Southbank Centre's What's On Guide: November

WHAT’S ON

NOVEMBER BEING A MAN FESTIVAL A WEEKEND CELEBRATING MASCULINITY ALSO THIS MONTH EFG LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL See superstars and up-and-comers SALONEN/LANG LANG Two classical greats team up LA SOIRÉE The award-winning show returns

ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL

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QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL

PURCELL ROOM

HAYWARD GALLERY

LE T THE LIGHT IN REFURBISHING QUEEN ELIZ ABE TH HALL, HAY WARD G ALLERY & PURCELL ROOM Help us secure our buildings for future generations.

Southbank Centre aims to be the world’s most inspiring centre for the arts – with a welcoming site, safe and accessible buildings and opportunities for everyone to take part in art and culture for free.

We successfully refurbished Royal Festival Hall in 2007, helping many more people to enjoy and participate in art at Southbank Centre. It’s now time to turn our attention to our 1960s buildings: Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room and Hayward Gallery.

You can help us refurbish and restore these extraordinary 1960s buildings to provide the world-class facilities that our artists and audiences deserve. Join us to Let The Light In. The Let The Light In project will make the site more accessible for everyone, as we add new automated doors and lifts to the auditoria. The Queen Elizabeth Hall foyers will be made brighter with the addition of new glazing, creating a welcoming space where you can enjoy free concerts or meet a friend for a coffee (at our new, improved cafe and bar). The performance spaces will be lovingly restored to their former glory, giving our artists a platform to produce world-class art.

Of the £25 million needed to complete this refurbishment, we have just £3 million left to raise.

Get involved and help us inspire more visitors in times to come.

Find out more by visiting southbankcentre.co.uk/letthelightin or calling 020 7921 0984

For a full calendar of events see page 20.

Image credits: Cover image: Company Chameleon, Of Man and Beast This page: Lang Lang © Xun Chi Rekorderlig Cider Lodge © Belinda Lawley La Soirée © Prudence Upton

HIGHLIGHTS NOVEMBER 2015 BEING A MAN FESTIVAL

Welcome to Southbank Centre.

No jazz festival in the world has the range, quality and excitement of the EFG London Jazz Festival, which boasts thousands of new converts as well as true aficionados. It's a wonderful way to immerse yourself in a musical form that brings exploration and improvisation to the forefront. Do come and take the time to try something unknown – it's worth the risk.

And speaking of risk and courage, men are often under pressure to demonstrate heroism, be daring and 'man up'. Our festival BAM – Being a Man investigates what dilemmas and conflicts the modern man faces in a world where everything is changing: work, family, image and gender balance.

It's a weekend of fascinating conversation and comic reflection. Please come, whether you're a man or a woman.

BEING

A MAN

Our festival exploring the joys and pressures of modern masculinity is back. Friday 27 – Sunday 29 November.

See pages 6 – 7.

WINTER AT SOUTHBANK CENTRE WITH NATWEST

The brilliant Winter Market and Rekorderlig Cider Lodge are back for another magical winter.

See page 7.

SALONEN/LANG LANG

Jude Kelly CBE Artistic Director, Southbank Centre

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China’s superstar pianist Lang Lang teams up with the Philharmonia Orchestra and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen. Thursday 26 November.

See page 12.

LA SOIRÉE

The award-winning cabaret show is back for another awe-inspiring, jaw-dropping and downright unmissable Christmas run. From Tuesday 27 October.

See page 16.

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This month: Being A Man festival (see pages 6 – 7)

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IT’S A MAN’S MAN’S MAN’S FESTIVAL How does being a man affect your journey through life?

EKOW ESHUN

WRITER & BROADCASTER

What kind of man do you want to be?

Who makes the rules about masculinity anyway?

Experts, policy makers and contributors from different fields try to answer these questions and others like them at BAM – Being a Man festival, now in its second year at Southbank Centre. There are talks about topics including fatherhood, lad culture, men behind bars, friendship and the work/ life balance, as guests from think-tanks and charities get together to break down the issues As John Donne said, no man is an island, and we get our ideas about who we want to be from our parents and families, from our friends and colleagues, from media and culture and from our private enjoyment of art. As the festival begins, we’ve asked some of the men involved to share the biggest influences on their masculinity and give us a personal take on being a man in the 21st century.

BAM – Being A Man takes place from Friday 27 – Sunday 29 November

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‘If I was Your Girlfriend’. It’s a strange and beautiful song about all the things it’s hard to do as a man like express need and softness and a desire for intimacy. Men often assume that masculinity is about projecting strength and denying weakness. Here Prin ce suggests the opposite – that real strength is about the abil ity to express vulnerability and openness. I’m with him on that .

What’s your favourite artwork created by a man?

Ralph Ellison’s novel The Invisible Man. It’s a deeply poetic book about maleness, blackness and the psychology of race and prejudice and difference. It’s also absurdist and satirical and a delight to read. It’s a book I turn to time and time again as a way of making sense of the world around me. Without it in my life I’d be quite lost.

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This month: World Press Photo Exhibition

Shipwrecked people are rescued aboard a boat 20 miles north of Libya by a frigate of the Italian navy. During 2014, 170,081 people were rescued and taken to Italy.

Massimo Sestini, Italy

WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS In Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy’s early poem ‘War Photographer’, a jaded photojournalist gazes from a plane window ‘impassively at where / he earns his living and they do not care’. But powerful images can have an impact on the way millions of people across the globe understand world events – think of the unidentified man squaring up against a convoy of tanks in Stuart Franklin’s famous image of protests in Tiananmen Square, or the little girl running from a napalm attack in Nick Ut’s Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph, taken during the Vietnam War. In September a photograph of Aylan Kurdi, the young child who died off the coast of Turkey when a group of Syrians tried to reach the EU by boat, seemed to influence the public debate around asylum seekers 4 4

worldwide. Hundreds of thousands of people talked about the image on social media, sharing feelings of horror, dismay and shame, and a petition calling on the UK government to increase support for migrants saw a steep and rapid rise in signatures.

This month, Southbank Centre hosts a free exhibition of award-winning photography from the 58th World Press Photo contest, an annual international competition first held in 1955.

Selected from 97,912 photos from around the world – from categories including hard news, sports and portraits – these images have been recognised for the way they communicate important messages about the world we live in.

Here we reproduce some of the winning images.

World Press Photo receives support from the Dutch Postcode Lottery and is sponsored worldwide by Canon.

19-21 February, Kiev, Ukraine . A protester calls for medical aid for a comrade shot dead.

Jérôme Sessini, France, Magnum Photos for De Standaard

54°33’47.37”N 18°13’42.22”E Kacper Kowalski, Poland, Panos Pictures

Argentina player Lionel Messi comes to face the World Cup trophy during the final celebrations at Maracana Stadium. His team lost to Germany 1-0, after a goal by Mario Götze in extra time.

Bao Tailiang, China, Chengdu Economic Daily

A young girl is pictured after she was wounded during clashes between riotpolice and protestors after the funeral of Berkin Elvan, a 15-year-old boy who died from injuries suffered during last year’s anti-government protests.

Bulent Kilic, Turkey, Agence France-Presse

A group of young Samburu warriors encounter a rhino for the first time in their lives. Most people in Kenya never get the opportunity to see the wildlife that exists in their own backyard.

