Southbank Centre's What's On Guide: October

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CLASSICAL MUSIC 2015/16THE SEASON BEGINSALSO THIS MONTH

LONDON LITERATURE FESTIVALTell me something I don’t know

WHY? WHAT’S HAPPENING FOR THE YOUNGMaking children’s rights matter

LA SOIRÉEThe award-winning show returns

ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL PURCELL ROOM HAYWARD GALLERY

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REFURBISHING QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL, HAY WARD GALLERY & PURCELL ROOM

Help us secure our buildings for future generations.

Southbank Centre aims to be the world’s most inspiring centre for the arts – with a welcoming site, safe and accessible buildings and opportunities for everyone to take part in art and culture for free.

We successfully refurbished Royal Festival Hall in 2007, helping many more people to enjoy and participate in art at Southbank Centre. It’s now time to turn our attention to our 1960s buildings:

Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room and Hayward Gallery.

You can help us refurbish and restore these extraordinary 1960s buildings to provide the world-class facilities that our artists and audiences deserve. Join us to Let The Light In.

The Let The Light In project will make the site more accessible for everyone, as we add new automated doors and lifts to the auditoria. The Queen Elizabeth Hall foyers will be made brighter

with the addition of new glazing, creating a welcoming space where you can enjoy free concerts or meet a friend for a coffee (at our new, improved cafe and bar). The performance spaces will be lovingly restored to their former glory, giving our artists a platform to produce world-class art.

Of the £25 million needed to complete this refurbishment, we have just £3 million left to raise. Get involved and help us inspire more visitors in times to come.

Find out more by visiting southbankcentre.co.uk/letthelightin or calling 020 7921 0984

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For a full calendar of events see page 24.

Image credits:Cover image: Philharmonia Orchestra violinist Lulu Fuller © Mark McNulty This page: Christian Gerhaher © Jim Rakete Sony ClassicalTerry Gilliam © Jay Brooks, Camera Press London

HIGHLIGHTS OCTOBER 2015

LA SOIRÉE

The award-winning cabaret show is back for another awe-inspiring, jaw-dropping and downright unmissable Christmas run. From Tuesday 27 October.See page 18.

Festivals this month:

LONDON LITERATURE FESTIVAL ...... 10 – 13 WHY? ............................................. 14 – 15

CLASSICAL MUSIC ..............................6 – 9 LITERATURE & SPOKEN WORD ................ 13 GIGS & CONTEMPORARY MUSIC ....... 16 – 17 PERFORMANCE & DANCE ....................... 18 VISUAL ARTS ......................................... 20 MEMBERS’ & SUPPORTERS’ EVENTS ...... 22 EAT, DRINK & SHOP ................................ 23

PAGECONTENTS

WOZZECK: ZURICH OPERA

A performance of Alban Berg’s masterpiece, with Christian Gerhaher (pictured) as Wozzeck. Friday 2 October.See page 7.

LONDON LITERATURE FESTIVAL

Talks, readings, comedy, poetry, films, music and free events for the incurably curious this autumn. From Monday 28 September – Monday 12 October.See pages 10 – 13.

WHY?: WHAT’S HAPPENING FOR THE YOUNG

Supported by Mishcon de Reya Our festival for children and young people is back. From Thursday 22 – Sunday 25 October.See pages 14 – 15.

Welcome to Southbank Centre.What makes a good childhood? That’s the question that our festival WHY? – What’s Happening For The Young asks. The arts is a powerful and essential ingredient in a child’s life and too many of our young people have very little chance to experience great cultural riches or find out how much their own self-expression can teach them. Come to WHY? as children and adults grapple together over subjects from friendship to celebrity stereotypes and how a child’s relationship to the arts can help with all these issues.

October is also when all our orchestras, artists and ensembles are in full swing with their wonderful performances and programmes for schools and young people, providing opportunities to get involved in culture of all kinds both here and in local neighbourhoods. It’s possibly the most precious work we do.

Jude Kelly CBE Artistic Director, Southbank Centre

There are more than 200 classical music concerts listed in our season brochure for 2015/16. Flick through its pages and you’ll find world-class orchestras, star soloists, great new music and works that have endured for centuries. However, whether you’re a regular concert-goer or a newcomer to classical music, it can be tricky to know where to begin.

At our award-winning festival of 20th-century classical music, The Rest Is Noise, visitors told us they enjoyed concerts more when they took part in talks and workshops about the music. That’s what inspired us to create What You Need to Know, a series of one-day workshops looking in depth at some key pieces of music performed at Southbank Centre.

Led by Southbank Centre’s Director of Music, Gillian Moore, the sessions feature talks by musical experts, discussions and demonstrations – you can find out more about music that’s unfamiliar, deepen your knowledge of a favourite piece or attend the whole course to explore a wide range of classical music.

What You Need to Know runs from autumn 2015 to summer 2016, taking in a classic Mozart opera, the 20th-century sounds of Steve Reich and a Wagnerian finale. Here’s a taster of the topics covered in the first three sessions.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT CL ASSICAL MUSIC

SUNDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 2015BERG’S WOZZECKBefore the premiere of Wozzeck,its composer Alban Berg was unknown. After the first night, he was famous. How had this middle-aged composer, who didn’t begin studying music until he was 19, created such a splash?Until the 19th century, most European music had been structured in a certain way, with one or two tones used as focal points, centres of gravity towards which the music is drawn. As the 20th century dawned in Vienna, composer Arnold Schoenberg began writing music that pushed against the boundaries of this traditional, ‘tonal’ structure. Atonal music, he announced, was ‘the emancipation of the dissonance.’ Berg was one of his first pupils and the two, with Anton Webern, became known as the Second Viennese school, who were led by Schoenberg’s creative example to explore new means of expression in music. Wozzeck steps into this brave new world while speaking directly to the emotions of its audiences, and was

popular from its first performance. Turn-of-the-century Vienna was a hub not only for classical music but also for philosophy, writing and art that defied convention and explored new creative possibilities; Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele were creating iconoclastic paintings, writers such as Robert Musil were embarking on grand modernist projects, and in 1900 Sigmund Freud published his Interpretation of Dreams. Unlikely as it sounds, these influential figures mingled in the city’s coffee shops, which also attracted men who would leave their political stamp on the century: Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Adolf Hitler. Berg wrote Wozzeck during the first world war, obsessively plotting it out in notebooks while working in a military desk job. It is now considered the first avant-garde opera, a dramatic struggle between tonal writing and dissonance in which the libretto is half spoken, half sung.

Berg was proud that each scene of the opera was based on a different classic musical form, yet his writing was so radically new that Wozzeck had to be rehearsed 34 times before the first performance. The opera was based on the true story of Johann Christian Woyzeck, a soldier who had murdered his mistress. Berg was inspired by a play about Woyzeck by the 23-year-old writer Georg Buchner, who died of typhus before he had finished it. Focusing on working-class characters, it examined the forces that might drive a soldierto kill his wife, and then himself.

Schoenberg wrote about Berg’s ‘powerful sympathy’ – his ability to empathise deeply with the suffering of others. Perhaps this is one of the reasons Wozzeck resonates with audiences, and why many people consider it the most exciting opera ever written.

Christian Gerhaher & Zurich Opera perform Wozzeck on Friday 2 October in Royal Festival Hall.

Highlights this month:Classical Season 2015/16 (see pages 6 – 9)

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SUNDAY 25 OCTOBER 2015 STRAVINSKY’S RITE OF SPRING‘It’s so fresh, it still kicks ass’ says Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor of the Philharmonia Orchestra, about The Rite of Spring. From its very first performance, listeners have found Stravinsky’s 35-minute ballet confrontational. The audience reaction to the music and choreography at the premiere has gone down in history as one of the first, hostile reactions to Modernist art. Catcalling and arguments were so loud that the choreographer, the ballet star Nijinsky, had to shout the cues to the dancers from the wings, while Stravinsky held onto the tails of his

coat. Critics still debate the level of violence seen at the riot (we know that members of the audience threw vegetables, and that 40 people were ejected from the

theatre) and what caused it – was it a marketing stunt arranged by Sergei Diaghilev, the founder of the Ballet Russes? Promising music ‘that would doubtless inspire heated discussion’ he had offered free entry to some members of the audience – the bohemian critics and poets who ended up trading insults with the more traditional, fashionable crowd. The score to The Rite of Spring can still induce powerful thrills. There are its pulsing rhythms in a constantly shifting metre, sometimes performed in magical unison by musicians en masse. There’s its collage of sharply defined motifs, forbidding a single sonic perspective, as if a cubist drawing took musical form. There’s the story of the ballet, a Russian maiden sacrificing herself in a death-dance to ensure a good harvest, played out just a year before an entire generation of young men sacrificed their lives for their country in the First World War. Stravinsky’s subtitle, Pictures of Pagan Russia in Two Parts, made an explicit link between the ballet’s shocking brutalism and the Russian past. Back in St Petersburg, his music teacher, the composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, was among a group who set out to write authentically Russian music in a reaction against the fashion for French composers.

But Stravinsky’s vision of ‘pagan Russia’ also played into the Parisian audience’s fantasies about his ‘exotic’ homeland. His portrait of spring was a very Russian one; he once said that in his country ‘it seemed to begin in an hour and was like the whole earth cracking.’ The popularity of the Ballet Russes was down to the French fascination with Russian art – as was understood by canny impresario Diaghilev. Stravinsky’s ballet is considered a Modernist masterpiece. His vision of an inexplicably murderous society foreshadowed Modernist skepticism about social values. The scenery and costumes, designed by artist and anthropologist Nicholas Roerich, explored a ‘primitive’ culture, like the art of his contemporaries Picasso and Gaugin. In 1913, James Joyce had just begun to write Portrait of a Young Man, and Ezra Pound would meet TS Eliot the next year. These writers would sample the work of other cultures just as Stravinsky sampled Russian folksongs in his score. However, Stravinsky denied his use of folksong, saying that the echoes were down to ‘unconscious folk memory’ and claimed that the scenario for his ballet had come to him as if in a prescient dream.

The London Philharmonic Orchestra performs The Rite of Spring on Wednesday 28 Octoberin Royal Festival Hall.

Image credits:Patricia Kopatchinskaja © Marina SaanisviliStockhausen © akg-imagesPhilharmonia Orchestra violinist © Mark McNultyStravinsky signature © Southbank Centre Archive

SATURDAY 5 DECEMBER 2015STOCKHAUSEN’S HYMNENMany fans of pop, hip-hop and drum and bass might not realise that the first musicians to use electronic sampling were working in classical music.

