Dear Earth: Art and Hope in a Time of Crisis

Our timely new Hayward Gallery exhibition explores how international contemporary artists are helping to reframe our responses to the climate crisis. Dear Earth: Art and Hope in a Time of Crisis hopes to inspire a renewed sense of connection with the natural world, and invite audiences to consider the unique and evolving role art has to play in today’s climate debate and activism.

The exhibition includes artworks by Ackroyd & Harvey, Andrea Bowers, Imani Jacqueline Brown, Agnes Denes, John Gerrard, Cristina Iglesias, Aluaiy Kaumakan, Jenny Kendler, Richard Mosse, Otobong Nkanga, Cornelia Parker, Himali Singh Soin, Hito Steyerl, Daiara Tukano and Grounded Ecotherapy.

Wednesday 21 June – Sunday 3 September

Poetry International

Our longest-running festival makes a triumphant return for its 53rd iteration, with a weekend crammed full of leading ecopoets, workshops and readings.

Friday 21 – Sunday 23 July

REPLAY: A Limitless Recycled Playground

Build your own worlds and invent your own games in a family-friendly play-space built entirely out of waste materials.

Saturday 8 July – Sunday 3 September

Are we not drawn onward to new erA

As part of our summer season, boundary-pushing theatre collective Ontroerend Goed presents a show that considers the future of humanity.

Saturday 8 & Sunday 9 July

Caitlin Moran: What About Men?

Introducing her new book, the journalist and author focuses her razor-sharp mind on the issues faced by men today.

Thursday 6 July

The SpongeBob Musical

Who lives in a pineapple under the sea and became the hottest star on Broadway? It's SpongeBob SquarePants, in an all-singing, alldancing, dynamic stage show!

Wednesday 26 July – Sunday 27 August