Southbank Centre News

The UK Government has announced a £1.57 billion rescue package to help the nation's cultural, arts and heritage institutions weather the impact of the health crisis.  Arts institutions are responding to this announcement, including the National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, and more!

The Southbank Centre has announced Everyday Heroes, a public art and poetry project that celebrates and highlights the invaluable contributions of all those key workers who have kept the country running during the COVID-19 crisis.

The Philharmonia Orchestra has today announced The Philharmonia Sessions a?" a summer programme of three world class free digital concerts, broadcast on YouTube and conceived and created especially for an online audience.

Platform 4's acclaimed and unforgettable live event, Invisible Music, has been transformed into a new digital piece of work, blending film and soundscape to create an immersive and intimate meditation on hearing loss.

Tara Arts Board of Trustees and Helen Jeffreys, Executive Director and Joint CEO, today announce the appointment of Sunita Pandya as the new Chair of Tara Arts' Board.

A new survey conducted shows that only 19% of audience members of U.K. arts venues and theaters will be willing to return to events, even after venues reopen.

The Southbank Centre today announces it is at risk of closure until at least April 2021, as a result of the economic impact of COVID-19, disclosing details of crippling financial pressure as its reserves run dry.

Whilst the building is closed following government advice regarding Coronavirus, the Bush Theatre team has continued to work to bring exciting new voices to the UK cultural scene. As part of this work, they are producing a series of monologues commissioned by the Bush Theatre, performed by friends of the theatre.

The WOW Foundation has today announced a partnership with BBC Arts, as part of its Culture in Quarantine initiative, to curate a brand new digital WOW festival online.

Manchester International Festival (MIF) today confirms the appointment of three new Board members: the writer Jeanette Winterson, journalist Ngozi (Goz) Ugochukwu, and Chief Executive, Food, The Co-op, Jo Whitfield.

Fuel have today announced a digital international tour of Uninvited Guests' acclaimed show Love Letters Straight From Your Heart.   The new digital version of the show Love Letters at Home will be performed live via Zoom to an audience of up to 90 (45 pairs) each night and will 'visit' 14 venues throughout the UK and beyond. 

RGM Productions and Alice House Theatre in association with Moya Productions presents The Hunting of the Snark. The production was filmed live at the Queen Elizabeth Hall at The Southbank Centre.

Chrystal Genesis is the executive producer of Southbank Centre's Violet Nights initiative and podcast - providing a space for young people to socialise and express their views on, and explore, topical issues with music, performance and discussion.

The Southbank Centre today launches a three-day celebration of literature, music, and art inspired by the natural world to mark the 50th anniversary of 'Earth Day'.

The Southbank Centre and its partners announce additional digital initiatives to serve its audiences and the wider artistic community, including Shankar 100, Beethoven 250, a digital tour of Among The Trees exhibition at Hayward Gallery, and daily curated content celebrating past artistic highlights crossing decades and genres.

The Southbank Centre has from today decided to close the Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Hayward Gallery and Purcell Room. See their statement below:

On 15 November, 2016, Russian teenagers Katya Vlasova and Denis Muravyov ran away from home and barricaded themselves inside a cabin with whisky, guns and ammunition. After firing on family and at police the two 15-year-olds found themselves in a stand-off with Special Forces, which only ended when the men stormed the building. Both teenagers were subsequently found dead. The whole sequence of events was live-streamed by the pair on Periscope, turning them into a Romeo and Juliet or Bonnie and Clyde for the internet age.

UK Champion Beatboxer Grace Savage, rapper/singer Dorcas Sebuyange, and performer puppeteers Clarke Joseph Edwards and Teele Uustani perform Theatre-Rites and 20 Stories High's Big Up! a?" a captivating hip hop puppetry show celebrating music, the importance of play, and the power of imagination.

LIFT, the leading London biennial festival of international theatre, has today announced the programme for June 2020 a?' its first under new Artistic Director/CEO Kris Nelson and Executive Director Stella Kanu.

Lisa Taddeo will be embarking on a UK tour to celebrate the paperback publication of her #1 Sunday Times bestselling novel Three Women. The tour will take in an initial 2 dates across the UK, beginning at Quay's Theatre, The Lowry in Salford on 28th May and concluding at London's prestigious Southbank Centre on 31st May. Tickets are available at 10am, Thursday 12th March via www.fane.co.uk/lisa-taddeo.