One of the earliest and most influential was Karlheinz Stockhausen, laboriously splicing up tape with razor blades in his studio to create the desired effects. Now a gargantuan figure in 20th-century music, noted for his grand experimentalism – a work for three orchestras, a string quartet incorporating helicopters, a seven-day opera – and his varied eccentricities, Stockhausen’s youthful experiments in electronic music helped write the rulebook for the genre.

Having studied with Messiaen and attended the Darmstadt International Summer Courses for New Music (which became well known as a home for the uncompromising, modern sounds of serialism), Stockhausen took up a post at the new WDR Electronic Studio in Germany, soon to become a centre of European electronic music. Here he not only made music from spliced and manipulated sound recordings, but created sounds using raw electronic waveforms – a difficult task that few other musicians had attempted. The pieces he wrote in the 1950s and 60s, such as Gesang der Junglinge and Kontakte, combined manipulated recordings, synthesized sounds and live performance to create a seductive alien soundworld.

Stockhausen’s innovative compositions attracted attention beyond the realm of classical music. His new fans included The Beatles, who in 1967 included his portrait on the cover of Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. This was the year that Stockhausen composed Hymnen, a ‘metacollage’ of national anthems from across the globe interwoven with electronic sounds and other recordings – at one point Stockhausen and his studio assistants list names for the colour red taken from a Windsor & Newton watercolour paint catalogue.

Stockhausen said that regular beats in music reminded him of the Nazi marching music played over the radio during his childhood (the war claimed the lives of both his parents). By the time he wrote Hymnen, in which the highly modulated German national anthem evolves into a recording of a jeering crowd, he had contributed numerous promising alternatives to the sounds of the past.

London Sinfonietta performs Region III from Hymnen on Saturday 5 December in Royal Festival Hall.

Notes by Lucy Peters

And there’s more…

Saturday 9 January 2016Messiaen’s Turangalîla

Saturday 9 April 2016 Janáček’s Jenůfa

Saturday 7 May 2016 Mozart’s The Magic Flute

Sunday 15 May 2016 Stravinsky Myths & Legends

Sunday 22 May 2016 Reich’s Music for 18 Musicians

Saturday 25 & Sunday 26 June 2016 Wagner’s Ring Cycle

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THERE SHE BLOWS!

CALL ME ISHMAEL

...So begins one of the classics of American literature, taking the reader on a voyage across the high seas as its narrator, Ishmael, sets out aboard the whaling ship Pequod under the command of Captain Ahab.

Ishmael soon discovers that Ahab is on a zealous quest for one particular whale, Moby Dick. This white whale is notorious for his colossal size and for his myriad fatal encounters with the whalers who pursue him. Ahab was one of those whalers – and lost not only his ship but his leg to Moby Dick. He is intent upon revenge, at any cost...

What ensues is a rollicking tale of adventure and tragedy, infused with the blood and gore of whale hunting, the reckless passion of a monomaniacal captain, and the battle between one man and the infinite power of the sea.

Melville plumbs the depths of good and evil in this story of desolate splendour, shot through with a dexterous comic wit.

The genius of Moby-Dick was recognised long after Melville’s death – now, it is one of the best-loved American novels and looms large in lists of the top 100 novels of all time.

We’re setting sail this autumn straight into the heart of Herman Melville’s classic tale of maritime obsession, first published in 1851. Actors, writers, members of the public and Herman Melville’s great-great-great-granddaughter join us to perform the entire unabridged novel, with surprising contributions every day from illustrators, artists and musicians. But before you hoist the mainsail and swab the decks, read on to find out more about one of the greatest novels of all time.

Moby-Dick Unabridged takes place from Thursday 1 – Sunday 4 October in The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall.

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LITERATURE

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28 September –

12 October 2015

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Highlights this month:London Literature Festival (see pages10 – 13)

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THE REVEREND RICHARD COLES MUSICIAN, JOURNALIST AND PARISH PRIEST, ST MARY THE VIRGIN, FINEDONWhen did you first read Moby-Dick?I first read Moby-Dick in my 20s and fell for it at once. I think, generally, it is the weirdness I like best, and in particular what passed for bedtime etiquette between 19th-century American whalers and tattooed strangers, and how to process a whale as you go along.

BENJAMIN MARKOVITS AUTHORWhat’s your favourite line, chapter orpart of the story and why?The basic story is a great story. I was telling it to my five-year-old son a few days ago and it made sense to him. A guy is trying to catch the terrible whale that took out his leg. Of course, what’s wonderful about the book is that it’s really a tasting menu of different genres, but the opening pages seem particularly good: Ishmael’s restlessness, desire to change his life, and the quiet decisions and adventures this leads him into, even before he sets sail.

TED HODGKINSON SENIOR PROGRAMMER OFLITERATURE AND SPOKEN WORDAT SOUTHBANK CENTRE

Why do you think Moby-Dick is still so loved?You can read it as an adventure story but it also touches on universal themes with tremendous humour and insight. It asks deep moral questions, and leaves you wondering at the mystery of humanity and nature. And grateful not to be a harpoonist.

DENNIS JOHNSONCO-FOUNDER AND PUBLISHER, MELVILLE HOUSE When did you first read Moby-Dick?I first read Moby-Dick when I was a young man with a menial job and a long commute on a New York City subway, which is where I read a lot of great literature. As it turned out, being underground, in the belly of the beast, feeling rather overwhelmed as I pursued my dreams, was a fairly ideal place/situation in which to read this tale of a man working for a maniacally obsessive leader seeking to hunt down and kill a pristine, white creature in its own element.

A L KENNEDY AUTHOR

Why do you think Moby-Dick is still so loved?Because it’s bloody lovely. It grips your mind in a big salty velvet fist and doesn’t let you go. And it gives us Cormac McCarthy.What’s the most interesting thing you know about whales?I once tickled one on the tummy – they’re immensely sensual beasts. You can scrub at their heads the way you would scratch the head of a dog... which makes harpooning even slightly less pleasant as an idea. They may be big, but they feel as much as you do – fellow mammals that they are.

CHIBUNDU ONUZOAUTHOR

Who do you think is the best character?For me Queequeg was the most interesting character. I think Melville does a really good job of showing how strange we all are to each other. It was an early foray into cultural relativism (although the historian part of my brain winces at this transplanting of a 20th-century term to a time not its own). Nothing Queequeg does is strange to him and the character retains that cultural confidence, even when surrounded by Western norms, dietary practices et cetera.It reminds me of the project that later African writers like Chinua Achebe would take up with novels like Things Fall Apart. The ‘natives’ were not savages. Their colonisers just didn’t have the tools to interpret their world. What’s the most interesting thing you know about whales? They swim in their sleep.

SAM TARADISHCO-ARTISTIC DIRECTOR (WITH JARRED MCGINNIS AND TOM BASDEN),THE SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP

Who do you think is the best character?I think the most interesting character is Stubb. The second mate knows the majesty of the sea, the danger of a whaling life, and even has a sense of just how far wrong things may have gone with the captain. He knows that his lifeis a small, fragile thing in a contest with uncontrollable forces, and he still sets tothe hunt with humour.

LIZA KLAUSSMANN AUTHOR AND GREAT-GREAT-GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER OF HERMAN MELVILLE

What’s your favourite line, chapter orpart of the story and why? The chapter that I find the most beautiful and the most arresting is the chapter that addresses one of the whale’s most obvious peculiarities: his colour...In the chapter, Melville basically floats the idea that the essence of white – far from being honourable, or even benign – is in fact inherently evil, merciless; it is, he tells us,the colour of spiritual death. I love this idea– it’s so original and unusual, and so part of the greatness of the novel. Then there’s structure itself: the chapter is an act of literary bravura, a perfect emotional history of the colour (or non-colour) white, from the divine to the apocalyptic (think of those four horseman). ‘And of all these things,’ Melville writes, ‘the Albino whale was the symbol. Wonder ye then at the fiery hunt?’

Some of the contributors to Moby-Dick Unabridged share their thoughts about the best-loved sea voyage in literature.

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CLASSICAL MUSICBerg’s tragic masterpiece Wozzeck is performed by Zurich Opera with Christian Gerhaher in the title role on Friday 2 October.

THURSDAY 1 PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA: CHRISTOPH VON DOHNÁNYI Christoph von Dohnányi conductor Carolin Widmann violinCharles Ives The Unanswered Question (Contemplation No.1); Berg Violin Concerto; Schubert Symphony No.9 in C (Great)Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £42* £33* £27* £22* £17* £14* £11* Signature Seats £50*

Royal Festival Hall, 6pm: pre-concert chamber music. Musicians from the Orchestra perform Strauss’ Prelude for string sextet from Capriccio, and Mendelssohn’s Octet in E flat, Op.20.

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FRIDAY 2WOZZECK WITH CHRISTIAN GERHAHER & ZURICH OPERAInternational Orchestra SeriesFabio Luisi conductor Christian Gerhaher Wozzeck Gun-Brit Barkmin Marie Brandon Jovanovich Drum Major Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke Captain Lars Woldt DoctorA performance of Alban Berg’s masterpiece featuring an all-star cast. Wozzeck tells the tragic story of a soldier driven to madness and murder by poverty and oppression. With Christian Gehaher, winner of the 2015 International Opera Award for Best Male Singer and the Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Opera.Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £50* £35* £20* £10* Premium seats £65*

SATURDAY 3 LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA: JUROWSKI EXPLORES SCRIABIN’S COLOURFUL SOUNDWORLD Vladimir Jurowski conductor Leonidas Kavakos violinKnussen Scriabin settings; Sibelius Violin Concerto; Scriabin Symphony No.3 (The Divine Poem)Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £39* £33* £27* £21* £16* £12* £9* Premium seats £65*

SUNDAY 4 PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA: YURI TEMIRKANOV Yuri Temirkanov conductor Denis Matsuev pianoTchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1; Brahms Symphony No.4Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £42* £33* £27* £22* £17* £14* £11* Signature Seats £50*

TUESDAY 6ANGELA HEWITT, PIANO

International Piano SeriesBach Capriccio in B flat, BWV.992 (On the departure of his most beloved brother); Scarlatti Sonata in F minor, Kk.69; Sonata in G, Kk.427; Sonata in D, Kk.96; Bach Partita No.2 in C minor, BWV.826; Beethoven Sonata in E flat, Op.81a (Les Adieux); Liszt Sonetto 123 del Petrarca & Après une lecture de Dante – Fantasia quasi sonata from Années de pèlerinageRoyal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £40* £30* £20* £10* Premium seats £55*

Royal Festival Hall at 6.15pm: Pre-concert talk. Angela Hewitt discusses the programme.

