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Southbank Centre
Belvedere Road
London, SE1 8XX
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Africa Yard Sound System
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Baaba Maal, Dennis Bovell and Gladdy Wax Road Trip spin Afrobeat and World music.
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Southbank Centre The Clore Ballroom
22 Jul Jul 22, 7pm
020 7960 4200 £10 (£5)
Alexei Volodin
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The pianist performs Beethoven's Piano Sonata In E Flat and Piano Sonata In C Minor, Pletnev's arrangement for piano of Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker Suite and Stravinsky's Three Movements from Petrushka.
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Southbank Centre Queen Elizabeth Hall
13 Jun Jun 13, 7.30pm
020 7960 4200 £10–£35 (£5–£17.50)
Ambrose Akinmusire Quintet
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Mainstream jazz by the Californian trumpeter and band.
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Southbank Centre Queen Elizabeth Hall
9 Nov Nov 9, 7.30pm
020 7324 1880 £10–£20
Angelique Kidjo
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Nu-jazz and Afrobeat from the American performer.
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Southbank Centre 26 Jul Jul 26, 7.30pm 020 7960 4200 £10–£27.50 (£5–£13.75)
Ara Dinkjian Quintet
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World music by the oud-player and band.
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Southbank Centre Purcell Room
18 Nov Nov 18, 7.45pm
020 7324 1880 £15–£25
Baaba Maal
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World music from the Senegalese singer-songwriter and his band.
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Southbank Centre 28 Jul Jul 28, 7.30pm 020 7960 4200 £10–£25 (£5–£12.50)
Barts Choir/Philharmonia Orchestra
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Ivor Setterfield conducts the choir and orchestra for patriotic works by Hubert Parry, Handel, William Walton, Vaughan Williams and Paul Mealor, including audience participation during Vaughan Williams's arrangement of the Old Hundredth, Parry's Jerusalem and the National Anthem.
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Southbank Centre Royal Festival Hall
13 Jun Jun 13, 7.30pm
020 7960 4200 £12–£27.50 (£6–£13.75)
BBC Concert Orchestra
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Robert Ziegler conducts London-themed film scores, including Bernard Herrmann's Hangover Square, John Barry's The Ipcress File, Howard Shore's Eastern Promises, Alexandre Desplat's The King's Speech, Pete Townsend's Quadrophenia, Burt Bacharach's Alfie and Hans Zimmer's Sherlock Holmes. With presenter Mark Kermode.
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Southbank Centre Queen Elizabeth Hall
11 Jun Jun 11, 7.30pm
020 7960 4200 £12–£15 (£6–£7.50)
Beats & Pieces Big Band, Ensemble Denada
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The Manchester-based outfit incorporates elements of funk, and retro-fusion into its big band sound.
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Southbank Centre Purcell Room
11 Nov Nov 11, 7.45pm
020 7324 1880 Phone for prices
Bee Detective: Tin Bath Theatre Company (Ages 6-10)
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A busy worker bee, Sophie, finds her happy life comes under threat, as a terrible sickness befalls her hive. Sophie Woolley's interactive show, with elements of British Sign Language, visual and sonic imagery. Directed by Gemma Fairlie.
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Southbank Centre Riverside Terrace
31 Aug2 Sep Aug 31, Sep 1 & 2, 11am, 1.30pm & 4pm
0844 875 3370 £12; £6 child & concs
Bill Frisell
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Contemporary jazz from the American guitarist.
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Southbank Centre Queen Elizabeth Hall
12 Nov Nov 12, 7.30pm
020 7324 1880 £10–£27.50 (£5–£13.75)
Billy Bragg, Joe Henry, Grace Petrie
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Politically charged folk punk and rock from the Essex-born singer-songwriter.
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Southbank Centre Queen Elizabeth Hall
16 Sep Sep 16, 7.30pm
020 7960 4200 £15–£22.50 (£7.50–£11.25)
Buffy Sainte-Marie
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Canadian folk, rock and country singer-songwriter known for the hits Soldier Blue and Until It's Time For You To Go.
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Southbank Centre Queen Elizabeth Hall
7 Aug Aug 7, 7.30pm
020 7960 4200 £22.50–£27.50 (£11.75–£13.75)
Burton Bradstock
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The vocalist performs his own renditions of traditional English songs.