Ami Vitale, USA

Damaged goods lie in a kitchen in downtown Donetsk. Ordinary workers, miners, teachers, pensioners, children, and elderly women and men are in the midst of the conflict in eastern Ukraine.

Sergei Ilnitsky, Russia, European Pressphoto Agency

See the World Press Photo Exhibition from Thursday 5 – Sunday 29 November in the Foyers at Royal Festival Hall, 10am – 11pm daily. Free.

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For a full calendar of events see page 20. * Transaction fees applicable, £1.75 online, £2.75 over the phone, no transaction fee for in-person bookings at Southbank Centre Ticket Offices or for Southbank Centre Members and Supporters Circles.

AN M A BEINGval 2015 i t s e f

Our festival celebrating men and boys is back for a second year with another thought-provoking weekend of talks, debates, performances and workshops.

FRIDAY 27 MAN-UP?

LONDON METROPOLITAN POLICE MALE VOICE CHOIR

EMMANUEL SPEAKS

Friday Lunch with MasterCard A free, lunch-time performance by the Metropolitan Police Male Voice Choir, a group of singers, comprising of serving and retired officers of all ranks and civilian staff with a full complement of approximately 30 members.

Friday Tonic with MasterCard Hear the inspiring words of Emmanuel Speaks, a 19-year-old spoken-word poet and story teller, from east London, part of The True Family collective. He performs with a live pianist at this show.

A day of talks and workshops for secondary school boys aged 11 – 16, looking at what masculinity means. To book, phone 0844 875 0070† or email groups@southbankcentre.co.uk Festival Village under Queen Elizabeth Hall, 9.30am – 3pm FREE †

Calls cost 7p per minute plus your phone company’s access charge.

Central Bar at Royal Festival Hall, 1pm FREE

Central Bar at Royal Festival Hall, 5.30pm FREE

More events to be announced. Visit southbankcentre.co.uk/bam for full programme information.

Also, throughout the weekend, don't miss the drama and intrigue of the lives of famous artists in a special selection of biographical films being screened in the foyers. Plus, a buzzing market place and a BAM Library dedicated to novels, poetry and art books on masculinity.

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SATURDAY 27 – SUNDAY 29 TEAM OF THE DECADES: WILL DICKIE

In this intimate, interactive show you join Will’s ‘team’, with a Sports Coach and a Sports Captain for an outdoor theatrical experience playing on familiar and poetic relationships. Fathers and sons.

Our strengths and weaknesses.

The figure and the landscape.

Collisions and hugs. Audience members are advised to wear outdoor clothing.

Meet at Royal Festival Hall Ticket Desk, 11am, 1pm and 3pm £10*

Image credits: Team of the Decades © Paul Blake London Metropolitan Police Male Voice Choir © Stephanie Boothroyd

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Image credits: Winter Markets © Belinda Lawley Rekorderlig Cider Lodge © Belinda Lawley

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SATURDAY 28 POLARI: EIGHTH BIRTHDAY

London’s award-winning LGBT literary salon explores queer masculinity with readings from Bernardine Evaristo (Mr Loverman), Keith Jarrett, Neil Spring, trans man Len Lukowski and Diana Souhami. Ages 18+.

Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £5*

SUNDAY 29 BEING A MAN LIVE, FEATURING AKALA, FRANKIE BOYLE AND GUESTS

WINTER AT SOUTHBANK CENTRE WITH NATWEST

BAFTA and MOBO award-winning hip-hop artist, writer/poet and historian Akala is joined by comedian and writer Frankie Boyle and other guests to have a man-to-man chat as part of the festival. Expect lively debate, comedy, incredible music and some unique collaborations.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £30* £20* £10*

FRIDAY 27 BEING A MAN: FRIDAY DAY PASS

Friday’s events focus on the role of men in society, with discussions on fatherhood, educating boys, extremism, men in prison, mental health and more.

Foyer Spaces at Royal Festival Hall, 9.30am – 5.30pm £15* for a day pass or £35* for a weekend pass

SATURDAY 28 BEING A MAN: SATURDAY DAY PASS

Saturday’s events look at the changing nature of masculinity, with discussions on rape, depression, religion, being an Asian man, gender equality, sexuality, being a Black man and working in the City.

Winter at Southbank Centre with NatWest is back, transforming Southbank Centre into a twinkling wonderland on the bank of the Thames.

TUESDAY 27 OCTOBER – SUNDAY 17 JANUARY LA SOIRÉE

See page 16.

Sunday’s events examine different ways of being a man, with discussions on health, depression and addiction, being a gay man, friendship, football, bringing up boys, war and body image.

Foyer Spaces at Royal Festival Hall, 11am – 6pm £15* for a day pass or £35* for a weekend pass

BUY A WEEKEND PASS FOR £35* FOR ENTRY TO ALL THREE DAYS OF BEING A MAN FESTIVAL.

FROM 4 DECEMBER

La Soirée’s Spiegeltent, £67.50* £47.50* £37.50* £32.50* £15* Early bird prices available if you book

by Saturday 31 October.

FRIDAY 20 NOVEMBER – THURSDAY 24 DECEMBER SOUTHBANK CENTRE WINTER MARKET A slice of Scandi style, the Rekorderlig Cider Lodge is a wonderful two-floor structure that resembles a quintessential Scandinavian house. Enjoy winter drinks and delicious Scandinavian street food in a cosy pop-up bar.

Foyer Spaces at Royal Festival Hall, 11am – 6pm £15* for a day pass or £35* for a weekend pass

SUNDAY 29 BEING A MAN: SUNDAY DAY PASS

FRIDAY 20 NOVEMBER – SUNDAY 17 JANUARY REKORDERLIG CIDER LODGE

Hungerford Car Park, 10am – 10pm daily

Clustered along the riverbank, the Winter Market’s wooden chalets are filled with festive food, drink, gifts and treats. Enjoy mulled wine, quality edibles and handmade crafts while taking in the sights and sounds of London at Christmas time.

BUMP ROLLER DISCO

Queen’s Walk, under Hungerford Bridge and Hungerford Car Park Sunday to Thursday 11am – 9pm , Friday & Saturday 11am – 10pm

BUMP Rollerdisco, 11am – 11pm daily, buy your tickets on entry.

Adult £10 children £7.50 (concessions available for off-peak times), Friday & Saturday club nights £12 – £16. Time limits may apply if the disco is busy.

Join in with our daily, mobile rollerdisco, or come along and enjoy guest DJs, club nights and performances on weekends.

Skates available in child size 9 to adult size 14. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.

There’s loads to see and do over the festive period, no matter what your age or budget. Take part in a series of weekends exploring charity and giving back, with pop-up charity shops, up-cycling workshops, singing, sponsored dance events and more. La Soirée is already here and in December you can see The Choir with No Name perform a winter gig and singalong in Royal Festival Hall, the spectacular Slava’s Snowshow and youth SnowBall, as well as our Frozen singalong and popular pram jam workshops for early years. For a real musical treat, book tickets for Messiah by Candlelight and Christmas Classics with London Philharmonia. After Christmas, put on your dancing shoes for Boxing Day Tango and Strictly Winter Ballroom, and welcome in 2016 at our popular Vintage New Year’s Eve, followed by a New Year's Day Ceilidh.

