Southbank Centre News

English National Ballet today has announced its revised plans for Autumn 2020, as the Company's previously scheduled performances have been cancelled due to the continuing impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Arts workers have gathered in protest of recent job cuts outside of the National Theatre in London.

Still, Here is an audio walking tour, led by Access All Areas Black Cab Company, a collective of autistic and learning disabled artists. Still, Here looks at the artists unique experience of lockdown and will launch on the day when the borough would normally have celebrated Hackney Carnival on Sunday 13 September - Saturday 31 October 2020, at various locations throughout Hackney.

Actress Vanessa Redgrave joined in a protest against job cuts at the Southbank Centre.

Today, Black Womxn in Theatre and Eclipse Theatre, in partnership with the Bush Theatre launched the ground-breaking and unprecedented #AllOfUs Redundancy Care Campaign. This new initiative will provide practical and immediate help and programmes for Black, Asian, ethnically diverse people and migrant workers facing redundancy in the arts sector.

It has been reported that Andrew Lloyd Webber's LW Theatres have begun redundancy consultations, while the Southbank Centre has confirmed 400 jobs are at risk.

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'.