Award-winning performer-composers Emily Levy and Matthew Bourne’s new work for five-piece ensemble, with experimental ...

Housing the world’s largest public collection of modern poetry, we are the National Poetry Library; free to join across the UK, and London’s only space dedicated to poetry study. Founded by the Arts ...

Join the Poetry Society for their online workshop: Repeat After Me with Isabelle Baafi. In this workshop you will test the limits of syntax and grammar, and gain new mastery of arranging words in ...

Memory is essential and intangible. We rely on it and yet it is unreliable. Memory is who we are. Or is it? Explore the answers at an annual showcase of new works by the London Philharmonic ...

Punning and playful, Freudian Typo invites visitors to consider how the English language, entangled with the vocabulary of corporate finance, debt and development, underpins the globally precarious ...

Milton Keynes Literary Festival launches a competition to anyone living, working or studying in Bucks, Beds or Northants aged 14 or older, to submit a story (fictional or factual) or a poem around the ...

Plunge into the grime and glitter of Suede’s musical world The indie giants showcase the charged energy of their live performances at multiple gigs across our venues, marking the release of their ...

Every February half-term our festival for children aged 0-11 and their grown-ups turns the Southbank Centre into one big playground. Imagine Festival is all about sparking creativity through ...

We offer a limited number of press tickets for most events at the Southbank Centre. Generally, we give priority to journalists reviewing events. It’s not always up to us who can have a ticket – for ...

The Hedgehog Poetry Press is now open for submissions for their next series of Crimson Spine Pocket Books. The winner will be published by Hedgehog Poetry Press in 2026, and will receive 100 copies of ...

We’ve been situated here, at the heart of London, since 1951 The iconic Royal Festival Hall, the unique architecture of the Hayward Gallery and the vibrancy of our Riverside Terrace: our venues and ...

Mickalene Thomas’ vibrant, large-scale portraits of Black women at rest reclaim space and representation in art history, celebrating love and radical repose. Thomas’ celebratory and glamorous ...