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Performance & Dance

Spring/Summer 2026

Spotlighting cutting-edge new work from around the world

See international and UK-based artists at the height of groundbreaking theatre, dance and circus in our performance and dance programme

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Wednesday 22 July

Hofesh Shechter: IN THE BRAIN
Dancers in silhouette perform on a dark stage beneath a row of intense vertical blue spotlights.

Hofesh Shechter: IN THE BRAIN

Performance & dance
Speech-free - This performance includes little to no spoken text.
Queen Elizabeth Hall
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Last few tickets

Thursday 23 July

Hofesh Shechter: IN THE BRAIN
Dancers in silhouette perform on a dark stage beneath a row of intense vertical blue spotlights.

Hofesh Shechter: IN THE BRAIN

Performance & dance
Speech-free - This performance includes little to no spoken text.
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Book Now

Last few tickets

Friday 24 July

Hofesh Shechter: IN THE BRAIN
Dancers in silhouette perform on a dark stage beneath a row of intense vertical blue spotlights.

Hofesh Shechter: IN THE BRAIN

Performance & dance
Speech-free - This performance includes little to no spoken text.
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Book Now

Last few tickets

Saturday 25 July

Hofesh Shechter: IN THE BRAIN
Dancers in silhouette perform on a dark stage beneath a row of intense vertical blue spotlights.

Hofesh Shechter: IN THE BRAIN

Performance & dance
Speech-free - This performance includes little to no spoken text.
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Hofesh Shechter: IN THE BRAIN
Dancers in silhouette perform on a dark stage beneath a row of intense vertical blue spotlights.

Hofesh Shechter: IN THE BRAIN

Performance & dance
Speech-free - This performance includes little to no spoken text.
Queen Elizabeth Hall

Sunday 20 September

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
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

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

While you're with us

Jeppe Hein: Appearing Rooms
People enjoying the Jeppe Hein Fountain at the Southbank Centre

Jeppe Hein: Appearing Rooms

A summer favourite returns to our site with water fountains to splash around and cool down in.

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.