Southbank Centre: Your culture fix

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Big hitters, no quitters

Take note, literary fans: Poetry International Festival is officially coming this summer. And if you can cast your eyes ahead to 2027, WOW London Festival is returning to the Southbank Centre.

Our plans for this week include a soulful imagining of the Paul Simon album, a play pondering life’s big questions, films in concert and a night of drag and comedy. Need we say more?

 

Southbank Centre: Your culture fix

Poetry International Festival

A gif of poets

Poetry International Festival

FRI 10 – SUN 12 JUL

A poetry takeover with a stellar line-up of celebrated poets, artists and performers including Raymond Antrobus, Peter Gizzi and Denise Riley, plus a tribute to Benjamin Zephaniah.

We are so back

Three people on stage sitting on blue chairs against a red background.

WOW London Festival

FRI 5 – SUN 7 MAR 2027

The world’s biggest festival celebrating women, girls and non-binary people is back for 2027.

Your weekly picks

Two people with long hair singing into a cocktail shaker and looking up

The Only Tallest Trees on Earth

THU 19 MAR

Three performers drift between the comic and the unsettling, the everyday and the philosophical in Ivan Vyrypaev’s intriguing play, performed in Russian.

 

 

 

A large African music ensemble performs on a stage, with singers and instrumentalists wearing vibrant traditional clothing featuring colourful neck collars and beadwork

Graceland Reimagined: 40-Year Anniversary

FRI 20 MAR

The London African Gospel Choir presents their critically acclaimed reimagining of Paul Simon’s iconic Graceland to mark the album’s 40th year.

 

 

 

Animated Spider Man jumping in the air infront of an upside down cityscape

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

SAT 21 MAR

The thrill of the Spider-Verse comes alive at a screening of the 2018 animated masterpiece, the first in the series, presented live in concert.

 

 

 

Two performers one on the left wearing large glasses and looking up, on the left has a crow on their shoulder

Le Gateau Chocolat & Adrienne Truscott: GREY ARIAS

SAT 21 & SUN 22 MAR

Drag diva feminist meets comedian provocateur for a rambunctious match made on eggshells, featuring musical numbers and political debate.

 

 

 

Exhibitions to make you say wow

The artist Yin Xiuzhen stands with her hands in her jacket pockets in front of an outdoor sculpture piece

Five things to know about Yin Xiuzhen

An introduction to the artist in honour of the first major UK survey of her work, on now at the Hayward Gallery.

 

Two people stand on either side of an open door in Chiharu Shiota: Threads of Life

Chiharu Shiota: Threads of Life

UNTIL SUN 3 MAY

Marvel at the artist’s immense and intricate web-like installations, exploring the body and memory.

Members go free.

 

Two people admire artwork on a gallery wall. In the foreground, bookshelves with books made of cloth on them

Yin Xiuzhen: Heart to Heart

UNTIL SUN 3 MAY

See the familiar in new ways, as overlooked objects reveal personal and collective stories.

Members go free.

 

★★★★★

The art is immersive, while encouraging you to peek behind the curtain.

Time Out

a gif of spring inspired gifts

Spring in your step

Give your home a spring refresh with bold prints, florals and vibrant ceramics from our boutique suppliers.

In the mood for music

Two musicians, on the left wearing blue and playing a wooden flute and on the right wearing green holding a sitar

Shashank Subramanyam + Prattyush Banerjee

FRI 27 MAR

A double bill of Indian classical music starring master flautist Shashank Subramanyam and sarod virtuoso Prattyush Banerjee.

 

 

 

Free, free, free

Two images, on the left someone is sitting on the grass in a floaty white dress and on the right is a black and white close up portrait

futuretense: Hillarynx + ROZZZQWEEN

THU 19 MAR

Two people dancing with one knee raised and arms lifted moving through a crowd of people clapping

Mix & Move: Ballroom and Latin Blend

FRI 20 MAR

Charlotte, a Black women artist smiles as she reads her own poetry in front of a yellow screen.

About Us! Artists’ Scratch Showcase

SUN 22 MAR

Coming soon

Kahchun Wong conducting with his baton, using both arms and smiling looking down toward the orchestra

Mahler’s Fifth

SUN 17 MAY

A man wearing a green banada and overshirt looks towards the camera

Wozzeck: Wretches Like Us

SAT 25 APR

 

From our friends

The Present Is Not Enough

THU 26 & FRI 27 MAR | BATTERSEA ARTS CENTRE

Shifting between memory and longing, it combines archival material and movement to imagine a future where bodies can exist freely.

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