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Sunday 7 June

Out-Spoken Masterclass: June
Group of people sat around a long table all writing onto paper

Out-Spoken Masterclass: June

Literature & poetry
Royal Festival Hall
Book Now

Last few tickets

Emma-Lee Moss: My Cantopop Nights
Emma-Lee Moss wearing a grey cardigan and standing against a wall.

Emma-Lee Moss: My Cantopop Nights

Literature & poetry
Purcell Room

Thursday 11 June

Frank Cottrell-Boyce: A British Childhood
Frank Cottrell Boyce wearing a blue shirt sitting in front of a shelf of books.

Frank Cottrell-Boyce: A British Childhood

Literature & poetry
Purcell Room

Wednesday 24 June

Indie Night: June
Two peoples profiles are grey and collaged with an image of piles of books and a dotted square.

Indie Night: June

Literature & poetry
Purcell Room
European Poetry Festival: Estonia
Speaker stood at a yellow podium performing in the National Poetry Library to an audience in front of colourful lockers

European Poetry Festival: Estonia

Literature & poetry
National Poetry Library
Sold out

Friday 26 June

Rug Rhymes: Summer
Young children with their parents/guardians at a Rug Rhymes session at the National Poetry Library

Rug Rhymes: Summer

Literature & poetry
National Poetry Library
Sold out
It Sounds Like Courage
British-American sitar player and musician Anoushka Shankar, wearing an orange top

It Sounds Like Courage

Gigs
Royal Festival Hall

Saturday 27 June

Counterpoints Lecture with Elif Shafak
A smiling lady sitting on a chair in front of a full bookcase

Counterpoints Lecture with Elif Shafak

Literature & poetry
Speech-to-Text transcribed - A transcribed performance shows live text of the dialogue and sound on screens.
Queen Elizabeth Hall

Wednesday 1 July

European Poetry Festival: Latvia
Reader standing on stage in front of an audience at the National Poetry Library.

European Poetry Festival: Latvia

Literature & poetry
National Poetry Library
Tickets Free
Dave Eggers in Conversation with Nick Hornby
Dave Eggers wearing a black shirt standing in front of a bookshelf.

Dave Eggers in Conversation with Nick Hornby

Literature & poetry
Speech-to-Text transcribed - A transcribed performance shows live text of the dialogue and sound on screens.
Queen Elizabeth Hall

Sunday 5 July

Out-Spoken Masterclass: July
Student watches leader of masterclass writing at the front of the room.

Out-Spoken Masterclass: July

Literature & poetry
Royal Festival Hall
Sold out

Tuesday 7 July

An Evening with David Sedaris
David Sedaris sitting at a typewriter smoking a pipe.

An Evening with David Sedaris

Literature & poetry
British Sign Language interpreted (BSL) - The performance includes a live interpreter who translates the show into British Sign Language.
Royal Festival Hall
Book Now

Last few tickets

Wednesday 8 July

An Evening with David Sedaris
David Sedaris sitting at a typewriter smoking a pipe.

An Evening with David Sedaris

Literature & poetry
British Sign Language interpreted (BSL) - The performance includes a live interpreter who translates the show into British Sign Language.
Royal Festival Hall
Book Now

Last few tickets

Anish Kapoor in Conversation with Darian Leader
Anish Kapoor wearing glasses and a black suit, standing in front of a red and black artwork

Anish Kapoor in Conversation with Darian Leader

Literature & poetry
Speech-to-Text transcribed - A transcribed performance shows live text of the dialogue and sound on screens.
Queen Elizabeth Hall

Thursday 9 July

An Evening with David Sedaris
David Sedaris sitting at a typewriter smoking a pipe.

An Evening with David Sedaris

Literature & poetry
British Sign Language interpreted (BSL) - The performance includes a live interpreter who translates the show into British Sign Language.
Royal Festival Hall

Friday 10 July

Rug Rhymes: Summer
Young children with their parents/guardians at a Rug Rhymes session at the National Poetry Library

Rug Rhymes: Summer

Literature & poetry
National Poetry Library
Sold out
Benjamin Zephaniah: A Celebration
A man with long dreadlocks and a gap-toothed smile wearing a purple suit and making peace signs with both hands.