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Southbank Centre Central Bar Foyer
8 Jun Jun 8, 1pm
Free
Cecilia Stalin
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The Swedish singer-songwriter performs electro-jazz and nu-soul in support of her album Step Like A Giant.
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Southbank Centre The Front Room at QEH
8 Jun Jun 8, 5.30pm
Free
Chitrangana Agle-Reshwal
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The musician plays classical Indian pieces on the pakwaj, a double-sided drum.
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Southbank Centre Purcell Room
28 Sep Sep 28, 1pm
020 7960 4200 £15–£20 (£7.50–£10)
Claire Cunningham: Menage A Trois
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A darkly witty and personal dance-theatre piece, in which the dancer-choreographer Claire Cunningham explores her relationship with her crutches over the past 20 years. Not suitable for ages below 14.
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Southbank Centre Queen Elizabeth Hall
8 Sep Sep 8, 8pm
020 7960 4200 £10–£20
Compagnia Finzi Pasca: DONKA - A Letter To Chekhov
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Created by director-choreographer Daniele Finzi Pasca, this dance-theatre work incorporating aerial acrobatics, circus magic and multimedia illusions, celebrates the writings and philosophy of Russian playwright Anton Chekhov.
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Southbank Centre Queen Elizabeth Hall
2 Jun8 Jun Jun 2–4, 6–8, 7.30pm, mats Jun 6, 8, 2pm
020 7960 4200 £20–£30 (£10–£15 limited availability)
Dance 2012: Take Two
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A selection of the country's leading youth dance companies, including Bounceback from East Midlands, Scotland's Maijaluk and Academy Dance from Northern Ireland, perform a range of dance styles.
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Southbank Centre Royal Festival Hall
14 Jul Jul 14, 7pm
020 7960 4200 £7
Dennis Rollins' Velocity Trio
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Straight-ahead jazz from the trombonist and band.
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Southbank Centre The Front Room at QEH
15 Jun Jun 15, 5.30pm
Free
Diamanda Galas
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The experimental singer, writer and artist performs intense, operatic, avant-garde pieces rooted in jazz and blues.
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Southbank Centre Royal Festival Hall
1 Aug Aug 1, 8pm
020 7960 4200 £22.50–£30 (£11.25–£15)
Diamond Decades
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Drum'n'bass DJ Goldie and BBC Radio 1's Annie Nightingale both play two-hour sets, surveying popular music from the past 60 years during The Queen's reign.
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Southbank Centre The Clore Ballroom
2 Jun Jun 2, 2pm–6pm
Free
Esperanza Spalding
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Contemporary jazz by the Portland-born, Grammy Award-winning bassist and singer.
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Southbank Centre Royal Festival Hall
15 Nov Nov 15, 7.30pm
020 7324 1880 £10–£32.50
Fred Hersch
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The American pianist and composer plays jazz.
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Southbank Centre Purcell Room
2 Oct Oct 2, 7.45pm
020 7960 4200 £20 (£10)
Funmi Olawumi
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Afrobeat from the singer with her backing band.
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Southbank Centre Purcell Room
24 Jul Jul 24, 7.45pm
020 7960 4200 £15 (£7.50)
The Golden Age Of Steam
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Atmospheric contemporary jazz three-piece featuring Kit Downes on Hammond organ.
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Southbank Centre The Front Room at QEH
22 Jun Jun 22, 5.30pm
Free
Gregg Kofi Brown
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The musician performs Afrobeat and World music with his band.
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Southbank Centre The Clore Ballroom
20 Jul Jul 20, 5.30pm
Free
Gruff Rhys
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The South Wales-born singer-songwriter, musician and Super Furry Animals frontman plays psychedelic indie-pop and alternative rock.
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Southbank Centre Royal Festival Hall
6 Jul Jul 6, 7.30pm
0844 875 0073 £12–£18 (£6–£9)
Hotel Medea (Zero Hour Market/Drylands/Feast Of Dawn)
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A three-part contemporary re-telling of the marriage of Jason and Medea, styled like a Brazilian party with live video technology, a religious-like ritual, a cabaret show and a soundtrack from DJ Dolores. Directed by Jorge Lopes Ramon and Persis-Jade Maravala.