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For a full calendar of events see page 20.

EFG LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL Pianist Hiromi (pictured) is one of the stars appearing at this year’s festival. Her trio performs on Wednesday 18 November.

Hiromi © Sakiko Nomura

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SATURDAY 14 JAZZ LINE-UP

BÉLA FLECK & ABIGAIL WASHBURN

Presenters Claire Martin and Julian Joseph host a special edition of their BBC Radio 3 show featuring five bands, including the new BBC Radio 3 New Generation Jazz Artist.

An afternoon that ranges far and wide through Serious’s Europewide talent development programmes, including the Marc Perrenoud Trio, Adam Fairhall’s The Spirit Farm and a band led by Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian.

The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall, 2pm FREE

WAY IN TO THE WAY OUT

Alice Zawadzki and Percy Pursglove illustrate their musical inspirations and way in to jazz in our celebrated talk series. This session includes a performance of Alice’s festival commission.

Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 5pm FREE

SUNDAY 15 SERIOUSLY TALENTED CELEBRATES 10 YEARS

+ Becca Stevens The American duo perform traditional and original songs. With fast-fingered interplay, the two artists create a sonic landscape from an array of banjos.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £35* £27.50* £20* £10*

The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall, 2pm FREE

PANEL: FIND YOUR VOICE

Goldsmiths’ Tom Perchard chairs a panel looking at self-expression, creativity and the voice as an instrument, with choir director Pete Churchill and vocalist Georgia Mancio.

Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 2pm FREE

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PANEL: CREATIVITY, DISCIPLINE, ROUTINE

Professor in Residence Tony Whyton chairs a panel looking at the connection between jazz and sport.

Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 3.30pm FREE

PANEL: TOMORROW’S MUSICIANS ARE TODAY’S STUDENTS Catherine Tackley chairs a panel with Trinity Laban’s Head of Jazz Simon Purcell, Gary Crosby and musicians from Tomorrow’s Warriors exploring the transition from studying into a jazz career.

Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 4.30pm FREE

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Image credits: Hiromi © Sakiko Nomura Melody Gardot © Franko P Tettamanti

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SUNDAY 15 KEYNOTE SPEECH: TONY WHYTON, PROFESSOR IN RESIDENCE Professor Tony Whyton’s keynote explores the themes of this year’s talks programme and the ways in which jazz can be a tool for understanding the world around us.

WEDNESDAY 18 GROOVE BABY PRESENTS PHIL STEVENSON’S ROOT DOWN

ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC BIG BAND

The powerful big band are joined in a new project with French pianist Benoit Sourisse and drummer André Charlier.

The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall, 4.30pm FREE

FAT-SUIT

A 14-piece juggernaut who deliver a mighty fusion of jazz, rock and folk. Scotland’s answer to Snarky Puppy.

Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 6pm FREE

CASSANDRA WILSON: COMING FORTH BY DAY

SUNDAY 22 JAZZ WORKSHOPS FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS

Take part in a day of workshops providing an introduction to different styles of jazz. Led by Peter Edwards, Cath Roberts and Yazz Ahmed. Ages 13 – 18.

Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 10am FREE

JAZZCOTECH DANCEFLOOR JAZZ PARTY

The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall, 6pm

+ support

Join funky guitarist Phil Stevenson for a grown-up concert your baby can groove to – crying, singing, dancing and playing along are all welcome.

FREE

AVERAGE WHITE BAND AND KOKOMO: A SOUL SUMMIT

Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 10.30am £10* adults; Children: free but ticketed. Up to 3 children per adult ticket.

HIROMI

On the centenary of Billie Holliday’s birth, Cassandra Wilson pays homage. Join her to hear iconic songs that showcase her distinctive tone and signature vocals.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £35* £27.50* £20* £10*

TUESDAY 17 MELODY GARDOT

+ support Incendiary jazz pianist Hiromi brings her acoustic trio to Southbank Centre. They explore new territory for a jazz group, merging flat-out swing with the power and energy of rock in a display of musical pyrotechnics.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £35* £27.50* £20* £10*

FRIDAY 20 JAZZ FOR TODDLERS

Our ever-popular workshop series returns with clarinettist Arun Ghosh alongside percussionist Nao Masuda. Proof you are never too young to be a jazzer. Ages 2-5.

Legendary British jazz-funk outfits Average White Band and Kokomo perform in a soul summit that offers up something to savour.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £40* £30* £20* £10*

Join us for an afternoon of workshops, demonstrations and a dance party, with Jazzcotech DJs mixing Latin, soul, disco, funk and more. Arrive at 3pm to take part in the hourlong beginners’ workshop.

The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall, 3pm – 7pm FREE

ENHANCE YOUR SOUTHBANK CENTRE VISIT

Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 11am & 1.30pm £5* for children, adults go free

SATURDAY 21 TRINITY LABAN CONTEMPORARY JAZZ ENSEMBLE

+ The Soil Singer-songwriter Melody Gardot returns with her new album Currency of Man. It brings together jazz, blues and R&B to offer a stirring musical statement. The Soil appears as part of the South African Season in the UK (SA-UK Seasons 2014 & 2015).

Part of the EFG Excellence Series.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £45* £35* £25* £10*

A focus on British repertoire – from Django Bates and Eddie Parker via Gwilym Simcock to today’s young guns, Laura Jurd and Matt Roberts.

The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall, 3pm FREE

Live Beacons have arrived on site!

You may have noticed that some small black boxes have popped up in various places in and around Royal Festival Hall. These are Live Beacons, and, if you’ve got the free app on your smartphone, you can use these beacons to scratch beneath the surface of Southbank Centre.

These beacons transmit both useful and interesting information to your phone – be it a historical fact about where you’re standing, a poem, a last-minute offer or a handy bar menu to look at while you’re deciding.

In time, we hope to add more beacons and give you even more information conveniently in your pocket. This might be programme notes, a timetable of talks, videos or alerts about free events about to start.

So please, give it a try and send us your thoughts and suggestions (to customer@southbankcentre.co.uk).

Download the free Live Beacon app now

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For a full calendar of events see page 20.

CL ASSICAL MUSIC Susanna Mälkki (pictured) conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra in a performance of Prokofiev and Sibelius, on Friday 27 November.

Susanna Mälkki © Simon Fowler

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SUNDAY 1 PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA: ESA-PEKKA SALONEN

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MONDAY 2 THE COMPOSER’S SEMINAR: EARNINGS AT HOME, EARNINGS ABROAD

FREE (TICKET REQUIRED)

Royal Festival Hall, 3pm £42* £33* £27* £22* £17* £14* £11* Signature Seats £50* 10

TUESDAY 3 NIKOLAI DEMIDENKO, PIANO

An evening for composers who want to find out more about the music industry and find out ways to develop their careers and monetize music in the UK and abroad.

Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 5pm

Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Arabella Steinbacher violin Richard Dubugnon Caprice for orchestra (UK premiere); Brahms Violin Concerto in D; Sibelius Symphony No.5 in E flat

THIERRY ESCAICH, ORGAN

International Organ Series Bach Toccata and Fugue in D minor (Dorian), BWV.538; Vierne Romance in D flat (4th movement) & Finale (5th movement) from Symphonie No.4 in G minor, Op.32; Alain Variations sur un thème de Clément Jannequin; Litanies; Liszt Les Préludes – symphonic poem arr. Thierry Escaich; Improvisation Tryptique (on given themes) Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £15* Royal Festival Hall at 6.15pm: pre-concert talk. Southbank Centre’s Organ Curator, William McVicker, and guests discuss organ repertoire.

FREE

International Piano Series Brahms Capriccio in B minor, Op.76 No.2; 16 Variations on a theme by Schumann, Op.9; Sonata No.2 in F sharp minor, Op.2; Prokofiev Visions fugitives, Op.22; Sonata No.2 in D minor, Op.14 St John’s Smith Square, 7.30pm £28* £15* £10* Premium seats £35*

Image credits: Susanna Mälkki © Simon Fowler Arabella Steinbacher © Peter Rigaud Thierry Escaich © Guy Vivien Nikolai Demidenko © C.K. Mivra

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Viktoria Mullova © Foto Puck Paavo Järvi © Zdenek Chrapek

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WEDNESDAY 4 LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA: PAUL LEWIS R PLAYS BEETHOVEN

VIKTORIA MULLOVA & KATIA LABÈQUE

Jukka-Pekka Saraste conductor Paul Lewis piano Beethoven Piano Concerto No.3; Mahler Symphony No.5 Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £39* £33* £27* £21* £16* £12* £9* Premium seats £65*

THURSDAY 5 PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA: VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY

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International Chamber Music Series Viktoria Mullova violin Katia Labèque piano Mozart Violin Sonata in A, K.526; Schumann Violin Sonata No.1 in A minor, Op.105; Pärt Fratres; Takemitsu Distance de fée; Ravel Violin Sonata in G St John’s Smith Square, 7.30pm £28* £15* £10* Premium seats £35*

Vladimir Ashkenazy conductor Prize Winner of the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition 2015 piano Hear the London debut of the recent prize-winner of the 2015 International Fryderyk Chopin Competition in a programme of Berlioz, Chopin and Rachmaninov.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £42* £33* £27* £22* £17* £14* £11* Signature Seats £50* Royal Festival Hall, 6pm: pre-concert chamber music. Philharmonia cellists take the lead in this concert with a Latin twist, full of virtuosic technique and exhilarating arrangements.

FREE

FRIDAY 6 LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA: R MEXICAN MAGIC Jaime Martín conductor Arturo Chacón-Cruz tenor We celebrate The Year of Mexico in the UK with a concert of dazzling works including Revueltas’ Sensemayá, Ibarra’s Sinfonía No.2 and Márquez’ toe-tapping Danzón No.2, alongside a selection of popular songs from Mexico.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £39* £33* £27* £21* £16* £12* £9* Premium seats £65*

SUNDAY 8 FUNHARMONICS FAMILY CONCERTS - TELLING R TALES: PIRATES!

London Philharmonic Orchestra David Angus conductor Chris Jarvis presenter Arr, me hearties! Beware the perils of the deep, as FUNharmonics sets out on a musical adventure by sea!

Join the LPO we set sail on a swashbuckling, sea-faring odyssey, navigating uncharted waters from dawn til dusk.

Ages 6+.

Royal Festival Hall, 12 noon Adults £18* £16* £14* £12* £10* Children £9* £8* £7* £6* £5* Royal Festival Hall foyers, 10am – 2pm: free musical activities offer a fun and interactive way-in to the concert. Children can also have a go at different instruments.

FREE

OAE TOTS: SAILING AWAY

Join our lively, half-hour workshops for music lovers aged 2 – 5, with musicians from the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Features music

by Handel and Lully.

Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 10.15am, 11.15am & 12.15pm Adults £7* Children 1*

REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY AT ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL

Damian Iorio conductor Raphael Wallfisch cello Jim Carter presenter We remember those who lost their lives in the First and Second World Wars with an evening of readings and music including Barber’s Adagio for Strings and Elgar’s ‘Nimrod’ from Enigma Variations.

THURSDAY 19 PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA: PAAVO JÄRVI R – NIELSEN SERIES

Royal Festival Hall, 7pm £48.50* £42* £34.50* £24.50* £19.50* £16.50*

TUESDAY 10 ORCHESTRA OF THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT: R SCHIFF’S SCHUMANN

András Schiff piano, conductor Mendelssohn Overture, The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave); Symphony No.3 in A minor, Op.56 (Scottish); Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £42* £33* £27* £22* £17* £14* £11* Signature Seats £50*

Royal Festival Hall, 7pm £39* £24* £10* Premium seats £60* Royal Festival Hall at 5.45pm: pre-concert talk.

WEDNESDAY 11 LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA: EVOCATIVE R FRENCH FAVOURITES

Robin Ticciati conductor Christian Tetzlaff violin Fauré Pelléas et Mélisande Suite, Op.80; Magnus Lindberg Violin Concerto No.1; Ravel Valses nobles et sentimentales; Debussy La mer Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £39* £33* £27* £21* £16* £12* £9* Premium seats £65*

THURSDAY 12 PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA: MUSIC OF TODAY

R Antony Hermus conductor A portrait of the British composer Julian Anderson, who was Artistic Director of Music of Today from 2002 – 11. Presented by Unsuk Chin with Julian Anderson. Supported by The Meyer Foundation.

Royal Festival Hall, 6pm FREE

Juraj Valčuha conductor Valeriy Sokolov violin Weber Overture, Der Freischütz; Mendelssohn Violin Concerto; Beethoven Symphony No.3 (Eroica) Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £42* £33* £27* £22* £17* £14* £11* Signature Seats £50*

Royal Festival Hall at 6pm: pre-concert talk. Samuel Coles in conversation.

FREE

SUNDAY 22 JERUSALEM QUARTET

FREE

PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA: JURAJ VALČUHA

Paavo Järvi conductor Samuel Coles flute Haydn Symphony No.100 in G (Military); Nielsen Flute Concerto; Symphony No.5

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International Chamber Music Series Haydn Quartet in G, Op.77 No.1; Bartók Quartet No.6; Dvořák Quartet in F, Op.96 (American) St John’s Smith Square, 3pm £28* £15* £10* Premium seats £35*

TUESDAY 24 ORCHESTRA OF THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT: BACH’S DOUBLE. R BACH’S SINGLE Rachel Podger violin, director Kati Debretzeni violin Margaret Faultless violin Matthew Truscott violin Bach Violin Concerto in E, BWV.1042; Vivaldi Concerto in G minor for 2 violins, cello & orchestra, RV.578 (Op.3 No.2); Pisendel Violin Concerto in G minor; Bach Chaconne from Partita No.2 in D minor, BWV.1004; Vivaldi Violin Concerto in E minor, RV.279 (Op.4 No.2); Telemann Concerto in G for 4 violins (without continuo), TWV.40:201; Bach Concerto in D minor for 2 violins, BWV.1043

St John’s Smith Square, 7pm £50* £39* £24* £10* St John’s Smith Square at 5.45pm: pre-concert talk.