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THURSDAY 8 PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA: DANIIL TRIFONOV Rafael Payare conductor Daniil Trifonov pianoTchaikovsky Fantasy Overture, Romeo & Juliet; Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.4; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition orch. RavelRoyal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £42* £33* £27* £22* £17* £14* £11* Signature Seats £50*

SATURDAY 10 LONDON SINFONIETTA FELDMAN: FOR SAMUEL BECKETT Garry Walker conductor London SinfoniettaLaurence Crane Chamber Symphony No.2 (The Australian) (World premiere); Marisol Jiménez New work (World premiere); Morton Feldman For Samuel BeckettSt John’s Smith Square, 7.30pm £15*

TUESDAY 13DENIS KOZHUKHIN, PIANOInternational Piano SeriesHaydn Sonata in D, Hob.XVI/24; Brahms Theme and Variations in D minor arr. for piano from String Sextet No.1 in B flat, Op.18; 7 Fantasias, Op.116; Haydn Sonata in B minor, Hob.XVI/32; Liszt Bénédiction de Dieu dans la Solitude, No.3 from Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S.173; Bartók Out of Doors SuiteSt John’s, Smith Square, 7.30pm £28* £15* £10* Premium seats £35*

St John’s Smith Square at 6.15pm. Pre-concert talk. Denis Kozhukhin discusses the programme.

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WEDNESDAY 14 LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA: PENDERECKI CONDUCTS UK PREMIERE OF HIS HORN CONCERTOKrzysztof Penderecki conductor Radovan Vlatković hornPenderecki Adagio for strings (UK premiere); Horn Concerto ‘Winterreise’ (UK premiere); Threnody for the victims of Hiroshima; Shostakovich Symphony No.6 in B minorRoyal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £39* £33* £27* £21* £16* £12* £9* Premium seats £65*

Royal Festival Hall at 6.15pm: pre-concert talk. Krzysztof Penderecki discusses his Horn Concerto.

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ORCHESTRA OF THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT: BOSTRIDGE SINGS HANDEL

Steven Devine director Ian Bostridge tenorStar tenor Ian Bostridge joins the Orchestra to kick-start their 30th birthday celebrations with a Baroque programme featuring well-loved arias by Handel and his elaborate motet Silete Venti.St John’s, Smith Square, 7pm £39* £24* £10* Premium seats £60*St John’s Smith Square at 5.45pm: pre-concert talk.

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THURSDAY 15 PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA: DANIIL TRIFONOV

Jakub Hrůša conductor Daniil Trifonov pianoSmetana Overture, The Bartered Bride; Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.2; Dvořák Symphony No.7Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £42* £33* £27* £22* £17* £14* £11* Signature Seats £50*

Royal Festival Hall at 6pm: Music of Today. A composer portrait of Param Vir, conducted by Kwamé Ryan with Soumik Datta (sarod).

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SATURDAY 17GUIDED LISTENING: FRENCH CLASSICAL ORGAN MUSICAn introduction to the organ by William McVicker with a recital by organ students from the Royal Academy of Music, focusing on their favourite French classical organ repertoire.Royal Festival Hall, 12 noon

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JONAS KAUFMANN, TENORJochen Rieder conductorSought-after tenor Jonas Kaufmann returns to Royal Festival Hall. He performs his own selection of arias accompanied by the London Philharmonic Orchestra.Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £125* £95* £85* £50* £40* £30*

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THURSDAY 22 PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA:RAVEL & UNSUK CHIN

Nicholas Collon conductorKari Kriikku clarinetAlwyn Mellor sopranoStravinsky Fireworks (Feu d’artifice); Unsuk Chin Clarinet Concerto (UK premiere); Wagner Prelude & Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde; Ligeti Atmosphères; Ravel Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No.2Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm£42* £33* £27* £22* £17* £14* £11*Signature Seats £50*

Royal Festival Hall at 6pm:pre-concert talk. Nicholas Collonin conversation.

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FRIDAY 23 LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA: BENJAMIN GROSVENOR PLAYS RAVEL Thierry Fischer conductorBenjamin Grosvenor pianoJames Sherlock organBizet Symphony in C;Ravel Piano Concerto in G;Saint-Saëns Symphony No.3 (Organ)Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm£39* £33* £27* £21* £16* £12* £9* Premium seats £65*

Royal Festival Hall at 6pm:pre-concert performance. Children from the London Music Masters programme perform with LPO musicians in the premiere of a work by Gavin Higgins.

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SUNDAY 25WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: STRAVINSKY THE RITE OF SPRING

An in-depth session exploring Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, looking at its controversial premiere and how it fits into Russian cultural history. Speakers include Professor Jonathan Cross of Oxford University.Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 12 noon – 4pm £39*

PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA: JAMES BOND –THE ULTIMATE SOUNDTRACKS

Carl Davis conductorLance Ellington voiceMica Paris voiceHazel Fernandes voiceSarah Brown voiceHear music from all the great Bond films, to coincide with release of the new instalment, Spectre.Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm£55* £45* £35* £29* £24* £15*

TUESDAY 27A NIGHT UNDER THE STARS: FAIREST ISLE

Orion OrchestraEdward Gardner conductorSarah Connolly mezzo-sopranoDuncan Rock baritoneEsther Yoo violinStreetwise OperaAn evening of music inspired by the British Isles including Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending and Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture, Walton’s Henry V Suite and arias by Purcell and Handel.In aid of homeless charityThe Passage.Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm£50* £40* £30* £20* £12*Premium seats £60*

WEDNESDAY 28 LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA: MARKUS STENZ CONDUCTS THE RITE OF SPRING

Markus Stenz conductorPatricia Kopatchinskaja violinBeethoven Symphony No.1; Thomas Larcher Violin Concerto; Stravinsky The Rite of SpringRoyal Festival Hall, 7.30pm£39* £33* £27* £21* £16* £12* £9* Premium seats £65*FREE

THURSDAY 29NOISY NOTES: INSPIRING THE NEXT GENERATIONSue Perkins conducts and presents music for children in a spectacular show. It features dancers, characters from Shrek, young West End stars, Eurovision’s Sarbel from Greece.Royal Festival Hall, 2pm£15* £12* £10*

SOUTHWARK YOUTH ORCHESTRASouthwark Youth Orchestra bring their vivacious playing to The Clore Ballroom. Conducted by Lee Reynolds, the orchestra perform favourites including ‘Mambo’ from West Side Story.The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall, 5.30pm

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SATURDAY 31 LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA: SKROWACZEWSKI CONDUCTS BRUCKNERStanisław Skrowaczewski conductorBruckner Symphony No.5(no interval)Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm£39* £33* £27* £21* £16* £12* £9* Premium seats £65*

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PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRAConductor Esa-Pekka Salonen and pianist

Lang Lang share their love of Grieg, Beethoven and Prokofi ev in three concerts

(26 Nov, 1 & 3 Dec).

LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRATake a musical journey to Mexico with

conductor Jaime Martín (6 Nov), France with Debussy and Ravel (11 Nov), or Italy with

arias from Puccini’s Tosca (4 Dec).

LONDON SINFONIET TAHear Stockhausen’s take on national

anthems from around the world, and music by living legend Pierre Boulez (5 Dec).

ORCHESTRA OF THE AGEOF ENLIGHTENMENT

Enjoy Bach’s Double Violin Concerto in the beautiful Baroque setting of St John’s Smith Square – hear it in concert (24 Nov) or take a

guided tour of the music at The Works (30 Nov).

Image credits: Royal Festival Hall © Ed Reeve; Maria Luigia Borsi © Richard CreanLondon Sinfonietta; Marin Alsop and Esa-Pekka Salonen © Clive Barda;

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MONDAY 28 SEPTEMBERTHE FORWARD PRIZESFOR POETRY 2015Poets shortlisted for the Forward Prizes read from their collections, ahead of the announcement of the winners. With Ciaran Carson, Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, Paul Muldoon, Claudia Rankine, Peter Riley, Mona Arshi, Sarah Howe, Andrew McMillan, Matthew Siegel, Karen McCarthy Woolf, Maura Dooley , Andrew Elliott, Ann Gray, Claire Harman and Kim Moore.Royal Festival Hall, 7pm £12*

THURSDAY 1 – SUNDAY 4MOBY-DICK UNABRIDGED

Over four days, hear the epic novel Moby-Dick by Herman Melville being read aloud by actors, writers, members of the public and comedians. Including illustrations and music – expect surprising contributions everyday. Presented by The Special Relationship and Southbank Centre.The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall, Thursday 7pm – 10pm, Friday 8pm – 10pm, Saturday, 10.30am – 10pm & Sunday 10.30am – 5pm

FREE

THURSDAY 1STORYSLAM:LIVEWrite and perform a five-minute short story on the theme of ‘Shining’ for your chance to impress the judges. Also meet aspiring authors and be a part of London’s literary scene. Ages 16+.Spirit Level at Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £8*

EDWARD THOMASSHARED READINGJoin others and take part in a shared reading of the work of poet Edward Thomas. This event features Thomas’s poems along with fragments from biographies and other writings.The Poetry Library at Royal Festival Hall, 8pm £5*


LONDON LITERATURE FESTIVALTerry Gilliam discusses his life, career and creativity as part of our annual literature festival.