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Southbank Centre Hayward Gallery
20 Jul11 Aug From Jul 20, Fri & Sat 11.45pm (press night Jul 21, 11.30pm), ends Aug 11
020 7960 4200 £40 (£37)
Huw Warren And Neil Yates
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The pianist plays a fusion of jazz and Celtic music with accompaniment from the trumpeter.
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Southbank Centre The Clore Ballroom
6 Jul Jul 6, 5.30pm
Free
The Imagined Village
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Contemporary folk by the West Country-based band.
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Southbank Centre Queen Elizabeth Hall
14 Jul Jul 14, 8pm
020 7960 4200 £17.50–£20 (£8.75–£10)
Invisible: Art About The Unseen, 1957-2012
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Contemporary works in a variety of media from the last 50 years, exploring notions of perception and awareness, by artists including Robert Barry, Chris Burden, James Lee Byars, Yoko Ono, Maurizio Cattelan, Jeppe Hein, Tehching Hsieh, Bruno Jakob, Yves Klein and Lai Chih-Sheng.
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Southbank Centre Hayward Gallery
12 Jun5 Aug From Jun 12, Mon–Wed, Sat & Sun 10am–6pm, Thu & Fri 10am–8pm, ends Aug 5
020 7960 4200 £7 (£5)
Jake Bugg
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Indie-folk by the singer-songwriter from Nottingham.
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Southbank Centre 14 Nov Nov 14, 7pm 020 7960 4200 £10.50
James Yorkston
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The Fife-based singer-songwriter plays reflective contemporary folk.
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Southbank Centre Queen Elizabeth Hall
24 Sep Sep 24, 7.30pm
020 7960 4200 £16.50 (£8.25)
Jan Garbarek Group Featuring Trilok Gurtu
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The Norwegian singer-songwriter, saxophonist, tenor and soprano takes to the stage to perform jazz with his backing band. The veteran musician has been recording music for over three decades, with his latest release being the live album Dresden. Garbarek's previous 2005 album In Praise Of Dreams received critical praise and a Grammy-Award nomination for Best Contemporary Jazz Album. The saxophonist started his recording career in the 1960s by featuring alongside other jazz musicians such as…
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Southbank Centre Royal Festival Hall
13 Nov Nov 13, 7.30pm
020 7324 1880 £5–£17.50
Jason Yarde & Wonderbrass
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Saxophonist, composer, arranger and producer Jason Yarde's multiple talents make him a key mover and shaker in today's UK jazz scene. His horizons are continually broadening with orchestral commissions for the BBC Proms and he was a participant in the LSO Panufnik Young Composers Scheme. Tonight's concert features a rare performance by his ten-piece band, Acoutastic Bombastic, which includes some of the leading jazz lights in London.
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Southbank Centre The Front Room at QEH
14 Jul Jul 14, 7pm
Free
Jim Hall, Kenny Wheeler Big Band
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Mainstream jazz by the established guitarist.
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Southbank Centre Queen Elizabeth Hall
18 Nov Nov 18, 7.30pm
020 7324 1880 £10–£25
Joe Driscoll & Sekou Kouyate
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A melange of world music by the London-based two-piece.
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Southbank Centre Central Bar Foyer
27 Jul Jul 27, 1pm
Free
John Cale
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The Garnant-born singer-songwriter and founding member of The Velvet Underground performs experimental art rock.
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Southbank Centre Royal Festival Hall
13 Oct Oct 13, 7.30pm
020 7960 4200 £20–£30 (£10–£15)
John Cooper Clarke
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Punk rhymes from the Salford performance poet. Contains strong language.
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Southbank Centre 4 Oct Oct 4, 7.30pm 020 7960 4200 £10–£19.50 (£5–£9.75)
John Surman
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Contemporary jazz by the experienced and established saxophonist.
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Southbank Centre Queen Elizabeth Hall
18 Nov Nov 18, 2pm
020 7324 1880 £10–£17.50
Jumoke Fashola
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Soulful jazz and blues from the singer.
