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Circa's Duck Pond

Stunts. Sequins. Flippers. Feathers. Experience Swan Lake like never before through the magic of Circa’s soaring circus skills.

More details for Royal Festival Hall
Run time 1 hour and 20 minutes with no interval (approx)
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Duck Pond is an extraordinary extravaganza that blends your favourite romantic ballet with world-class circus in an unmissable event for audiences of all ages.

Feathers will fly in this ‘exhilarating’ (ArtsHub), ‘hugely entertaining’ (Limelight) tale of beautiful swans, a hapless prince, and a cheeky flipper-wearing duck army.

Touching, funny and utterly entertaining, Duck Pond is crammed with eye-popping stunts, jaw-dropping aerials and rib-tickling comedy.

Need to know

Age guidance
For ages 5+
Event information

Tickets can only be sold through the Southbank Centre and our authorised agents, and can’t be resold. If your plans change, you’re welcome to exchange your tickets for another performance within the run of Circa’s Duck Pond. Please contact our Ticket Office for more information. Credit vouchers are not available for this performance.

A performer throwing another performer into the air
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Three Circa performers perform an aerial stunt with a hoop
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Performers dressed in yellow trousers with braces, dancing with mops
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Two perfomers balancing on top of each other with their legs in the air
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Two performers are balancing another performer on their backs who is balancing a person dressed in a gold leotard upside down
Pia Johnson
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Access

Audio Description is available during the performance on Saturday 21 December at 7.30pm. To use this service, please let a member of the team know when you arrive so that we can organise a headset for you. A Touch Tour is available before this performance.

You can join our free Access Scheme through your online Southbank Centre account or via email.
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For your visit

This event is held at the Royal Festival Hall Southbank Centre

The Royal Festival Hall is open six days a week.

Tuesday – Sunday, 10am – 11pm
Monday, closed.

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Plan your visit

The Royal Festival Hall is home to our largest auditorium as well as The Clore Ballroom, National Poetry Library, Members’ Lounge, Festival Bar & Kitchen, Ballroom Cafe and Skylon restaurant.

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

On Level 2 of our Royal Festival Hall you can grab a slice of life by the Thames with drinks and freshly made pizza at our Festival Bar & Kitchen which opens out onto our Riverside Terrace. You can grab a coffee and a slice of freshly made cake from our Ballroom Cafe. Or alternatively enjoy destination dining in the restaurant at Skylon.

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.

Other places to eat and drink whilst you’re here