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FRIDAY 2ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC: WATER MUSICFriday Lunch with MasterCardStudent pianists from the Royal College of Music perform pieces inspired by water. Features ‘Poissons d’or’ and ‘Reflets dans l’eau’ by Debussy and Ravel’s ‘Jeaux d’eau’.Central Bar Foyer at Royal Festival Hall, 1pm

FREE

SUNSPOTSA poetic, musical and visual exploration of the long and eventful life of the Sun. With poet Simon Baraclough, musician Oliver Barrett and visual artist Jack Wake-Walker. Produced by Penned in the Margins. Ages 16+.Spirit Level at Royal Festival Hall, 7pm £8*

THE HEART OF THE MATTER: HOW SCIENCE BORROWS FROM POETRYPhysicist Carlo Rovelli, author of Seven Basic Lessons of Physics, and poet and Wellcome Trust writer-in-residence Lavinia Greenlaw talk about how poetry has inspired scientists.Festival Village under Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.45pm £8*

SATURDAY 3ISLAND SOUNDS: A NEW PIECE BY KEI MILLER

Hear Forward Prize-winning poet Kei Miller’s elegy to cacophonous island life, from crowing cockerels to Kingston’s roaring traffic.St Paul’s Roof Pavilion at Royal Festival Hall, 2pm & 7.45pm £8*

BELLOW AND BEYOND: POST-WAR AMERICAN FICTIONA discussion about Nobel Laureate Saul Bellow’s life and legacy. With biographer Zachary Leader and novelist Ben Markovits.Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 3pm £8*

SELFIE CONCIOUSNESS: NARRATING OURSELVES ONLINEIs being able to narrate our lives online a new form of expression to be embraced? Discussion with Tom Chatfield, author of How to Thrive in a Digital Age, and addictions expert Henrietta Bowden-Jones.Spirit Level at Royal Festival Hall, 3.30pm £8*

AGENTS OF DISCOVERYMeet publishers committed to bringing us stories from beyond the Anglophone bubble. With Meike Ziervogel (Pierene Press), Stefan Tobler (And Other Stories) and Bibi Bakare-Yusuf (Cassava Republic). Ages 16+.Weston Roof Pavilion at Royal Festival Hall, 4.30pm £8*

SATURDAY 3 & SUNDAY 4YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE WEEKENDER

This mini-festival features writers and spoken word artists, talks, workshops, performances, stalls and The Dystopian Book Club. It has been put together with advice of young writers and readers. Ages 13 – 25.Festival Village under Queen Elizabeth Hall, 1pm – 6pm, £8* per day

SUNDAY 4ALTERNATE WORLDSGraphic novelists Stephen Collins (The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil) and Isabel Greenberg (The Encyclopedia of Early Earth) discuss how they create alternate worlds.Weston Roof Pavilion at Royal Festival Hall, 3pm £8*

BICYCLES, TRAINS AND BEING ON TIME: A CONVERSATION ABOUT WORKING LIVESHear authors shed light on a range of working lives. With Joanna Biggs (All Day Long: A Portrait of Britain at Work), Jon Day (Cyclogeography: Journeys of a London Bicycle Courier) and Simon Bradley (The Railways: Nation, Network and People).Weston Roof Pavilion at Royal Festival Hall, 5pm £8*

MONDAY 5POETRY LIBRARY BOOK CLUB: ROSEMARY TONKSPoet Rosemary Tonks turned her back on the literary world in the 1970s. Following her death in 2014, Bloodaxe published the first volume of her work in 40 years. This event examines the work of the ultimate poet’s poet. Email [email protected] to book your place.The Poetry Library at Royal Festival Hall, 6.30pm

FREE (BOOKING ESSENTIAL)

POLARI: FIRST BOOK PRIZEFind out the winner of the 2015 Polari First Book Prize, awarded to a work which explores LGBT experience. This year’s ceremony features Tom Rob Smith, Juliet Jacques, Charlie Flowers and Anny Knight, and is hosted by Paul Burson. Ages 18+Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £8*

WAR ON THE DOORSTEP: HOW MODERN WARFARE ENTERED THE HOMEHow are today’s novelists writing about modern warfare, which can erupt anywhere? Discussion with Owen Sheer (Saw a Man), Sunjeev Sahota(The Year of the Runaways) and Mirza Waheed (The Book of Gold Leaves). Chaired by Kamila Shamsie(A God In Every Stone).Festival Village under Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.45pm £8*

COMEDY COUPLETS: TIM KEY AND MARK WATSON

Tim Key and Mark Watson present an evening for literary types looking to laugh. Expect a stellar line-up of comedians and poets for an evening of epic proportions.Royal Festival Hall, 8pm £20* £15*

TUESDAY 6LES MURRAYThe acclaimed Australian poet Les Murray reads from a variety of his poetry, including his most recent collection, Waiting for the Past, a Poetry Book Society Choice.Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 6pm £10*

NEW EXPERIMENTALISTS: THE WRITERSHear from innovative writers who are experimenting with language and voice. With Paul Kingsnorth (The Wake), Max Porter (Grief is the Thing with Feathers) and Una (Becoming Unbecoming). Ages 16+.Spirit Level at Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £8*

SOUTHBANK CENTRE FIRST LOOK BOOK CLUBFirst Look Book Club lets you try books before they’re published.This time we look at Bret Easton Ellis and the Other Dogs, a novel by Swedish author Lina Wolff, translated by Frank Perry. Chaired by writer Saskia Vogel. Ages 16+.Level 3 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 7.45pm £8*

EVERYTHING IN A MOMENT: ANDREW MILLER AND COLUM MCCANNNovelists Andrew Miller (Pure and The Crossing) and Colum McCann (Let the Great World Spin and TransAtlantic) talk about fiction, real life and significant moments.Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 8pm £10*

LITERARY DEATH MATCH: SOUTHBANK CENTRE SPECIAL EDITIONPart literary event, part gameshow, part comedy, Literary Death Match brings together four of today’s finest writers to compete in a edge-of-your-seat read-off. Ages 16+.Festival Village under Queen Elizabeth Hall, 8pm £10*

WEDNESDAY 7INTERCITY FLOW ANTHOLOGY LAUNCHCome to the launch of the anthology that resulted from Ek Zuban Press’s mentoring project. With music from The Electric Kool-Aid Ensemble and performances by poets Esa Hirvonen, Daniil Koslov, Claus Ankersen, Maja Petrea Fox, Harry Zevenbergen, Sanne Bartfai, Dizzylez and Mo’stach. Ages 16+.Spirit Level at Royal Festival Hall, 7pm £8*

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Image credits:Terry Gilliam © Jay Brooks, Camera Press London Young Adult Literature Weekender © Belinda Lawley

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WEDNESDAY 7INSIDE THE HEAD OF TERRY GILLIAM

Venture inside the mind of the filmmaker once described as ‘half genius and half madman’ in this immersive, multimedia journey. He is joined on stage by BBC arts editor Will Gompertz. Presented by Intelligence Squared and Southbank Centre. Ages 14+.Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £30* £25* £17.50*This event is live captioned and BSL interpreted.

EXIT, PURSUED BY A ZOMBIE: LITERARY TRICKS TO MAPPING DIGITAL ADVENTURES

How do game designers draw on literature? Discussion with novelist and gaming expert Naomi Alderman and game designers Emily Short (Galatea) and Cara Ellison (Dishonoured 2). Simon Parkin, games critic of the New Yorker, chairs the event. Ages 12+.Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 7.45pm £8*

WHAT IS SHE SAYING?: WOMEN AND SILENT FILMAn evening of poems inspired by early silent film. Three very different poetic responses summon up the voices of women from this world. Readers include Sharon Morris, Cleo Barnham and Claire Crowther. To book, email [email protected] Poetry Library at Royal Festival Hall, 8pm


THURSDAY 8 OCTOBER – SUNDAY 10 JANUARYFARADAY’S SYNAPTIC GAP: AN EXHIBITION BY RICK MYERSFaraday’s Synaptic Gap is inspired by Michael Faraday’s 1832 experiment across the Thames. Rick Myers’ new exhibition brings together the Poetry Library and the library at the Courtauld Institute of Art, on the north bank of the Thames and considers the neurological, material, and poetic aspects of Faraday’s experiment.The Poetry Library at Royal Festival Hall & The Book Library at the Courtauld Institute of Art, Tuesday – Sunday, 11am – 8pm

FREE

THURSDAY 8NATIONAL POETRY DAY LIVE

Southbank Centre and The Poetry Society celebrate National Poetry Day with a group of Young Poetry Producers aged 18-25 who curate readings and performances on the theme of ‘light’. All ages.The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall, 1pm – 6pm

FREE

BEGINNING TO SEE THE LIGHTPoets write new poems inspired by this year’s National Poetry Day theme – light. The pieces receive their premieres here on National Poetry Day itself. A Jaybird Live Literature Project.Spirit Level at Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £8*

FARADAY’S SYNAPTIC GAP, OPENING EVENTJoin us at the opening event of Rick Myers’ exhibition, Faraday’s Synaptic Gap. View the works, enjoy a glass of wine and find out more about Rick Myers’ response to Faraday’s experiment. Email [email protected] to book your place.The Poetry Library at Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm


ARRIVALS: HOW DID YOU GET HERE?Writers discuss crossing terrains – both physical and mental. With Kamila Shamsie (A God in Every Stone), Tahmima Anam (The Golden Age), Helen Simpson (Hey Yeah Right Get A Life) and Michael Salu, chaired byJohn Freeman. Ages 12+.Festival Village under Queen Elizabeth Hall, 8pm £8*

FRIDAY 9KARAMAFriday Tonic with MasterCardKARAMA was formed by Moroccan oud player and composer Soufian Saihi. Their work is influenced by sacred Gnawa music, as well as North African and Classical Arabic traditions.Central Bar Foyer at Royal Festival Hall, 5.30pm

FREE

TELLING THE UNTELLABLE: HOW WRITERS CHOOSE THEIR SUBJECTSWhat are the dilemmas of telling another person’s story? With Åsne Seierstad, whose One of Us is about the 2011 massacre in Norway, Jonny Steinberg, author of A Man of Good Hope, about a Somali refugee, and Misha Glenny, whose Nemesis is about Brazil’s most wanted man.Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 7pm £8*

GLOBAL CITY: LONDON INSIDE OUTDiscover new writing about London as seen from the perspective of the outsider who is inside. With Iain Sinclair, Jana Putrle Srdic, Livia Franchini and Karlis Verdins, compered by Steven J Fowler.Spirit Level at Royal Festival Hall, 8pm £8*

DATA AND DESIRE: CROSS-CULTURAL STORIES OF LOVE AND ALGORITHMSLocal Transport presents short, sharp, multimedia performances from Michael Salu & Rut Blees Luxemburg, Natasha Caruana and Catherine Anyango. Ages 16+.Festival Village under Queen Elizabeth Hall, 8pm £10*

FRIDAY 9 & SATURDAY 10THE HOLLOW OF THE HAND: PJ HARVEY AND SEAMUS MURPHY

Don’t miss the world premiere of The Hollow of the Hand – an evening of poetry readings and new songs performed by PJ Harvey, and images and a short film presented by Seamus Murphy. With musicians John Parish and James Johnston, directed by Ian Rickson. Ages 18+.Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £30* £25*

