Shubbak Festival Launch: The People's Catwalk
Join us to kick off the festival with a celebration of the bold creativity of SWANA fashion, along with a performance and a night of music and moving.
This event sees 3EIB, in collaboration with Creative Space Beirut, Nol Collective, Trashy Clothing and Nafs Space, bring together SWANA designs in an alternative public fashion show featuring members of the Arab and SWANA community of all ages, shapes, sizes and (dis)abilities.
Bodies and fashion come together in an embodied conversation around the role of design in preservation, education and intentional connection.
This event also features a performance choreographed by Fadi Giha, accompanied by a soundscape and video installation designed by Sarah Boom, curated by Dania Arafeh.
Following this is a night curated by Nafs Space. More information on the line-up to come including a special guest appearance.
Commissioned by Shubbak Festival. Curated by 3EIB and Nafs Space. In partnership with Creative Space Beirut and Nol Collective.
Generously supported by Drosos Foundation, British Council, Galilee Foundation and Arts Council England.
Need to know
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.