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Thu 30 Apr

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More info for The Pin Drop

The Pin Drop

Reimagining Skylon for the digital age, Carson McColl and Gareth Pugh’s towering sculpture marks our 75th anniversary.
Riverside Terrace
Tickets Free
More info for Samuel Laurence Cunnane: Blue Road
A photograph of a road that looks blue in a wooded area
Art & exhibitions

Samuel Laurence Cunnane: Blue Road

Admire the photographer’s luminous images, showing his sensitivity to subtle qualities of light
Hayward Gallery
Tickets Free
More info for Quentin Blake: The Southbank Parade
A trio of illustrations by Quentin Blake depicting members of an orchestra; a woman in a long dress playing a violin, a person in a wheelchair plating the cymbals and a man in tails playing the flute
Art & exhibitions

Quentin Blake: The Southbank Parade

The much-loved illustrator and author celebrates the 1951 Festival of Britain for this installation
Site wide
Tickets Free
More info for Skate 50
A skater skates near the Undercroft Skate Space
Art & exhibitions

Skate 50

Our exhibition uncovers the story of London’s original skate space through imagery, audio and film
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets Free
More info for Southbank Centre Tours
A concrete brutalist building with the London Eye and Big Ben in the background
Tours & activities

Southbank Centre Tours

See our spectacular venues from a whole new perspective during our 75th anniversary year
Across the site
More info for Members’ Private View: Chiharu Shiota & Yin Xiuzhen
A stunning installation of white papers suspended from the ceiling by a dense arrangement of red threads, resembling a cascade of leaves.
Art & exhibitions

Members’ Private View: Chiharu Shiota & Yin Xiuzhen

Admire our spring Hayward Gallery exhibitions away from the crowds in this Members-only evening view
Hayward Gallery
Tickets Free
More info for Sympoesia
Out-Spoken host poet Joelle Taylor
Classical music

Sympoesia

The London Sinfonietta and poetry night Out-Spoken collaborate in an evening of urgent storytelling
Queen Elizabeth Hall
More info for Unnatural Harmony: Sounds of Lee Alexander McQueen
A large orchestra performs on a stage lit with blue light, led by a conductor standing before a pipe organ and bust.
Classical music

Unnatural Harmony: Sounds of Lee Alexander McQueen

A spectacular event with the LCO and Holly Blakey reimagines the music behind the designer’s shows
Royal Festival Hall
More info for Papillons
A blurry, grain-textured image of a woman with red hair in a blue shirt and white pants, posing against a black background.
Classical music

Papillons

Manchester Collective, Thick & Tight and CHAINES join forces for a searing live performance
Purcell Room

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.