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More info for Emily St John Mandel: Exit Party
Emily St John Mandel wearing a black top against a navy background.
Literature & poetry

Emily St John Mandel: Exit Party

Celebrate the author’s new novel, an unforgettable story of crimes committed and loves lost
Purcell Room
More info for Iconic Women of the Hayward Gallery
Bharti Kher wearing a black blazer in a gallery.
Literature & poetry

Iconic Women of the Hayward Gallery

Come along for an eye-opening conversation with key figures from the gallery’s past and present
Purcell Room
More info for Lemn Sissay: Let the Light Pour In – Live
Lemn Sissay wearing a yellow jacket sitting on a chair.
Literature & poetry

Lemn Sissay: Let the Light Pour In – Live

Author, activist and performer Lemn Sissay unravels his poems in a night filled with hope and light
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.