Purcell Room
Welcome to our most intimate auditorium
A 295-seat auditorium for music and performance, screenings, poetry readings and a variety of talks and debates, the Purcell Room offers you a real closeness to the arts.
Situated within our brutalist building complex, opened in 1967, the Purcell Room has become the perfect platform for new and emerging talent, but as also played host to some of the biggest names of the 20th century and beyond, including David Bowie, Daniel Barenboim, Marianne Faithfull and Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood.
Southbank Centre Studio
Find out how the Purcell Room is helping a new generation of artists and performers develop their talent.
On now & coming up
Tamsin Waley-Cohen & Cordelia Williams: Lullabies
Performers
Tamsin Waley-Cohen violin
Cordelia Williams piano
Repertoire
Arvo Pärt: Spiegel im Spiegel (Mirror in the mirror)
Brahms: Wiegenlied (Lullaby), Op.49 No.4 arr. Williams & Waley-Cohen for violin & piano
Dvořák: Songs my mother taught me, Op.55 No.4 arr. Kreisler for violin & piano
Freya Waley-Cohen: Sweet as plum wine (World premiere)
Scriabin: Nocturne in F sharp minor, Op.5 No.1 arr. Mogilevsky for violin & piano
Cage: Nocturne
Schubert: Wiegenlied (Lullaby), D.498 arr. Elman for violin & piano; Fantasie in C, D.934
Emma-Lee Moss: My Cantopop Nights
Frank Cottrell-Boyce: A British Childhood
Stephen Fretwell
Getdown Services
Indie Night: June
Arab Film Club: An Afternoon of Shorts and Q&A
Anmol Mohara: Across The Sea
Performers
Tereza Catarov vocals
Simeon May flute, saxophone
Dan Fawcett guitar
Cody Moss piano, keyboards
Rory Hudson bass
Anmol Mohara drums, percussion
Thamarai: Pritt + Prito
Asian Tones: Tara Lily + Shalini Rani
Making A Husband: Live
Tez Ilyas: Work in Progress
Peter Gizzi & Denise Riley
Raymond Antrobus & Ilya Kaminsky
Kim Hyesoon & Paul Muldoon
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For your visit
Purcell Room Southbank Centre
The Purcell Room is located in the Queen Elizabeth Hall, which is open from 90 minutes before events start until they finish. It’s closed at all other times.
Plan your visit
The Purcell Room is an auditorium located within our Queen Elizabeth Hall.
Getting here
Our address is Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London, SE1 8XX.
The nearest tube stations to us are Waterloo and Embankment; Waterloo is also the nearest train station. And more than 20 different London bus routes pass within 500 metres of our venues. More information on getting here by rail, road or river is available on our Getting here page.
We’re cash-free
Please note that we’re unable to accept cash payments across our venues.
Access
We’re working hard to remove barriers, so that our facilities and events can be accessible to as many people as possible.
All help points, toilets, performance and exhibition spaces at the Southbank Centre are accessible to all, as are the cafes, bars and restaurants. We also have excellent public transport links with step-free access.
All information about booking wheelchair spaces, step-free access, blue badge parking, access maps and guides and other help available whilst you’re here, including details about our Access Scheme, can be found on our Access page.
Food & drink
From coffee to cocktails, filling favourites to fine dining, plus some of London’s best street food – it’s all here at the Southbank Centre.
Play a part in every performance
Name a seat in our Purcell Room and help support the next generation of artists and musicians.
While you’re with us
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Related spaces
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Home to our second-largest auditorium and a world-class venue for gigs, concerts, talks and more.
Queen Elizabeth Hall Roof Garden
Experience our very own secret garden, nestled on top of the Queen Elizabeth Hall.