Live Demos
The future has landed – explore interactive mixed-reality, trailblazing art, live-coding performance, cutting-edge industry demos and DIY AI prototypes.
Swing by and uncover a world of live demonstrations from a standout crew of researchers, artists, creatives and industry insiders.
See what they’ve been cooking up, try out their interactive projects for yourself and get a taste of the weird and wonderful things that are possible when creativity meets technology.
What you can see:
- Works and displays by Louis Nixon, an artist and researcher who works with painting, sculpture, installation and experimental film.
- Work from Tavs Jorgensen, whose research explores 3D printing and other digital fabrication technology in relation to glass and ceramic.
- Xtra Reality
Meet William Shakespeare face-to-face, stand before Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn as royal intrigue unfolds, hear Winston Churchill’s iconic words resonate around you, and witness the tension and drama of the gunpowder plot brought vividly to life in mixed reality. Blending live performance, immersive storytelling and cutting-edge technology, Xtra Reality transforms the world around you into a living historical stage. Guided by a host, you journey through a series of interactive scenes where legendary figures and pivotal moments from British history appear seamlessly within your surroundings.History is stepping out of the past and into the present.
- And plenty more to be announced.
Supported by UK Research and Innovation. Creative Intelligence is commissioned and produced by the Southbank Centre. Curated with PACT – Planetary Art Culture Technology.
Need to know
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Dates, times and prices
Dates & times
12 Sep & 13 Sep 2026,
12 noon – 7.30pm
Standard entry
Free – no ticket required
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For your visit
This event is held at the Royal Festival Hall Southbank Centre
The Royal Festival Hall is open six days a week.
Tuesday – Sunday, 10am – 11pm
Monday, closed.
Plan your visit
The Royal Festival Hall is home to our largest auditorium as well as The Clore Ballroom, National Poetry Library, Members’ Lounge, Festival Bar & Kitchen, Ballroom Cafe and Skylon restaurant.
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
On Level 2 of our Royal Festival Hall you can grab a slice of life by the Thames with drinks and freshly made pizza at our Festival Bar & Kitchen which opens out onto our Riverside Terrace. You can grab a coffee and a slice of freshly made cake from our Ballroom Cafe. Or alternatively enjoy destination dining in the restaurant at Skylon.
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.