FREE

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WEDNESDAY 25 LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA: OROZCOESTRADA CONDUCTS DVOŘÁK AND MAHLER R

Andrés Orozco-Estrada conductor Johannes Moser cello Dvořák Cello Concerto; Mahler Symphony No.1 Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £39* £33* £27* £21* £16* £12* £9* Premium seats £65* Royal Festival Hall at 6.15pm: pre-concert talk. Andrés OrozcoEstrada discusses his new role as the Orchestra’s Principal Guest Conductor.

FREE

THURSDAY 26 PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA: SALONEN/ R LANG LANG SERIES

Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Lang Lang piano Peer Perez Øian director The first of a series of three concerts with Esa-Pekka Salonen and Lang Lang features Grieg’s glittering Piano Concerto and a semi-staged performance of the incidental music for Peer Gynt.

Further concerts on Tuesday 1 & Thursday 3 December.

FRIDAY 27 LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA: MÄLKKI CONDUCTS PROKOFIEV R AND SIBELIUS

MONDAY 30 THE WORKS: ORCHESTRA OF THE AGE OF R ENLIGHTENMENT

Rachel Podger violin, director The OAE’s relaxed series returns, giving you a guided tour of a musical masterpiece. Tonight’s concert looks at music including Bach’s Double Violin Concerto.

Beatrice Rana

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £48* £40* £32* £27* £22* £18* £14* Signature Seats £65*

Susanna Mälkki conductor Beatrice Rana piano Anatoly Lyadov From the Apocalypse, Op.66; Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.2; Sibelius Symphony No.1 in E minor

Royal Festival Hall at 6pm: pre-concert talk. Peer Perez Øian in conversation with Andrew Mellor.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £39* £33* £27* £21* £16* £12* £9* Premium seats £65*

St John’s Smith Square, 7pm £25* £15* children £2.50*

GARETH MALONE

Join the nation’s favourite choirmaster and his choir Voices for an all-new show in 2015.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £39.50* £29.50* £19.50* Premium seats £55* (includes signed photo and souvenir pass)

FREE

SOUTHBANK CENTRE IS THE PROUD HOME OF OUR FOUR RESIDENT ORCHESTRAS: LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA The orchestra celebrates Shakespeare’s influence on music as part of Shakespeare400 (throughout 2016).

ORCHESTRA OF THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT Marin Alsop conducts Brahms and Schumann, with the electrifying violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja (6 Feb).

PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen and pianist Lang Lang share their love of Grieg, Beethoven and Prokofiev (26 Nov, 1 & 3 Dec).

LONDON SINFONIET TA Hear 20th-century masterpieces by Stockhausen and Boulez (5 Dec).

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GIGS & CONTEMPORARY MUSIC The brilliant Chilly Gonzales (pictured) takes to the Royal Festival Hall stage with the Kaiser Quartett, on Saturday 7 November. * Transaction fees applicable, £1.75 online, £2.75 over the phone, no transaction fee for in-person bookings at Southbank Centre Ticket Offices or for Southbank Centre Members and Supporters Circles.

MONDAYS IN NOVEMBER DRAGON BABIES: GAMELAN FOR 3-5 YEAR OLDS

Bring your little ones to shake, rattle and gong at this fun session.

Experience the beautiful gamelan and introduce your Dragon Babies to creative musical play through singing, movement and percussion. Monday 2, 16, 23 & 30 November. Ages 3 – 5.

Spirit Level at Royal Festival Hall, £5* (for one child and one adult)

FRIDAY 6 PINDROP

Friday Lunch with MasterCard Hear the amazing sounds of Pindrop, an a cappella group whose repertoire encompasses jazz, Latin, gospel and classical music.

Central Bar at Royal Festival Hall, 1pm FREE

NADINE KHOURI

FRIDAY 13 MATT RIDLEY QUARTET

Friday Tonic with MasterCard A performance by the great jazz quartet, with Matt Ridley on bass, saxophonist, composer and producer Jason Yarde, John Turville on piano and drummer George Hart.

Friday Tonic with MasterCard Lebanese-born singersongwriter Nadine Khouri performs a free set to get the weekend underway. Her sound draws on folk, shoegaze, moody soundtracks and spoken word.

Central Bar at Royal Festival Hall, 5.30pm FREE

SATURDAY 7 CHILLY GONZALES & KAISER QUARTETT

The Canadian pianist and entertainer performs material from his album Chambers, accompanied by Hamburg’s Kaiser Quartett. Gonzales’ playing is influenced by classical and jazz training, and even rap.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £25.50* £23.50* £21.50*

Central Bar at Royal Festival Hall, 5.30pm FREE

FRIDAY 20 BRANKA PARLIC: SATIE & BEYOND

Friday Lunch with MasterCard Branka Parlic piano Satie Le Fils des étoiles (Gnossienne No.7); Gnossienne No.5; Nyman Sheep ‘n’ tides from Drowning by Numbers; Jeroen van Veen Minimal prelude No.18 for piano; Glass Metamorphosis Nos.1 & 2; Etudes Nos.2,6 & 17; Opening movement from Glassworks; The Hours from The Hours transc.

Michael Riesman for piano

FRIDAY 27 LONDON METROPOLITAN POLICE MALE VOICE CHOIR Friday Lunch with MasterCard/ Being a Man Festival A free, lunch-time performance by the Metropolitan Police Male Voice Choir, a group of singers, comprising of serving and retired officers of all ranks and civilian staff with a full complement of approximately 30 members.

Central Bar at Royal Festival Hall, 1pm FREE

EMMANUEL SPEAKS

Friday Tonic with MasterCard/ Being a Man Festival Hear the inspiring words of Emmanuel Speaks, a 19-year-old spoken-word poet and storyteller, from east London, part of The True Family collective. He performs with a live pianist at this show.

Central Bar at Royal Festival Hall, 5.30pm FREE

Central Bar at Royal Festival Hall, 1pm FREE

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LITERATURE & SPOKEN WORD Inua Ellams (pictured) reads new work inspired by The Poetry Library’s collection, on Thursday 26 November.

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THURSDAY 8 OCTOBER – SUNDAY 10 JANUARY FARADAY’S SYNAPTIC GAP: AN EXHIBITION BY RICK MYERS Faraday’s Synaptic Gap is inspired

by Michael Faraday’s 1832 experiment across the Thames.

Rick Myers’ new exhibition brings together The Poetry Library and the Book Library at the Courtauld Institute of Art, on the north bank of the Thames. It considers the neurological, material, and poetic aspects of Faraday’s experiment.

The Poetry Library at Royal Festival Hall & The Book Library at the Courtauld Institute of Art, Tuesday – Sunday, 11am – 8pm FREE

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SUNDAY 1 ERICA JONG: FEAR OF DYING

Novelist and feminist Erica Jong returns with Fear of Dying – the story of an older woman who never wants to give in to fear, including that of sex, as her mortality becomes a reality. With readings from Jong’s earlier book Fear of Flying and personal reflections by leading women who have been influenced by Jong. A WOW – Women of the World event. Ages 15+.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £20* £15* £10*

WEDNESDAY 4 CREATIVE WRITING COURSE 2015: MOVIE STRUCTURE WITH GREG MOSSE

Good story telling in films relies on suspense. This is the difference between what the audience knows and what they want to know. Greg shows how successful films manage this.

