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Happy Pride, London! Grab a boa for a Shirley Bassey-themed variety show, tear down a pyramid (scheme) and learn to write at our latest events. Plus, we welcome a comedy legend and push more boundaries with new Creative Intelligence events.

For the week ahead, Poetry International Festival takes poetry off the page, Ziggy Stardust descends, David Sedaris talks pretty and Anish Kapoor gives us his rare insight.

 

Let’s talk

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Creative Intelligence

FRI 11 – SUN 13 SEP

London’s newest celebration of technology and creativity just got bigger. Explore how digital innovation and AI are reshaping the world we live in with talks, performances and artworks from Julianknxx & THABO, Katie Paterson, Jack Thorne, Jeanette Winterson, Liam Young and more.

Humorously yours

Amit Tandon sitting cross-legged wearing a red shirt

Amit Tandon: Aise Kaise

SAT 14 NOV

Sharp wit and relatable humour in a new show, performed in Hindi, from one of India’s most renowned comedians.

A good time is promised

A high-contrast yellow stencil illustration of a singer on a black background, performing with arms spread wide.

THIS IS MY LIFE: Duckie Salutes Shirley Bassey

SUN 20 SEP

Drag, singalongs, musical chairs, boogie bingo and boas await at this dance club and variety show.

 

A high-contrast pink stencil illustration of a singer on a black background, performing with arms spread wide.

Duckie: Why Do Benders Love Divas?

SUN 20 SEP

Worship at the altar of the diva as David Hoyle, David McAlmont and Rupert Smith chat about why the queer connection to women musicians is so fierce.

 

a man in a black blazer looking directly at the camera while a chaotic cluster of books and a roll of masking tape are bound tightly to his head and stuffed into his mouth using beige tape.

Kim Noble: How to Write

THU 5 NOV

A witty lecture about the comedic artist’s new book with writing advice from the greats and his mum.

 

Two people dressed in business casual in power poses, one of them is taking a call on a comically large phone

Fag Packet: DYKE Systems Ltd

FRI 6 NOV

An anarchic cocktail of comedy and physical theatre takes down pyramid schemes, heteronormativity and corporate feminism.

 

Poetry International Festival

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Poetry International Festival

FRI 10 – SUN 12 JUL

A poetry takeover brings the words to life. With Denise Riley, Peter Gizzi, Maggie Nelson and a Benjamin Zephaniah celebration. Plus, free events including a zine fair and energetic poetry play-offs.

Side-by-side portraits: a man with a gray beard looking forward, and a woman with white hair resting her head on her handaring out at waves in a wide ocean.

Peter Gizzi & Denise Riley

SAT 11 JUL

Split image: A tan man looking away in a garden, and a black-and-white close-up of a man laughing with eyes closed.

Raymond Antrobus & Ilya Kaminsky

SAT 11 JUL

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Maggie Nelson

SAT 11 JUL

Stardust on the South Bank

A black and white image of David Bowie, staring directly into the camera with a spiky mullet.

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust

SAT 11 JUL

David Bowie’s defiant fifth album is reimagined in incandescent fashion by David McAlmont, Brian Molko, Camille O’Sullivan, Peaches and Nadine Shah.

 

Listen in

David Sedaris sitting at a typewriter smoking a pipe.

An Evening with David Sedaris

TUE 7 – THU 9 JUL

Anish Kapoor wearing glasses and a black suit, standing in front of a red and black artwork

Anish Kapoor in Conversation with Darian Leader

WED 8 JUL

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Our Anish Kapoor catalogue is now in stock

The catalogue for Anish Kapoor’s dramatic Hayward Gallery exhibition has now landed, complete with photos from inside the gallery itself.

Trace the genesis of the visceral sculptures and paintings featured in Kapoor’s exhibition, alongside their breathtaking realisation within and without the gallery walls.

From the Magazine

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Sci-fi, celebrations and chairs: The History Gossip on the Festival of Britain

Join the History Gossip for a look at the 1951 Festival of Britain and its lasting impact in this video to mark 75 years of our Royal Festival Hall.

 

Summertime plans

Jeppe Hein - Appearing Rooms

Summer Public Art

VARIOUS DATES

A crowded outdoor music festival with people cheering and holding up phones, beneath a ceiling of orange, yellow and red discs

Riverside Sessions

UNTIL MON 21 SEP

From our friends

Kanan Gill: Not This Again

SAT 5 SEP | EVENTIM APOLLO

Kanan Gill is one of India’s most prominent stand-up comedians, widely regarded for his incisive observational humour and meticulous approach to writing.

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