SATURDAY 10THE POETRY BUTCHERGet feedback on your poetry from Karen McCarthy Woolf, one of our Poetry Butchers, during an individual 15-minute session. Bring one poem only, no longer than a side of A4. To book, email [email protected] Poetry Library at Royal Festival Hall, 11am – 6pm


REVOLUTIONARIES AND RUNAWAYS: NEW BASQUE AND SPANISH FICTIONKirmen Uribe is a Basque poet, multimedia artist and author of Bilbao-New York-Bilbao. Jesús Carrasco’s new novel emOut in the Open tells of a young boy fleeing his home. What can these fictions tell us about our present and future?Weston Roof Pavilion at Royal Festival Hall, 1.30pm £8*

ALI SMITH INTRODUCES TOM MORRISAuthor Ali Smith, winner of the 2015 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction for How to be Both, introduces rising star Tom Morris who read from his story collection We Don’t Know What We’re Doing. Ages 12+.Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 2pm £8*



Cara Ellison

Joelle Taylor

Image credits: The Hollow of the Hand © Seamus MurphyTerry Gilliam © Jay Brooks, Camera Press London

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THE IRISH NEW WAVEMeet the new wave of Irish authors. With Colin Barrett (Young Skins), Kevin Barry (City of Bohane) and Claire-Louise Bennett (Pond). The event is chaired by Stinging Fly editor Tom Morris.Weston Roof Pavilion at Royal Festival Hall, 3pm £8*

APEX PREDATORS: A NOVEL ABOUT WOLVES, A MEMOIR ABOUT SHARKS

Evie Wyld, whose new Memoir Everything is Teeth was written with Joe Sumners, and Sarah Hall, who has just published the epic novel The Wolf Border, discuss their fascination with deadly predators.Spirit Level at Royal Festival Hall, 4pm £8*

PAUL MULDOONPulitzer Prize-winner Paul Muldoon reads from and discusses his poetry. His latest collection, One Thousand Things Worth Knowing, is published by Faber.Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 6pm £10*

SUNDAY 11MATT PARKER: THING TO MAKE AND DO IN THE FOURTH DIMENSIONMatt Parker is known as the Stand-up Mathematician. Join him for exhilarating ride into a world fizzing with games, puzzles and mind-bending possibilities.The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall, 2pm

FREE (TICKET REQUIRED)

THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS: STAYING ALIVEDepression for many is a fact of life, but how can those who suffer survive it? Join Matt Haig, the author of Reasons to Stay Alive, to explore the science and stories behind depression. Ages 16+.Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 2.30pm £8*

THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS: STAYING HAPPYMatt Haig, the author of Reasons to Stay Alive, leads a panel of experts as they try to find the secret to staying happy. Ages 16+.Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 4pm £8*

THE GROUNDNUT EXPERIENCE: TASTES OF AFRICA IN LONDONMeet the chefs behind the hit pop-up Groundnut, which has set Londoners’ tastebuds tingling. Sample dishes and hear Duval Timothy, Jacob Fodio Todd and Folayemi Brown tell the stories behind their food.Festival Village under Queen Elizabeth Hall, 3pm £8*

UNSPOKEN STORIES: LOVE IN APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICAFeminist Naomi Wolf and Elleke Boehmer, biographer of Nelson Mandela, discuss South African apartheid and forbidden love.Weston Roof Pavilion at Royal Festival Hall, 3.30pm £8*

MONDAY 12VOICES FROM PRISONSRe:form – Art by OffendersThe Koestler Trust presents an evening of art created in custodial settings and by ex-offenders.Hear music, poetry and prose entries submitted to the Koestler Awards.Festival Village under Queen Elizabeth Hall, 6.30pm £8*

2015 MAN BOOKER PRIZE READINGS

Join some of the Booker Prize-shortlisted authors for an evening of readings, conversation and the chance to find out about their novels. The shortlist is announced on Tuesday 15 September.Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £20* £15* £10*

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Image credits: Exit Pursued by Zombies © Jamie DrewNational Poetry Day Live © Hayley MaddenApex Predators © Richard ThwaitesMan Booker Prize © Janie Airey

Image credits: WHY SLAMbassadors UK © Belinda LawleyRug Rhymes © Belinda Lawley

LITERATURE & SPOKEN WORD EVENTS

Sarah Hall

Further events are being added, see website for full festival listings southbankcentre.co.uk/LondonLitFest

FRIDAYS IN OCTOBERRUG RHYMES: WHAT RHYMES WITH RUG?

Under-fives and their carers are invited to join the Poetry Library puppets, Federico and Firebird, for a short session of nursery rhymes, poems and rhyming stories, followed by the chance to look at and borrow books.The Poetry Library at Royal Festival Hall, 10.30am – 11am (please note there is no session on Friday 30 October)

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WEDNESDAY 7CREATIVE WRITING COURSE 2015: CONTEMPORARY CRIME WRITING WITH LESLEY THOMSONAs well as being a successful writer of contemporary detective fiction, Lesley Thomson is a brilliant plotter and editor. Find out how the best crime writers weave their clever plots.Level 3 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 6.30pm £15*

SUNDAY 25SLAMBASSADORS UK

See the best young spoken word artists compete at the SLAMbassadors UK National Finals. Hosted by the Poetry Society.The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall, 4pm – 6.30pm

FREE

WEDNESDAY 28NOVEL WRITING COURSE 2015: NANOWRIMO, ARE YOU READY?Review all of your ideas in preparation for the NaNoWriMo challenge. One workshop in a 12-part course providing you with the necessary skills to write a novel.Sunley Pavilion at Royal Festival Hall, 6.30pm £15*

THURSDAY 29ELVIS COSTELLO IN CONVERSATIONJoin songwriter Elvis Costello for a conversation about his memoir, Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink, which looks at his career and gives insights into some of his best-known songs.Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7pm £20* £15* £10*

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THURSDAY 22 – SUNDAY 25WHY? WHAT’S HAPPENING FOR THE YOUNGWHY? What’s Happening for the Young returns to consider how the needs and ideas of under-18s can influence the world around them. Inspired by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, the festival provides an empowering forum for children, young people and adults. We ask young people, artists and authors including Jacqueline Wilson, Lemn Sissay and Michael Morpurgo, big questions: what makes a good childhood? What rights do young people really have today? How can they stand up for themselves and what they believe in? With music, spoken word, theatre, film screenings, creative workshops, talks, debates and a marketplace, get involved as we tell unheard stories and inspire change at a lively, thought-provoking festival. southbankcentre.co.uk/WHY

THURSDAY 22 & FRIDAY 23WHY?: DAY PASS

As part of the celebrations, bring your school class or group of young people along to one of our WHY? Days. In a programme of workshops, performances, talks and debates, we explore the right to freedom of expression, play, care, safety and access to arts and culture. There are timetabled events aimed at young people aged 7-16 and Key Stages 2, 3 & 4. The Day Pass welcomes both school and non-school groups of young people accompanied by adults. Foyer Spaces at Royal Festival Hall, 10am – 3pm £2* for under-18s, free for accompanying adults. Email [email protected] for details.

THURSDAY 22 & FRIDAY 23WHY?: DAY PASS + SCOREKey Stage 4 students or young people aged 14-16 can attend our WHY? Days, as well as seeing a special matinee of the play Score, inspired by real events and dealing with the subject of drug addiction, for only £7*.Foyer Spaces at Royal Festival Hall, 10am – 4.30pm £7* for under-18s, free for accompanying adults. Ticket includes the full Day Pass activities plus entry to a performance of Score. Email [email protected] for details.

THURSDAY 22 – FRIDAY 23SCOREScore is a play inspired by true stories of addiction. It follows Hannah and Kirsty, childhood friends who’ve been through everything together: from playground fights to heroin addiction, missing dogs, and motherhood. With music by Verity Standen, creator of HUG. Ages 14+.Spirit Level at Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £14*


WHY?: WHAT’S HAPPENING FOR THE YOUNG?Over four days, we celebrate the influence and energy of young people and look at how we can give everyone a good childhood.

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THURSDAY 22VOICELAB:SING FOR YOUR RIGHTSFrom Bob Dylan to Bob Marley, raise your voices to learn protest songs and then sing them at the WHY? Protest Parade. All abilities welcome. Ages 18 and under.The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall, 1.30pm

FREE

WHY? PROTEST PARADE

Stand up for what you believe in and join our Protest Parade. Watch young people take to Southbank Centre’s external spaces to make their opinions heard.The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall, 2.15pm

FREE

FRIDAY 23SONGS OF CHANGE: EAST LONDON ARTS & MUSICFriday Lunch with MasterCardSee page17.Central Bar Foyer at Royal Festival Hall, 1pm

FREE

ELLIOTT GASTON-ROSSFriday Tonic with MasterCard See page 17.Central Bar Foyer at Royal Festival Hall, 5.30pm

FREE

SATURDAY 24UNDER THE COVERSUnder The Covers examines young people’s attitudes to sex, inspired by the Wellcome Collection exhibition The Institute of Sexology, and the National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles. Ages 14+.Spirit Level at Royal Festival Hall, 6.30pm £12*

SATURDAY 24BEYOND THE BASSLINE:A SINGING WORKSHOP FOR MEN AND BOYS

A special WHY? edition of our drop-in workshops that aims to get more men and boys singing. All abilities welcome. Ages 7+. Under-18s must be accompanied by an adult male also taking part in the workshop.Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 2pm


SUNDAY 25SLAMBASSADORS UK

Hosted by the Poetry Society, see the best young spoken word artists compete at the SLAM bassadors UK National Finals.The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall, 4pm – 6.30pm

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Image credits:WHY? 2014 © Belinda LawleyWHY SLAMbassadors UK © Belinda LawleyTeachers Evening: Women of the World © Pete WoodheadBeyond the Bassline © Belinda Lawley

WHY?: WHAT’S HAPPENING FOR THE YOUNG?

