Southbank Centre What's On Guide: September

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UNLIMITED Why disabled artists are changing the arts AFRICA UTOPIA Creativity from across the continent DARBAR FESTIVAL Stars of Indian classical music

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11 Million Reasons produced by People Dancing Š Sean Goldthorpe

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WELCOME TO SOUTHBANK CENTRE

Also on this month is Africa Utopia, where the creativity and achievements of the African continent and diaspora are showcased and where new perspectives of modern Africa are presented, analysed and celebrated.

Jude Kelly CBE Artistic Director, Southbank Centre

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This month, our Unlimited festival makes its much-anticipated return. This festival celebrates the artistic vision and originality of disabled artists and features provocative performances, debates and artworks, created by great British and international talents.

Š Belinda Lawley

For a full calendar of events see page 32.

Image credits: Liz Carr © Manuel Vason at DARC.media Cape Town Opera’s Mandela Trilogy © John Snelling

FEATURES Find out more about our festivals and our site

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Unlimited Experience work by great disabled artists. pages 6 – 9 Africa Utopia A celebration of the continent and diaspora. page 10 – 12

Rajan & Sajan, Darbar

Darbar Festival Indian classical music at its best. pages 14 – 15 Assisted Suicide: The Musical, Unlimited

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THIS MONTH The Virtual Orchestra page 13

Literature & Spoken Word page 24

Classical Music page 16

London Wonderground page 26

Sound Frontiers page 18

Eat, Drink, Shop & Play page 28

Gigs & Contemporary Music page 19 Performance & Dance page 20 Archive Studio page 21 Visual Arts page 22 Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Chineke!, Africa Utopia

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Southbank Centre Tours page 30 Booking Information page 30 Future Highlights page 31 September At A Glance page 32

This month:

Unlimited

Unlimited From Shakespeare’s Richard III to Charles Dickens’ Tiny Tim, disabled people have often been portrayed by artists as villains or martyrs, while disability has been the subject of cheap jokes. In recent years, disabled artists have grabbed the narrative from non-disabled hands and created art that reflects their experiences and addresses the issues they face, not those imagined by the able-bodied.

This September at Southbank Centre, a selection of differently abled artists offer a peek into their world. Learn how tying shoelaces is more complicated than it looks and watch pieces that investigate how our bodies are perceived by society. It’s not all serious: there’s comedy from Lee Ridley and a new show by Touretteshero Jess Thom.

Lee Ridley, Lost Voice Guy Comedian with cerebral palsy Why do you think it’s important to laugh about a traditionally dark or taboo subject like disability?

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Here, the artists explain how their experience of being disabled is entwined with their work.

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By Venessa Parekh Venessa is a news and feature writer who has been published in Broadly, Access Magazine and the Financial Times, on topics including business, India-centric stories and disability issues.

remove the stigma from my situation. As long as I joke about it, no one else can get in first and take the mickey out of me. From a general point of view, I think that laughing about taboo subjects is a good way of approaching something you might feel awkward about.

What questions and thoughts are you hoping to inspire in your audiences?

I realise that I’m sometimes people’s first experience of disability, so I hope I change their perceptions a bit and show them that disabled people are just like anyone else. It probably helps educate them because they are forced to think about topics that maybe they wouldn’t normally, whilst enjoying themselves.

Why do you think it’s important to laugh about a traditionally dark, taboo subject like disability?

To me, as a disabled woman, disability isn’t taboo or dark; it’s my life and my experiences of living in a disabling world. My creative work is really just me talking about what I know best: my life. I think it’s important to laugh at all the messy and difficult aspects of being human, including disability.

As new government cuts to disabled people meet continued cuts to the arts, does this increasingly make being a disabled artist an impossible task?

Liz Carr Actress, stand-up comedian, broadcaster and international disability rights activist

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Obstacles to work are becoming increasingly tough to overcome – cuts to the fund that provides employment support for disabled people, and increased rationing of social care budgets means many don’t have assistance to get out of the house. Cuts to the arts mean fewer grants and venues less willing to take risks, preferring instead big names that are guaranteed seat fillers. There’s less appetite in many ways for new work and work by unknown or emerging artists – and this impacts on many of us, including disabled people.

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After watching your performances, what questions do you hope your audiences go away with?

I want audiences to question how much their perceptions or opinions might be couched in notions of privilege or of one way being better than another, or of simply not recognising the presumptions they have made about the world. I want to raise questions of experiences not being better or worse than each other but rather just being different.

What more do you think needs to be done to encourage disabled artists?

There needs to be more work to create accessible training and performance – ‘integrated’ opportunities. Creatively embedding access into artistic processes offers incredibly rich material for artists, if more would recognise that it offers them not only new ways of thinking, but also wider audiences.

I would also like to see more bespoke training: a recognition of the specific skills that disabled artists bring and cultivate, and spaces where disabled dance artists could train emerging disabled artists in the specifics of that acquired knowledge – for example, in manual wheelchair techniques, power chairs, crutch technique and training specifically between sensory impaired artists.

Claire Cunningham Performer and creator of multi-disciplinary performance

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Jess Thom, Touretteshero

Aaron Williamson

Artist, playworker, expert fundraiser and parttime superhero.

Performance artist who is profoundly deaf

What kinds of questions do you hope to inspire in your audiences?

What kinds of questions do you hope to inspire in your audiences?

I get all sorts of questions after my set and they’re nearly always welcome. In particular I’d hope to make audiences feel more comfortable with talking about difference and I’d like some questions about the benefits of lamp-posts vs cats.

With Demonstrating the World, I want to portray various activities that might be banal to non-disabled people – climbing steps, removing a jacket, sitting, lifting, tying a shoelace, etc. – as a reflection upon the fact that, for disabled people, many aspects of the everyday world may not be transparent or easy.

Disability seems to have come into its own as an issue of representation in the arts this year. What more do you think should be done?

Visibility of disabled people within arts and media is crucial for building a more inclusive society. But this needs to focus on people with real lived experience of disability at all stages of the production process, and not on someone who’s jumped into a wheelchair in the hopes of winning an Oscar. When hard-won equalities are being disastrously dismantled, now is a pivotal point for disabled and non-disabled performers and artists to speak out.

As new government cuts to disabled people meet continued cuts to the arts, does this increasingly make being a disabled artist an impossible task?

It is certainly one of the obstacles to disabled artists. Since we are now leaving the EU, we will become even more isolated as there will be no protection against the stripping back of human rights generally, which will ultimately impact earmarked arts commissioning for marginalised communities. Another, perhaps more long-term problem that disability artists face is the reluctance of the mainstream art world to commission and represent disabled people.

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Africa Utopia

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Š Belinda Lawley

Maame Adjei

at Africa Utopia

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This is the first time you will be participating at Africa Utopia. What are you looking forward to?

What do you hope the conversations will help evoke in terms of Africa’s social and political discourse?

Any festival that brings together great minds from the continent to discuss an array of topics about the continent excites me; Africa Utopia especially because I feel like it covers a lot of creative ideas and stories. I’m excited that there will be panels on fashion, travel and filmmaking. I’m even more excited to see a myriad of stories being told from the continent and I’m really happy to be participating.

The biggest thing is that Africa is viable; for anyone who is thinking about moving to the continent, working on the continent or has an idea they want to test out on the continent, this is the time to do that. I think my story speaks to that. At one point I had no plans to move back to the continent.

Today, I feel myself grow and that’s the vision and idea I want to get out there.

Which events are you taking part in during the festival?

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I’m going to be involved with a panel on fashion. Fashion is such an integral part of An African City and it should be interesting to see what other stories are out there. I will also be participating on a panel about other stories happening on the continent – not just culturally but politically, socially, economically – with a great group of dynamic people. I can’t wait to sink my teeth in.

As someone who was born in Ghana and has lived in London and the US, how do you feel about Africa Utopia taking place in Europe?

For me, it’s a full-circle moment – I’m coming back to London at a festival that specifically talks about Africa and at this moment, I’m living in Africa and I’m able to have that first-hand experience. As much as I am being invited to speak and share my views, I really want to experience it from an audience member perspective, because I feel like there are so many things happening on the continent that I’m probably not aware of or tapped into.

I am eager to see what other people are up to. Usually when you live in West Africa, everything is West African-centred. So it would be wonderful to discover what’s happening in Southern Africa and East Africa and learn about the stories and innovations taking place. I am keen to see other people of the diaspora come back and connect the dots.

Let’s talk about An African City – it arrived with much fanfare and evoked a conversation across social media during the first season. Why do you think it made such an impact?

I think any story about love is relatable: love is one of the most relatable topics on the planet. But then to have a story that speaks to the experience of love on the continent, from Afropolitan women; I think that was the unique factor that set An African City apart. A lot of people hadn’t seen stories of returnees or people who are transnational, and to show that specific group and story, which is very niche, allowed people to really connect with the nuances of what it means to be African, be raised somewhere else, and then come back to your continent and country. That is what I think people tapped into.

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What do you find promising about the cultural space on the continent right now?

People are beginning to connect to the continent in a more creative and positive way, and that is allowing those of us from the continent to really dig deep and find what we want to do to boost ourselves within our own countries. This is something I realised after I moved back. I think people are starting to recognise that there is so much untapped creativity, beauty and space. It’s slow but it’s going to happen – we will embrace what we have and maximise it to its full potential right here.

Tell me about your travel show. Why was it necessary for you, as a Ghanaian woman, to show another side of Ghana to the world?

Why should I wait for somebody who is not from Ghana to come and tell me about my own country? I’m Ghanaian, I’m Ashanti and I have never been outside of Accra. It’s absolutely ridiculous to me. When I started travelling outside Accra and within Ghana, and discovering all these amazing, beautiful spaces that my friends and some of my family members didn’t know about, I thought that we were doing ourselves such a disservice.

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By Belinda Otas

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If we don’t travel within our own space, it will always be a situation where somebody else is going to come in and tell you what you have, and that means you are waiting for validation. We have to be able to explore our own spaces first. It is critical for our own confidence. When you know what you have, you are not going to wait for somebody to tell you what you are not. We have everything that we need right here.

Belinda Otas is a London-based journalist and media consultant, and the assistant editor of the New African Woman magazine.

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For a full calendar of events see page 32.

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UNLIMITED Unlimited is back, presenting extraordinary art, dance and performance by the most talented disabled creatives in the world, including the provocative new work Assisted Suicide: The Musical, by Liz Carr (pictured).

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The Unlimited commissions programme aims to embed work by disabled artists within the cultural sector, reach new audiences and shift perceptions. Unlimited is delivered by Shape Arts and Artsadmin, funded by the National 6

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Indicates support and funds from the Unlimited commissions programme. weareunlimited.org.uk

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Image credits: Liz Carr © Manuel Vason at DARC.media 11 Million Reasons produced by People Dancing © Sean Goldthorpe Candoco Dance Company © Camilla Greenwell Jess Thom © Laura Page

TUESDAY 6 – SUNDAY 11 UNLIMITED VIDEO LOUNGE

Visit our video lounge to see a selection of film pieces curated just for Unlimited. See website for the full line-up.

Level 2 Foyers at Royal Festival Hall, 10am – 11pm FREE

TUESDAY 6 – SUNDAY 11 DENISE SAUL’S SILENT ROOM

This video poem installation by Denise Saul reflects on a speech disability called aphasia.

A collaboration with Helmie Stil, Emma Sweeney and members of the Connect network.

TUESDAY 6 CLAIRE CUNNINGHAM AND JESS CURTIS / GRAVITY: THE WAY YOU LOOK (AT ME) TONIGHT

Level 2 Foyer at Royal Festival Hall, 10am – 11pm FREE

TUESDAY 6 – SUNDAY 11 11 MILLION REASONS NAMA ĀTO: JAPANESE OUTSIDER ART

Experience work by three Japanese visual artists. See Koji Nishioka’s intuitive music scores, Makoto Okawa’s ‘Makoot’ dolls and colourful drawings, and Yasuyuki Ueno’s world of female figures and fashion objects.