Benjamin Zephaniah: A Celebration

Literature & poetry
British Sign Language interpreted (BSL) - The performance includes a live interpreter who translates the show into British Sign Language. Speech-to-Text transcribed - A transcribed performance shows live text of the dialogue and sound on screens.
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy

Saturday 11 July

Masterclass: Raymond Antrobus
A man with tattooed arms in a brown linen shirt leans against a large tree trunk in a sunlit outdoor setting.

Masterclass: Raymond Antrobus

Literature & poetry
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy
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After Catastrophe: Futures Beyond Crisis
Blue banner with collages images on the right

After Catastrophe: Futures Beyond Crisis

Literature & poetry
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy
Masterclass: Ilya Kaminsky
Close-up of a smiling man with glasses and messy dark hair, posing against a light-brown wooden paneled wall.

Masterclass: Ilya Kaminsky

Literature & poetry
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy
Sold out
Peter Gizzi & Denise Riley
Side-by-side portraits: a man with a gray beard looking forward, and a woman with white hair resting her head on her hand.

Peter Gizzi & Denise Riley

Literature & poetry
Purcell Room
Multi-buy
Raymond Antrobus & Ilya Kaminsky
Split image: A tan man looking away in a garden, and a black-and-white close-up of a man laughing with eyes closed.

Raymond Antrobus & Ilya Kaminsky

Literature & poetry
British Sign Language interpreted (BSL) - The performance includes a live interpreter who translates the show into British Sign Language. Speech-to-Text transcribed - A transcribed performance shows live text of the dialogue and sound on screens.
Purcell Room
Multi-buy

Sunday 12 July

Masterclass: Peter Gizzi
Peter Gizzi standing at a lectern reading from his poetry collection.

Masterclass: Peter Gizzi

Literature & poetry
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy
Sold out
Masterclass: Denise Riley
A woman with short white hair rests her head on her hand in front of a framed landscape painting on a white wall.

Masterclass: Denise Riley

Literature & poetry
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy
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Kim Hyesoon & Paul Muldoon
Side-by-side portraits: a woman in white with a magnifying glass and a black-and-white photo of a man in glasses.

Kim Hyesoon & Paul Muldoon

Literature & poetry
Purcell Room
Multi-buy
Allen Ginsberg at 100
Black and white portrait of a bearded man with glasses and a hat, adjusting his patterned tie while looking at the camera.

Allen Ginsberg at 100

Literature & poetry
Speech-to-Text transcribed - A transcribed performance shows live text of the dialogue and sound on screens.
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Multi-buy

Thursday 16 July

Red Sky at Sunrise: Laurie Lee in Words and Music
Image of actor wearing white reading from a lectern.

Red Sky at Sunrise: Laurie Lee in Words and Music

Literature & poetry
Queen Elizabeth Hall

Saturday 18 July

Hannah Patterson: Ungone – the Play
A blonde woman in glasses and an olive green knit sweater smiles gently with her chin resting on her hand at a grey table.

Hannah Patterson: Ungone – the Play

Gigs
Purcell Room

Thursday 23 July

Stadio Live with Nish Kumar
Black and white image of two people sitting, smiling and leaning to the right

Stadio Live with Nish Kumar

Literature & poetry
Purcell Room

Thursday 30 July

Neoprene Genie: Dream Jump
Dancer onstage at a previous Neoprene Genie event.

Neoprene Genie: Dream Jump

Literature & poetry
Purcell Room

Saturday 22 August

Colson Whitehead: Cool Machine
Colson Whitehead wearing a leather jacket against a light blue background.

Colson Whitehead: Cool Machine

Literature & poetry
Purcell Room

Wednesday 26 August

Colin Grant: What We Leave We Carry
Colin Grant wearing a blue shirt and brown hat.

Colin Grant: What We Leave We Carry

Literature & poetry
Purcell Room

Friday 28 August

Mieko Kawakami: Sisters in Yellow
Mieko Kawakami wearing a black dress standing against a pale blue background.

