Saturday Sessions: Punk Poetry with Brigitte Aphrodite
Kick off the weekend at a poetry workshop exploring words, sounds, music, movement and the connection between children and their grown-ups.
Saturday Sessions are the perfect place to start the weekend. On a monthly basis you can enjoy a piece of art, make something new along with the artists and create with other children and their families – all for free!
Brigitte Aphrodite provides fun, igniting, poetical prompts for adults and children to explore the ‘you-ness’ of you and the ‘me-ness’ of me, together. Whether your poetic expression is through words, sounds, song or boogie-ing, it’s all part of the poem!
Confettied with moments of Brigitte Aphrodite’s joyful performance, and with live music from composer Quiet Boy, this workshop is set to be surprising, funny and creative, with individual exploration in a collective experience.
Brigitte Aphrodite is a neurodivergent Greek-British heritage DJ, punk poet, theatre-maker, musician and intersectional feminist show-woman. She makes critically-acclaimed work for families and wild, fun, multi-sensory gig theatre experiences for children, young people, families and older people too. She is an Associate Artist at the Albany and Artsdepot as part of her theatre company Crescendorious.
Need to know
This is a free event with no booking required but there is limited capacity. The event may get busy. We recommend arriving early. If we reach capacity, you may need to queue as we operate a one in, one out system.
For your visit
This event is held at the The Clore Ballroom Southbank Centre
The Clore Ballroom is open six days a week.
Tuesday, 10am – 6pm*
Wednesday – Sunday, 10am – 11pm
Monday, closed.
*If we’re hosting a performance, the building will stay open until the event ends.
Plan your visit
The Clore Ballroom is located inside our Royal Festival Hall on Level 2.
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.
There is step-free access to The Clore Ballroom, Level 2, Royal Festival Hall, via a ramp.
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
Next to The Clore Ballroom is our Ballroom Cafe where you can grab a coffee and a piece of freshly made cake. Also 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.
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.