See Claire Cunningham’s new performance piece – a duet looking at ways of seeing bodies. Performed with Jess Curtis, in collaboration with philosopher Alva Noë. With a BSL- and text-interpreted post-show talk on Tuesday 6. Ages 14+.

Royal Festival Hall, 7pm £20*

Post-show talk

St Paul’s Roof Pavilion at Royal Festival Hall, 10am – 11pm FREE

CANDOCO DANCE COMPANY: YOU AND I KNOW THE DOORWAYS PROJECT See Sean Goldthorpe’s photo series of iconic moments of dance in film, including Gene Kelly singing in the rain and Moira Shearer in The Red Shoes, all recreated by disabled dancers.

Produced by People Dancing.

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Level 2 Foyers at Royal Festival Hall, 10am – 11pm FREE

TUESDAY 6 – SUNDAY 11 TV CLASSICS PART 1

Bekki Perriman has drawn on her own experiences of life on the streets to create this sound installation, comprising of a series of recorded monologues positioned in locations around Royal Festival Hall.

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TUESDAY 6 OSKA BRIGHT FILM FESTIVAL: ON TOUR

Buy tickets to Creatures of the Revolution and Oska Bright Film Festival: on tour and receive a 20% discount. Offer available by phone booking only.

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Find a map of locations at Level 2 Foyer (Green Side) at Royal Festival Hall, 10am – 11pm

Spirit Level (Blue Room) at Royal Festival Hall, 2pm - 3pm £5*

Level 2 Foyers at Royal Festival Hall, 10am – 11pm

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See an eclectic selection of awardwinning short films made by learning-disabled artists. Audio description is available. Ages 12+.

See Cameron Morgan’s exhibition of nine paintings honouring the past nine decades of television history.

JESS THOM: STAND UP, SIT DOWN, ROLL OVER

BOOK LAUNCH: KAITE O’REILLY IN CONVERSATION Join multi-award-winning playwright Kaite O’Reilly as she presents Atypical Plays for Atypical Actors, a collection of dramas exploring disability.

Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 2pm FREE (TICKET REQUIRED)

Candoco, a dance company made up of disabled and non-disabled dancers, performs a new work by choreographer Arlene Phillips, which plays with the structure of the traditional love duet.

The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall, 4pm & 6pm FREE

Writer, artist and part-time superhero Jess Thom takes to the stage in her first solo stand-up show. Find out what happens when the most persistent heckler is also the performer on stage. This is a work in progress. May contain strong language.

Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 8.30pm £10*

CREATURES OF THE REVOLUTION

Blurring the lines between reality and imagination, three-piece band Sabien Gator and drag queen Mrs Sparkle perform a gothic songstory live against video projections and film. Ages 12+.

Spirit Level (Blue Room) at Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £5* Buy tickets to Creatures of the Revolution and Oska Bright Film Festival: on tour and receive a 20% discount. Available by phone booking only.

WEDNESDAY 7 PRAM JAM UNLIMITED: SONG AND STORYTELLING FOR UNDER 5S

Start your day with Singing Hands, who leads an interactive and accessible early years workshop focused on nursery rhymes, action songs and storytelling with Makaton.

The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall, 10.30am – 11.15am £5* (admits one adult and up to two children aged 5 and under)

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WEDNESDAY 7 ARTIST TALK: TV CLASSICS PART 1

Hear artist Cameron Morgan talk about his homage to the culture and history of television, tying in with his exhibition, which runs throughout the festival.

Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 11am

THURSDAY 8 & FRIDAY 9 HIM

CLAIRE CUNNINGHAM AND JESS CURTIS / GRAVITY: THE WAY YOU LOOK (AT ME) TONIGHT

See Tuesday 6. This performance is preceded by a Touch Tour.

Please meet at the Information Desk at Level 2 (Green Side) of Royal Festival Hall at 6pm to join.

Royal Festival Hall, 7pm £20*

FREE (TICKET REQUIRED)

CHEROPHOBIA

LOST VOICE GUY: DISABILITY FOR DUNCES

BBC New Comedy Award-winner Lost Voice Guy has taken some of the dafter questions he gets asked regularly and turned it into a sort of a disability FAQ for dummies who like to laugh. Ages 16+.

Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 8pm £10*

GRANDAD AND THE MACHINE

A humorous reflection on what it’s like to be 80, starring actor Tim Barlow.

It was created by Sheila Hill based on conversations with Tim during their 20-year friendship. With a post-show talk on Thursday 8.

Royal Festival Hall, Thursday 8 at 7pm £20*

Friday 9 at 6pm £20*

CREATIVE APPROACHES TO AUDIO DESCRIPTION Hear about innovative solutions for making the arts more accessible for those with sight loss. Ages 12+.

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Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 2pm - 4pm FREE (TICKET REQUIRED)

Post - show talk

GRANDAD AND THE MACHINE

See Wednesday 7. A Touch Tour is available before this performance.

Please meet at the Information Desk at Level 2 Foyer (Green Side) at Royal Festival Hall at 6pm to join.

Spirit Level at Royal Festival Hall, 8.30pm £10*

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Watch a live feed of this work by Noëmi Lakmaier, performed over 48 hours. She attempts to lift her tied and immobilised body off the ground using 33,000 multicoloured helium balloons.

Level 2 Foyers at Royal Festival Hall, 12 noon – 11pm. This performance is screened on the exterior wall of Royal Festival Hall on Festival Terrace from 11pm on Wednesday and Thursday until the building reopens at 10am.

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Audio described. Ages 14+.

Spirit Level (Blue Room) at Royal Festival Hall, 8.30pm £10*

Unfixed is a creative research residency that brings together Deaf and disabled British and Australian artists. Through the lens of art and technology they investigate the characterisation of bodies as ‘disabled’.

Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 2pm - 4pm FREE (TICKET REQUIRED)

Meet new friends, learn some dance moves and enjoy the music at this inclusive social dance hosted by Thameside Wheelchair Dancing. Disabled and nondisabled dancers are welcome.

FRIDAY 9 CHEROPHOBIA See Wednesday 7.

Level 2 Foyers at Royal Festival Hall, 10am – 12 noon FREE

The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall, 2pm – 4.30pm FREE

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UNFIXED: IN CONVERSATION

UNLIMITED SOCIAL DANCE

THE GENERATION GAP THURSDAY 8 CHEROPHOBIA See Wednesday 7.

Level 2 Foyers at Royal Festival Hall, 10am – 11pm FREE

DEEPENING THE IMPACT

Discussion about how arts organisations can involve and champion disabled creatives. With artist Aidan Moesby and Salisbury Arts Festival staff. Ages 12+.

Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 11am - 1pm FREE (TICKET REQUIRED)

2016 CREATIVE FUTURE LITERARY AWARDS SHOWCASE

Hear from the winners of the 2016 Creative Future Literary Awards showcase. Hosted by author and broadcaster Lemn Sissay, MBE. Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm FREE (TICKET REQUIRED)

Hear young disabled artists, creatives and producers speak about their experiences in the arts.

Ages 12+.

Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 11am-1pm FREE (TICKET REQUIRED)

BEAUTIFUL OCTOPUS CLUB London’s longest running multimedia club night returns for its 30th anniversary. Experience music by DJs, VJs and live performers from across the learning disability scene, plus a range of interactive zones.

The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall, 7pm – 12 midnight FREE

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Image credits: Cherophobia © James Allan Grandad and the Machine © Adam Robinson Justin Sight © Brianna Myers Unlimited Inclusive Youth Dance Platform © Simon Cooper

THE SHAPE OF THE PAIN: RACHEL BAGSHAW

See a work-in-progress reading of a new piece from Rachel Bagshaw and Chris Thorpe about love, perception and living with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.

With a post-show talk. Ages 16+.

Spirit Level (Blue Room) at Royal Festival Hall, 8pm £5*

SUPERHUMAN OR SIMPLY HUMAN?

Discussion of whether disabled people have become an integrated part of mainstream media or if disability still needs to be highlighted as ‘something special’?

Ages 12+.

SATURDAY NIGHT IS VARIETY NIGHT

Takako Shiraiwa discusses the art featured in Nama Ato: Japanese Outsider Art, and Atelier Corners in Osaka, Japan, which supports artists with disabilities. See page 7 for exhibition details.

Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 12 noon

Level 4 Blue Bar at Royal Festival Hall, 2.30pm

FREE (TICKET REQUIRED)

SATURDAY 10 LEAPS AND BOUNDS: BEE A FAMILY

CUTTING CORNERS – THRIVING OR SURVIVING AS A DISABLED ARTIST

A panel explores the impact austerity cuts are having on the disabled creative community and the innovative ways artists are creating work in response.

Ages 12+.

Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 1.30pm

FREE (TICKET REQUIRED)

Enjoy an evening of magic, music and performance, plus a good oldfashioned knees-up. Features some of the variety circuit’s best performers, including New Yorkbased magician Justin Sight. This is a relaxed performance.

The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall, 9pm FREE

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Come to a day of exciting and accessible activities designed for disabled children aged 10 and under and their families. Explore a sensory environment, take part in dance workshops, hands-on activities and meet the Queen Bee. The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall, 11am – 4pm FREE

ARE SOME MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS?

Do disabled artists working in certain art forms get more opportunities than in others? Our panel discusses equality, access and opportunity in the arts.

Ages 12+.

SUNDAY 11 UNLIMITED OPEN MORNING

Hear artists and industry experts discuss professional development opportunities for emerging disabled and Deaf performers and arts administrators.

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Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 3pm

ARTIST TALK: NAMA ĀTO – JAPANESE OUTSIDER ART

Level 4 Blue Bar at Royal Festival Hall, 11am – 2pm Free

ARTIST TALK: THE DOORWAYS PROJECT

Artist Bekki Perriman and curator Shiri Shalmy discuss The Doorways Project, which was inspired by Perriman’s experience of life on the streets. See page 7 for exhibition details.

Level 4 Blue Bar at Royal Festival Hall, 4pm FREE (TICKET REQUIRED)

DEATH CAFÉ

The Death Café provides an encouraging, safe space for open discussion and shared understanding of ideas about death and dying. Everyone is welcome.

Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 4pm

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AARON WILLIAMSON: DEMONSTRATING THE WORLD

JUST A FEW WORDS: STAMMERMOUTH

Grapple with the awkward trials of self-expression in this darkly comic one-man play. Just a few words to say how you feel.

Shouldn’t take long. Except Nye Russell-Thompson has a stammer.

Spirit Level (Blue Room) at Royal Festival Hall, 6pm £10*

Artist Aaron Williamson enacts absurdly elaborate live take-offs of YouTube how-to videos. He tries to complete everyday tasks such as opening a cupboard, removing a jacket or sitting on a chair by following minutely detailed stepby-step instructions. A Touch Tour is available for this performance.

Queen’s Walk, 12 noon – 6pm

ASSISTED SUICIDE: THE MUSICAL

Disabled activist, actor and comedian Liz Carr explores the controversial subject of assisted suicide in this new show. With director Mark Whitelaw, composer Ian Hill and a cast of actors.

Ages 14+.

Royal Festival Hall, 7pm £20* (unreserved seating)

CHICKENSHED: TALES FROM THE SHED

Enjoy a vibrantly interactive theatre show designed for young children. There is no edge of the stage; just a single inclusive space where everyone joins in a dramatic dialogue with everyone else.

Ages 1 – 6. This is a relaxed performance.

ASSISTED SUICIDE: THE MUSICAL

See Saturday 10. A Touch Tour is available on Sunday 11 – please meet at the Information Desk at Level 2 Foyer (Green Side) at Royal Festival Hall at 6pm to join.

Royal Festival Hall, 7pm £20* (unreserved seating)

Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 11am & 2pm adults £10* children £5*

British Sign Language Interpretation

UNLIMITED INCLUSIVE YOUTH DANCE PLATFORM

Come along to a vibrant celebration of dance by inclusive youth dance companies from across the country. This is a relaxed performance.

The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall, 2pm – 6pm FREE

Captioning Speech-to-Text Transcription Relaxed Performance Audio Description

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Touch Tour

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AFRICA UTOPIA Don’t miss our weekend of performances, talks, fashion and more, as Africa Utopia returns. Features Mandela Trilogy (pictured).

