In cooperation with Oxford University, the AHRC-funded Kafka’s Transformative Communities Project and The Shuffle Poetry, join three poets for a night of readings and discussion. Three contemporary ...

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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 ...

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 ...

12.45pm – 1.15pm: Orphy Robinson’s Big Easy Big Band Orphy Robinson’s Big Easy Big Band brings together youth and adult amateur music-makers to learn an original suite of music, collaborate and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The East Riding Festival of Words poetry competition is now open for entries. This year’s theme is “My Wish”. Once again entries are being judged by a panel of Yorkshire poets, led by James Nash. East ...

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 ...

Situated in the heart of London, on the banks of the River Thames is the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, a beacon for arts and culture for over 70 years. The 2,700 capacity Royal Festival Hall ...