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Southbank Centre The Clore Ballroom
29 Jun Jun 29, 5.30pm
Free
Kate Rusby
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Kate Rusby is one of the most popular young folk singers of traditional English folk songs. She was at the centre of the folk revival in the 1990s, which occurred with the coming of age of the children of those who were part of the 1960s folk revival. Rusby first came to the attention of the folk scene through her duets with Kathryn Roberts, which lead to her becoming a founding member of the group Equation, which has included Seth Lakeman and Cara Dillon. Rusby left Equation to follow a more…
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Southbank Centre Royal Festival Hall
23 Oct Oct 23, 7.30pm
020 7960 4200 £25–£30 (£12.50–£15)
Kurt Elling, Sheila Jordan
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The vocalist performs songs from the Great American Songbook.
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Southbank Centre Queen Elizabeth Hall
14 Nov Nov 14, 7.30pm
020 7324 1880 £10–£27.50
Laurie Anderson
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The experimental music and art rock musician performs her piece Dirtday.
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Southbank Centre Royal Festival Hall
3 Aug Aug 3, 8pm
020 7960 4200 £15–£30 (£7.50–£15)
Lawson Trio/Benyounes String Quartet
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The ensembles perform Haydn's Piano Trio In E Flat, Schubert's String Quartet In C Minor 'Quartettsatz' and Hugh Wood's 3 Piano Pieces, Piano Trio, Wild Cyclamen For Tenor And Piano, Trio For Horn, Violin And Piano and String Quartet No 3.
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Southbank Centre Purcell Room
14 Jun Jun 14, 7.45pm
020 7960 4200 £9–£15 (£4.50–£7.50)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
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Clement Power conducts Tristan Murail's Les Courants De L'Espace For Ondes Martenot, Synthesizer And Small Orchestra, Per Norgard's Voyage Into The Golden Screen and works by members of the LPO Leverhulme Young Composers programme.
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Southbank Centre Queen Elizabeth Hall
12 Jun Jun 12, 7.30pm
020 7960 4200 £9 (£4.50)
London Sinfonietta/Martin Creed Band
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The orchestra and band perform Philip Cashian's Spitbite, Anna Meredith's Axeman For Electric Bassoon, John Woolrich's Fragment, Martin Creed's own Work No 1375 and works by Tansy Davies and Gerald Barry.
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Southbank Centre Purcell Room
9 Jun Jun 9, 7.30pm, doors
020 7960 4200 £10 (£5)
Loudon Wainwright III
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Folk and rock from the veteran American singer-songwriter.
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Southbank Centre Royal Festival Hall
3 May May 3, 7.30pm
020 7960 4200 £25–£35 (£12.50–£17.50)
Lucinda Williams
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The veteran Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter performs Americana, jazz, folk and country with her backing band.
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Southbank Centre Royal Festival Hall
10 Nov11 Nov Nov 10 & 11, 7.30pm
020 7324 1880 £10–£45 (£5–£22.50)
Mad Gyms And Kitchens
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Bobby Baker presents a solo performance, incorporating a multimedia installation by sculptor Charlie Whittuck, dealing with her recovery from mental illness.
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Southbank Centre Blue Room, Spirit Level
31 Aug7 Sep From Aug 31, Mon–Fri 7pm, Sat & Sun 5pm, mats Wed, Sat & Sun 2pm, ends Sep 7
020 7960 4200 £15 (£7.50 limited availability)
Malambo
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The band performs Musica Criolla from the Peruvian coastal regions.
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Southbank Centre Central Bar Foyer
15 Jun Jun 15, 1pm
Free
Marc Almond
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Marc Almond has led a life full of successes yet littered with obstacles. He left school at 17 following a childhood plagued with illness and learning difficulties. With no qualifications, he worked in a Southport theatre and the fairground, before going to art college. At Leeds Polytechnic he met David Ball and together they formed the electro outfit Soft Cell in 1979. The single Tainted Love broke records for the longest time in the US billboard top 100, and spawned a slew of covers. In 1984…
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Southbank Centre Royal Festival Hall
9 Aug Aug 9, 8pm
020 7960 4200 £11.75–£23.75
Max Baillie & Sura Susso
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Afrobeat and classical from the violinist and kora player.
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Southbank Centre Central Bar Foyer
20 Jul Jul 20, 1pm
Free
Michael Janisch And Aruan Oritz Quintet
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Contemporary jazz by the bassist and pianist-led combo.
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Southbank Centre Purcell Room
10 Nov Nov 10, 7.45pm
020 7324 1880 £10–£20
Michael Kiwanuka
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Retro soul from the London-based singer and musician.