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WEDNESDAY 31 AUGUST – SATURDAY 3 SEPTEMBER MANDELA TRILOGY WITH CAPE TOWN OPERA & CHORUS

Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra Tim Murray conductor 12 ensemble The life of Nelson Mandela is brought to the stage in an epic operatic tribute. It follows Mandela from his tribal initiation rites and heady and rebellious jazz-fuelled days to incarceration and reflection on Robben Island, and finally freedom and liberation.

‘One of the great stories of our time’ (The (The Guardian) Guardian) Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £45* £35* £25* £15* Premium seats £60* Thursday 1 at 6.15pm in The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall: pre-concert talk. Hear the people behind Mandela Trilogy discuss the opera and the man who inspired it.

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THURSDAY 1 GROOVE BABY PRESENTS AFRICA UTOPIA SPECIAL

Groove Baby concerts give parents and carers with babies or toddlers a chance to get together and enjoy jazz, world and improvised music.

Singing, dancing, playing along and crying are welcome.

Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 10.30am £11* (admits one adult and up to three children)

AFRICA UTOPIA SOCIAL DANCE

Learn traditional African dances and get a feel for the rhythms of African music while meeting new people. Everyone is welcome, whether you’re an experienced dancer or a complete beginner.

The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall, 2pm – 4.30pm FREE

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THURSDAY 1 FOLK WITH ALTITUDE: TERAKAFT

Friday Tonic Singer-songwriter and DJ Tawiah’s sound is unprocessed and uncompromising. Her a voice is a singular instrument, alternating between thoughtful restraint and impassioned abandon.

Level 2 Central Bar at Royal Festival Hall, 5.30pm FREE

AFRO DANCE XPLOSION 2016: THE RHYTHMS SHOWCASE

A performance by dancers of the African diaspora, brought together

by London’s Afro Dance Xplosion.

With Merlin Nyakam, Dr C. Kemal Nance, Chantal Loïal and choreographers Verona Patterson, David Blake and Kenrick Sandy.

Saharan touareg band Terakaft bring their electric guitar riffs and pulsing percussion to the banks of the Thames, in this special Folk With Altitude roof garden performance.

Queen Elizabeth Hall Roof Garden, 7.30pm £15*

Hear award-winning writer Leila Aboulela read from and discuss her new novel The Kindness of Enemies.. Ages 16+.

Enemies Sunley Pavilion at Royal Festival Hall, 7pm FREE (TICKET REQUIRED)

EXPENSIVE SH*T: WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY ADURA ONASHILE

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SATURDAY 3 & SUNDAY 4 AFRICA UTOPIA DAY AND WEEKEND PASSES: TALKS & DISCUSSIONS

As well as our evening performances and programme of free events, there are two days of talks and debates, which you can access with an Africa Utopia day or weekend pass.

On Saturday we look at how Africa is leading the way in activism, the arts and fashion. Speakers include musician Baaba Maal, actress Maame Adjei and author Zukiswa Wanner.

Sunday asks questions such as who is shaping Africa’s new identities? How is a generation of young minds inspiring the world across all borders?Speakers borders? Speakers include Professor Pumla Gqola, Black History Walks founder Tony Warner and rapper Deeb.

Across the Southbank Centre site, 11am – 5pm £15* for a day pass or £25* for a weekend pass

FRIDAY 2 – SUNDAY 4 THE AFRICAN FOOD AND DRINK TAKEOVER

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THURSDAY 1 MEET THE AUTHOR: LEILA ABOULELA

Spirit Level at Royal Festival Hall, 7pm £10*

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SATURDAY 3 PRAM JAM: AFRICA UTOPIA UNDER 5S WORKSHOP

Pop Up Africa returns with their popular street-food market.

Try authentic African cuisine, representing countries from across the continent, and enjoy cooking demonstrations.

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Southbank Centre Square, Friday 12 noon – 9pm, Saturday 11am – 9pm, Sunday 12 noon – 6pm

AFRICA UTOPIA MARKETPLACE

A variety of stalls offer the latest in African and African-inspired fashion, accessories, books, art, homeware and workshops.

Level 2 Foyers at Royal Festival Hall, Friday 2 from 5pm – 8pm, Saturday 3 & Sunday 4 from 11am – 7.30pm

Dance performance O winds itself through the politics of identity and back out the other side. It is a duet about being black, mixed race and female that addresses both racism and sexism in the UK. Ages 16+.

Weston Roof Pavilion at Royal Festival Hall, 8pm £10*

PRESIDENTS OF LAUGHRICA

FRIDAY 2 ASYA SATTI

Dance and sway to some irresistible African rhythms with one or two of your children aged five and under. This session is open to movers and groovers of any and all levels of ability: you just need to be willing to join in and have fun.

Level 4 Green Bar at Royal Festival Hall, 10.30am £5* (admits one adult and up to two children aged 5 and under)

AN ABC ADVENTURE FOR CHILDREN, WITH SADE FADIPE

Embark on an alphabetical adventure with author Sade Fadipe. Written in a bouncy rhyming style, Fadipe’s book A Fun ABC lets children learn while having fun. Ages 4 – 7.

Sunley Pavilion at Royal Festival Hall, 11am children £5*, accompanying adults go free

Watch the world’s social power dynamics come together in this play about a Nigerian nightclub toilet attendant, Tolu. It is based on a true story about men spying on the women’s toilets of a night club in Glasgow. Ages 12+.

Spirit Level at Royal Festival Hall, 7.45pm £12*

Friday Lunch Welcome to the kaleidoscopic world of Asya Satti, who was born in Stockholm to Sudanese parents.

Her music flows between blues and soul in alternating languages.

Level 2 Central Bar at Royal Festival Hall, 1pm FREE

A showcase of the best comedians of the diaspora. With Daliso Chaponda, Dana Alexander, Ola The Comedian and Athena Kugblenu. Ages 18+.

St Paul’s Roof Pavilion at Royal Festival Hall, 9pm £8*

SATURDAY 3 EXPENSIVE SH*T: WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY ADURA ONASHILE See Thursday 1.

Spirit Level at Royal Festival Hall, 2.30pm & 7.45pm £12*

DANCE WORKSHOP WITH HOMEBROS

Build body confidence and learn how to wear your style at this dance workshop. Suitable for all ages.

The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall, 2.30pm – 3.15pm FREE

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SATURDAY 3 MEET THE AUTHOR: CHIBUNDU ONUZO

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Sunley P Pa avilio ion na att Ro Royal yal F Fe estival H Hal alll, 3pm 3pm FREE (TICKET REQUIRED)

REVOLUTIONARY RAP: AFRO HIP-HOP AND OUT-SPOKEN WORD

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SUNDAY 4 CHINEKE! ORCHESTRA

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6.30pm – 7p 7pm FREE

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SATURDAY 3 FASHION UNDRESSED WORKSHOP ZONE

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BEYOND PRINTS

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AFRICA UTOPIA PEOPLE’S CATWALK

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AFRICA SQUAD CATWALK SHOW

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RITA RAY AND THE VERY BEST (DJ SET)

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SUNDAY 4 AFRIKAN YOGA

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REFILWE: AN AFRICAN RETELLING OF RAPUNZEL

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PASSENGER SEATS WITH CHINEKE! YOUTH ORCHESTRA

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AFRICA UTOPIA COOK OFF

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AFRO HOUSE DANCE WORKSHOP

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UMFUNDALAI DANCE WORKSHOP

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AMSTERDAM

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THE VIRTUAL ORCHESTRA

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Get an unforgettable experience combining state-of -the-art technology and the exquisite musicianship of the Philharmonia Orchestra.

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For other bookings transaction fees apply: £1.75 online; £2.75 over the phone.

FRIDAY 23 SEPTEMBER – SUNDAY 2 OCTOBER THE VIRTUAL ORCHESTRA: UNIVERSE OF SOUND

The Clore Ballroom is transformed into the 10-room virtual orchestra.

Step inside to experience the Philharmonia performing Holst’s masterpiece The Planets, Planets, conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen.

You can also get involved: play along on real instruments in the percussion room or conduct the whole orchestra in one of the interactive conductor pods. All ages. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall, daily from 1.30pm – 7pm (3pm – 7pm on Friday 23 September only) FREE

FRIDAY 23 SEPTEMBER – SUNDAY 2 OCTOBER THE VIRTUAL ORCHESTRA: 360 EXPERIENCE

This extraordinary virtual reality experience lets you put on a headset and then stride on the stage of Royal Festival Hall as EsaPekka Salonen conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra performing Sibelius’ Fifth Symphony. As you turn your head, the 3D audio and video allows you to hear the nuances of each section, including details such as the sound of the score pages turning. It is a truly 360-degree experience. Ages 7+. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Level 2 Foyer (Green Side) at Royal Festival Hall, Monday – Friday from 2.30pm – 7pm (3pm – 7pm on Friday 23 September only), Saturday – Sunday from 1.30pm – 7pm FREE

SATURDAY 24 SEPTEMBER – SUNDAY 2 OCTOBER THE VIRTUAL ORCHESTRA: WORKSHOPS

Bring your group to one of the Virtual Orchestra workshops. These 90-minute sessions are guided interactive tours through Universe of Sound and 360 Experience, Experience, suitable for all primary, secondary and special needs schools, and for community groups, with content adapted accordingly. Ages 7+.

The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall, Saturday 24 – Sunday 25 at 9.30am, 10am, 10.45am & 12 noon, Monday 26 at 10am, 11.15am & 12.30am, Tuesday 27 – Friday 30 September at 9.30am, 10am, 10.45am, 11.15am & 12.30pm, Saturday 1 October at 9.30am, 10am & 10.45am and Sunday 2 October at 9.30am, 10am, 10.45am and 12 noon

SATURDAY 24 – SUNDAY 25 SEPTEMBER & SATURDAY 1 & SUNDAY 2 OCTOBER THE VIRTUAL ORCHESTRA: FAMILY WORKSHOPS

Families can join a guided interactive tour through Universe of Sound.. Explore the roles of Sound musician, conductor and composer in a fun, interactive environment. Each child must be accompanied by an adult.

The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall, 11.15am & 12.30pm £3*

£114* for a group of up to 30, not including accompanying adults.

To book, email your preferred date to groups@southbankcentre.co.uk There is a teachers’ evening on Thursday 22 September at 5pm to prepare for class visits. It is free to attend, but booking essential. Email groups@southbankcentre.co.uk to reserve your place.

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DARBAR FESTIVAL

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Hear stars of Indian classical music, including Jayanthi Kumaresh (pictured), as Darbar Festival returns with another fantastic line up.

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Time Travel © Arnhel de Serra Shubha Mudgal, Amjad Ali Khan © Sandeep Virdee

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For other bookings transaction fees apply: £1.75 online; £2.75 over the phone.

MONDAY 12 – SUNDAY 21 INDIAN MUSIC COURSE

Over five sessions learn all about Indian classical music. Jameela Siddiqi leads the sessions, which feature live music from guests such as sitar player Harmeet Virdee, and Sukhdeep Dhanjal on the tabla. Mon 12 – Thur 15 & Wed 21 September.

SATURDAY 17 MORNING RAGA TIME TRAVEL

SATURDAY 17 PANDITS RAJAN & SAJAN MISHRA, ARUNA SAIRAM AND JAYANTHI KUMARESH

Spirit Level and Weston Roof Pavilion at Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £60* for 5 sessions

FRIDAY 16 MAGIC OF AFTERNOON RAGAS

Friday Lunch Hear sitar player Harmeet Virdee perform with Gurdain Rayatt on the tabla.They play soaring ragas particularly suitable to be heard in the afternoon.

Level 2 Central Bar at Royal Festival Hall, 1pm FREE

Roopa Panesar sitar Pandit Anindo Chatterjee tabla Hear Roopa Panesar’s deeply felt, virtuosic ragas, accompanied by Pandit Anindo Chatterjee on tabla.

Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 10am £25*

USTAD AMJAD ALI KHAN: IN CONVERSATION

RHYTHM DIARIES

BY BERNHARD SCHIMPELSBERGER

Friday Tonic Percussionist Bernhard Schimpelsberger combines virtuosic technique with Indian rhythms and applies them to the drums and bass.

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Royal Festival Hall, 6.30pm £50* £35* £28* £15* Premium seats £75*

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RAKESH CHAURASIA, NILADRI KUMAR & UNIVERSAL NOTES

Aruna Sairam carnatic vocal Jayanthi Kumaresh Saraswati veena Jyotsna Srikanth carnatic violin Patri Satish Kumar mridangam Dr S Karthick ghatam Interval Pandit Rajan Mistra khayal vocal Pandit Sajan Mishra khayal vocal Pandit Kumar Bose tabla Dharamnath Mishra harmonium Immerse yourself in a double bill of vocal-led music. Aruna Sairam returns, performing with Jayanthi Kumaresh. Then witness the Darbar debut of brothers Pandit Rajan and Pandit Sajan.

Listen as legendary sarod player Ustad Amjad Ali Khan reflects on his 50-year career. His wife Subhalakshmi Khan joins him for this candid conversation.

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INDIAN WOMEN IN MUSIC

USTAD AMJAD ALI KHAN, SHUBHA MUDGAL

Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 1pm £10*

YOGABLISS TO LIVE MUSIC

Come along and gently stretch, bend and twist while calming your mind in our easy-going classes.

Guitarist Giuliano Modarelli, who is trained in the classical Indian tradition, plays during the classes.

Rakesh Chaurasia

Universal Notes is the world premiere of a collaboration between musicians at the forefront of Indian classical music and the Philharmonia Orchestra. The second half features sitar maestro Kumar improvising with bansuri player Chaurasia.

Royal Festival Hall, 6.30pm £50* £35* £28* £15* Premium seats £75

Spirit Level at Royal Festival Hall, 3pm £20*

SUNDAY 18 MORNING BLISS: VISHAL JAIN

Vishal Jain dhrupad vocal Surdarshan Chana jori Hear vocalist Vishal Jain perform morning ragas. Surdarshan Chana, a young master of the jori, provides accompaniment.

Aruna Sairam

Three of India’s finest classical musicians, Shubha Mudgal, Aruna Sairam and Jayanthi Kumaresh, discuss subjects ranging from the experience of courtesan artists to the challenges of succeeding as classical musicians in a maledominated tradition.

Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 1pm £10*

YOGABLISS TO LIVE MUSIC See Saturday 18.

Spirit Level at Royal Festival Hall, 3pm £20*

Shubha Mudgal khayal vocal Aneesh Pradhan tabla Sudhir Nayak harmonium Interval Ustad Amjad Ali Khan sarod Pandit Anindo Chatterjee tabla Pandit Kumar Bose tabla Singer Shubha Mudgal is lauded for her intelligence, dynamic vocal abilities and lyricism. She is followed by distinguished sarod player Ustad Amjad Ali Khan.

Royal Festival Hall, 5pm £50* £35* £28* £15* £18* Premium seats £75*

Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 10am £25*

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CLASSICAL MUSIC Nicola Benedetti (pictured) joins the London Philharmonic Orchestra for their first concert of the 2016/17 season, on Friday 23 September.

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WEDNESDAY 31 AUGUST – SATURDAY 3 SEPTEMBER MANDELA TRILOGY WITH CAPE TOWN OPERA & CHORUS

SUNDAY 4 CHINEKE! ORCHESTRA

West End artists and the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra perform back-to-back classics by Rodgers and Hammerstein, including ‘The Sound of Music’ and ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’.

Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra Tim Murray conductor 12 ensemble The life of Nelson Mandela is brought to the stage in an epic operatic tribute. It follows Mandela from his tribal initiation rites and heady and rebellious jazz-fuelled days to incarceration and reflection on Robben Island, and finally freedom and liberation.

‘One of the great stories of our time’ (The Guardian) Guardian) Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £45* £35* £25* £15* Premium seats £60* Thursday 1 at 6.15pm in The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall: pre-concert talk. Hear the people behind Mandela Trilogy discuss the opera and the man who inspired it.

FREE

THURSDAY 15 SOMETHING WONDERFUL: THE RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN CONCERT

3.19mm FRIDAY 23 LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA: JUROWSKI AND BENEDETTI

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £65* £40* £32.50* £24.50* £19.50*

Kevin John Edusei conductor Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello Sibelius Finlandia; Saint-Georges Suite from L’amant anonyme; Haydn Cello Concerto in C; Dvořák Symphony No.9 (From the New World) Royal Festival Hall, 6.30pm £38* £26* £15* £9* Premium seats £60*

Vladimir Jurowski conductor Nicola Benedetti violin Debussy Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune; Szymanowski Violin Concerto Nos.1 & 2; Bartók The Miraculous Mandarin Suite Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £46* £39* £32* £25* £19* £14* £10* Premium seats £65* Royal Festival Hall at 6.15pm: pre-concert talk. Professor Jim Samson from Royal Holloway looks at the two very different violin concertos by Szymanowski.

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THURSDAY 29 PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA

Stravinsky Series: Myths Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Andrew Staples tenor Carole Bouquet narrator Philharmonia Voices Tiffin Boys’ Choir Stravinsky Orpheus; Apollon musagète; Perséphone Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £42* £33* £27* £22* £17* £14* £11* Signature Seats £50* Royal Festival Hall at 4.30pm: pre-concert performance. Inspired by Stravinsky: The Woodwind Project.

FREE

Royal Festival Hall at 6pm: pre-concert talk. Series consultant Jonathan Cross in conversation with musicologist Tamara Levitz, exploring Perséphone..

Perséphone FREE

WEDNESDAY 28 LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA: ROMANTIC SYMPHONY

Vladimir Jurowski conductor Valery Afanassiev piano Beethoven Piano Concerto No.1; Bruckner Symphony No.4 (Romantic) Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £46* £39* £32* £25* £19* £14* £10* Premium seats £65*

LET THE LIGHT IN

Willard White

Stravinsky Series: Tragedy Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Peter Sellars director Katarina Dalayman mezzo soprano Joseph Kaiser tenor Joshua Stewart tenor Sir Willard White bass Ladies of the Gustaf Sjökvists Kammarkör Ladies of the Sofia Vokalensemble Orphei Drängar Stravinsky Oedipus rex; Symphony of Psalms

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

FRIDAY 30 AURORA TRIO

Friday Lunch Emma Halnan flute Joe Bronstein viola Heather Wrighton harp Richard Bissill Twisted Elegy; Sally Beamish Between earth and sea; Gareth Moorcraft Contra-Sonate; John Buckley To lands beyond time Level 5 Foyers at Royal Festival Hall, 1pm FREE

THE CLORE BALLROOM AT ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL TUESDAY 13 SEPTEMBER, 5:30PM Seen the scaffolding around Hayward Gallery but curious to know what’s happening inside? Are you a fan of Queen Elizabeth Hall and want to know how performances will be transformed in the future?

Then join us at this year’s Supporter Presentation and hear from Chief Executive Alan Bishop, Artistic Director Jude Kelly and Hayward Gallery Director, Ralph Rugoff, to get the latest on the refurbishment project to upgrade our iconic 1960s arts venues, and what these changes will mean for you and the artists we work with in the future.

Please RSVP to eventreply@southbankcentre.co.uk with ‘Supporter Presentation’ in the subject line, or call 020 7921 0984.

THE BEST OF JAMES BOND

London Concert Orchestra John Rigby conductor Louise Dearman singer Ricardo Afonso singer Hear iconic music celebrating the UK’s most famous secret service agent. Bond songs from the past 50 years are performed alongside a tribute to other spies and detectives from around the world.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £46.50* £39.50* £32.50* £24.50* £19.50* £16.50*

#SCLetTheLightIn Southbank Centre is a charity registered in England and Wales number 298909.

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SUNDAY 25 PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA

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BBC RADIO 3

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TUESDAY 20 - THURSDAY 22 RADIO 3 SCHOOLS’ SESSIONS

FRIDAY 23 SEPTEMBER – FRIDAY 7 OCTOBER SOUND FRONTIERS: BBC RADIO 3 LIVE

BBC Radio 3 and Southbank Centre have joined together to celebrate 70 years since the founding of the Third Programme and look to the future with two weeks of immersive and inspiring live broadcasts, performances and events. More events still to be announced. See online for full details.

Meet the BBC Radio technical team, the best in the business, as they demonstrate, explain and let you try your hand at the fascinating art of making radio.

Royal Festival Hall Foyers, 10.30am – 12.30pm & 12.30pm – 2.30pm This event is for school groups only. It is free, but booking is required. Email groups@southbankcentre.co.uk with your preferred date and time and any access requirements.

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FRIDAY 23 SEPTEMBER – FRIDAY 7 OCTOBER BBC RADIO 3’S IN TUNE

See BBC Radio 3’s award-winning drivetime show In Tune broadcast live from the stage in front of the station’s pop-up studio. Presented

by Sean Rafferty and Suzy Klein.

Riverside Terrace Cafe, 5pm daily FREE

Southbank Centre celebrates seven decades of pioneering music and culture, from Friday 23 September to Friday 7 October.

SATURDAY 24 & SUNDAY 25 SWINGING TEA DANCES

Dive back into the summer of 1946 with our vintage tea dances. Sip afternoon tea and get in the swing of things with live musical entertainment in our pop-up studio and on Southbank Centre’s Riverside Terrace.

Riverside Terrace, 2pm – 5pm (in the event of rain, this event moves to Riverside Terrace Cafe from 2pm – 3pm) FREE

SUNDAY 25 BBC RADIO 3’S EARLY MUSIC SHOW

See the recording of an edition of the Early Music Show, Show, featuring soprano Anna Starushkevych, tenor Nick Pritchard and lutenist Elizabeth Kenny, with music by John Dowland, Thomas Morley and Robert Johnson.

Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 12.30pm FREE (TICKET REQUIRED)

THURSDAY 29 CLASSICAL YOGA TO CLASSICAL MUSIC

Indulge in free, one-hour outdoor yoga classes, set to a live classical soundtrack hand picked by BBC Radio 3. Changing facilities and mats are not provided, so please come dressed for yoga with your own mat. Also on Saturday 1 & Thursday 6 October.

Riverside Terrace, 7.30am FREE (TICKET REQUIRED)

THURSDAY 29 BBC RADIO 3’S DRAMA ON 3: THE PRESENT EXPERIMENT

Seventy years to the moment when the Third Programme was launched, Radio 3 broadcasts a new drama by Robin Brooks about the first hours of the pioneering station in 1946, with the opening scene performed live by actors here at Southbank Centre.

Riverside Terrace Cafe, 6pm FREE

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The Gloaming (pictured) mark the launch of their new record with a performance in Royal Festival Hall, on Thursday 22 September.

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Don’t miss our great line-up of Africa Utopia gigs, including Terakaft, Asya Satti, Tawiah and a DJ set by Rita Ray & The Very Best.

See pages 10 – 12.

MONDAY 12 ROY HARPER: 75TH BIRTHDAY TOUR

The influential British folk rock musician performs highlights from his 50-year career. He is accompanied by a string and brass ensemble.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £42.50* £35* £32.50*

MONDAY 19 & MONDAY 26 DRAGON BABIES: GAMELAN FOR 3- TO 5-YEAR-OLDS This fun session introduces your Dragon Babies to creative musical play through singing, movement and percussion, via the beautiful gamelan. Ages 3 – 5.

Spirit Level at Royal Festival Hall, 11am – 11.30am £5* (for one adult and one child)

THURSDAY 22 THE GLOAMING

The Gloaming play their first ever gig at Royal Festival Hall to coincide with the release of their new album. The band make music that feels ancient but utterly new.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £30* £25* £20*

FRIDAY 23 HUW V WILLIAMS

Friday Lunch Hear a new musical project by double bassist and composer Huw V Williams. He draws on a rich combination of his Welsh roots, jazz and more.

