At the closing concert of the Made in Prague Festival, Czech violinist Pavel Sporcl creates sparks in an animated programme with the English Chamber Orchestra. This concert is the final event in the ...

Over the dark winter nights, our site is illuminated by outdoor artworks that play with light and colour – explore to discover them all. Each artist uses light and colour in playful ways, at the same ...

Explore poetry off the page in Astra Papachristodoulou’s debut solo exhibition, where poems exist as sculpture, objects and textiles. Papachristodoulou’s object poems encourage interactive and shared ...

The Koestler Awards is an annual programme encouraging people from the UK’s criminal justice system to change their lives through the arts. Jeremy Deller and John Costi have selected artwork from over ...

Come and get snug as a bug while National Poetry Library puppets Federico and Firebird share some of their favourite poems, nursery rhymes and rhyming stories. Join us for a welcoming, playful session ...

The words of John Costi, one-time prisoner and now, alongside Jeremy Deller, co-curator of the 17th annual Koestler Arts exhibition here at the Southbank Centre. Koestler Arts is the UK’s oldest ...

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

Poetry open mic for people of all experiences and levels. Sign up on the day between 1.00 and 1.30pm. Time willing, everyone will get 5 minutes (or 3 minutes each if it’s particularly busy). Or just ...

Running from 18-23 February 2025, Imagine Festival will transform the Southbank Centre into a vibrant cultural playground for the February half term with a fun-filled range of events for children and ...

A launch for ‘Covert’ issue 4, featuring readings from Shabnam Shabazi, Zita Holbourne, Niharika Jain, Sheyna Lam, Jasmine Sharif, Seema Kapila and others. There will also be open mic slots of up to 3 ...

Find it with us, as futuretense returns in 2025 with more of the best new and upcoming artists performing live, and free. Yes, that’s right, we said free. Twice a month we set up or Queen Elizabeth ...