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The Southbank Centre has announced an ambitious free multi-artform programme as part of Christine and the Queens highly anticipated Meltdown festival, taking place this summer, Friday 9 June until Sunday 18 June.

Sound of the Underground, co-created by Travis Alabanza and Debbie Hannan, unleashes queer chaos on the historic Royal Court. Over the course of three acts, a cast of real London drag performers use every weapon in their arsenal to shed light on the realities of the city’s dying queer nightlife scene, the commercialisation of drag, the persistence of homophobia and transphobia, and the lack of money in the arts… but they have a lot of fun in doing so.

Read the reviews for Travis Alabanza’s Sound of the Underground, now playing at the Royal Court Theatre.

Casting has been announced for Travis Alabanza's first play for the Royal Court Theatre, Sound of the Underground. Spotlighting London's iconic underground club culture and questioning what it means to get your money's worth when it comes to art, Sound of the Underground will bring together legends of the London Queer club scene from Thursday 19 January - Saturday 25 February 2023 in the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs.

London's most infamous party and performance makers Shotgun Carousel are making a glamorous return to the stage after the pandemic-induced cancellation of their highly anticipated Christmas show.

Phelim McDermott is among the very top tier of opera directors and, with this welcome revival of his 2014 interpretation of Così fan tutte, it is easy to see why.

Shotgun Carousel's Christmas extravaganza The Grotteaux will be bringing Christmas merriment to Time Out Award-winning new venue Woolwich Works.  Named as 'Best New Culture Spot in London' by Time Out Best of the City Awards 2021, Woolwich Works is an incredible cultural hub and mixed arts venue in restored heritage Royal Arsenal buildings right on the river. 

An incredible line up of guest artists join the cast of The Grotteaux throughout the run of Shotgun Carousel's Christmas extravaganza.  These world-renowned cabaret and circus stars will add some extra festive sparkle to the Christmas wonderland experience.

Today (30 October 2020) the Bridge Theatre has announced a season of cabaret and burlesque acts - The Bridge After Dark - that will join the previously announced repertoire from December 2020.

Summer is nearly over, you've been on holiday and the evenings are drawing in, but there's still a whole month of spectacular and affordable live entertainment to enjoy at Underbelly Festival Southbank.

2019 is the 260th birthday of Scotland's National Bard, Robert Burns and to mark the occasion Big Burns Supper festival is throwing out a warm invitation to audiences old and new from near and far to join them alongside a host of top Scottish and international artists for the biggest contemporary celebration of Scotland's national poet in the town he called home, Dumfries.