oversized playing cards, tinsel, and white cups.

Forced Entertainment: Cold Sweat

Performance & dance
Purcell Room

Wednesday 14 October

Who Are We?
Performer wearing all black performing a flip through the air on a floury stage

Who Are We?

Performance & dance
Queen Elizabeth Hall

Thursday 15 October

Who Are We?
Performer wearing all black performing a flip through the air on a floury stage

Who Are We?

Performance & dance
Queen Elizabeth Hall

Friday 16 October

Who Are We?
Performer wearing all black performing a flip through the air on a floury stage

Who Are We?

Performance & dance
Queen Elizabeth Hall

Tuesday 20 October

Playing with Fire
Yuja Wang plays piano in a dreamy landscape

Playing with Fire

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy

Wednesday 21 October

Playing with Fire
Yuja Wang plays piano in a dreamy landscape

Playing with Fire

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy

Thursday 22 October

Playing with Fire
Yuja Wang plays piano in a dreamy landscape

Playing with Fire

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy

Friday 23 October

Playing with Fire
Yuja Wang plays piano in a dreamy landscape

Playing with Fire

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy

Saturday 24 October

Playing with Fire
Yuja Wang plays piano in a dreamy landscape

Playing with Fire

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy

Sunday 25 October

Playing with Fire
Yuja Wang plays piano in a dreamy landscape

Playing with Fire

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy

Tuesday 27 October

Playing with Fire
Yuja Wang plays piano in a dreamy landscape

Playing with Fire

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy

Wednesday 28 October

Playing with Fire
Yuja Wang plays piano in a dreamy landscape

Playing with Fire

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy

Thursday 29 October

Playing with Fire
Yuja Wang plays piano in a dreamy landscape

Playing with Fire

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy
Tice Cin: Safe Spaces
British writer Tice Cin standing by a tree

Tice Cin: Safe Spaces

Literature & poetry
Purcell Room

Friday 30 October

Playing with Fire
Yuja Wang plays piano in a dreamy landscape

Playing with Fire

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy

Saturday 31 October

Playing with Fire
Yuja Wang plays piano in a dreamy landscape

Playing with Fire

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy

Sunday 1 November

Playing with Fire
Yuja Wang plays piano in a dreamy landscape

Playing with Fire

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy

Tuesday 3 November

Playing with Fire
Yuja Wang plays piano in a dreamy landscape

Playing with Fire

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy

Wednesday 4 November

Playing with Fire
Yuja Wang plays piano in a dreamy landscape

Playing with Fire

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy
IT’S GOT LEGS!!!!!!!
Two bearded performers in red sequined outfits and makeup pose expressively against a solid black background.

IT’S GOT LEGS!!!!!!!

Performance & dance
Purcell Room

Thursday 5 November

Playing with Fire
Yuja Wang plays piano in a dreamy landscape

Playing with Fire

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy
Kim Noble: How to Write
a man in a black blazer looking directly at the camera while a chaotic cluster of books and a roll of masking tape are bound tightly to his head and stuffed into his mouth using beige tape.

Kim Noble: How to Write

Literature & poetry
Purcell Room
NOW NOT NOW
Two performers wearing blue suits and floor length green ties, cutting a very long cucumber with slices floating in the air.

NOW NOT NOW

Performance & dance
A Relaxed Performance - A show adapted to be more comfortable and accessible for everyone. Captioned - The performance displays the actors’ words and sounds as text on screens.
Queen Elizabeth Hall

Friday 6 November

Playing with Fire
Yuja Wang plays piano in a dreamy landscape

Playing with Fire

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy
NOW NOT NOW
Two performers wearing blue suits and floor length green ties, cutting a very long cucumber with slices floating in the air.

NOW NOT NOW

Performance & dance
A Relaxed Performance - A show adapted to be more comfortable and accessible for everyone. Captioned - The performance displays the actors’ words and sounds as text on screens.
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Fag Packet: DYKE Systems Ltd
A vibrant studio portrait captures a comedic duo dressed in exaggerated 1980s business attire, with one person talking into a pink brick cell phone

Fag Packet: DYKE Systems Ltd

Performance & dance
Purcell Room

Saturday 7 November

Playing with Fire
Yuja Wang plays piano in a dreamy landscape

Playing with Fire

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy

While you're with us

Shopping
Wooden displays in the Southbank centre shop, featuring books, plushies, and colourful merchandise

Shopping

A vibrant range of inspiring books, homeware, prints, accessories and more.

Klaus Weber: Thinking Fountains
Two statues; a green human body with water spouting from its neck and another of human legs with water pouring down from above displayed outdoors

Thinking
Fountains

Water cascades and spouts over Klaus Weber’s bronze figures.

Modified Social Benches
Two children eating ice cream on a red cirrcular bench

Modified Social Benches

Benches that challenge the space and distance we place between one another.

William Pye's Zemran
A photograph showing Riverside Terrace at Southbank Centre, with the metal sculpture Zemran in the foreground, next to Queen Elizabeth Hall

William Pye's Zemran

Pye’s beautiful stainless steel sculpture sits overlooking the Thames.

Natura Nostra Forest
Bright sunlight bursts through green leaves with a lens flare, set against a blue sky and a textured concrete building.

Natura Nostra Forest

Our growing pocket forest creating a natural oasis.