ALSO FOR YOUNG PEOPLE THIS MONTHSATURDAY 3 & SUNDAY 4YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE WEEKENDERThis mini-festival features writers and spoken word artists, talks, workshops, performances, stalls and The Dystopian Book Club. It has been put together with advice of young writers and readers.Ages 13 – 25.Festival Village under Queen Elizabeth Hall, 1pm – 6pm, £8* per day

FRIDAY 9WOW PRESENTS: INTERNATIONALDAY OF THE GIRL

WOW: Women of the World Join us for International Day of the Girl, where the day kicks off with speed mentoring on the London Eye followed by workshops and talks celebrating the amazing achievements of girls as part of our year round WOW – Women of the World festival. Ages 11 – 18.To take part, email [email protected]. The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall, 7am – 3pmFREE (BOOKING ESSENTIAL)

WEDNESDAY 14CAREERS IN THE ARTSJoin a day for young people interested in forging a successful career in the arts. With talks, workshops and Q&A sessions. Ages 14 – 21. To book, email [email protected] 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 10.30am – 4pm


THURSDAY 15TEACHERS EVENING: WOMEN OF THE WORLD

Girls and young women have always been at the heart of the WOW – Women of the World festival. Now we invite schools to get involved. To book, email [email protected] Pavilion at Royal Festival Hall, 5pm – 6.30pm


To see the full programme please visit southbankcentre.co.uk/why

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SATURDAY 3HARMONIC SERIES: BÉRANGÈRE MAXIMIN & LIAM BYRNEIn the vacated Hayward Gallery, Harmonic Series presents music from French electro-acoustic artist Bérangère Maximin and viola da gamba soloist Liam Byrne.Hayward Gallery, 8pm £10*

FRIDAY 9 & SATURDAY 10THE HOLLOW OF THE HAND: PJ HARVEY AND SEAMUS MURPHYLondon Literature FestivalDon’t miss the world premiere of The Hollow of the Hand – an evening of poetry readings and new songs performed by PJ Harvey, and images and a short film presented by Seamus Murphy. With musicians John Parish and James Johnston, directed by Ian Rickson. Ages 18+.Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £30* £25*

FRIDAY 16GOERGE BOOMSMA + KIERAN TOWERSFriday Lunch with MasterCardNorth Yorkshire folk singer George Boomsma and old-time fiddler Kieran Towers perform a mixture of original songs and folk tunes.Central Bar Foyer at Royal Festival Hall, 1pm

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SUNDAY 18ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA: ONE SIZE FITS ALL, 40TH ANNIVERSARY TOURFrank Zappa’s eldest son Dweezil brings his father’s musical legacy to life on stage. Zappa Plays Zappa perform classic 1975 album One Size Fits All in its entirety, alongside other favourites from the Frank Zappa back catalogue.Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £39.50* £29.50* £19.50*

WEDNESDAY 21STEVE EARLE & THE DUKESThe rabble rousing godfather of the alternative country scene returns to the UK. With a full-band, Steve Earle plays tracks from his latest album Terraplane.Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £39.50* £32.50*


GIGS & CONTEMPORARY MUSIC

PJ Harvey and Seamus Murphy present the world premier of their collaboration The Hollow of the Hand on Friday 9 October.

MADS MATHIAS QUARTET

Friday Tonic with MasterCardDanish vocalist and saxophonist Mads Mathias is influenced by great jazz singers past and present, from Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra to Harry Connick Jr.Central Bar Foyer at Royal Festival Hall, 5.30pm

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THURSDAY 22VOICELAB: SING FOR YOUR RIGHTS

WHY? What’s Happening for the YoungFrom Bob Dylan to Bob Marley, raise your voices to learn protest songs and chants and then sing them at the WHY? Protest Parade. All abilities welcome. Ages 18 and under.The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall, 1.30pm

FREE

FRIDAY 23SONGS OF CHANGE: EAST LONDON ARTS & MUSICFriday Lunch with MasterCardWHY? What’s Happening for the YoungHear some of London’s finest emerging musicians perform classic protest songs as musicians from East London Arts & Music perform memorable protest songs and their own music.Central Bar Foyer at Royal Festival Hall, 1pm

FREE

ELLIOTT GASTON-ROSS

Friday Tonic with MasterCardWHY? What’s Happening for the YoungHear a performance by the amazing percussionist Elliott Gaston-Ross. He is 16 years old, and was a finalist in the BBC Young Musician competition.Central Bar Foyer at Royal Festival Hall, 5.30pmFREE

SATURDAY 24BEYOND THE BASSLINE: A SINGING WORKSHOP FOR MEN AND BOYS

WHY? What’s Happening for the YoungA special WHY? edition of our drop-in workshops that aims to get more men and boys singing. All abilities welcome. Ages 7+. Under-18s must be accompanied by an adult male also taking part in the workshop.Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 2pm


MONDAY 26RANDY NEWMANGrammy, Emmy and Academy Award-winner Randy Newman returns to Royal Festival Hall, performing songs from throughout his four-decade career.Royal Festival Hall, 8pm £60* £50* £40*

THURSDAY 29NOISY NOTES: INSPIRING THE NEXT GENERATIONSue Perkins conducts and presents music for children in a spectacular show. It features dancers, characters from Shrek, young West End stars, Eurovision’s Sarbel from Greece.Royal Festival Hall, 2pm £15* £12* £10*

FRIDAY 30CECILIA STALIN + KHARI CABRAL SIMMONSFriday Tonic with MasterCardCecilia Stalin and Khari Cabral Simmons perform songs mixing jazz, soul and Brazilian influences. Their debut EP, The Story of Love, is inspired by artists including Qunicy Jones and Sergio Mendes.Central Bar Foyer at Royal Festival Hall, 5.30pm

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Image credits: The Hollow of the Hand © Seamus MurphyElliott Gaston-Ross © BBC

FROM MONDAY 28 SEPTEMBERGAMELAN NOVICE COURSEComplete newcomers are invited to learn to play the gamelan at our novice course, tutored by David McKenny. Runs 10 weeks from Monday 29 September to Monday 7 December. Ages 16+.Spirit Level at Royal Festival Hall, 7pm – 9pm £100* per term

FROM WEDNESDAY 30 SEPTEMBERGAMELAN BEGINNER COURSEThis course is aimed at gamelan musicians with over one term’s experience or who have been playing for less than two years. Runs 10 weeks from Wednesday 30 September to Wednesday 9 December.Spirit Level at Royal Festival Hall, 7pm – 9pm £100* per term or three terms in advance for £270*

FROM THURSDAY 1 OCTOBERGAMELAN INTERMEDIATE COURSEThis intermediate course caters for gamelan students with at least two year’s prior playing experience. It is led by expert tutor Pete Smith. Runs 10 weeks from Thursday 1 October to Thursday 10 December.Spirit Level at Royal Festival Hall, 6pm – 8pm £100* per term or £270* for all three terms in advance

GAMELAN ADVANCED COURSEAn advanced class for gamelan musicians with more than four years’ playing experience. Runs 10 weeks from Thursday 1 October to Thursday 10 December.Spirit Level at Royal Festival Hall, 8pm – 10pm £100* per term or £270* for three terms in advance

MONDAYS IN OCTOBERDRAGON BABIES: GAMELAN FOR 3 – 5-YEAR-OLDSBring your little ones to shake, rattle and gong at this fun session. Experience the beautiful gamelan and introduce your Dragon Babies to creative musical play through singing, movement and percussion. Monday 5, 12, 19 & 26 October. Ages 3 – 5.Spirit Level at Royal Festival Hall, £5* (for one child and one adult)

TUESDAYS THROUGHOUT AUTUMNGAMELAN & POETRY WORKSHOPSLambeth Primary Schools are invited to book free gamelan and poetry workshop sessions.Spirit Level at Royal Festival Hall, 10.30am – 12.30pm Phone 0844 875 0070 to book.

FREE

TUESDAYS, WEDNESDAYS & THURSDAYS THROUGHOUT AUTUMNGAMELAN INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP 2015/2016Up to 20 participants can take part in these fun workshops. No musical experience is necessary, just a willingness to sit on the floor, take off your shoes and have fun. Spirit Level at Royal Festival Hall, Tuesdays at 2pm, Wednesdays at 10.30am and Thursdays at 10.30am & 2pm. £195* per group. Phone 0844 875 0070 to book.

MONDAY 26, THURSDAY 29 & FRIDAY 30 OCTOBERFAMILY GAMELAN TASTER SESSIONBring your family to explore the music and culture of Java, at this practical workshop, which ends with a group performances. No experience necessary. Ages 6+.Spirit Level at Royal Festival Hall, Monday 2pm – 4pm, Thursday & Friday 11am – 1pm £10*

LEARN GAMELAN AT SOUTHBANK CENTRE THIS AUTUMNSouthbank Centre is home to a beautiful gamelan – a Javanese percussion orchestra – and you can learn to play it. Come for a taster workshop or sign up for a 10-week course. Many of our sessions are suitable for children and complete beginners. You don’t need any musical experience, just a willingness to take your shoes off, sit on the floor and join in.southbankcentre.co.uk/gamelan

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TUESDAY 27 OCTOBER – SUNDAY 17 JANUARYLA SOIRÉEHit cabaret show La Soirée returns to London following last year’s Olivier Award-winning season. A theatrical phenomenon, an inspirational night of live entertainment, its heady cocktail of cabaret, new burlesque, circus sideshow and contemporary variety is more potent than ever. So step in from the cold, leave your troubles at the door and prepare for a night of thrills, shocks, laughter and disbelief. May contain nudity, not recommended for children.Winner – Best Entertainment, Olivier Awards 2015

La Soirée’s Spiegeltent, £67.50* £47.50* £37.50* £32.50* £15* Early bird prices available if you book by Saturday 31 October.

THURSDAY 22 – FRIDAY 23SCORE

Score is a play inspired by true stories of addiction. It follows Hannah and Kirsty, childhood friends who’ve been through everything together: from playground fights to heroin addiction, missing dogs, and motherhood. With music by Verity Standen, creator of HUG.Spirit Level at Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £14*

THURSDAY 29NOISY NOTES: INSPIRING THE NEXT GENERATIONSue Perkins conducts and presents music for children in a spectacular show. It features dancers, characters from Shrek, young West End stars, Eurovision’s Sarbel from Greece.Royal Festival Hall, 2pm £15* £12* £10*


DANCE &PERFORMANCE The award-winning smash hit La Soirée is back to wow you with extraordinary cabaret, burlesque and circus skills.

Image credits: La Soirée © Prudence Upton


‘Weird, wonderful and hilarious, La Soirée is a must-see!’

(XFM)

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‘A magical work of wonder’ (Evening Standard)

SLAVA’S SNOWSHOW From Wednesday 16 December

London’s favourite Christmas show returns!The award-winning hit is now established as London’s leading Christmas show, having delighted theatregoers around the world for over 20 magical years.

Slava’s Snowshow is theatre like you’ve never seen before. Fun for the whole family, it sees Royal Festival Hall filled with a heart-stopping blizzard of snow. Featuring breath-taking visual effects, it has been described by The Sunday Times as ‘theatrical brilliance’.

