Over the dark winter nights, our site is illuminated by outdoor artworks that play with light and colour – explore to discover them all. Each artist uses light and colour in playful ways, at the same ...

Situated in the heart of London, on the banks of the River Thames is the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, a beacon for arts and culture for over 70 years. The 2,700 capacity Royal Festival Hall ...

Hear the best new poetry coming out of the UK and Ireland in an event hosted by poet Ian McMillan ...

Get ready to feel the reggae rhythm at this free monthly meet-up and daytime dance that’s guaranteed to get all ages moving and grooving. Simmer Down is a home for reggae and revival, happening once a ...

It’s a question we ponder a lot here at the Southbank Centre, and not strictly about theatre shows. How do we ensure we’re staying true to our aim of making the arts as accessible as possible? Founded ...

The 40th Anniversary Show continues… Celebrate over 40 fabulous years of uproarious comedy and musical prowess with Britain’s greatest cabaret trio. Combining razor-sharp satire with matchless musical ...

Discover the duo’s pictures from the past 25 years, with vibrant, large-scale images that centre the human experience and reflect their motto, ‘Art for All’.

Hailed as the greatest ever singer of lieder, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau wowed audiences throughout the world during the second half of the twentieth century. But how did the man from Berlin first ...

Awarded annually for the best collection of new verse in English published in the UK or the Republic of Ireland, it was inaugurated in 1993 in celebration of the Poetry Book Society’s 40th birthday, ...

Find inspiration from contemporary poems, and ideas of where to get your own poetry published in this list of current poetry magazines. 14 is an annual poetry magazine devoted to poems of 14 lines ...

A genre unto themselves, since 1994 Asian Dub Foundation have served up a unique combination of tough jungle rhythms, dub bass lines and live guitar, alongside high-speed rap and social and cultural ...