Level 5 Foyers at Royal Festival Hall, 1pm FREE

FRIDAY 23 HOLY MOLY & THE CRACKERS

Friday Lunch Holy Moly & The Crackers are a seven-piece ‘gypsy folk ‘n’ roll’ band with a singular sound. They play a mash-up of folk, blues, waltz tempos, hoe-downs and French zazou music in a carnival style.

Level 5 Foyers at Royal Festival Hall, 5.30pm FREE

SATURDAY 24 FAMILY GAMELAN TASTER SESSION

Bring your family and friends to play our Javanese gamelan percussion orchestra. No previous musical experience is necessary, just a willingness to sit on the floor, take off your shoes and have fun.

Ages 6+.

Spirit Level at Royal Festival Hall, 3pm – 5pm £10*

GAMELAN TASTER WORKSHOP

Attend this introduction to the Javanese gamelan percussion orchestra and playing techniques.

No experience is necessary.

Ages 18+.

Spirit Level at Royal Festival Hall, 6.30pm – 8.30pm £10*

FRIDAY 30 GORDIE MACKEEMAN & HIS RHYTHM BOYS

Friday Tonic Gordie MacKeeman & His Rhythm Boys serve up old-time roots music with an infectious energy.

Level 5 Foyers at Royal Festival Hall, 5.30pm FREE

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PERFORMANCE & DANCE

Claire Cunningham (pictured) brings her new dance performance piece, The Way You Look (at me) Tonight, to Royal Festival Hall on Tuesday 6 & Wednesday 7 September.

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THURSDAY 1, SATURDAY 3 & SUNDAY 4 EXPENSIVE SH*T: WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY ADURA ONASHILE

FRIDAY 2 PROJECT O

SUNDAY 4 AMSTERDAM

A performance by dancers of the African diaspora, brought together

by London’s Afro Dance Xplosion.

With Merlin Nyakam, Dr C. Kemal Nance, Chantal Loïal and choreographers Verona Patterson, David Blake and Kenrick Sandy.

Watch the world’s social power dynamics come together in this play about a Nigerian nightclub toilet attendant, Tolu. It is based on a true story about men spying on the women’s toilets of a night club in Glasgow. Ages 12+.

Spirit Level at Royal Festival Hall, 7pm £10*

PRESIDENTS OF LAUGHRICA

Spirit Level at Royal Festival Hall, Thursday 1 at 7.45pm, Saturday 3 at 2.30pm & 7.45pm and Sunday 4 at 2.30pm £12*

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AFRO DANCE XPLOSION 2016: THE RHYTHMS SHOWCASE

Dance performance O winds itself through the politics of identity and back out the other side. It is a duet about being black, mixed race and female that addresses both racism and sexism in the UK. Ages 16+.

Weston Roof Pavilion at Royal Festival Hall, 8pm £10*

A showcase of the best comedians of the diaspora. With Daliso Chaponda, Dana Alexander, Ola The Comedian and Athena Kugblenu. Ages 18+.

St Paul’s Roof Pavilion at Royal Festival Hall, 9pm £8*

Experience a high-powered play of love and lust. Combining spoken word, physicality and music, it follows Chanje as she is seduced

by Amsterdam, and a Surinamese man she met on holiday.

Spirit Level at Royal Festival Hall, 5.15pm £10*

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TUESDAY 6 CANDOCO: YOU AND I KNOW

THURSDAY 8 & FRIDAY 9 HIM

The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall, 4pm & 6pm FREE

JESS THOM: STAND UP, SIT DOWN, ROLL OVER

+ Ted Shiress Writer, artist and part-time superhero Jess Thom takes to the stage in her first solo stand-up show. This is a work in progress.

May contain strong language. This is a relaxed performance and is BSL interpreted and text transcribed.

Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 8.30pm £10*

TUESDAY 6 & WEDNESDAY 7 CLAIRE CUNNINGHAM AND JESS CURTIS / GRAVITY: THE WAY YOU LOOK (AT ME) TONIGHT

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See Claire Cunningham’s new performance piece – a duet looking at ways of seeing bodies.

Performed with Jess Curtis, in collaboration with philosopher Alva Noë. BSL- and texttranscribed with a post-show talk on Tuesday 6. Audio described and there is a touch tour ahead of the Wednesday 7 performance.

Ages 14+. See page 7 for details.

Royal Festival Hall, 7pm £20*

WEDNESDAY 7 & THURSDAY 8 GRANDAD AND THE MACHINE

A humorous reflection on what it’s like to be 80 starring actor Tim Barlow. It was created by Sheila Hill based on conversations with Tim during their 20-year friendship.

Audio described, with a BSLinterpreted and text transcribed post-show talk on Thursday 8.

Prominently located in the foyer of Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre Archive Studio makes our extensive archive accessible for the first time.

FRIDAY 9 THE SHAPE OF THE PAIN: RACHEL BAGSHAW

See a work-in-progress reading of a new piece from Rachel Bagshaw and Chris Thorpe about love, perception and living with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. BSL interpreted.

Spirit Level at Royal Festival Hall, 8pm £5*

SATURDAY 10 & SUNDAY 11 ASSISTED SUICIDE: THE MUSICAL

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Disabled activist, actor and comedian Liz Carr explores the controversial subject of assisted suicide in this new show. With director Mark Whitelaw, composer Ian Hill and a cast of actors. BSL interpreted and audio described.

There is a touch tour ahead of the Sunday 11 performance. Ages 14+.

SATURDAY 10 JUST A FEW WORDS: STAMMERMOUTH

Spirit Level at Royal Festival Hall, 8.30pm £10*

ARCHIVE STUDIO

Royal Festival Hall, Thursday 8 at 7pm and Friday 9 at 6pm £20*

Royal Festival Hall, 7pm £20* (unreserved seating)

See Jack Dean’s steampunk fairytale for grownups. It brings together vivid storytelling, zeppelins, whimsy and an original score, overcoming tyranny while delivering a rollicking good time.

Audio described, with a touch tour before the Thursday 8 performance. Ages 14+.

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Candoco, a dance company made up of disabled and non-disabled dancers, performs a new work by choreographer Arlene Phillips, which plays with the structure of the traditional love duet. This event is audio described.

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Grapple with the awkward trials of self-expression in this darkly comic one-man play. Just a few words to say how you feel.

Shouldn’t take long. Except Nye Russell-Thompson has a stammer.

BSL interpreted and text transcribed.

Recent feedback from visitors to the Archive Studio: ‘Always love coming to Southbank Centre and today was no exception! The Archive Studio meets Alchemy was brilliant – really enjoyed the musical journey!’

THROUGHOUT THE MONTH ARCHIVE STUDIO OPEN DAYS Meet archive staff and volunteers, find out what they’re working on and browse key reference resources.

Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 10.30am – 1pm & 2pm – 4.30pm FREE

TUESDAY 13 & TUESDAY 27 HANDS-ON TASTER SESSIONS Drop in and lend a hand with the organisation of the collections.

Everyone is welcome. Email archive@southbancentre.co.uk to reserve your place, or just turn up. Ages 16+.

Archive Studio, Level 2 Foyers at Royal Festival Hall, 11.30am – 1pm and 2pm – 3.30pm FREE

Spirit Level at Royal Festival Hall, 6pm £10*

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VISUAL ARTS

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Hayward Gallery, in association with The Vinyl Factory, presents THE INFINITE MIX, its only major off-site exhibition during its two-year refurbishment.

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FRIDAY 9 SEPTEMBER – SUNDAY 4 DECEMBER THE INFINITE MIX: CONTEMPORARY SOUND AND IMAGE

TUESDAY 6 – SUNDAY 11 SEPTEMBER NAMA ĀTO: JAPANESE TV CLASSICS PART 1 OUTSIDER ART

Hayward Gallery, in association with The Vinyl Factory, presents its only major off-site exhibition during its two-year refurbishment. It brings together major audio-visual installations by Martin Creed, Jeremy Deller with Cecilia Bengolea, Stan Douglas, Cyprien Gaillard, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Cameron Jamie, Kahlil Joseph, Elizabeth Price, Ugo Rondinone and Rachel Rose. Soulful and audacious in their exploration of wide-ranging subjects, these works foreground the role of sound whilst expanding the nature of our encounter with images. It spans a range of approaches and formats from cinema-style 3D video to hologram-like projections and multiscreen installations.

See page 7.

Level 2 Foyers at Royal Festival Hall, 10am – 11pm FREE

SUNDAY 11 ARTIST TALK: NAMA ĀTO: JAPANESE OUTSIDER ART See page 9.

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Level 4 Blue Bar at Royal Festival Hall, 2.30pm

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HAYWARD PUBLISHING THE INFINITE MIX

Accompanying the exhibition, this illustrated, large-format publication features interviews with some of the artists as well as texts exploring the relationship between sound and image in contemporary video.

Exhibition price £25 southbankcentre.co.uk/shop

ARTIST TALK: THE DOORWAYS PROJECT See page 9.

See page 7.

Level 4 Blue Bar at Royal Festival Hall, 4pm

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UNTIL SUNDAY 18 NIKHIL CHOPRA: THE BLACK PEARL – THE CITY TO THE RIVER

UNTIL FRIDAY 30 VENTRICLE BY SOFTLABNYC

FREE

Festival of Love A complex woven aluminium structure combines with luminous petals to form gradients of shimmering colour. Created by SOFTlab, a design studio based in New York and founded by architect Michael Szivos.

THE HOMELESS LIBRARY

Level 2 Foyer at Royal Festival Hall, 10am – 11pm

Alchemy See work created by performance artist Nikhil Chopra, painted on the windows of Royal Festival Hall.

Level 5 Foyers at Royal Festival Hall, 10am – 11pm daily

Festival of Love Homeless people in Greater Manchester have made a history of British homelessness, in a project devised by arthur+martha.

The Poetry Library at Royal Festival Hall, 11am-8pm (closed Mondays) FREE

APPEARING ROOMS

BY JEPPE HEIN

Festival of Love Try your luck at guessing the next move of Jeppe Hein’s fickle fountain, which creates rooms that disappear as quickly as they emerge.

Riverside Terrace, outside Queen Elizabeth Hall, 10am – 8pm. Closed Mondays and during high winds.

FREE

MODIFIED SOCIAL BENCHES NY

Festival of Love See (and sit on) internationally renowned artist Jeppe Hein’s, bright red, witty reinventions of the park bench.

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Festival Terrace & Queen’s Walk, 10am – 11pm FREE

JUST YOU AND ME BY JONATHAN KENNEDY ENYIN OTEBIL WITH HOW ABOUT STUDIO Festival of Love See a work by 17-year-old Jonathan Kennedy Enyim-Otebil, the winner of Southbank Centre’s nationwide Design Challenge working alongside Nick Wood from How About Studio.

Southbank Centre Square, 10am– 11pm FREE

LOVE FLAGS BY MARK TITCHNER

Festival of Love Turner Prize-nominee Mark Titchner’s flags incorporate the true lovers’ knot and the rainbow colours of the peace and pride movements.

Across the Southbank Centre site, 10am – 11pm FREE

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THURSDAY 15 SEPTEMBER - SUNDAY 13 NOVEMBER WE ARE ALL HUMAN: ART BY OFFENDERS, SECURE PATIENTS AND DETAINEES FROM THE 2016 KOESTLER AWARDS CURATED BY BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH

FREE

THE BLUE HOUSE

BY ALPHA DIAGNE

Festival of Love The Blue House was artist Alpha Diagne’s home in the Jungle, the Calais refugee camp. It also operated as an art school and gallery and is exhibited here with some of Alpha’s works.

Level 4 Lift Lobby (Green Side) at Royal Festival Hall, 10am - 11pm FREE

UNTIL SUNDAY 2 OCTOBER THE CALAIS JUNGLE

Festival of Love The Calais Jungle is a small town.

Like all towns it captures the needs, culture and hopes of its residents. This exhibition tries to capture this humanity and provides the context for The Blue House by Alpha Diagne.

An exhibition showcasing artwork produced in the UK’s prisons, secure hospitals and immigration removal centres, and by ex-offenders in the community. The display includes painting, music, writing and ceramics as well as traditional prison crafts such as matchstick modelling. The 2016 exhibition has been curated by writer and dub poet Benjamin Zephaniah who has selected from over 6,000 artworks submitted to the 2016 Koestler Awards.