Mieko Kawakami: Sisters in Yellow

Literature & poetry
Purcell Room

Friday 4 September

Rug Rhymes: Autumn
Painted puppets

Rug Rhymes: Autumn

Literature & poetry
National Poetry Library
Sold out
The Rest Is Classified: Live
Two men in dark suits pose next to a gray filing cabinet and under a security camera against a neutral background.

The Rest Is Classified: Live

Literature & poetry
Speech-to-Text transcribed - A transcribed performance shows live text of the dialogue and sound on screens.
Queen Elizabeth Hall
The Rest Is Money: Live
Hosts of The Rest is Money sitting together in front of a wall of clocks.

The Rest Is Money: Live

Literature & poetry
Purcell Room
The Rest Is Football: Bursting Onto the Stage
Three men, Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer, and Micah Richards, sitting and smiling on a sofa in a studio.

The Rest Is Football: Bursting Onto the Stage

Literature & poetry
British Sign Language interpreted (BSL) - The performance includes a live interpreter who translates the show into British Sign Language. Speech-to-Text transcribed - A transcribed performance shows live text of the dialogue and sound on screens.
Royal Festival Hall

Saturday 5 September

The Rest Is Politics: The Special Relationship
Hosts of The Rest is Politics US and UK sitting together on a green and brown bench.

The Rest Is Politics: The Special Relationship

Literature & poetry
British Sign Language interpreted (BSL) - The performance includes a live interpreter who translates the show into British Sign Language. Speech-to-Text transcribed - A transcribed performance shows live text of the dialogue and sound on screens.
Royal Festival Hall
Book Now

Last few tickets

Empire: Live
Hosts of the Empire podcast sitting together at a table, wearing blue and yellow.

Empire: Live

Literature & poetry
Speech-to-Text transcribed - A transcribed performance shows live text of the dialogue and sound on screens.
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Book Now

Last few tickets

Team America: World Police?
Hosts of Team America against a grey background.

Team America: World Police?

Literature & poetry
Speech-to-Text transcribed - A transcribed performance shows live text of the dialogue and sound on screens.
Queen Elizabeth Hall
The Rest Is History: Live
A formal portrait of two men in suits and glasses standing in a museum, flanked by white marble Roman-style sculptures.

The Rest Is History: Live

Literature & poetry
British Sign Language interpreted (BSL) - The performance includes a live interpreter who translates the show into British Sign Language. Speech-to-Text transcribed - A transcribed performance shows live text of the dialogue and sound on screens.
Royal Festival Hall
Sold out
Sherlock & Co.
Drawing of a messy room with two people sleeping on the couch and a man playing the violin next to them.

Sherlock & Co.

Literature & poetry
Purcell Room
Sold out
The Rest Is Entertainment: Live
Two presenters on a dark stage with Christmas lights: a blonde woman in a red dress and a man with a beard and glasses in a Fulham Football Club Christmas sweater.

The Rest Is Entertainment: Live

Literature & poetry
British Sign Language interpreted (BSL) - The performance includes a live interpreter who translates the show into British Sign Language. Speech-to-Text transcribed - A transcribed performance shows live text of the dialogue and sound on screens.
Royal Festival Hall
Book Now

Last few tickets

The Book Club
Hosts of The Book Club leaning against a book shelf.

The Book Club

Literature & poetry
Purcell Room
Book Now

Last few tickets

Sunday 6 September

The Rest Is Politics US: Trump on a Knife Edge
A smiling blonde woman in an orange patterned shirt poses next to a man in a blue suit and purple tie, who is holding up a peace sign with his right hand.

The Rest Is Politics US: Trump on a Knife Edge

Literature & poetry
British Sign Language interpreted (BSL) - The performance includes a live interpreter who translates the show into British Sign Language. Speech-to-Text transcribed - A transcribed performance shows live text of the dialogue and sound on screens.
Royal Festival Hall
Book Now

Last few tickets

We Have Ways of Making You Talk
Two men in blue shirts sit in front of an antique-style world map showing transatlantic communication lines, with one man having his arms crossed.

