Concrete Voids, conceived by Southbank Centre Sound Technician Tony Birch, is a custom-built system of over 80 hidden speakers, turning the Queen Elizabeth Hall into a 3D sound instrument. It allows ...

For the second concert of the day, the focus is on music by two composers who were close friends: Giya Kancheli from Georgia and Avit Terterian from Armenia. Kancheli’s Styx was inspired in 1999 by ...

Discover new poets through this free online collection of brilliant, moving, funny and groundbreaking poems curated by our specialist poetry librarians. Search the poems by type or by topic, or use ...

We’re making more and more of our events accessible to a wider audience. We’re doing this through a range of assisted formats including British Sign Language interpretation, Speech-to-Text ...

In the UK premiere of this piece, ten young dancers and two musicians perform the cycle of life with explosive energy, marked by the urban chaos of the Nigerian city of Lagos. An ode to the richness ...

Who uses the Medusa’s eye? Have you heard a chorus of frogs? Do you know who Gentle Dobbin is? The library keeps a running list of frequently asked for ‘lost’ quotations that for some reason have come ...

In 2022 we were delighted to partner with Apple to launch Reframe, an innovative programme designed to uplift emerging Black creatives across the UK. This collaboration also included our partners at ...

Find inspiration from contemporary poems, and ideas of where to get your own poetry published in this list of current poetry magazines. 14 is an annual poetry magazine devoted to poems of 14 lines ...

We teamed up with international workspace provider HB Reavis to give small businesses free access to arts and culture, providing valuable insights and opportunities to make new connections. Through a ...