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Performance & Dance

Autumn/Winter 2026/27

Spotlighting cutting-edge new work from around the world

Discover pioneering theatre, dance and circus from international and UK-based artists in our curated performance and dance programme.

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Wednesday 14 October

Who Are We?
Performer wearing all black performing a flip through the air on a floury stage

Who Are We?

Performance & dance
Queen Elizabeth Hall

Thursday 15 October

Who Are We?
Performer wearing all black performing a flip through the air on a floury stage

Who Are We?

Performance & dance
Queen Elizabeth Hall

Friday 16 October

Who Are We?
Performer wearing all black performing a flip through the air on a floury stage

Who Are We?

Performance & dance
Queen Elizabeth Hall

Thursday 5 November

NOW NOT NOW
Two performers wearing blue suits and floor length green ties, cutting a very long cucumber with slices floating in the air.

NOW NOT NOW

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.
Queen Elizabeth Hall

Friday 6 November

NOW NOT NOW
Two performers wearing blue suits and floor length green ties, cutting a very long cucumber with slices floating in the air.

NOW NOT NOW

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.
Queen Elizabeth Hall

Saturday 23 January

MimeLondon: INHALE DELIRIUM EXHALE

MimeLondon: INHALE DELIRIUM EXHALE

Performance & dance
Queen Elizabeth Hall

Sunday 24 January

MimeLondon: INHALE DELIRIUM EXHALE

MimeLondon: INHALE DELIRIUM EXHALE

Performance & dance
Queen Elizabeth Hall

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.