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Level 4 Lift Lobby (Blue Side) at Royal Festival Hall, 10am – 11pm FREE

PLEASURE

Festival of Love Pleasure was designed by Studio Long in collaboration with Scenografika. The bright pink neon sign originally shone from the roof of Vauxhall Gardens Community Centre and is now installed here as part of Festival of Love.

Love.

Riverside Terrace, 10am – 11pm FREE

WEDNESDAY 31 AUGUST – SUNDAY 16 OCTOBER WATERLOO BILLBOARD COMMISSIONS: RODNEY GRAHAM – SUNDAY SUN, 1937, 2012

For the second Waterloo Billboard Commission, the Hayward Gallery presents a striking and amusing artwork by Canadian artist Rodney Graham. It depicts a man cosily tucked into his bed, reading the Sunday funnies, an image that contrasts sharply with the throngs of stressed commuters rushing over Waterloo Bridge every day.

Supported by Lisson Gallery.

Outside Queen Elizabeth Hall overlooking Waterloo Bridge

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

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Join one of our exhibition tours, led by ex-offender hosts trained and employed by the Koestler Trust. Monday – Thursday at 1.30pm and 6pm; Friday – Sunday at 1.30pm, 4pm and 6pm.

FREE

UNTIL SUNDAY 4 SEPTEMBER BRITISH ART SHOW 8 IN NORWICH

The British Art Show provides a vital overview of the most exciting contemporary art produced in the UK. Organised by Hayward Touring, this multi-venue exhibition is presented every five years in four different cities across the country.

Curated by Anna Colin and Lydia Yee with works by 42 artists.

Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery and Norwich University of the Arts britishartshow8.com

UNTIL SUNDAY 16 OCTOBER NIGHT IN THE MUSEUM: RYAN GANDER CURATES THE ARTS COUNCIL COLLECTION Curated by British artist Ryan Gander, this major new touring exhibition offers a unique view of the Arts Council Collection in its 70th anniversary year. It features work by over 30 artists and a new commission by Gander.

Longside Gallery, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield

UNTIL SUNDAY 30 OCTOBER ELIZABETH PRICE: IN A DREAM YOU SAW A WAY TO SURVIVE AND YOU WERE FULL OF JOY

Curated by Turner Prize-winning artist Elizabeth Price, this Hayward Touring exhibition presents a vast repertoire of seminal artworks and historical objects exploring the psychological and affective power of the horizontal.

The Whitworth, University of Manchester

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LITERATURE & SPOKEN WORD

Illustrator and author Mary Ononokpono (pictured) leads a treasure hunt with a difference, on Sunday 4 September.

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Image credits: Chibundu Onuzo © Johnny Ring Refilwe: An African retelling of Rapunzel © Tamsin Hinrichsen

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UNTIL SUNDAY 18 SEPTEMBER THE HOMELESS LIBRARY

SUNDAY 4 REFILWE: AN AFRICAN RETELLING OF RAPUNZEL

See page 23.

TUESDAY 20 THE FORWARD PRIZES FOR POETRY 2016

See the nation’s most coveted poetry prizes awarded live, along with readings from the shortlisted poets: Vahni Capildeo, Ian Duhig, Choman Hardi, Alice Oswald, Denise Riley, Nancy Campbell, Ron Carey, Harry Giles, Ruby Robinson Tiphanie Yanique and more.

The Poetry Library at Royal Festival Hall, 11am-8pm (closed Mondays) FREE

THURSDAY 1 MEET THE AUTHOR: LEILA ABOULELA

Royal Festival Hall, 7pm £12*

WEDNESDAY 21 THE MAKING OF A NATIONAL PARK CITY Reimagine London’s future as a National Park City, at an evening of talks, performances and ideas.

Line-up to be announced.

Royal Festival Hall, 6.30pm £30* £25* £20* £15* £10*

FRIDAY 23 RUG RHYMES FOR UNDER 5S

Sunley Pavilion at Royal Festival Hall, 7pm FREE (TICKET REQUIRED)

SATURDAY 3 AN ABC ADVENTURE FOR CHILDREN, WITH SADE FADIPE See page 11.

Sunley Pavilion at Royal Festival Hall, 11am children £5*, accompanying adults go free

MEET THE AUTHOR: CHIBUNDU ONUZO

Listen to an African retelling of the fairytale of Rapunzel and meet South African journalist and novelist Zukiswa Wanner, author of Refilwe.

Ages 3+.

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Sunley Pavilion at Royal Festival Hall, 11.30am children £3*, accompanying adults go free

SUNDAY 4 ANTIQUITIES HUNT WORKSHOP FOR CHILDREN

Take part in an antiques hunt led by Mary Ononokpono, illustrator and author of Talulah The Time Traveller.

Find the missing objects sought by an unsettling museum curator known as The Archivist. Ages 9 – 11.

Sunley Pavilion at Royal Festival Hall, 1pm children £5*, accompanying adults go free

WEDNESDAY 7 BRAVE NEW POETS: EMERGING TO WHAT?

Join a panel of award-winning young poets to discuss paths forward for those new to poetry.

With Caroline Bird, Victoria-Ann Bulley, Harriet Creelman and Rachel Long. To book a place email specialedition@poetrylibrary.org.uk The Poetry Library at Royal Festival Hall, 8pm FREE (BOOKING ESSENTIAL)

Meet Chibundu Onuzo, author of The Spider King’s Daughter, columnist for The Guardian and Telegraph Wonder Woman.

Ages 11 – 25.

Sunley Pavilion at Royal Festival Hall, 3pm FREE (TICKET REQUIRED)

WEDNESDAY 14 CREATIVE WRITING FINDING INSPIRATION IN HISTORY

Learn how to unpick the rich tapestry of history then weave it anew. This workshop, led by Greg Mosse, shows you how to take your research and transform it into a lively, dramatic narrative, without telling when you should be showing.

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

See Friday 16.

The Poetry Library at Royal Festival Hall, 10.30am FREE

WEDNESDAY 28 NOVEL WRITING: YOUR ENDING

How does your story end? With a bang or a whimper? In the ninth of 12 monthly workshops, creative writing teacher Greg Mosse explains how to devise a dramatic denouement.

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

FRIDAY 30 RUG RHYMES FOR UNDER 5S See Friday 16.

FRIDAY 16 RUG RHYMES FOR UNDER 5S

The Poetry Library at Royal Festival Hall, 10.30am FREE

Under-fives and their carers are invited to join The Poetry Library puppetsfor a half-hour session of nursery rhymes, poems and rhyming stories.

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Hear award-winning writer Leila Aboulela read from and discuss her new novel The Kindness of Enemies. Ages 16+.

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LONDON WONDERGROUND The boys from Briefs (pictured) are back with an acrobatic spectacular, just one of the brilliant shows on this month at our traditional Spiegeltent.

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TUESDAY 30 AUGUST – SUNDAY 4 SEPTEMBER BEDTIME STORIES

SATURDAY 3, SUNDAY 11, 18 & 25 MONSKI MOUSE’S BABY DISCO DANCE HALL

Join Monski Mouse and her dancers in this retro-fabulous vintage disco for under-5s. Get dancing to a selection of retro hits and funky nursery rhymes.

London Wonderground, 3pm £8* Family ticket (four people) £25.60*

MONDAY 5, 12 & 19 MISS BEHAVE’S GAMESHOW Daring, daft, and sexy as hell: this is circus, but not as you know it.

Packed with astonishing acrobatics and perfectly groomed beards, Barbu is ‘the most fun you’ll have in a tent this year’ (The (The Scotsman).

Scotsman ). Performed by one of the world’s greatest circus companies – Canada’s Cirque Alfonse, who were behind the smash-hit show Timber – it takes edge-of-your-seat, off-the-wall entertainment to a whole other level. Ages 16+.

‘Joyously naughty, laugh-out-loud witty, irresistibly silly and sexy!’ – **** The Times London Wonderground, Tuesday 19 July – Sunday 25 September: Tuesday – Friday, 7.30pm; Saturday, 6pm & 8.30pm and Sunday, 7.30pm Tuesday – Thursday: Private booth £190* (seats up to 9 people, ticket price includes two bottles of bubbly) Ringside £40* Posh £35* Stalls £30* Friday – Sunday: Private booth £235* Ringside £45* Posh £40* Stalls £35* Cheap seats Tuesdays – Thursdays £15* Fridays – Sundays £20* No performances on Mondays

At the time of the day when stresses and strains melt away, enter a world of imagination as you get tucked up with your family and friends in a giant bedroom installation. Ages 3 – 10.

London Wonderground, 12.45pm & 3pm, Saturday 12.45pm only* £10* Wonder seats £15* Family tickets (for four people) £32*

THURSDAY 1 & WEDNESDAY 7 HOUSE OF BURLESQUE: STRAIGHT UP… THE NEXT ROUND

Award-winning Miss Behave returns direct from the USA with her global smash-hit show.

Mondays will never be the same again! #mbgs Ages 16+.

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Tempest Rose and the ladies from House of Burlesque are ready to mix up the next helping of delicious delights in the return of their extravaganza. The show is inspired by the nation’s favourite pastime: the demon drink. Ages 18+.

London Wonderground, 7.30pm £12.50* concessions £11*

TUESDAY 6 CABARET WHORE: LA POULE PLOMBÉE

THURSDAY 8 BETWEEN THE SHEETS: AN INTIMATE CABARET

Miss Polly Rae presents a poptastic, visually stunning, risqué cabaret romp celebrating all things sensual, sexy and saucy. Ages 16+.

London Wonderground, 9.30pm £19.50* Wonder seats £24.50* concessions £18*

FRIDAY 9 – SATURDAY 24 BRIEFS

After a sell-out run in 2015, the larger-than-life Briefs boys return.

Your glamorous host Shivannah guides you through a jaw-dropping, eye-popping evening of extravagant birdbath boylesque, too-close-for-comfort yo-yo tricks, valiant aerial acrobatics, irreverent interludes and showstopping drag artistes. Ages 16+.

‘These shameless, slap-wearing hunks can’t help putting the sex in sextet’ ***** (The (The Times) Times) London Wonderground, Sunday – Friday at 9.30pm, Saturdays at 10.30pm Sunday – Wednesday £17.50*, Wonder seats £22.50* (concessions £16*) Thursday – Saturday £19.50*, Wonder seats £24.50* (concessions £18*)

SATURDAY 10 EYES DOWN! BINGO WITH IDA BARR

London Wonderground, 9.30pm £17.50* Wonder seats £22.50* concessions £16*

Music hall singer turned purveyor of artificial hip-hop, Ida hosts the best game of bingo ever! Get ready to laugh hard and win big. All ages.

FRIDAY 2 & SATURDAY 3 TREVOR ASHLEY’S LIZA’S BACK (IS BROKEN)

London Wonderground, 3pm £12.50* Wonder seats £17.50* concessions £11*

This solo show by tortured French chanteuse La Poule Plombée features brand new comic and bitter-sweet songs written by Sarah-Louise Young and Michael Roulston. Ages 12+.

Theatre star Trevor Ashley explores all the great Broadway roles that Minnelli should have played. Direct from rehab, and with a seven-piece big band, Liza sings Broadway’s greatest hits.

Ages 12+.

London Wonderground, Fri 2 at 9.30pm and Sat 3 at 10.30pm £15.50* Wonder seats £20.50* concessions £14*

London Wonderground, 9.30pm £12.50* Wonder seats £17.50* concessions £11*

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THROUGHOUT SEPTEMBER QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL ROOF GARDEN

THROUGHOUT SEPTEMBER SOUTHBANK CENTRE SHOPS

UNTIL SUNDAY 18 APPEARING ROOMS

BY JEPPE HEIN See page 23.

Riverside Terrace, outside Queen Elizabeth Hall, 10am – 8pm. Closed Mondays and during high winds.

