Southbank Centre – Your family update
Sun-believable shows
The sun is out and you can be too! This May half-term, we have fantastic acrobatics, strange experiments and tonnes of free family events to get you and your little one out of the house.
Spring family fun
Blizzard
WED 27 – SUN 31 MAY
Go on a wild, poetic and gentle journey with FLIP Fabrique in this acrobatic performance that invites you to lose yourself in a moment of wonder.
This performance is Speech-free.
The Maker
SAT 30 & SUN 31 MAY
Enter a world full of visual surprises, physical comedy and strange magical experiments that teeter between brilliance and disaster.
This performance is Speech-free.
Don’t miss REPLAY
REPLAY: A Limitless Recycled Playground
UNTIL SUN 5 JUL
Your favourite part-installation, part-adventure playground, has been extended. Don’t miss a limitless world of play, invention and imagination.
Free half-term treats
WordPlay
FRI 1, FRI 15 & FRI 29 May
Architecture Explorers: Family Trail
SAT 23 – FRI 29 MAY
Michael Rosen’s Birthday
SAT 23 MAY
Play Along: Virtual Orchestra
WED 27 & THU 28 MAY
Prancer the Dancer’s DanceDanceDiscoPartyFunShow
SAT 30 MAY
Love Ssega: The Elementals
SUN 31 MAY
Calling all skaters!
Skate 50
THU 30 APR – SUN 21 JUN
See an exhibition telling the story of London’s original skate space over the past half century, through photography, audio and video.
Musical moments
Game Music Festival: Persona Grooves
SAT 27 JUN
Experience the enchanting music from your favourite games.
Dog Man: The Musical
WED 29 JUL – SUN 16 AUG
Dive into the epic musical adventure of Dog Man, featuring the hilarity and heart of author Dav Pilkey’s beloved characters.
British Sign Language interpreted (BSL): Fri 7 Aug, 2.30pm
Relaxed Performance: Sun 9 Aug, 11 am
Audio Described: Tue 11 Aug, 2.30pm
Captioned: Fri 14 Aug, 2.30pm
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Just announced
There’s a Bear on My Chair
FRI 11 DEC – SUN 3 JAN 2027
They’re a mischievous pair, are the mouse and the bear… pull up a seat for puppets aplenty and lots of laughs as Ross Collins’ books come alive on stage.
Cirque Alice
SAT 12 DEC – SUN 3 JAN 2027
Down, down the rabbit hole we go into a magical ‘Wonderland’ where Lewis Carroll’s classic adventures are reimagined through breathtaking acrobatics.
From our friends
Toto Kerblammo!
FRI 8 – FRI 22 MAY | UNICORN THEATRE
Tim Crouch’s Toto Kerblammo!, winner of the 2024 Offies for Best Sound design, is back! Poor Effy. Sent to live with her aunt and uncle in a block that won’t allow dogs. What’s a girl to do? Wearing headphones, the audience will experience Effy’s world through 3D binaural audio technology.