One of music’s great riddles, Bach’s groundbreaking work puts the virtuosity of the OAE in the spotlight ...

A 295-seat auditorium for music and performance, screenings, poetry readings and a variety of talks and debates, the Purcell Room offers you a real closeness to the arts. Situated within our brutalist ...

Housing the world’s largest public collection of modern poetry, we are the National Poetry Library; free to join across the UK, and London’s only space dedicated to poetry study. Founded by the Arts ...

Situated in the heart of London, on the banks of the River Thames is the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, a beacon for arts and culture for over 70 years. The 2,700 capacity Royal Festival Hall ...

Find out about our schools programme and resources to support your school's visit to the exhibition Tune in to the talent of two rising stars of R&B and pop songwriting – catch them while you can ...

Explore poetry off the page in Astra Papachristodoulou’s debut solo exhibition, where poems exist as sculpture, objects and textiles. Papachristodoulou’s object poems encourage interactive and shared ...

The Koestler Awards is an annual programme encouraging people from the UK’s criminal justice system to change their lives through the arts. Jeremy Deller and John Costi have selected artwork from over ...

Opening up to our Riverside Terrace, with views over the River Thames and beyond, Festival Bar & Kitchen is one of London’s most popular meeting spots. But there’s more to this place than just a great ...

Fuel your creativity through workshops, training and expert insight, and opportunities to get hands-on with the arts Our year-round programme of events, workshops and projects is designed to engage ...

The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment makes old music new, playing instruments and using techniques from the period in which the music was written. The OAE isn’t an attempt to recreate the past, ...