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Southbank Centre Royal Festival Hall
5 Dec Dec 5, 7.30pm
020 7960 4200 £17.50–£20 (£8.75–£10)
New Millennium Festival Of Choirs: Jubilation!
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Doreen Rao brings together various choirs to perform Bach's Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring, Billie Holiday's God Bless The Child, Oscar Peterson's Hymn To Freedom, Nick Page's London Bridge and works by Bernstein, Paul McCartney, Richard Smallwood and Handel. With vocalist Randolph Matthews.
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Southbank Centre Royal Festival Hall
4 Jun Jun 4, 5.30pm
020 7960 4200 £8 (£4)
Norah Jones
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The Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter takes to the stage to perform heartfelt jazzy pop songs from her album The Fall, featuring the single Chasing Pirates which was released as a download only single on iTunes. Jones made a big impact on the music industry with her debut alum Come Away With Me in 2002. The album received both critical and commercial success worldwide, and resulted in the American singer receiving eight Grammy Awards for the album's success including Album Of The Year…
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Southbank Centre Royal Festival Hall
1 Jun2 Jun Jun 1 & 2, 7.30pm
020 7960 4200 £22.50–£45 (£12.25–£22.50)
Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment
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Sir Simon Rattle conducts Faure's Pelleas Et Melisande Suite, Ravel's Piano Concerto For The Left Hand and Debussy's Prelude A L'apres-Midi D'un Faune and La Mer. With pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard.
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Southbank Centre Royal Festival Hall
10 Jun Jun 10, 7pm
020 7960 4200 £6–£60 (£3–£30)
Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment: The Night Shift
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Sir Simon Rattle conducts Debussy's Prelude A L'Apres Midi D'un Faune and La Mer in a special late night concert. With presenter Alistair Appleton.
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Southbank Centre Royal Festival Hall
10 Jun Jun 10, 10pm
020 7960 4200 £12; £9 adv
Oumou Sangare & Bela Fleck
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The singer and banjo player perform World music and folk.
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Southbank Centre 18 Jul19 Jul Jul 18 & 19, 7.30pm 020 7960 4200 £10–£27.50 (£5–£13.75)
Paco De Lucia
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World-renowned flamenco guitarist.
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Southbank Centre Royal Festival Hall
16 Nov Nov 16, 7.30pm
020 7324 1880 £10–£50
Paco Pena
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World music from the guitarist and songwriter with the Nguni Choir and the Southbank Centre Choir.
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Southbank Centre Royal Festival Hall
20 Jul Jul 20, 7.30pm
020 7960 4200 £10–£36 (£5–£18)
Pandit Rajendra Prasanna And Sanju Sahai
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The shennai flute virtuoso performs Indian classical pieces with accompaniment from the tabla player.
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Southbank Centre Purcell Room
28 Sep Sep 28, 3.30pm
020 7960 4200 £15–£20 (£7.50–£10)
Pandit Rajendra Prasanna And Vijay Ghate
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The flute virtuoso performs Indian classical ragas with accompaniment from the tabla player.
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Southbank Centre Purcell Room
29 Sep Sep 29, 10am
020 7960 4200 £15–£20 (£7.50–£10)
Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri
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The tabla virtuoso performs Indian classical pieces.
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Southbank Centre Purcell Room
29 Sep Sep 29, 3.30pm
020 7960 4200 £15–£20 (£7.50–£10)
Paul Holgate & The Sinatra '62 Sextet: Frank Sinatra Tribute
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Southbank Centre The Clore Ballroom
1 Jun Jun 1, 5.30pm
Free
Philharmonia Orchestra
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Edward Gardner conducts Janacek's Sinfonietta, Mozart's Piano Concerto No 22 In E Flat featuring pianist David Fray, and Dvorak's Symphony No 7.
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Southbank Centre Royal Festival Hall
31 May May 31, 7.30pm
020 7960 4200 £8–£45 (£4–£22.50)
Philharmonia Orchestra
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Edward Gardner conducts Walton's Coronation March 'Crown Imperial', Elgar's Cello Concerto featuring cellist Natalie Clein, and Holst's The Planets.