We Have Ways of Making You Talk

Literature & poetry
Purcell Room
Sold out
The Rest Is Quiz
Richard Osman and Marina Hyde sitting in front of a red curtain.

The Rest Is Quiz

Literature & poetry
Speech-to-Text transcribed - A transcribed performance shows live text of the dialogue and sound on screens.
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Book Now

Last few tickets

The Rest Is Politics: Off the Record
Hosts of The Rest is Politics UK sitting on a sofa reading the news.

The Rest Is Politics: Off the Record

Literature & poetry
British Sign Language interpreted (BSL) - The performance includes a live interpreter who translates the show into British Sign Language. Speech-to-Text transcribed - A transcribed performance shows live text of the dialogue and sound on screens.
Royal Festival Hall
Book Now

Last few tickets

Sherlock & Co.
Drawing of a messy room with two people sleeping on the couch and a man playing the violin next to them.

Sherlock & Co.

Literature & poetry
Purcell Room
Book Now

Last few tickets

Thursday 10 September

Paul Smith: Threads
Paul Smith sitting with his head in his hand against a grey background.

Paul Smith: Threads

Literature & poetry
Speech-to-Text transcribed - A transcribed performance shows live text of the dialogue and sound on screens.
Queen Elizabeth Hall

Friday 11 September

Rug Rhymes: Autumn
Painted puppets

Rug Rhymes: Autumn

Literature & poetry
National Poetry Library
Sold out

Friday 18 September

Future Sounds: RAP Party x Out-Spoken
An audience watching a poet with a DJ off to one side, in a studio theatre with multi-coloured lighting

Future Sounds: RAP Party x Out-Spoken

Literature & poetry
British Sign Language interpreted (BSL) - The performance includes a live interpreter who translates the show into British Sign Language.
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Multi-buy
Amelia Dimoldenberg: The Future of Digital Media
A lady in a beige jumper with her hair up resting her head on one hand.

Amelia Dimoldenberg: The Future of Digital Media

Literature & poetry
British Sign Language interpreted (BSL) - The performance includes a live interpreter who translates the show into British Sign Language. Speech-to-Text transcribed - A transcribed performance shows live text of the dialogue and sound on screens.
Royal Festival Hall
Multi-buy

Saturday 19 September

Rebecca F Kuang: The Future of Education
Rebecca F Kuang sat at a table in a restaurant, resting her head on her hand with a glass of water next to her.

Rebecca F Kuang: The Future of Education

Literature & poetry
Speech-to-Text transcribed - A transcribed performance shows live text of the dialogue and sound on screens.
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Multi-buy
Reimagining Shared Spaces: The Future of Housing
A photograph of a 70s block of flats with balconies.

Reimagining Shared Spaces: The Future of Housing

Literature & poetry
Purcell Room
Multi-buy
Olly Alexander: The Future of Queer Storytelling
A man with short curly hair wearing a flower-patterned green suit

Olly Alexander: The Future of Queer Storytelling

Literature & poetry
Speech-to-Text transcribed - A transcribed performance shows live text of the dialogue and sound on screens.
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Multi-buy
BUMPAH x Future Rhythms
An architectural light installation featuring concentric neon triangles glowing in blue, purple, and pink on a dark wall.

BUMPAH x Future Rhythms

Gigs
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Free

Sunday 20 September

Out-Spoken Masterclass: September
Workshop leader engaging with the class.

Out-Spoken Masterclass: September

Literature & poetry
Royal Festival Hall
Mya-Rose Craig: Beyond the Climate Crisis
A black-and-white photo of a woman with long dark hair wearing a turtleneck jumper and big hoop earrings

Mya-Rose Craig: Beyond the Climate Crisis

Literature & poetry
Speech-to-Text transcribed - A transcribed performance shows live text of the dialogue and sound on screens.
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Multi-buy
Future Rhythms DJ Takeover
Low-angle view of a geometric ceiling with wood slats, purple neon lighting, and yellow and blue light panels.

Future Rhythms DJ Takeover

Gigs
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Free

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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.