BOOK NOW 0847 847 9910 southbankcentre.co.uk

After five decades of intense artistic activity, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room and Hayward Gallery close for refurbishment on Sunday 21 September 2015 for two years. After we shut the doors, we invite you to experience the buildings in the quiet, empty days before we hand them over to the building contractors, in a series of special events.

THURSDAY 24 SEPTEMBER – SUNDAY 4 OCTOBERMEMORY POINT(S)Journey through an imaginative world of installations, miniature sculptures, films and photographs, and delve into your own memories and relationships in a revival of last year’s hit interactive performance. Presented by Platform 4 and Southbank Centre.Meet at Royal Festival Hall Ticket Office 15 minutes before start time, Monday & Tuesday, 5.30pm, 7.15pm & 8.30pm, Thursday, 5.30pm, 7.15pm & 8.30pm, Friday – Sunday, 4pm, 5.30pm, 7.15pm, 8.30pm & 10pm £15*

SATURDAY 3HARMONIC SERIES: BÉRANGÈRE MAXIMIN& LIAM BYRNEIn the vacated Hayward Gallery, Harmonic Series presents music from electro-acoustic French artist Bérangère Maximin and viola da gamba soloist Liam Byrne.Hayward Gallery, 8pm £10*

SATURDAY 3 & SUNDAY 4BORDERLANDSDudendance’s Borderlands sees dreamlike, ghostly figures appear in and around the concrete spaces, moving among choral chants.Queen Elizabeth Hall and Hayward Gallery, 5pm & 7pm

FREE

COMING SOON

SECRET SOUTHBANK CENTRE EXCLUSIVE PERFORMANCES, GIGS AND MORE

LE TTHE

LIGHTIN

Millions of people have fond memories of performances shows and exhibitions in Southbank Centre’s 1960s buildings. They have been loved by audiences and artists alike for decades but they are now in urgent need of repair.

Please help us to refurbish the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room and Hayward Gallery and make a difference to audiences and artists.

To find out more and to support the Let The Light In campaign please visit www.southbankcentre.co.uk/letthelightin or call 020 7921 0984

2020

THURSDAY 1 OCTOBER – SUNDAY 29 NOVEMBERRE:FORM – ART BY OFFENDERS, THE KOESTLER EXHIBITIONAn exhibition showcasing artworks produced in UK institutions and by ex-offenders. The works have been created by those in prisons, secure hospitals and immigration removal centres, and by ex-offenders in the community. They include traditional prison crafts such as matchstick modelling and soap carving, as well as ceramics, music, writing and painting.Spirit Level at Royal Festival Hall, 10am – 11pm

FREE

Exhibition tours are led by ex-offender hosts trained and employed by the Koestler Trust. Mon – Thurs 2.30pm and 6.30 pm; Fri – Sun 2.30pm, 4.30pm and 6.30pm

FREE

MONDAY 12VOICES FROM PRISONSRe:form – Art by Offenders/London Literature FestivalThe Koestler Trust presents an evening of art created in custodial settings and by ex-offenders.Hear music, poetry and prose entries submitted to the Koestler Awards.Festival Village under Queen Elizabeth Hall, 6.30pm £8*

THURSDAY 8 OCTOBER – SUNDAY 10 JANUARYFARADAY’S SYNAPTIC GAP: AN EXHIBITION BY RICK MYERSFaraday’s Synaptic Gap is inspired by Michael Faraday’s 1832 experiment across the Thames. Rick Myers’ new exhibition brings together the Poetry Library and the library at the Courtauld Institute of Art, on the north bank of the Thames and considers the neurological, material, and poetic aspects of Faraday’s experiment.The Poetry Library at Royal Festival Hall & The Book Library at the Courtauld Institute of Art, Tuesday – Sunday, 11am – 8pm

FREE

HAYWARD PUBLISHINGTHE NEW CONCRETEPick up your copy of The New Concrete (£30), a survey of the rise of concrete poetry in the digital age. Illustrated, and featuring a new essay by American poet Kenneth Goldsmith, The New Concrete is an indispensable introduction to the breadth of concrete poetry being produced.southbankcentre.co.uk/shop


VISUAL ARTSDon’t miss Re:form, the Koestler Trust exhibition of artworks made by ex-offenders and people in secure settings.


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EAT, DRINK & SHOP

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FRIDAYS, SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS IN OCTOBERSOUTHBANK CENTRE MARKET

Southbank Centre Market is a food lover’s destination for exciting street food and fresh, quality produce to enjoy and buy. Check out our website for information on upcoming markets themed by some of our most iconic festivals, as well as special guest traders.Southbank Centre Square, Fridays 12 noon – 8pm, Saturdays 11am – 8pm, Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays 12 noon – 6pm

SOUTHBANK CENTRE SHOPS

This month we are thrilled to welcome back Design Nation into our Festival Terrace shop for our annual showcase of leading products and design ideas. Working on the theme of ‘Light’, participants present a diverse range of products tying in with the seasonal changes afoot. ‘Shiftlight’ by Joy Merron pictured. southbankcentre.co.uk/shop

ACROSS THE SITERESTAURANTS AND CAFES

We have a huge variety of food and drink on offer at the cafés and restaurants dotted around Southbank Centre. From Italian and Mexican to Japanese, Belgian and beyond, you’re spoilt for choice with many options for every meal of the day. All of our cafés and restaurants are family-friendly too, so you can make a day of your visit. Southbank Centre also offers a range of cocktails, beers and wine across a range of bars open until late every day.

Image credit Market © Gaztronome

VISUAL ARTS

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LETTHE

LIGHTIN

Namea Seatand help refurbish Queen Elizabeth Hall and Purcell Room

To get involved and name your seat please visit www.southbankcentre.co.uk/letthelightin or call 020 7921 0984

Marin Alsop

BOOK A TOUR OF SOUTHBANK CENTRE

WEDNESDAY 14IN CONVERSATION WITH STEVEN OSBORNEDirectors’ Circle EventAward-winning Scottish pianist Steven Osborne talks to Southbank Centre’s Director of Music, Gillian Moore MBE, ahead of his concert in February 2016, as part of the International Piano Series.Weston Roof Pavilion at Royal Festival Hall, 6.30pm

To find out about becoming a Member seesouthbankcentre.co.uk/Membership

To find out about joining the Supporters Circles [email protected], phone 020 7921 0937 or see southbankcentre.co.uk/supporters-circles

THROUGHOUT OCTOBERSOUTHBANK CENTRE: BEHIND THE SCENES TOURWhat does Royal Festival Hall have in common with an eggbox? Our tours offer a unique insight into the history of the site and the people who have shaped it. Join us to follow in the footsteps of world-famous orchestras and artistsMeet at the Royal Festival Hall Ticket Office, Monday 5 at 6pm, Friday 16 at 6pm, Monday 19 at 4pm & Sunday 25 at 5.30pm £8.50*

ARCHITECTURE TOURTour the whole Southbank Centre site, and explore 20th-century architecture. Each tour is unique and focuses on the creative design of our buildings. The route taken varies depending on the day’s activities and events. Ages 8+.Meet at the Royal Festival Hall Ticket Office, Thursdays at 6pm & Saturdays at 2pm £8.50*

Image credits:Royal Festival Hall © Johnny Ladd

Image credits:Steven Osborne © B Ealovega

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MEMBERS’ & SUPPORTERS’ EVENTS

SUPPORTERS CIRCLES

Get closer to the arts and help to support our artistic vision by joining the Supporters Circles. From £250 a year you will be invited to rehearsals, ‘in conversations’, musical demonstrations and private performances. You will also enjoy use of the Royal Festival Hall Members Bar for up to four people with a reserved seat on request.

For more details of how to get involved call 020 7921 0937, email [email protected] or see southbankcentre.co.uk/supporters-circles


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HOW TO BOOKsouthbankcentre.co.uk*Tickets 0844 847 9911*

9am – 8pm (daily).* Transaction fees applicable.

No transaction fees for Members and Supporters Circles.

Southbank Centre always welcomes MasterCard, and exclusive cardholder offers are available around the site. Visit southbankcentre.co.uk/priceless for more information.We also accept Maestro, Visa, Visa Delta, Visa Electron, Solo, Amex.

IN PERSONRoyal Festival Hall Ticket Office 10am – 8pm (daily).

CONCESSIONSA limited allocation of half-price tickets is available for recipients of Universal or Pension Credit, full-time students and ages 16 and under. Tickets are sold on first-come-first-served basis, and once sold, no further tickets are available by any method of booking. Appropriate cards to be shown. Please note discounts cannot be combined.

GROUPSGroups of ten or more may be eligible for discounted tickets, although the saving varies according to the performance booked and the size of the group. Groups are also eligible for up to 20% off coach hire with 1st 4 Coaches Ltd. Phone the group booking line on 0844 875 0070 for details.

VISITING WITH CHILDRENChildren of all ages are welcome at Southbank Centre and baby-changing facilities are available at Royal Festival Hall. Some performances may be unsuitable for children or disallow babes in arms, please check when booking. southbankcentre.co.uk/visitor-info

ACCESSJoin our access list to book companion tickets, arrange seating requirements and receive info on accessible performances. Also request accessible publications and ask any questions you may have about your access needs. Relaxed performances are designed to give people on the autistic spectrum or with learning difficulties a calmer environment to enjoy a [email protected]: 0844 847 9910Fax: 020 7921 0607Visit: southbankcentre.co.uk

PUBLIC TRANSPORTSouthbank Centre is located on the Thames Riverside between the Golden Jubilee and Waterloo Bridges.

Underground: Waterloo & EmbankmentBuses: Waterloo Bridge, York Road, Belvedere Road & Stamford StreetMainline rail: Waterloo, Waterloo East & Charing Cross

PARKINGSouthbank Centre car parksuse a Pay by Phone system.

Southbank Centre Car Park – Belvedere Road (7am – 1am).

TELL US WHAT YOU THINKEmail [email protected],Tweet us @SCFeedback or ask at a Southbank Centre Ticket Office for a feedback form.

JOIN THE CONVERSATIONJoin in, share and win prizes.

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Add your photos of Southbank Centre to our Flickr group:flickr.com/groups/mysouthbankcentre

BOOKING & ACCESS

FORTHCOMING HIGHLIGHTSFRIDAY 27 – SUNDAY 29 NOVEMBERBEING A MAN

BEING A MAN

Being A Man addresses the challenges and pressures of masculine identity in the 21st century. Join in the conversation, tell your stories – serious, challenging and light-hearted – and discuss anything and everything about being a man today.