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Southbank Centre Royal Festival Hall
5 Jun Jun 5, 3pm
020 7960 4200 £8–£45 (£4–£22.50)
Philharmonia Orchestra
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Christoph Von Dohnanyi conducts Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture, Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 4 featuring pianist Andreas Haefliger, and Brahms's Symphony No 2.
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Southbank Centre Royal Festival Hall
7 Jun Jun 7, 7.30pm
020 7960 4200 £8–£45 (£4–£22.50)
Philharmonia Orchestra
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Pianist Andras Schiff conducts Mozart's Symphony No 29 In A, Piano Concerto No 20 In D Minor and Symphony No 41 'Jupiter'.
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Southbank Centre Royal Festival Hall
14 Jun Jun 14, 7.30pm
020 7960 4200 £8–£45 (£4–£22.50)
Philharmonia Orchestra
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Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts a new work by Joseph Phibbs and Mahler's Symphony No 2: Resurrection. With soprano Kate Royal, mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Gubanova mezzo-soprano and Philharmonia Chorus.
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Southbank Centre Royal Festival Hall
28 Jun Jun 28, 7.30pm, doors
020 7960 4200 £8–£38 (£4–£19)
Philharmonia Orchestra
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Carl Davis conducts his own score to the 1925 silent film Ben Hur, accompanied by a screening of the film.
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Southbank Centre Royal Festival Hall
9 Jun Jun 9, 7pm
020 7960 4200 £8–£45 (£4–£22.50)
Planningtorock, Light Asylum
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Electronica from Bolton-born musician and singer Janine Rostron.
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Southbank Centre Queen Elizabeth Hall
1 Aug Aug 1, 7.30pm
020 7960 4200 £10–£15 (£5–£7.50)
Players From The Philharmonia Orchestra
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Pascal Rophe conducts Gerard Grisey's Vortex Temporum For Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Viola, Cello And Piano. With pianist Andrew Zolinsky and presenter Unsuk Chin.
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Southbank Centre Royal Festival Hall
31 May May 31, 6pm
Free
Players From The Philharmonia Orchestra
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David Robert Coleman conducts works by young composers. With presenter Unsuk Chin.
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Southbank Centre Royal Festival Hall
28 Jun Jun 28, 6pm, doors
Free
Prattyush Banerjee And Sanju Sahai
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Classical Indian ragas from the sarod player and the tabla player.
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Southbank Centre Purcell Room
30 Sep Sep 30, 3.30pm
020 7960 4200 £15–£20 (£7.50–£10)
Pulsating Surshingar And Violin Maestros
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Indian music combo featuring surshingar player Joydeep Ghosh and violin duo The Mysore Brothers.
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Southbank Centre Purcell Room
27 Sep Sep 27, 6pm
020 7960 4200 £10–£12.50
Pushparaj Koshti, Manjiri Asnare-Kelkar
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Indian music from the surbahar player, with Shrikanth Mishra on pakhawaj.
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Southbank Centre Purcell Room
28 Sep Sep 28, 6.30pm
020 7960 4200 £20–£25 (£10–£12.50)
Ram Deshpande, Pirashanna Thevarajah
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Indian music from the khayal singer and his band.
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Southbank Centre Purcell Room
30 Sep Sep 30, 6.30pm
020 7960 4200 £20–£25 (£10–£12.50)
Respectable Groove
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The four-piece plays medieval, renaissance and baroque music with influences from contemporary jazz.
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Southbank Centre Central Bar Foyer
1 Jun Jun 1, 1pm
Free
Rob Terry Trio
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Alt and nu-jazz from the pianist and his band.
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Southbank Centre Central Bar Foyer
22 Jun Jun 22, 1pm
Free
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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Andrew Litton conducts Brahms's Academic Festival Overture and Violin Concerto In D and Elgar's Enigma Variations. With violinist Nigel Kennedy.
