showcasing East and Southeast Asia and the diaspora – ESEA Encounters. Taking place from Thursday 17 – Sunday 20 July, ESEA Encounters will showcase a selection of some of the most exciting ...

May 2025 sees the second edition of South Asian Sounds, four days of concerts and gigs here at the Southbank Centre featuring a mix of big names and emerging new voices. South Asia is an undeniably ...

The Southbank Centre has today announced that HRH The Duke of Edinburgh has become its new Patron. The Duke takes on the patronage previously held by his mother, Queen Elizabeth II. The Southbank ...

In this 3 hour workshop at Somerset House Exchange, with facilitator Eljai Morais, you will be guided through the process of creating spoken word stage-ready work using free-writing exercises, prompts ...

Six artists are now officially on the bill for this year’s Meltdown – plus Little Simz herself – and to give you a flavour of the summer to come, we’ve brought them together in a single playlist. It’s ...

The Southbank Centre has announced the much-anticipated first wave of artists performing at Little Simz’ Meltdown. Taking place this summer from Thursday 12 – Sunday 22 June, Little Simz is assembling ...

Enter an endless world of play and invention in a limitless recycled playground for children and their grown-ups to tap into their imaginations. Part installation, part adventure playground, REPLAY is ...

SpeakEasy Po’JaM is a bi-monthly Black & Global Majority music and spoken word open-mic night at Theatre Deli Cafe/Bar London. Black Lives Natter invites audiences and creatives to a night of music ...

The Caterpillar Poetry Prize is now open for submissions. The prize is for unpublished poems written by adults for children aged 7–11. First Prize: €1,000 plus a week at Circle of Misse in France ...

Now open for prose poems of no more than 450 words. Entries may be on any theme, but should be the author’s own work and written in English. There is no limit on number of submissions. Top 10 ...

The performer’s note on the programme contains references to topics that some may find disturbing. Content warning: attempted suicide, substance abuse.

was only red-eyed over onions, waiting for the boy I’d cooked for ...