STARTING IN NOVEMBERWINTER WITH NATWEST

Winter with NatWest returns once more, transforming Southbank Centre into a seasonal wonderland. Browse festive markets, enjoy live music or see a performance, including the award-winning Slava’s Snowshow and La Soirée.

THURSDAY 26 NOVEMBER – THURSDAY 3 DECEMBER SALONEN/LANG LANG

China’s superstar pianist Lang Lang teams up with the Philharmonia Orchestra and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen for three not-to-be-missed concerts. They perform works by Grieg, Bartók and Prokofiev.


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OCTOBER 2015 AT A GLANCE

PERFORMANCE & DANCE

24 Sep – 4 Oct Memory Point(s) p.19

VISUAL ARTS

1 Oct – 29 Nov Re:form Free p.20


8 Oct – 10 Jan Faraday’s Synaptic Gap Free p.12

THROUGHOUT THE MONTH SUNDAY 4

PERFORMANCE & DANCE

5pm & 7pm Borderlands Free p.19

CLASSICAL MUSIC

7.30pm Philharmonia Orchestra p.7


10.30am Moby-Dick Unabridged Free p.101pm – 6pm Young Adult Literature Weekender p.113pm Alternate Worlds p.115pm Bicycles, Trains and Being on Time p.11

MONDAY 5


11am Dragon Babies p.177pm Gamelan Novice Course p.17


6.30pm Poetry Library Book Club Free p.117.30pm Polari p.117.45pm War on the Doorstep p.118pm Comedy Couplets p.11

SOUTHBANK CENTRE TOURS

6pm Behind the Scenes Tour p.22

TUESDAY 6

CLASSICAL MUSIC

7.30pm Angela Hewitt, piano p.7


6pm Les Murray p.117.30pm New Experimentalists: The Writers p.117.45pm First Look Book Club p.118pm Everything in a Moment p.118pm Literary Death Match p.11

WEDNESDAY 7


7pm Intercity Flow Anthology Launch p.117.30pm Inside the Head of Terry Gilliam p.127.45pm Exit, pursued by a Zombie p.128pm What Is She Saying? Free p.12

LITERATURE & SPOKEN WORD

6.30pm Creative Writing Course 2015 p.13

THURSDAY 8

CLASSICAL MUSIC



1pm National Poetry Day Live Free p.127.30pm Beginning to See the Light p.127.30pm Faraday’s Synaptic Gap opening Free p.128pm Arrivals p.12


6pm Architecture Tour p.22

FRIDAY 9

WOW: WOMEN OF THE WORLD

7am International Day of the Girl Free p.15


10.30am Rug Rhymes Free p.13


5.30pm Karama Free p.127pm Telling the Untellable p.127.30pm The Hollow of the Hand p.128pm Global City p.128pm Data and Desire p.12

SATURDAY 10

CLASSICAL MUSIC

7.30pm London Sinfonietta p.10


11am The Poetry Butcher Free p.121.30pm Revolutionaries and Runaways p.122pm Ali Smith introduces Tom Morris p.123pm The Irish New Wave p.134pm Apex Predators p.136pm Paul Muldoon p.137.30pm The Hollow of the Hand p.12



SUNDAY 11


2pm Matt Parker p.132.30pm & 4pm The Pursuit of Happiness p.133pm The Groundnut Experience p.133.30pm Unspoken Stories p.13

MONDAY 12




6.30pm Voices From Prisons p.13 7.30pm 2015 Man Booker Prize Readings p.13

TUESDAY 13

CLASSICAL MUSIC

7.30pm Denis Kozhukhin, piano p.7

WEDNESDAY 14

CLASSICAL MUSIC

7.30pm London Philharmonic Orchestra p.77pm Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment p.7

MEMBERS’ & SUPPORTERS’ EVENTS

6.30pm In Conversation with Steven Osborne p.22

THURSDAY 15

CLASSICAL MUSIC




THURSDAY 1

CLASSICAL MUSIC



7pm Moby-Dick Unabridged Free p.107.30pm StorySLAM:Live p.108pm Shared Reading: Edward Thomas p.10



FRIDAY 2

CLASSICAL MUSIC

7.30pm Wozzeck with Christian Gerhaher & Zurich Opera p.7




1pm Royal College of Music Free p.117pm Sunspots p.117.45pm The Heart of the Matter p.118pm Moby-Dick Unabridged Free p.10

SATURDAY 3

PERFORMANCE & DANCE

5pm & 7pm Borderlands Free p.19

CLASSICAL MUSIC

7.30pm London Philharmonic Orchestra p.7


8pm Harmonic Series p.16


10.30am Moby-Dick Unabridged Free p.101pm – 6pm Young Adult Literature Weekender p.112pm & 7.45pm Island Sounds p.113pm Bellow and Beyond p.113.30pm Selfie Conciousness p.114.30pm Agents of Discovery p.11



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FRIDAY 16


1pm Goerge Boomsma + Kieran Towers Free p.165.30pm Mads Mathias Quartet Free p.16





SATURDAY 17

CLASSICAL MUSIC

12 noon Guided Listening: French Classical Organ Music Free p.77.30pm Jonas Kaufmann p.7



SUNDAY 18


7.30pm Zappa Plays Zappa p.16

MONDAY 19





WEDNESDAY 21


7.30pm Steve Earle & The Dukes p.16

THURSDAY 22

CLASSICAL MUSIC


WHY: WHAT’S HAPPENING FOR THE YOUNG?

1.30pm Voicelab: Sing For Your Rights Free p.152.15pm WHY? Protest Parade Free p.153.15pm WHY? Day Pass events p.147.30pm Score p.14



FRIDAY 23

CLASSICAL MUSIC



1pm Songs of Change Free p.175.30pm Elliott Gaston-Ross Free p.17




3.15pm WHY? Day Pass events p.147.30pm Score p.14

SATURDAY 24


2pm Beyond the Bassline Free p.146.30pm Under the Covers p.15



SUNDAY 25

CLASSICAL MUSIC

12 noon What You Need to Know p.87.30pm Philharmonia Orchestra p.8


4pm SLAMbassadors UK Free p.13


5.30pm Behind the Scenes Tour p.22

MONDAY 26


11am Dragon Babies p.172pm Family Gamelan Taster Session p.178pm Randy Newman p.17

TUESDAY 27

CLASSICAL MUSIC

7.30pm A Night Under The Stars p.8

PERFORMANCE & DANCE

8pm La Soirée p.18

WEDNESDAY 28

CLASSICAL MUSIC



6.30pm Novel Writing Course 2015 p.13

PERFORMANCE & DANCE

8pm La Soirée p.18

THURSDAY 29


11am Family Gamelan Taster Session p.172pm Noisy Notes p.19



CLASSICAL MUSIC

5.30pm Southwark Youth Orchestra Free p.8


7pm Elvis Costello in Conversation p.13

PERFORMANCE & DANCE

8pm La Soirée p.18

FRIDAY 30


11am Family Gamelan Taster Session p.175.30pm Cecilia Stalin + Khari Cabral Simmon Free p.17

PERFORMANCE & DANCE

8pm La Soirée p.18

SATURDAY 31

CLASSICAL MUSIC




PERFORMANCE & DANCE

7pm & 10pm La Soirée p.18

hayward gallery

Roof Gardenqueen elizabeth hall

royal festival hall

jubilee gardensLa Soirée Spiegeltent

FESTIVAL TERRACE

FESTIVALRIVERSIDE

RIVERSIDETERRACE

QUEEN'S WALK

HUNGERFORDBRIDGE

WATERLOOBRIDGE

LONDON EYE

CHARING CROSSEMBANKMENT

WATERLOO

SKATE SPACE

SOUTHBANK CENTRE BOOK

MARKET

AMENITIES Cafes & restaurants

Toilets

Baby change Information Wheelchair access (lift)

CONCERT HALLAPPROACH

Southbank Centre occupies a 21-acre site in the midst of London’s vibrant cultural quarter on the South Bank of the Thames. Southbank Centre includes Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room, and Hayward Gallery.

We also curate the outdoor spaces along the river front and around our venues providing free art for millions of people every year.

On our site there are also restaurants, cafes, bars and shops to enjoy – but everyone is welcome to bring their own food and soft drinks onto our site.

OUR SITE

OUR VENUES

Southbank Centre is a registered charity no. 298909

Listings correct at time of going to press.

ROYAL FESTIVAL HALLSpirit LevelThe Mercers’ CompanyGamelan RoomSt Paul’s Roof PavilionWeston Roof PavilionSunley PavilionLevel 3 Function RoomSaison Poetry LibraryCentral BarLevel 5 Function RoomThe Clore BallroomMembers Bar

JUBILEE GARDENSLondon Wonderground

QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL(CLOSED UNTIL 2017)*Purcell RoomThe Front RoomFestival Village

HAYWARD GALLERY(CLOSED UNTIL 2017)Hayward Gallery Project Space

*Festival Village in the undercroft of Queen Elizabeth Hall will be open on occasion.

ADDRESSSouthbank CentreBelvedere RoadLondon SE1 8XX

To receive publications in alternative formats and further information:Email: [email protected] Phone: 0844 847 9910 Fax: 020 7921 0607


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Canteen0845 686 1122 Central Bar

Central Bar Terrace EAT.020 7401 2989Feng Sushi020 7261 0001

Giraffe020 7928 2004Las Iguanas020 7620 1328

La Soirée’s SpiegeltentLe Pain Quotidien020 3657 6925ping pong020 7960 4160Queen Elizabeth Hall Roof Garden Bar/Cafe

Riverside Terrace Cafe

Skylon020 7654 7800Southbank CentreMarketSee page 21

Strada020 7401 9126Topolski020 7620 0627wagamama020 7021 0877

Wahaca020 7928 1876YO! Sushi020 3130 1997

SHOPRoyal Festival HallVintage gifts, homeware, jewellery and toys.

Festival Terrace ShopDesigner concessions, unusual gifts, furniture, jewellery and more.

FoylesExtensive selectionof books and gifts.

Southbank CentreBook MarketIconic second-hand bookstall underWaterloo Bridge.

EAT & DRINK

Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room and Hayward Gallery close for refurbishment on 21 September 2015 and will reopen in 2017. We continue to present a packed programme of festivals and shows across our site while these buildings are closed.

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