FRIDAY 2 – SUNDAY 4 THE AFRICAN FOOD AND DRINK TAKEOVER

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Take in one of the most beautiful views of London and the Thames while getting back to nature. A green oasis amid the concrete brutalist architecture, it is maintained by Grounded EcoTherapy, a group of volunteers who have experienced homelessness, mental health and addiction problems.

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Queen Elizabeth Hall Roof Garden, open daily from 10am

This September sees the arrival of an exciting new range of prints in our Festival Terrace shop, also available to purchase online. southbankcentre.co.uk/shop

Pop Up Africa returns with their popular street-food market.

Try authentic African cuisine, representing countries from across the continent, and enjoy cooking demonstrations.

Southbank Centre Square, Friday 12 noon – 9pm, Saturday 11am – 9pm, Sunday 12 noon – 6pm

POP-UPS: UNTIL THE END OF SEPTEMBER copaCABANA BEACH

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FRIDAY 9 – SUNDAY 11, FRIDAY 16 – SUNDAY 18, FRIDAY 23 – SUNDAY 25 & FRIDAY 30 – SUNDAY 2 OCTOBER SOUTHBANK CENTRE FOOD MARKET

Cabana Brasilian Barbecue brings Rio to you, transforming part of the South Bank into Brazil’s iconic Copacabana beach. Look out for cocktails, coconuts, spicy chicken, beach games and more.

Queens Walk, from Festival Pier to near Waterloo Bridge, 11am – 11pm

BLEECKER STREET BURGER

SNOG

Find some of London’s most interesting and delicious food and drink at Southbank Centre’s celebrated food market. Pick up the ingredients to make a great meal at home or enjoy something to eat while you’re here.

As well as a huge choice of street food, our stalls sell tea, coffee and cakes, locally brewed beers and cocktails.

Southbank Centre Square, Fridays 12 noon – 8pm, Saturdays 11am – 8pm, Sundays 12 noon – 6pm

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210.0 x 297.0mm Bleecker Street Burger serves American-style burgers, fries, shakes and beer at one of the most iconic settings in the world.

Queens Walk, under Hungerford Bridge, 11am – 11pm

BLOODY OYSTER

SNOG’s restored 1960s Routemaster bus serves delicious frozen yogurt that lacks fat, shuns sugar and has hardly any calories.

You never forget your first snog.

Queens Walk, near Hungerford Bridge, 11am – 11pm

LOOK MUM NO HANDS!

Riverside Terrace Cafe in Royal Festival Hall offers all the convenience of a grab-and-go kiosk with the quality and ethos of a great restaurant.

Almost everything on sale at this cheery pitstop – from the bread in the sandwiches to the famous round brownies, and even traditional lemonade – is made in kitchens directly below Southbank Centre.

The Bloody Oyster red doubledecker bus serves up pick ups, oysters, bloody marys and cocktails. Don’t miss happy hour, with £1 oysters and £5 cocktails.

Between Royal Festival Hall and Festival Village, Mondays closed, Tuesdays 3pm – 11pm, Wednesdays 3pm – 11pm, Thursdays to Sundays 11am – 11pm

The world’s favourite bike cafe, bar and workshop serves up their winning combination of the craft beer, premium hot dogs, Squaremile coffee and cake.

Queens Walk, under Hungerford Bridge, 11am – 11pm

Pop in for breakfast for ethically-traded hand-roasted coffee, healthy pots, fresh fruit and pastries. Later in the day try our sandwiches, salads, homemade soups, stews and deep focaccia-base pizzas.

Visiting for a performance? There’s a terrific range of tasty bar snacks to accompany wine, beer and soft drinks too.

Follow @CompanyofCooks on Twitter and Instagram.

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For a full calendar of events see page 32.

BOOKING & ACCESS HOW TO BOOK * No transaction fees for in-person bookings or Southbank Centre Members and Supporters Circles. For other bookings transaction fees apply: £1.75 online; £2.75 over the phone.

This tour offers a unique insight into the history of Southbank Centre and the people who have shaped it. Join us to follow in the footsteps of world-famous orchestras and artists. Hear behind-the-scenes stories and gain exclusive access to areas usually reserved for performers and Southbank Centre staff.

Tickets are £8.50* and tours start at Royal Festival Hall Ticket Office.

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Saturday 3 at 5.30pm; Saturday 10 & 24 at 5pm; Saturday 17 at 4.30pm; Tuesday 6, 13 & 20 at 6pm; Thursday 8 & 15 at 2pm; Thursday 22 at 1pm

ARCHITECTURE TOUR

Love it or hate it, the concrete landscape of Europe’s largest art centre has been dividing opinion for generations.Join us on a tour exploring decades of architectural innovation and see Southbank Centre from a whole new perspective.

IN PERSON

Children of all ages are welcome at the Southbank Centre and baby changing facilities are available at the Royal Festival Hall. Please note that some Southbank Centre events may not be suitable for young children. Babes in arms cannot be admitted to any concert except child-friendly events and we do not allow children under five into classical concerts with the exception of concerts specifically for families.

For our ticketed events a ticket is required for each child. southbankcentre.co.uk/visitor-info

Tickets are £8.50* and tours start at Royal Festival Hall Ticket Office.

Royal Festival Hall Ticket Office 10am – 8pm daily.

GETTING HERE

Saturday 3, 10, 17 & 24 at 2pm; Thursday 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 at 6pm

CONCESSIONS

Southbank Centre is located on the Thames Riverside between the Golden Jubilee and Waterloo Bridges.

Both tours suitable for ages 8+.

Do ask us about any access needs when you book.

A limited allocation of half-price tickets is available for recipients of Universal or Pension Credit, full-time students and ages 16 and under. Tickets are sold on first-come-first-served basis, and once sold, no further tickets are available by any method of booking. Appropriate cards to be shown. Please note discounts cannot be combined. A separate policy applies to London Wonderground and Udderbelly.

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GROUPS

Groups of 10 or more may be eligible for discounted tickets, although the saving varies according to the performance booked and the size of the group.

Groups are also eligible for up to 20% off coach hire with 1st 4 Coaches Ltd. Phone the group booking line on 0207 960 4225 for details.

ACCESS

Join our access scheme to book free companion tickets, arrange specific seating requirements and receive info on assisted events.

Also request accessible publications and ask any questions about your access needs. Relaxed performances are designed to give people on the autistic spectrum or with learning difficulties a calmer environment to enjoy a show. accesslist@southbankcentre.co.uk Phone: 020 7960 4200 Fax: 020 7921 0607 Visit: southbankcentre.co.uk

PUBLIC TRANSPORT

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THROUGHOUT THE MONTH BEHIND THE SCENES TOUR

southbankcentre.co.uk* Tickets 020 7960 4200* 9am – 8pm (daily). *Transaction fees applicable.

No transaction fees for Members and Supporters Circles.

Southbank Centre always welcomes MasterCard, and exclusive cardholder offers are available around the site. Visit southbankcentre.co.uk/priceless for more information.

We also accept Maestro, Visa, Visa Delta, Visa Electron, Solo, Amex.

VISITING WITH CHILDREN

Underground: Waterloo & Embankment Buses: Waterloo Bridge, York Road, Belvedere Road & Stamford Street Mainl Mai nline ine rail: Waterloo, Waterloo East & Charing Cross

PARKING

Hayward Gallery Car Park is closed until further notice. The Hungerford Bridge Car Park will also close at certain times.

Every effort is being made to keep the provision of Blue Badge spaces near the entrance of the Hayward Car Park but there could be interruptions. A drop-off point at Royal Festival Hall has been created for visitors who are unable to walk from alternative car parks. southbankcentre.co.uk/ visitor-info/parking

TELL US WHAT YOU THINK

Email customer@ southbankcentre.co.uk, Tweet us using #SCFeedback or ask at a Southbank Centre Ticket Office for a feedback form.

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Image credits: Margaret Atwood © Liam Sharp Anoushka Shankar © James Medina WHY? © Belinda Lawley

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Benjamin Grosvenor © Mark McNulty BIANCO © Maike Schulz

FUTURE 210.0 x 297.0mm HIGHLIGHTS

WEDNESDAY 5 – SUNDAY 16 OCTOBER LONDON LITERATURE FESTIVAL

Challenge yourself and broaden your mind at this year’s London Literature Festival. It includes debates, inspiring author talks with the likes of Margaret Atwood (pictured), Teju Cole and Etgar Keret, John Agard’s one-man show Roll Over Atlantic, and the chance to discover literature from all around the world.

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THURSDAY 13 OCTOBER ANOUSHKA SHANKAR

Anoushka Shankar returns with an innovative, cutting-edge programme addressing themes of movement, asylum and refugees – a topic that deeply inspired the creative process of composing her latest album, Land of Gold.

WEDNESDAY 19 – SATURDAY 22 OCTOBER WHY? WHAT’S HAPPENING FOR THE YOUNG

Get ready for our lively festival celebrating the rights of children and young people. WHY? What’s Happening for the Young returns for a third time this autumn to consider how under-18s can understand and use their rights to influence the world around them.

WHY? is supported by Mishcon de Reya.

TUESDAY 4 OCTOBER BENJAMIN GROSVENOR, PIANO

International Piano Series Acclaimed young British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor performs a programme of masterworks

by Mozart, Chopin, Scriabin, finishing with Liszt’s Rhapsodie espagnole.

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FROM WEDNESDAY 23 NOVEMBER NOFIT STATE PRESENTS: BIANCO

BIANCO takes place above, behind and all around a standing audience, with a constantly evolving narrative set to a pounding soundtrack performed by a live band.

This is an all-encompassing theatrical experience with a subversive edge.

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SEPTEMBER 2016 AT A GLANCE

THROUGHOUT THE MONTH

SATURDAY 3

VISUAL ARTS

AFRICA UTOPIA

9 Sep – 4 Dec The Infinite Mix Free 31 Aug – 16 Oct Rodney Graham – Sunday Sun, 1937, 2012 Free Until 18 Sep Nikhil Chopra: The City to the River Free The Homeless Library Free Appearing Rooms Free Fre e Modified Social Benches NY Free Fre e Just You and Me Free Love Flags Free Fre e Until 30 Sep Ventricle Free The Blue House Free

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LONDON WONDERGROUND

Until 25 Sep 9 – 24 Sep

Barbu Briefs

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UNLIMITED

6 – 11 Sep 6 – 11 Sep

Doorways Project Nama Āto: Japanese Outsider Art Unlimited Video Lounge Doorways Project 11 Million Reasons TV Classics Part 1 Denise Saul’s Silent Room

6 – 11 Sep 6 – 11 Sep 6 – 11 Sep 6 – 11 Sep 6 – 11 Sep

Free

p.7

Free Free Free Free Free Free

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THE VIRTUAL ORCHESTRA

23 Sep – 2 Oct 23 Sep – 2 Oct

360 Experience Universe of Sound In Tune

LITERATURE & SPOKEN WORD

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Architecture Tour Behind the Scenes Tour

12.45pm Bedtime Stories 3pm Monski Mouse’s Baby Disco 10.30pm Trevor Ashley’s Liza’s Back

Free p.13 Free p.13 Free p.18

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CLASSICAL MUSIC

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Mandela Trilogy

p.10

AFRICA UTOPIA

10.30am 2pm 7pm 7.30pm 7.45pm

Groove Baby Presents p.10 Africa Utopia Social Dance Free p.10 Meet the Author: Leila Aboulela p.11 Terakaft p.11 Expensive Sh*t p.11

SOUTHBANK CENTRE TOURS

6pm

Architecture Tour

p.30

LONDON WONDERGROUND

12.45pm & 3pm Bedtime Stories 9.30pm House of Burlesque FRIDAY 2

12 noon 1pm 5pm 5.30pm 7pm 7.30pm 8pm 9pm

The African Food and Drink Takeover Asya Satti Free Africa Utopia Marketplace Tawiah Free Afro Dance Xplosion 2016 Mandela Trilogy Project O Presidents of Laughrica