Sunley Pavilion at Royal Festival Hall, 6.30pm £15*

LONGBARROW PRESS

Editor and publisher Brian Lewis presents the work of Longbarrow Press, with readings from poets Matthew Clegg, Angelina D’Roza, Chris Jones and Fay Musselwhite, on walking and landscape. Email specialedition@poetrylibrary.org.uk to book your place.

The Poetry Library at Royal Festival Hall, 8pm FREE (BOOKING ESSENTIAL)

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SUNDAY 8 THE END OF THE POEM: THE SEVENTH POETRY LIBRARY OPEN DAY

What will future poetry movements look like? Will the poems of the future be written by machines?

And will poetry continue to play a role in social change? Come to our open day to tackle these questions and more.

St Paul’s Roof Pavilion at Royal Festival Hall, 12 noon – 7pm FREE

THE END OF THE POEM: LIVE EVENT

THURSDAY 26 AFTERHOURS: AN EVENING WITH INUA ELLAMS

BOOK A TOUR OF SOUTHBANK CENTRE

Inua Ellams brings his year-long project in The Poetry Library to an end with a reading of his new work inspired by the library’s extensive collections. He is accompanied by musician TJ Owuso. To book email specialedition@poetrylibrary.org.uk

THROUGHOUT THE MONTH BEHIND THE SCENES TOUR

The Poetry Library at Royal Festival Hall, 8pm

Get a unique insight into the history of the site, hear behind-thescenes stories from ourguides and gain exclusive access to areas usually reserved for performers and Southbank Centre staff.

Runs approximately one hour.

FREE (BOOKING ESSENTIAL)

POLARI: EIGHTH BIRTHDAY

To conclude this year’s open day, you are invited to The Poetry Library to hear new poems in response to the theme of The End of the Poem. Performances from poets Vahni Capildeo, Hannah Silva and James Wilkes. To book, email specialedition@poetrylibrary.org.uk

Meet at the Royal Festival Hall Ticket Office, Mon 2 at 4.30pm, Sat 14, Sun 22 & Sun 29 at 3pm £8.50*

ARCHITECTURE TOUR

The Poetry Library at Royal Festival Hall, 8pm FREE (BOOKING ESSENTIAL)

MONDAY 9 SEX & POWER: WHERE NEXT FOR WOMEN IN POLITICS? How can we ensure that 2020 is the year in which women finally achieve equal representation in Parliament? A WOW: Women of the World and Centre for Women and Democracy event.

Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £10*

TUESDAY 17 TEACHERS EVENING: EXPLORE THE POETRY LIBRARY

Bernardine Evaristo

Being a Man festival London’s award-winning LGBT literary salon explores queer masculinity with readings from Bernardine Evaristo (Mr Loverman), Keith Jarrett, Neil Spring, trans man Len Lukowski and Diana Souhami. The event also marks Polari’s eight birthday – expect host Paul Burston to be in celebratory mood. Ages 18+.

FRIDAYS IN NOVEMBER RUG RHYMES: WHAT RHYMES WITH RUG?

Developing your plot during the NaNoWriMo challenge. One workshop in a 12-part course providing you with the necessary skills to write a novel.

Sunley Pavilion at Royal Festival Hall, 6.30pm £15*

Please let us know your Access requirements when booking

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WEDNESDAY 25 NOVEL WRITING COURSE 2015: EXTRA HELP

Meet at the Royal Festival Hall Ticket Office, Thursdays at 6pm & Saturdays at 2pm £8.50*

Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £5*

A night for teachers in our Poetry Library. Discover the collection and hear about the library’s resources and workshops for schools, over a glass of wine. To book, email groups@southbankcentre.co.uk.

FREE (BOOKING ESSENTIAL)

Tour the Southbank Centre site, and explore 20th-century architecture. Each tour is unique and focuses on the creative design of our buildings. The route taken varies depending on the day’s activities and events. Ages 8+.

Under-fives and their carers are invited to join the Poetry Library puppets, Federico and Firebird, on their poem rug for a short session of nursery rhymes, poems and rhyming stories. Ages 0 – 5.

and help support our classical music programme

The Poetry Library at Royal Festival Hall, 10.30am FREE

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‘Weird, wonderful and hilarious, La Soirée is a must-see!’

(XFM)

VISUAL ARTS

PERFORMANCE & DANCE

Don’t miss Re:form, the Koestler Trust exhibition of artworks made by ex-offenders and people in secure settings.

The award-winning smash hit La Soirée is back to wow you with extraordinary cabaret, burlesque and circus skills.

THURSDAY 1 OCTOBER – SUNDAY 29 NOVEMBER RE:FORM – ART BY OFFENDERS, THE KOESTLER EXHIBITION

An exhibition showcasing artworks produced in UK institutions and by ex-offenders. The works have been created by those in prisons, secure hospitals and immigration removal centres, and by ex-offenders in the community. They include traditional prison crafts such as matchstick modelling and soap carving, as well as ceramics, music, writing and painting.

Spirit Level at Royal Festival Hall, 10am – 11pm FREE

Exhibition tours are led by exoffender hosts trained and employed by the Koestler Trust. Mon – Thurs 2.30pm and 6.30 pm; Fri – Sun 2.30pm, 4.30pm and 6.30pm FREE

THURSDAY 5 – SUNDAY 29 WORLD PRESS PHOTO EXHIBITION Foyers at Royal Festival Hall, 10am – 11pm daily FREE

THURSDAY 8 OCTOBER – SUNDAY 10 JANUARY FARADAY’S SYNAPTIC GAP: AN EXHIBITION BY RICK MYERS

Faraday’s Synaptic Gap is inspired

by Michael Faraday’s 1832 experiment across the Thames.

Rick Myers’ exhibition brings together The Poetry Library and the Book Library at the Courtauld Institute of Art, on the north bank of the Thames. It considers the neurological, material, and poetic aspects of Faraday’s experiment.

The Poetry Library at Royal Festival Hall & The Book Library at the Courtauld Institute of Art, Tuesday – Sunday, 11am – 8pm

Hit cabaret show La Soirée returns to London following last year’s Olivier Award-winning season.

A theatrical phenomenon, an inspirational night of live entertainment, its heady cocktail of cabaret, new burlesque, circus sideshow and contemporary variety is more potent than ever.

So step in from the cold, leave your troubles at the door and prepare for a night of thrills, shocks, laughter and disbelief.

May contain nudity, not recommended for children.

FREE

Winner – Best Entertainment, Olivier Awards 2015

HAYWARD PUBLISHING BRITISH ART SHOW 8

La Soirée’s Spiegeltent, £67.50* £47.50* £37.50* £32.50* £15* Early bird prices available if you book

by Saturday 31 October.

Pick up your copy of the British Art Show 8 catalogue, designed by Fraser Muggeridge studio, featuring two curator essays and round table discussions with artists including Andrea Büttner, Patrick Staff, Melanie Gilligan and Ciara Phillips. Special exhibition price £16 (RRP £20) southbankcentre.co.uk/shop

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TUESDAY 27 OCTOBER – SUNDAY 17 JANUARY LA SOIRÉE

FRIDAY 13 LET’S DANCE AGAIN!

