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More info for Dog Man: The Musical
A cartoon drawing of Dog Man from the popular book series, wearing a police uniform and crown, walking on a line above a purple city skyline, set against a blue polka dot sky.
Family & young people

Dog Man: The Musical

Dive into this epic adventure featuring the hilarity and heart of Dav Pilkey’s beloved characters
Queen Elizabeth Hall
More info for Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang
Yuja Wang plays piano in front of a surreal illustration
Classical music

Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang

Get closer to the explosive talent of Yuja Wang at a groundbreaking concert merging VR and live piano
Royal Festival Hall
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More info for Kevin Peter He: Vestige
A dancer arches backward on stage beneath a large digital projection of a leaping figure and a robotic arm sculpture.
Performance & dance

Kevin Peter He: Vestige

Two performers search for contact across stage and screen in a magnetic live dance-theatre work
Purcell Room
More info for Julianknxx & THABO: Bantutronic – Finding 15 Live
Two people in ceremonial white clothing stand on a path in a dense, green forest.
Performance & dance

Julianknxx & THABO: Bantutronic – Finding 15 Live

Narration, movement and live-scored music tracing Bantu and African diaspora histories and futures
Purcell Room
More info for Duckie: Why Do Benders Love Divas?
A high-contrast pink stencil illustration of a singer on a black background, performing with arms spread wide.
Performance & dance

Duckie: Why Do Benders Love Divas?

David Hoyle, David McAlmont and Rupert Smith chat about the fierce queer connection to women icons
The Clore Ballroom
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More info for THIS IS MY LIFE: Duckie Salutes Shirley Bassey
Silhouette of a singer with arms raised, composed of shimmering gold sequins against a solid black background.
Performance & dance

THIS IS MY LIFE: Duckie Salutes Shirley Bassey

Drag, singalongs, musical chairs, boogie bingo and boas await at this dance club and variety show
The Clore Ballroom
More info for Forced Entertainment: Cold Sweat
An actor with long dark hair sits in a red inflatable chair on a stage scattered with oversized playing cards, tinsel, and white cups.
Performance & dance

Forced Entertainment: Cold Sweat

Figures move to strange rhythms and try to articulate their desires in an absurd yet subversive work
Purcell Room
More info for Who Are We?
Performer wearing all black performing a flip through the air on a floury stage
Performance & dance

Who Are We?

Witness modern circus in a show combining humour and playful self-reflection with dance and theatre
Queen Elizabeth Hall
More info for Tice Cin: Safe Spaces
Musicians collaborate in a sunlit music studio crowded with synthesizers, a vocal mic, and audio production software.
Literature & poetry

Tice Cin: Safe Spaces

Enter the world of the extraordinary new novel Safe Spaces in a multi-art form event
Purcell Room
More info for Kim Noble: How to Write
a man in a black blazer looking directly at the camera while a chaotic cluster of books and a roll of masking tape are bound tightly to his head and stuffed into his mouth using beige tape.
Literature & poetry

Kim Noble: How to Write

A witty lecture about the comedic artist’s new book with writing advice from the greats and his mum
Purcell Room
More info for Fag Packet: DYKE Systems Ltd
A vibrant studio portrait captures a comedic duo dressed in exaggerated 1980s business attire, with one person talking into a pink brick cell phone
Performance & dance

Fag Packet: DYKE Systems Ltd

A comedy and physical theatre takedown of pyramid schemes, heteronormativity and corporate feminism.
Purcell Room
More info for Taylor Mac: A 24-Decade History of Popular Music
Taylor Mac in a headdress surrounded by balloons
Classical music

Taylor Mac: A 24-Decade History of Popular Music

Take a glitter-soaked journey through the soul of the US with the theatre-maker and the Philharmonia
Royal Festival Hall
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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.