Queen Elizabeth Hall
A brutalist icon on the banks of the Thames
The Queen Elizabeth Hall is a leading London venue showcasing world-class talks, gigs, dance, performance and classical music.
Originally opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in 1967, our Queen Elizabeth Hall underwent a significant refurbishment and renovation between 2015 and 2018 to bring through its original aesthetic.
The building contains both the 900-seat Queen Elizabeth Hall auditorium and our most intimate hall, the Purcell Room. It’s also home to our vibrant Queen Elizabeth Hall Roof Garden, which, as the name suggests, can be found on top of the venue, up the yellow stairs.
What’s here?
- the Queen Elizabeth Hall auditorium
- the Purcell Room
- Queen Elizabeth Hall Roof Garden
- Roof Garden Bar & Kitchen
On now & coming up
Skate 50
GROOVE
futuretense x Skate 50: Tiberius b + Shooting Daggers
Chineke! Orchestra: Coleridge-Taylor Violin Concerto
Performers
Chineke! Orchestra
Joseph Young conductor
Njioma Chinyere Grevious violin
Repertoire
Carlos Simon: 4 Black American Dances for orchestra
Coleridge-Taylor: Violin Concerto in G minor, Op.80
Interval
Price: Symphony No.1 in E minor
Time Entwined: Birtwistle, Gerber & Mason
Performers
London Sinfonietta
Geoffrey Paterson conductor
Mark van de Wiel clarinet
Students from the Royal College of Music
Young Musicians from the North London Music Hub
Repertoire
Gerber: Duet for clarinet
Florence Anna Maunders: Duet for 6 instruments (World premiere)
Christian Mason: In time entwined, in space enlaced for ensemble & 36 audience harmonicas
James B Wilson: These sounds don't belong here (World premiere)
Interval
Birtwistle: Secret Theatre
Shabaka & Friends
Ninajirachi
Fousheé
Nilüfer Yanya
The Guilty Feminist & Tracey Emin in Conversation
bar italia
Orlando Weeks
Jon Hopkins with Maddie Ashman & Leo Abrahams
James Murphy
Dance with Kindness: Intermediate Workshops
For your visit
Queen Elizabeth Hall Southbank Centre
The Queen Elizabeth Hall is open from 90 minutes before events start until they finish. It’s closed at all other times.
Plan your visit
The Queen Elizabeth Hall is home to both our second-largest auditorium and the Purcell Room.
Getting here
Our address is Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London, SE1 8XX.
The nearest tube stations to us are Waterloo and Embankment; Waterloo is also the nearest train station. And more than 20 different London bus routes pass within 500 metres of our venues. More information on getting here by rail, road or river is available on our Getting here page.
We’re cash-free
Please note that we’re unable to accept cash payments across our venues.
Access
We’re working hard to remove barriers, so that our facilities and events can be accessible to as many people as possible.
All help points, toilets, performance and exhibition spaces at the Southbank Centre are accessible to all, as are the cafes, bars and restaurants. We also have excellent public transport links with step-free access.
All information about booking wheelchair spaces, step-free access, blue badge parking, access maps and guides and other help available whilst you’re here, including details about our Access Scheme, can be found on our Access page.
Food & drink
From coffee to cocktails, filling favourites to fine dining, plus some of London’s best street food – it’s all here at the Southbank Centre.
Play a part in every performance
Name a seat in our Queen Elizabeth Hall and help support the future of gigs, concerts and performances at the Southbank Centre.
While you’re with us
Eating & drinking
Get the lowdown on the best places to eat and drink at Southbank Centre.
Shopping
Find inspiring products for all in our shops here at our venues and online.
Related spaces
Purcell Room
The place to enjoy literature, poetry, performance and music in an intimate setting.
Queen Elizabeth Hall Roof Garden
Experience our very own secret garden, nestled on top of our Queen Elizabeth Hall.