Relive the glitz and glamour of the golden age of Hollywood musicals with great routines from classic films performed live by great dancers with live singers and a full orchestra. Choreographed by Nick Winston, with dancers Alan Burkitt, Charlotte Gooch and Matthew Malthouse.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £42.50* £38.50* £32.50* £24.50* £19.50*

FRIDAY 27 – SUNDAY 29 TEAM OF THE DECADES: WILL DICKIE

In this interactive show join Will’s ‘team’, with a Sports Coach and a Sports Captain for an outdoor theatrical experience playing on familiar and poetic relationships.

Audience members are advised to wear outdoor clothes.

Meet at Royal Festival Hall Ticket Desk, 11am, 1pm and 3pm £10*

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COMING SOON

SLAVA’S SNOWSHOW From Wednesday 16 December

London’s favourite Christmas show returns!

The award-winning hit is now established as London’s leading Christmas show, having delighted theatregoers around the world for over 20 magical years.

Slava’s Snowshow is theatre like you’ve never seen before.

Fun for the whole family, it sees Royal Festival Hall filled with a heart-stopping blizzard of snow. Featuring breathtaking visual effects, it has been described by The Sunday Times as ‘theatrical brilliance’.

‘A magical work of wonder’ (Evening Standard)

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FORTHCOMING BOOKING HIGHLIGHTS & ACCESS THROUGHOUT THE SEASON WINTER AT SOUTHBANK CENTRE WITH NATWEST

Southbank Centre comes alive with twinkling lights and festive markets as the nights draw in. Enjoy live music, welcome back Slava’s Snowshow and La Soirée, join in with free activities and a magical atmosphere of cheer to enjoy with family and friends.

FRIDAY 31 DECEMBER VINTAGE NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY

SATURDAY 5 DECEMBER LONDON SINFONIETTA: STOCKHAUSEN & BOULEZ

HOW TO BOOK

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GROUPS

Party like it’s 1959 as our incredibly popular Vintage New Year’s Eve celebration returns. Expect great music, dancing and fireworks on the Thames, as well as delightful surprises scattered throughout the foyers of Royal Festival Hall.

Book early to avoid missing out.

Hear iconic works by living legend Pierre Boulez along with Stockhausen’s masterful 'Region III' from Hymnen, performed by the London Sinfonietta with projections by Sound Intermedia.

Wolfgang Lischke conducts.

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EAT, DRINK & SHOP

From Saturday 20 November, you can head to the riverside and browse the Winter Market’s wooden chalets, filled with festive food, drink, gifts and treats. We also welcome back the Rekorderlig Cider Lodge, offering winter drinks and delicious Scandinavian street food in a cosy pop-up bar.

FRIDAYS, SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS IN NOVEMBER SOUTHBANK CENTRE MARKET

Southbank Centre Market is a food lover’s destination for exciting street food and fresh, quality produce to buy and take home.

Check our website for information on upcoming markets themed by some of our most iconic festivals, as well as special guest traders.

Southbank Centre Square, Fridays 12 noon – 8pm, Saturdays 11am – 8pm, Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays 12 noon – 6pm

SOUTHBANK CENTRE SHOPS

We’ve expanded our print range!

Come and browse the fresh selection with which to adorn your walls. Enticing designs can be found in both of our on site shops as well as online. southbankcentre.co.uk/shop

MEMBERS’ & SUPPORTERS’ EVENTS

TUESDAY 3 VISIT TO ARTS COUNCIL COLLECTION

Artistic Director’s Circle Event A rare chance to see inside the Arts Council Collection’s store in south London. Head of the Collection Jill Constantine and curator Jennifer Higgie discuss the Hayward Gallery’s new touring show One Day Something Happens: Paintings of People and look at the shortlisting of works to be included in the store.

Arts Council Collection Store, 6.30pm

WEDNESDAY 4 PREVIEW OF WORLD PRESS PHOTO EXHIBITION Supporters Circles Event The Supporters Circles are invited to the preview of the World Press Photo Exhibition, which returns with another selection of awardwinning photographs.

The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall, 6pm To find out about becoming a Member see southbankcentre.co.uk/Membership To find out about joining the Supporters Circles email circles@southbankcentre.co.uk, phone 020 7921 0937 or see southbankcentre. co.uk/supporters-circles

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Queen Elizabeth Hall Purcell Room and help refurbish these much loved spaces

ACROSS THE SITE RESTAURANTS AND CAFES

We have a huge variety of food and drink on offer at the cafés and restaurants dotted around Southbank Centre. From Italian and Mexican to Japanese, Belgian and beyond, you’re spoilt for choice with many options for every meal of the day. All of our cafés and restaurants are family-friendly too, so you can make a day of your visit.

Southbank Centre also offers a range of cocktails, beers and wine across a range of bars open until late every day.

LET THE LIGHT IN

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NOVEMBER 2015 AT A GLANCE

THROUGHOUT THE MONTH

SUNDAY 1

LITERATURE & SPOKEN WORD

CLASSICAL MUSIC

8 Oct – 10 Jan Faraday’s Synaptic Gap

3pm Philharmonia Orchestra

Free p.14

VISUAL ARTS

1 Oct – 29 Nov Re:Form – Art by Offenders, the Koestler Exhibition 5 – 29 Nov World Press Photo Exhibition

SATURDAY 7 GIGS & CONTEMPORARY MUSIC

p.10

LITERATURE & SPOKEN WORD

p.14

PERFORMANCE & DANCE

Winter at Southbank Centre with NatWest

20 Nov – 24 Dec

Southbank Centre Winter Market 20 Nov – 17 Jan

Rekordelig Cider Lodge

BUMP Roller Disco

p.7 p.7

7pm La Soirée

p.16

MONDAY 2

GIGS & CONTEMPORARY MUSIC

11am Dragon Babies

p.13

SOUTHBANK CENTRE TOURS

7pm & 10pm La Soirée

p.15

TUESDAY 3

CLASSICAL MUSIC

10.15am, 11.15am & 12.15pm OAE Tots: Sailing Away 12 noon FUNharmonics Family Concert 7pm Remembrance Sunday

p.11 p.11 p.11

11am The End of the Poem Free p.14 8pm The End of the Poem: Live Event Free p.14 PERFORMANCE & DANCE

CLASSICAL MUSIC

7.30pm Nikolai Demidenko, piano

p.10

7pm La Soirée

p.16

MONDAY 9

PERFORMANCE & DANCE

8pm La Soirée

p.16

LITERATURE & SPOKEN WORD

7.30pm Sex & Power: Where Next for Women in Politics

WEDNESDAY 4 CLASSICAL MUSIC

7.30pm London Philharmonic Orchestra

p.11

LITERATURE & SPOKEN WORD

6.30pm Creative Writing Course 2015 p.14 8pm Longbarrow Press Free p.14 PERFORMANCE & DANCE

8pm La Soirée

p.16

THURSDAY 5

p.14

TUESDAY 10 CLASSICAL MUSIC

7pm Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment p.11 PERFORMANCE & DANCE

