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Anish Kapoor
Large red texture sculpture hanging down from the ceiling to the floor in a space with stone floors and pillars

Anish Kapoor

Art & exhibitions
Hayward Gallery
The Three Ayatollahs: An Unbreakable Dynasty?
William Dalrymple and Anita Anand in front of an ornate background.

The Three Ayatollahs: An Unbreakable Dynasty?

Literature & poetry
Speech-to-Text transcribed - A transcribed performance shows live text of the dialogue and sound on screens.
Purcell Room
The Real Housewives of Regency England
Tom Holland and Marina Hyde standing against a grey background.

The Real Housewives of Regency England

Literature & poetry
Speech-to-Text transcribed - A transcribed performance shows live text of the dialogue and sound on screens.
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Stanley Tucci: Film, Food and Me
Black and white image of Stanley Tucci wearing a plain T Shirt.

Stanley Tucci: Film, Food and Me

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.
Ancient Myths: Mary Beard & Josephine Quinn
Three ivory coloured statues against an ivory background.

Ancient Myths: Mary Beard & Josephine Quinn

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

Gift to the Future
A large concrete building with colourful text decals affixed to its facade stands near a riverfront square, with the London Eye visible in the background.

Gift to the Future

Site wide
Free
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

Quentin Blake: The Southbank Parade

Art & exhibitions
Site wide
Free

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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.