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Thursday 31 December

Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang
Yuja Wang plays piano in front of a surreal illustration

Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang

Classical music
Multi-buy
Cirque Alice
A performer in a ruffled light blue gown stands amidst dancers costumed as giant playing cards on a purple-lit stage.

Cirque Alice

There's a Bear on My Chair
Illustration of a white polar bear sitting on a small yellow chair waving it's paw. A tiny grey mouse points at the bear.

There's a Bear on My Chair

A Relaxed Performance - A show adapted to be more comfortable and accessible for everyone. Captioned - The performance displays the actors’ words and sounds as text on screens.
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Thick & Tight: Camp as Christmas
A collage of one performer in white makeup, green hair, and a floral dress and another performer in all black with one leg in the air

Thick & Tight: Camp as Christmas

Performance & dance
A Relaxed Performance - A show adapted to be more comfortable and accessible for everyone. Captioned - The performance displays the actors’ words and sounds as text on screens.
Purcell Room

Friday 1 January

Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang
Yuja Wang plays piano in front of a surreal illustration

Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang

Classical music
Multi-buy
Cirque Alice
A performer in a ruffled light blue gown stands amidst dancers costumed as giant playing cards on a purple-lit stage.

Cirque Alice

Saturday 2 January

Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang
Yuja Wang plays piano in front of a surreal illustration

Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang

Classical music
Multi-buy
There's a Bear on My Chair
Illustration of a white polar bear sitting on a small yellow chair waving it's paw. A tiny grey mouse points at the bear.

There's a Bear on My Chair

A Relaxed Performance - A show adapted to be more comfortable and accessible for everyone. Captioned - The performance displays the actors’ words and sounds as text on screens.
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Cirque Alice
A performer in a ruffled light blue gown stands amidst dancers costumed as giant playing cards on a purple-lit stage.

Cirque Alice

There's a Bear on My Chair
Illustration of a white polar bear sitting on a small yellow chair waving it's paw. A tiny grey mouse points at the bear.

There's a Bear on My Chair

A Relaxed Performance - A show adapted to be more comfortable and accessible for everyone. Captioned - The performance displays the actors’ words and sounds as text on screens.
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Cirque Alice
A performer in a ruffled light blue gown stands amidst dancers costumed as giant playing cards on a purple-lit stage.

Cirque Alice

Cirque Alice
A performer in a ruffled light blue gown stands amidst dancers costumed as giant playing cards on a purple-lit stage.

Cirque Alice

Thick & Tight: Camp as Christmas
A collage of one performer in white makeup, green hair, and a floral dress and another performer in all black with one leg in the air

Thick & Tight: Camp as Christmas

Performance & dance
A Relaxed Performance - A show adapted to be more comfortable and accessible for everyone. Captioned - The performance displays the actors’ words and sounds as text on screens.
Purcell Room
Fascinating Aïda
A group of three women wearing beige/black blazers and black trousers.

Fascinating Aïda

Performance & dance
Queen Elizabeth Hall

Sunday 3 January

There's a Bear on My Chair
Illustration of a white polar bear sitting on a small yellow chair waving it's paw. A tiny grey mouse points at the bear.

There's a Bear on My Chair

A Relaxed Performance - A show adapted to be more comfortable and accessible for everyone. Captioned - The performance displays the actors’ words and sounds as text on screens.
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang
Yuja Wang plays piano in front of a surreal illustration

Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang

Classical music
Multi-buy
There's a Bear on My Chair
Illustration of a white polar bear sitting on a small yellow chair waving it's paw. A tiny grey mouse points at the bear.

There's a Bear on My Chair

A Relaxed Performance - A show adapted to be more comfortable and accessible for everyone. Captioned - The performance displays the actors’ words and sounds as text on screens.
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Cirque Alice
A performer in a ruffled light blue gown stands amidst dancers costumed as giant playing cards on a purple-lit stage.

Cirque Alice

Thick & Tight: Camp as Christmas
A collage of one performer in white makeup, green hair, and a floral dress and another performer in all black with one leg in the air

Thick & Tight: Camp as Christmas

Performance & dance
A Relaxed Performance - A show adapted to be more comfortable and accessible for everyone. Captioned - The performance displays the actors’ words and sounds as text on screens.
Purcell Room
Fascinating Aïda
A group of three women wearing beige/black blazers and black trousers.

Fascinating Aïda

Performance & dance
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Cirque Alice
A performer in a ruffled light blue gown stands amidst dancers costumed as giant playing cards on a purple-lit stage.

Cirque Alice

Wednesday 13 January

MimeLondon: FOOD
Two performers dressed in black entangled together, with a performer watching on with a microwave balanced on his head.

MimeLondon: FOOD

Performance & dance
Speech-free - This performance includes little to no spoken text.
Purcell Room

Thursday 14 January

MimeLondon: FOOD
Two performers dressed in black entangled together, with a performer watching on with a microwave balanced on his head.

MimeLondon: FOOD

Performance & dance
Speech-free - This performance includes little to no spoken text.
Purcell Room

Friday 15 January

MimeLondon: FOOD
Two performers dressed in black entangled together, with a performer watching on with a microwave balanced on his head.

MimeLondon: FOOD

Performance & dance
Speech-free - This performance includes little to no spoken text.
Purcell Room

Saturday 16 January

MimeLondon: FOOD
Two performers dressed in black entangled together, with a performer watching on with a microwave balanced on his head.

MimeLondon: FOOD

Performance & dance
Speech-free - This performance includes little to no spoken text.
Purcell Room

Sunday 17 January

MimeLondon: FOOD
Two performers dressed in black entangled together, with a performer watching on with a microwave balanced on his head.

MimeLondon: FOOD

Performance & dance
Speech-free - This performance includes little to no spoken text.
Purcell Room

Wednesday 3 March

Lyon Opera Ballet: Mycelium
A group of dancers in a triangle formation, wearing all black

Lyon Opera Ballet: Mycelium

Performance & dance
Speech-free - This performance includes little to no spoken text.
Queen Elizabeth Hall

Thursday 4 March

Lyon Opera Ballet: Mycelium
A group of dancers in a triangle formation, wearing all black

Lyon Opera Ballet: Mycelium

Performance & dance
Speech-free - This performance includes little to no spoken text.
Queen Elizabeth Hall

Friday 5 March

Lyon Opera Ballet: Mycelium
A group of dancers in a triangle formation, wearing all black

Lyon Opera Ballet: Mycelium

Performance & dance
Speech-free - This performance includes little to no spoken text.
Queen Elizabeth Hall

Sunday 28 March

Disney Princess – The Concert
An illustration of Disney princesses surrounding three dark singing silhouettes on a deep purple gradient background.

Disney Princess – The Concert

Monday 29 March

Disney Princess – The Concert
An illustration of Disney princesses surrounding three dark singing silhouettes on a deep purple gradient background.

Disney Princess – The Concert

Disney Princess – The Concert
An illustration of Disney princesses surrounding three dark singing silhouettes on a deep purple gradient background.

Disney Princess – The Concert

Tuesday 30 March

Disney Princess – The Concert
An illustration of Disney princesses surrounding three dark singing silhouettes on a deep purple gradient background.

Disney Princess – The Concert

Disney Princess – The Concert
An illustration of Disney princesses surrounding three dark singing silhouettes on a deep purple gradient background.

Disney Princess – The Concert

While you're with us

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.