8pm La Soirée

7.30pm Philharmonia Orchestra

p.11

SOUTHBANK CENTRE TOURS

6pm Architecture Tour

p.15

PERFORMANCE & DANCE

8pm La Soirée

p.16

FRIDAY 6 CLASSICAL MUSIC

p.16

WEDNESDAY 11 CLASSICAL MUSIC

7.30pm London Philharmonic Orchestra

CLASSICAL MUSIC

p.11

PERFORMANCE & DANCE

8pm La Soirée

p.16

THURSDAY 12 CLASSICAL MUSIC

6pm Philharmonia Orchestra: Free p.11

Music of Today 7.30pm Philharmonia Orchestra p.11 SOUTHBANK CENTRE TOURS

7.30pm London Philharmonic Orchestra 7.30pm Viktoria Mullova & Katia Labèque

p.11 p.11

GIGS & CONTEMPORARY MUSIC Free p.13 Free p.13

LITERATURE & SPOKEN WORD Free p.15

PERFORMANCE & DANCE

7pm La Soirée

p.16

6pm Architecture Tour

p.15

PERFORMANCE & DANCE

8pm La Soirée

p.16

FRIDAY 13 GIGS & CONTEMPORARY MUSIC

5.30pm Matt Ridley Quartet

Free p.13

LITERATURE & SPOKEN WORD

10.30am Rug Rhymes

Free p.15

PERFORMANCE & DANCE

7.30pm Let’s Dance Again!

8pm La Soirée

20

p.16

LITERATURE & SPOKEN WORD

4.30pm Behind the Scenes Tour

10.30am Rug Rhymes

p.15

SUNDAY 8

5pm The Composer’s Seminar Free p.10 7.30pm Thierry Escaich, organ p.10

1pm Pindrop 5.30pm Nadine Khouri

2pm Architecture Tour PERFORMANCE & DANCE

CLASSICAL MUSIC

p.7

p.13

SOUTHBANK CENTRE TOURS

7.30pm Erica Jong: Fear of Dying Free p.16 Free p.4

7.30pm Chilly Gonzales & Kaiser Quartett

p.10 p.16

SATURDAY 14

FRIDAY 20

EFG LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL

GIGS & CONTEMPORARY MUSIC

2pm Jazz Line-up Free p.8 5pm Way In to the Way Out Free p.8 7.30pm Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn p.8

1pm Branka Parlic

SOUTHBANK CENTRE TOURS

2pm Architecture Tour 3pm Behind the Scenes Tour

p.15 p.15

THURSDAY 26 CLASSICAL MUSIC Free p.13

LITERATURE & SPOKEN WORD

10.30am Rug Rhymes PERFORMANCE & DANCE

8pm La Soirée

p.16

EFG LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL 7pm & 10pm

La Soirée p.16 3pm Trinity Laban Contemporary Free p.9 Jazz Ensemble SUNDAY 15 4.30pm Royal Academy of Music EFG LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL Free p.9 Big Band 6pm Fat-Suit Free p.9 2pm Seriously Talented 7.30pm Average White Band + Kokomo p.9 Free p.8 Celebrates 10 Years 2pm Panel: Find Your Voice Free p.8 SOUTHBANK CENTRE TOURS 3.30pm Panel: Creativity, 2pm Architecture Tour p.15 Free p.8 Discipline, Routine 4.30pm Panel: Tomorrow's Musicians PERFORMANCE & DANCE

are Today's Students Free p.8 7pm & 10pm 6pm Keynote speech: Tony Whyton, La Soirée p.16 Free p.9 Professor in Residence 7.30pm Cassandra Wilson p.8 SUNDAY 22 PERFORMANCE & DANCE

CLASSICAL MUSIC

7pm La Soirée

p.16

3pm Jerusalem Quartet

MONDAY 16

EFG LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL

GIGS & CONTEMPORARY MUSIC

10am Jazz Workshops for Young Musicians 3pm Jazzcotech Dancefloor Jazz Party

11am Dragon Babies

p.13

TUESDAY 17 EFG LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL

p.9

LITERATURE & SPOKEN WORD

5pm Teachers Evening:

Explore the Poetry Library

p.11

PERFORMANCE & DANCE

8pm La Soirée

p.16

WEDNESDAY 18

10.30am Groove Baby Presents 7.30pm Hiromi

p.9 p.9

8pm La Soirée

p.16

6pm Architecture Tour

p.15

8pm La Soirée

p.16

10.30am Rug Rhymes

Free p.14

BEING A MAN FESTIVAL

9.30am Man-Up? Free p.6 9.30am Being a Man: Day Pass Events p.7 11am, 1pm and 3pm Team of the Decades p.6 1pm London Metropolitan Police Free p.6 Male Voice Choir 5.30pm Emmanuel Speaks Free p.6

p.15 p.16

SOUTHBANK CENTRE TOURS

2pm Architecture Tour PERFORMANCE & DANCE

11am Dragon Babies

p.13

CLASSICAL MUSIC

7pm Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment p.11 8pm La Soirée

7.30pm London Philharmonic Orchestra 6.30pm Novel Writing Course: Extra Help 8pm La Soirée

7pm & 10pm La Soirée

p.16

p.7 p.6 p.7 p.15

p.16

SUNDAY 29

p.16

BEING A MAN FESTIVAL

11am Being a Man: Day Pass Events 111am, 1pm and 3pm Team of the Decades 7.30pm Being a Man Live

p.7 p.6 p.7

SOUTHBANK CENTRE TOURS

p.12

3pm Behind the Scenes Tour

p.15

PERFORMANCE & DANCE

p.14

7pm La Soirée

p.16

MONDAY 30

PERFORMANCE & DANCE

PERFORMANCE & DANCE

p.12

LITERATURE & SPOKEN WORD

10am Being a Man: Day Pass Events 11am, 1pm and 3pm Team of the Decades 7.30pm Polari

LITERATURE & SPOKEN WORD

SOUTHBANK CENTRE TOURS

7.30pm London Philharmonic Orchestra

GIGS & CONTEMPORARY MUSIC

CLASSICAL MUSIC

p.11

CLASSICAL MUSIC

MONDAY 23

CLASSICAL MUSIC

p.16

FRIDAY 27

BEING A MAN FESTIVAL

7pm La Soirée

THURSDAY 19

7.30pm Philharmonia Orchestra

8pm La Soirée

Free p.9

3pm Behind the Scenes Tour

WEDNESDAY 25

p.15

PERFORMANCE & DANCE

SATURDAY 28

PERFORMANCE & DANCE

PERFORMANCE & DANCE

6pm Architecture Tour

8pm La Soirée

TUESDAY 24

EFG LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL

Free p.15

SOUTHBANK CENTRE TOURS

Free p.9

PERFORMANCE & DANCE Free p.15

8pm Afterhours: An Evening with

Inua Ellams

PERFORMANCE & DANCE

SOUTHBANK CENTRE TOURS

7.30pm Melody Gardot

p.12

LITERATURE & SPOKEN WORD Free p.15

SATURDAY 21

PERFORMANCE & DANCE

7.30pm Philharmonia Orchestra

p.16

CLASSICAL MUSIC

7pm The Works 7.30pm Gareth Malone

p.12 p.12

GIGS & CONTEMPORARY MUSIC

11am Dragon Babies

p.13

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