Fields of Tender: Ages 5 – 10
Enter a world of tenderness, affection and love in a calming dance performance for disabled and neurodivergent children in a relaxed space.
Within this awe-inspiring, sensual world, extravagant and peculiar events interlace with ethereal and gentle ones. Dance, music, sounds, extraordinary objects and interactive video projections welcome you into a calm and intimate space for relaxation.
This immersive performance is intended for disabled children who experience complex and multiple barriers to access (often described as having PMLD).
Fields of Tender caters to all senses and embraces every individual. You’re invited to enjoy the performance freely and on your own terms, to exit and re-enter during the show, and to leave when it suits you.
Supported by Menų spaustuvė/Arts Printing House (Vilnius, Lithuania), Kulturhuset Dieselverkstaden (Stockholm, Sweden), Muzeum Susch / Art Stations Foundation CH (Susch, Switzerland), LaSala (Sabadell, Spain). The 2025 – 2026 UK tour is produced by Third Version Creative and supported through public funding by Arts Council of England.
Need to know
This performance of Fields of Tender is aimed at disabled and neurodivergent children aged 5 – 10. You can expect small audience numbers and a calming, relaxed space.
All tickets are combined tickets, and admit either one child and one adult, or one child and two adults, depending on which option is selected.
Access
Imagine is a Relaxed festival and this event is a Relaxed Performance (RP). Relaxed Performances have a relaxed approach to noise and movement in the space, and you are free to leave and re-enter during the performance. A chill-out space and noise-cancelling headphones are available for both adults and children. There are no adjustments to sound and lighting for these performances and this performance contains amplified sound and moving lights and projections.
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.
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.