Schools Performance: Bach and the Noisy Nighttime
It’s well past bedtime but nobody can sleep: the sheep are too jumpy and the stars are too twinkly. Join Aurora to find out just what can be done about it…
Experience one of Aurora Orchestra’s immersive, storytelling performances, featuring a chamber arrangement of Bach’s Goldberg Variations and an original story from Aurora Writer in Residence, Kate Wakeling.
School groups are invited to listen, sing, dance and enter a magical world of music, discovery and play. This performance supports pupils to develop skills in listening and understanding music in a unique and interactive way.
Need to know
Tickets cost £110 per class (up to 30 pupils including teachers.) Successful schools will be sent a purchase link once tickets are allocated.
This performance is part of our Imagine Festival schools programme. Find out about visiting the Southbank Centre as a school: Find out more
This performance is designed for children in state funded foundation and KS1 classes.
To accompany the performance, teachers are invited to join a free online CPD session with the artists at 4pm – 4.45pm on Monday 20 January. Information for joining this will be shared when places are allocated.
Access
This event is a Relaxed Performance (RP).
Relaxed Performances have a relaxed approach to noise and movement in the space, and you are free to enter and exit during the performances. A chill-out space and noise-cancelling headphones are available for both adults and children. There are no adjustments to sound and lighting for these performances and this performance contains some amplified sound and some lighting effects.
For your visit
This event is held at the The Clore Ballroom Southbank Centre
The Clore Ballroom is open six days a week.
Tuesday, 10am – 6pm*
Wednesday – Sunday, 10am – 11pm
Monday, closed.
*If we’re hosting a performance, the building will stay open until the event ends.
Plan your visit
The Clore Ballroom is located inside our Royal Festival Hall on Level 2.
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.
There is step-free access to The Clore Ballroom, Level 2, Royal Festival Hall, via a ramp.
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
Next to The Clore Ballroom is our Ballroom Cafe where you can grab a coffee and a piece of freshly made cake. Also 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.
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.