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Southbank Centre Royal Festival Hall
12 Jun Jun 12, 7.30pm
020 7960 4200 £9–£55 (£4.50–£27.50)
Salif Keita
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The legendary Malian Afro-beat performer will be touring with his band promoting his album La Difference. He has been known worldwide as the Golden Voice Of Africa for his distinctive voice. He is also famous for being born with the rare condition albinism which is considered bad luck in his culture and lead him to be ostracised from his community and family. Adding controversy to his choice of profession is his regal decent from the founder of the Mali Empire, Sundiata Keita. In Malian…
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Southbank Centre Royal Festival Hall
9 Nov Nov 9, 7.30pm
020 7324 1880 £10–£30 (£5–£15)
Sarah Jane Morris
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One London critic's assessment of sensual singer-songwriter Sarah Jane Morris, who straddles rock, blues, jazz and soul with a goosebump-raising four octave range that rumbles from the heels of her size eight shoes to the tips of her flame-red mane.Famed for her association with the Communards in the mid-80s and infamous for a banned rendition of the classic Me and Mrs Jones, Sarah Jane Morris has always attracted as much attention for her politics as for her soul-driven, seismic voice. Ten…
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Southbank Centre Purcell Room
14 Nov Nov 14, 7.45pm
020 7324 1880 £10–£20
Shabaka Hutchings & BBC Concert Orchestra
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Contemporary jazz by the saxophonist-composer and accompanying musicians.
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Southbank Centre Queen Elizabeth Hall
13 Nov Nov 13, 7.30pm
020 7324 1880 £12–£15
Shruti Sadolikar, Chitraveena Ravikiran
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Indian music from the Khyal singer.
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Southbank Centre 29 Sep Sep 29, 6.30pm 020 7960 4200 £20–£25 (£10–£12.50)
The Silk And Bamboo Ensemble
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A performance by the group of a selection of ensemble and solo pieces of traditional/folk and modern Chinese music.
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Southbank Centre Purcell Room
13 Jun Jun 13, 7.45pm
020 7960 4200 £9.50–£14 (£4.75–£7)
Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra Of Venezuela
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Gustavo Dudamel conducts the orchestra for works by Beethoven and Britten.
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Southbank Centre Royal Festival Hall
23 Jun Jun 23, 7.30pm, doors
020 7960 4200 £15–£70 (£7.50–£35)
Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra Of Venezuela
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Gustavo Dudamel conducts the orchestra for works by Esteban Benzecry and R Strauss.
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Southbank Centre Royal Festival Hall
26 Jun Jun 26, 7.30pm, doors
020 7960 4200 £15–£70 (£7.50–£35)
Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra Of Venezuela
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The orchestra performs various works.
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Southbank Centre Royal Festival Hall
24 Jun Jun 24, 11.30am
020 7960 4200 £8–£14 concs available
Skewered Snails
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Iron Oxide Theatre Company presents an aerial piece in which a boy takes to the trees to escape his weird family and authoritarian father. A darkly comic tale from Ramesh Meyyappan.
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Southbank Centre Purcell Room
6 Sep Sep 6, 7.30pm
020 7960 4200 £15 (£7.50)
Southville Running Club
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Southbank Centre 8 May 201220 Feb 2014 From Feb 22, Tue & Thu 6.15pm, ends Feb 20 2014 Free
Strictly Jubilee Ballroom
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Take to the ballroom dressed in red, white and blue as Nicky Miles and The Ross Mitchell Combo provide lively musical accompaniment.
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Southbank Centre The Clore Ballroom
4 Jun Jun 4, 12noon
Free
Suzanne Thorn And Daniel King Smith
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The oboist and pianist perform Bach's Sonata In G Minor, Britten's Temporal Variations For Oboe And Piano and Saint-Saens's Oboe Sonata In D.
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Southbank Centre Royal Festival Hall
7 Jun Jun 7, 6pm
Free
U.Dance 2012 Appetizer
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A number of dance performances by visiting companies from Australia, Canada and South America, which will act as a warm-up exercise before the final U.Dance 2012 show. Hosted by Youth Dance England and the English National Ballet.
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Southbank Centre The Clore Ballroom
15 Jul Jul 15, 5.30pm
Free
U.Dance 2012 In Action
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An opportunity to see a number of the UDance 2012 artists and companies in dance workshops.
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Southbank Centre The Clore Ballroom
14 Jul Jul 14, 10am
Free
U.Dance 2012 Masterclass With Hofesh Shechter
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Young dancers from across London participate in this workshop led by the artistic director of the UDance Ensemble, Hofesh Shechter.
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Southbank Centre The Clore Ballroom
15 Jul Jul 15, 10am
Free
U.Dance 2012 Open Workshops
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An opportunity for everyone to join in with free workshops which are suitable for all ages.