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LONDON WONDERGROUND

12.45pm & 3pm Bedtime Stories 9.30pm Trevor Ashley’s Liza’s Back

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LONDON WONDERGROUND

12.45pm & 3pm Bedtime Stories

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MONDAY 5

7.30pm

Miss Behave’s Gameshow

TUESDAY 6

2pm Oska Bright Film Festival: on tour 2pm Book Launch: Kaite O’Reilly Free 4pm & 6pm Candoco: You and I Know Free 7pm The Way You Look (At Me)Tonight 7.30pm Creatures of the Revolution 8.30pm Jess Thom

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Behind the Scenes Tour

p.30

LONDON WONDERGROUND

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UNLIMITED

8.30pm

Cherophobia Deepening the Impact Creative Approaches to Audio Description Unlimited Social Dance Him 2016 Creative Future Literary Awards Showcase Grandad and the Machine

9.30pm

Cabaret Whore

Free Free

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Free Free

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Free

p.8 p.8

SOUTHBANK CENTRE TOURS

2pm 6pm

Behind the Scenes Tour Architecture Tour

p.30 p.30

Between The Sheets

p.27

FRIDAY 9 UNLIMITED

11am 11am 6pm 7pm 8pm

Cherophobia The Generation Gap Him Beautiful Octopus Club The Shape of the Pain

SATURDAY 10

Free Free Free

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UNLIMITED

11am 12 noon 12 noon 1.30pm 3pm 6pm 7pm 9pm

Leaps and Bounds Free Superhuman or Simply Human? Free Aaron Williamson Free Cutting Corners Free Are some more equal than others? Free Just a Few Words Assisted Suicide: The Musical Saturday Night is Variety Night Free

p.9 p.9 p.9 p.9 p.9 p.9 p.9 p.9

2pm 5pm

Architecture Tour Behind the Scenes Tour

p.30 p.30

LONDON WONDERGROUND

SOUTHBANK CENTRE TOURS

6pm

p.27

SOUTHBANK CENTRE TOURS

p.27

UNLIMITED

AFRICA UTOPIA

House of Burlesque

THURSDAY 8

9.30pm

LONDON WONDERGROUND

p.27 p.27

9.30pm

LONDON WONDERGROUND

5.15pm 6.30pm

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LONDON WONDERGROUND

10.30am 11am 11.30am 12 noon 12 noon 1pm 1pm 1pm 2.30pm 2pm 3pm 4pm

Afrikan Yoga p.12 Africa Utopia Marketplace p.11 Refilwe: African retelling of Rapunzel p.12 Passenger Seats Free p.12 The African Food and Drink Takeover p.11 Black History Walk Free p.12 Africa Utopia Cook Off Free p.12 Antiquities Hunt Workshop for Children p.12 Expensive Sh*t p.12 Afro House Dance Workshop Free p.12 Umfundalai Dance Workshop Free p.12 Cape Town Opera Chorus Big Sing Free p.12 Amsterdam p.12 Chineke! Orchestra p.12

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Pram Jam Unlimited Artists Talk: TV Classics Part 1 Free Cherophobia Free Unfixed: in conversation Free Disability for Dunces The Way You Look (At Me)Tonight Grandad and the Machine

AFRICA UTOPIA

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THURSDAY 1

10.30am 11am 11am 2pm 7pm 7pm 8.30pm

2pm 7pm 7.30pm

LONDON WONDERGROUND

Brave New Poets

UNLIMITED

11am 11am 2pm

SOUTHBANK CENTRE TOURS

2pm 5.30pm

8pm

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SUNDAY 4

SOUND FRONTIERS: BBC RADIO 3 LIVE

23 Sep – 7 Oct

10.30am Pram Jam 11am Fashion Undressed Workshop Zone Free 11am – 5pm Africa Utopia Day Pass Events 11am Africa Utopia Marketplace 11am The African Food and Drink Takeover 11am An ABC Adventure for Children 1.30pm Beyond Prints Free 2.30pm & 7.45pm Expensive Sh*t 2.30pm Dance Workshop Free 3pm Meet the Author: Chibundu Onuzo 3.20pm Africa Utopia People’s Catwalk Free 4.30pm Africa Squad Free 5.30pm Revolutionary Rap Free 6.30pm Africa Utopia Flashmob Free 7pm Rita Ray & The Very Best Free 7.30pm Mandela Trilogy

WEDNESDAY 7

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3pm

Eyes Down! Bingo with Ida Barr

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SUNDAY 11 UNLIMITED

11am Unlimited Open Morning Free 11am & 2pm Chickenshed Free 2pm Inclusive Youth Dance Platform Free 2.30pm Artist Talk: Nama Āto Free 4pm Artist Talk: The Doorways Project Free 4pm The Death Café Free 7pm Assisted Suicide: The Musical

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LONDON WONDERGROUND

3pm

Monski Mouse’s Baby Disco

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© Belinda Lawley

MONDAY 12

TUESDAY 20

DARBAR FESTIVAL

LITERATURE & SPOKEN WORD

7.30pm

Indian Music Course

p.15

GIGS & CONTEMPORARY MUSIC

7.30pm

Roy Harper – 75th Birthday Tour Miss Behave’s Gameshow

p.19 p.27

Behind the Scenes Tour

Behind the Scenes Tour

6.30pm

p.30

p.15

7.30pm

The Gloaming

LITERATURE & SPOKEN WORD

SOUTHBANK CENTRE TOURS

6.30pm

1pm 6pm

Creative Writing - Finding Inspiration in History p.25

THURSDAY 15

Behind the Scenes Tour Architecture Tour

7.30pm

London Philharmonic Orchestra

1pm 5.30pm

p.30 p.30

LITERATURE & SPOKEN WORD

FRIDAY 16

Huw V Williams Holy Moly & the Crackers

10.30am Rug Rhymes SOUND FRONTIERS: BBC RADIO 3 LIVE

1pm 5.30pm

12.30pm Early Music Show 2pm Swinging Tea Dances

Magic of Afternoon Ragas Free p.15 Rhythm Diaries by Bernhard Free p.15 Schimpelsberger Rakesh Chaurasia, Niladri Kumar & Universal Notes p.15

LITERATURE & SPOKEN WORD

10.30am Rug Rhymes

p.25

DARBAR FESTIVAL

Morning Raga Time Travel Ustad Amjad Ali Khan: In Conversation Yogabliss to Live Music Pandits Rajan & Sajan Mishra, Aruna Sairam & Jayanthi Kumaresh

p.15 p.15 p.15 p.15

Architecture Tour Behind the Scenes Tour

p.30 p.30

SUNDAY 18

Morning Bliss: Vishal Jain Indian Women in Music Yogabliss to Live Music Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Shubha Mudgal Monski Mouse’s Baby Disco

3pm 6.30pm

Aurora Trio The Best of James Bond

Free p.17

p.17

GIGS & CONTEMPORARY MUSIC

5.30pm

Gordie MacKeeman & His Rhythm Boys

Free p.19

LITERATURE & SPOKEN WORD

10.30am Rug Rhymes

Free p.25

p.30 p.30

p.16 Free p.19 Free p.19 Free p.25

Free p.18 Free p.18

Family Gamelan Taster Session Gamelan Taster Workshop

p.19 p.19

SOUTHBANK CENTRE TOURS

Architecture Tour Behind the Scenes Tour

p.30 p.30

SUNDAY 25 CLASSICAL MUSIC

7.30pm

Philharmonia Orchestra

p.17

SOUND FRONTIERS: BBC RADIO 3

Swinging Tea Dances

Free p.18

LONDON WONDERGROUND

3pm

Monski Mouse’s Baby Disco

p.27

GIGS & CONTEMPORARY MUSIC

p.15 p.15 p.15

11am

p.15

7.30pm

LONDON WONDERGROUND

3pm

p.19

1pm 7.30pm

MONDAY 26

DARBAR FESTIVAL

10am 1pm 3pm 5pm

p.13

CLASSICAL MUSIC

GIGS & CONTEMPORARY MUSIC

2pm

SOUTHBANK CENTRE TOURS

2pm 4.30pm

p.30

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2pm 5pm

SATURDAY 17

10am 1pm 3pm 6.30pm

Architecture Tour

SATURDAY 24

DARBAR FESTIVAL

6.30pm

6pm

GIGS & CONTEMPORARY MUSIC

p.15

SOUTHBANK CENTRE TOURS

2pm 6pm

p.17

CLASSICAL MUSIC

p.16

DARBAR FESTIVAL

Indian Music Course

Behind the Scenes Tour Architecture Tour

Philharmonia Orchestra

FRIDAY 23

CLASSICAL MUSIC

7.30pm

p.25

THE VIRTUAL ORCHESTRA

Teachers’ Evening

7.30pm

FRIDAY 30

THURSDAY 22

GIGS & CONTEMPORARY MUSIC

Something Wonderful

p.15

The Making of a National Park City

DARBAR FESTIVAL

7.30pm

CLASSICAL MUSIC

Classical Yoga to Classical Music Free p.18 Drama on 3 Free p.18

SOUTHBANK CENTRE TOURS

Indian Music Course

5pm

Indian Music Course

p.30

DARBAR FESTIVAL

WEDNESDAY 14

7.30pm

7.30am 2pm

LITERATURE & SPOKEN WORD

p.15

SOUTHBANK CENTRE TOURS

6pm

6pm

7.30pm

DARBAR FESTIVAL

Indian Music Course

p.25

WEDNESDAY 21

TUESDAY 13

7.30pm

SOUND FRONTIERS: BBC RADIO 3

The Forward Prizes for Poetry 2016

SOUTHBANK CENTRE TOURS

LONDON WONDERGROUND

7.30pm

7pm

THURSDAY 29

Dragon Babies

p.19

WEDNESDAY 28 CLASSICAL MUSIC

London Philharmonic Orchestra

p.17

LITERATURE & SPOKEN WORD

p.27

6.30pm

Novel Writing – Your Ending

p.25

MONDAY 19 GIGS & CONTEMPORARY MUSIC

11am

Dragon Babies

p.19

LONDON WONDERGROUND

7.30pm

Miss Behave’s Gameshow

p.27

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LONDON EYE

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FESTIVAL AL TERRACE HAYWARD GALLERY ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL

WATERLOO BRIDGE

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QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL

QUEEN’S WALK

CHARING CROSS EMBANKMENT

FESTIVAL RIVERSIDE

FEATURES

SKATE SPACE

SOUTHBANK CENTRE BOOK MARKET

AMENITIES

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Queen Elizabeth Elizabeth Hall Roo ooff Garden Garden

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OUR SITE

Southbank Centre occupies a 21-acre site in the midst of London’s vibrant cultural quarter on the South Bank of the Thames.

Southbank Centre includes Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room, and Hayward Gallery.

We also curate the outdoor spaces along the river front and around our venues providing free art for millions of people every year.

On our site there are also restaurants, cafes, bars and shops to enjoy – but everyone is welcome to bring their own food and soft drinks onto our site.

OUR VENUES ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL Spirit Level The Mercers’ Company Gamelan Room St Paul’s Roof Pavilion Weston Roof Pavilion Sunley Pavilion Level 3 Function Room Saison Poetry Library Central Bar Level 5 Function Room The Clore Ballroom Members Bar Southbank Centre Archive Studio

QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL (CLOSED UNTIL 2018) Purcell Room The Front Room Festival Village HAYWARD GALLERY (CLOSED UNTIL 2018) Hayward Gallery Project Space

Download the Live Beacon app to enhance your Southbank Centre visit with offers, helpful information and the odd surprise.

Southbank Centre is a registered charity no. 298909 Listings correct at time of going to press.

ADDRESS Southbank Centre Belvedere Road London SE1 8XX Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room and Hayward Gallery closed for refurbishment and will reopen in 2018. We continue to present a packed programme of festivals and shows across our site while these buildings are closed.

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Canteen 0845 686 1122 Central Bar

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SHOP Royal Festival Hall Vintage gifts, homeware, jewellery and toys.

Festival Terrace Shop Designer concessions, unusual gifts, furniture, jewellery and more.

Foyles Extensive selection of books and gifts.

Southbank Centre Book Market Iconic second-hand bookstall under Waterloo Bridge.

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