Southbank Centre

Review: OPERATION OUCH: QUEST FOR THE JURASSIC FART!, Southbank Centre
by Christiana Rose - Dec 23, 2025

​​​​​​​Operation Ouch: Quest for the Jurassic Fart! arrives at the Royal Festival Hall with all the confidence and chaos audiences have come to expect from television’s favourite medical mischief makers. Dr Chris and Dr Xand van Tulleken deliver a high energy family show that balances silliness with genuine scientific insight, creating a riotous theatrical experience which keeps children captivated, while giving adults plenty to ponder.

GOING TO EXTREMES: A John Waters 80th Birthday Celebration is Coming to Adler Hall
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 23, 2025

Film director John Waters will bring Going to Extremes: A John Waters 80th Birthday Celebration to Adler Hall at New York Society for Ethical Culture.

Interview: Dr Chris Van Tulleken on OPERATION OUCH! QUEST FOR THE JURASSIC FART! at the Southbank Centre
by Christiana Rose - Dec 22, 2025

Operation Ouch has never been afraid of diving into the strange, messy and marvellously human parts of science. Yet its latest stage adventure, Operation Ouch: Quest for the Jurassic Fart!, takes audiences further than ever before. Landing at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall for a strictly limited festive season from 22 December 2025 to 2 January 2026, the show promises lasers, time travel, dinosaurs and a mission to recreate the world’s most ancient fart.

Alan Cumming Will Host the 2026 EE BAFTA Film Awards
by Stephi Wild - Dec 18, 2025

BAFTA has announced Scottish actor, writer, producer and presenter Alan Cumming will host one of the world’s most coveted film ceremonies, the EE BAFTA Film Awards.

Review: TOP HAT, Queen Elizabeth Hall
by Clementine Scott - Dec 18, 2025

Twenty or so dancers parade before an oversized Art Deco clock, to the familiar strains of ‘Puttin’ on the Ritz’ from a brass band offstage. In other words, the stage is set for a reassuringly old-fashioned taste of the Golden Age of movie musicals.

Southbank Centre Will Host Live 'Classical Mixtape' With Six Orchestras
by Stephi Wild - Dec 16, 2025

The Southbank Centre has announced Classical Mixtape: A Live Takeover (Thu 5 Feb 2026), a multi-venue event bringing together more than 200 musicians from six orchestras for a night of classical music's greatest hits.

Review: EVITA TOO, Southbank Centre
by Katie Kirkpatrick - Dec 13, 2025

Rollerskates, Elaine Page, ducks, puppets, corpses, puppet corpses, and a DJing Andrew Lloyd Webber. Evita Too is worlds away from the Jamie Lloyd hit that swept London this summer, but it has just as much to say, if not more.

Regent's Park Open Air Theatre Appoints New Trustees
by Stephi Wild - Dec 11, 2025

Regent's Park Open Air Theatre has announced that Heather Clark Charrington, Robert Glick OBE and Dame Sue Street will join the organisation's Board of Trustees, with Tyrone Huntley returning to the Board in January 2026.

Photos: Sh!t Theatre: EVITA TOO at the Southbank Centre’s Purcell Room
by Stephi Wild - Dec 11, 2025

A revised and expanded production of Sh!t Theatre’s EVITA TOO is now playing at the Southbank Centre for a limited run, with Rebecca Biscuit and Louise Mothersole. Check out all new production photos here!

THE GREAT BIG BUG SHOW Will Embark on Tour in 2026
by Stephi Wild - Dec 11, 2025

Join National Poetry Day Ambassador and children’s author Simon Mole and musician and TikTok sensation Gecko for their brand new family show The Great Big Bug Show in February and March 2026. 

Cunard and Letters Live Collaborate to Celebrate the Art of Letter Writing
by Stephi Wild - Dec 10, 2025

Cunard and Letters Live have announced a partnership to celebrate remarkable letters penned at sea. The collaboration will culminate in an exclusive event. Learn more here!

DOG MAN: THE MUSICAL Will Make European Premiere in 2026
by Stephi Wild - Dec 2, 2025

Roast Productions have announced that Dog Man: The Musical will have its European premiere at  the Southbank Centre from 30 July - 16 August 2026 following multiple sell-out Off-Broadway seasons  and US tours.

Yo-Yo Ma, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and More to Perform at New Jersey Performing Arts Center
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 1, 2025

The New Jersey Performing Arts Center will welcome a lineup of world-class talent, including Yo-Yo Ma and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Audiences can also look forward to a celebration of iconic film music performed by the New Jersey Symphony.

Goalhanger and Southbank Centre Reveal THE REST IS FEST Programme
by Stephi Wild - Dec 1, 2025

The Southbank Centre in collaboration with Goalhanger has announced the programme for Goalhanger: The Rest Is Fest - a major new festival bringing together some of the world's most popular voices.

Pianist Yuja Wang's PLAYING WITH FIRE: AN IMMERSIVE ODYSSEY is Now at Philharmonie de Paris
by Stephi Wild - Nov 24, 2025

A bold reimagining of the classical concert experience has made its world premiere at Musée de la musique – Philharmonie de Paris. Learn more about the event here!

Southbank Centre's IMAGINE Returns With Creative Events For Families and Young People
by Stephi Wild - Nov 18, 2025

London's leading festival for families will return to the Southbank Centre in its 24th year, transforming the UK's largest arts centre into a cultural playground. Learn more here!

London Premiere of IN THE BRAIN Comes to the Southbank Centre
by Stephi Wild - Nov 12, 2025

Hofesh Shechter Company has announced the eight dancers selected to join the prestigious company, Shechter II, performing Shechter’s compelling new work IN THE BRAIN.

Review: THE RAILWAY CHILDREN, Glyndebourne
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Nov 3, 2025

Composer Mark-Anthony Turnage and his partner Rachael Hewer eschewed making banana bread during the Covid lockdown and decided to write an opera. After the pandemic, they went on to work on other projects, but unexpectedly Glyndebourne agreed to stage their new work, which made its world premiere last week.

World Premiere of WILD MIX Comes to the Southbank Centre 
by Stephi Wild - Oct 31, 2025

The world premiere of Wild Mix by Jenny Moore will be presented at the Southbank Centre as part of the venue’s new KUNSTY programme - a four-day celebration of 'the rad, the queer and the uncategorisable.'