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Southbank Centre The Clore Ballroom
14 Jul15 Jul Jul 14 & 15, 1pm & 1.45pm
Free
U.Dance 2012 Opening & Finale Performance
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A mixed programme of modern dance performed by a number of youth dance groups from across the country, as well as the debut performance from UDance Ensemble.
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Southbank Centre Queen Elizabeth Hall & Royal Festival Hall
13 Jul15 Jul Jul 13, 7.30pm, Jul 15, 7pm
020 7960 4200 £7 (£3.50 limited availability)
U.Dance 2012: The Lookout
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Choreographer Kerry Nicholls's commissioned work, a site-specific work which journeys within the Royal Festival Hall and takes in London landmarks such as Waterloo Bridge and The Oxo Tower, performed by London youth dance companies.
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Southbank Centre Central Bar, Royal Festival Hall, Level 2
15 Jul Jul 15, 2.45pm, tours every 15 minutes
Free
UDance Ensemble: U.Dance 2012 Finale
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Especially choreographed by Hofesh Shechter, this modern dance work is performed by a selected number of young dance artists from across Britain.
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Southbank Centre Royal Festival Hall
15 Jul Jul 15, 7pm
020 7960 4200 £7 (£3.50 limited availability)
The Ugly Spirit
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Fittings Multimedia Arts presents cult performance artist David Hoyle in Russell Barr's drama based on the lives of Chang and Eng Bunker, a pair of 19th-century conjoined twins who went into show business to profit from their disability. Not suitable for ages below 14.
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Southbank Centre Queen Elizabeth Hall
1 Sep3 Sep Sep 1 & 2, 10pm, Sep 2, 4pm & 7pm, Sep 3, 8pm
020 7960 4200 £15 (£7.50)
The Ultimate Afrobeats Utopia
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Edu, Neptizzle and Sef Kombo spin Afrobeat and World music.
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Southbank Centre The Clore Ballroom
21 Jul Jul 21, 8.30pm
020 7960 4200 £10 (£5)
Ustad Shujaat Khan And Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri
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The sitar player performs classical Indian ragas with accompaniment from the tabla player.
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Southbank Centre Purcell Room
30 Sep Sep 30, 10am
020 7960 4200 £15–£20 (£7.50–£10)
The Vocal Ensemble Of Africa
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Harmony-based world music from a mixed group of Africans.
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Southbank Centre 23 Jul Jul 23, 7.45pm 020 7960 4200 £15 (£7.50)
Wide Open School: Choreographies: Reception And Production Of The Visual: Lecture
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The French dancer and choreographer Xavier Le Roy considers the notion of spectatorship in relation to his conceptual performance-based work.
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Southbank Centre Hayward Gallery Lecture Theatre
12 Jun Jun 12, 7pm
020 7960 4200 £10
Wide Open School: Cloud Architecture: Course
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A seminar and workshop on improvised, transitory living spaces built from recycled and reclaimed materials, by Lucy and Jorge Orta.
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Southbank Centre Hayward Gallery Room 2
11 Jun12 Jun Jun 11, 10am–5pm, Jun 12, 10am–1pm
020 7960 4200 £20
Wide Open School: Theoretical And Practical Explorations Of Space: Course
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Intensive classes on Western scientific thinking, exploring the mathematics and physics of space, with author and curator Margaret Wertheim.
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Southbank Centre Hayward Gallery Room 2
12 Jun14 Jun Jun 12–14, 10am–5pm
020 7960 4200 £10 per session
William Basinski
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The American musician performs avant-garde ambient music from the album The Disintegration Loops.
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Southbank Centre Queen Elizabeth Hall
12 Aug Aug 12, 8pm
020 7960 4200 £17.50–£20 (£8.75–£10)
Zero Hour Market
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Performed to a live DJ set, a mixture of dance, food and frenzy soon turns into a crazy battle for the Golden Fleece, in Zecora Ura's modern promenade re-telling of the ancient Greek drama. Written by Persis-Jade Maravala.
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Southbank Centre Hayward Gallery
19 Jul11 Aug From Jul 19, Thu 8pm, Fri & Sat 11.45pm, part of Hotel Medea Trilogy, ends Aug 11
020 7960 4200 £20 (£17)

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