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Theatre at Southbank Centre, july 2024

European Poetry Festival: Norwegian Poetry Wednesday 3 July 2024

Wed 3 Jul 2024, 20:00 - Southbank Centre, London
Discover fresh new work by contemporary Norwegian poets and their Britain-based counterparts in the UK’s biggest celebration of continental poetry.
Read, watch and listen more The European Poetry Festival returns to the National Poetry Library for its seventh year, spotlighting performance, experimentation and collaboration.
This event celebrates contemporary Norwegian poetry, one of the m

Wednesday 10 July 2024:
Special Edition: Transgressive Poetics Wednesday 10 July 2024

Wed 10 Jul 2024, 20:00 - Southbank Centre, London
Join us for a reading and conversation focused on desire and defiance from two exciting voices in contemporary poetry, Esme Allman and Shanay Neusum-James.
Read, watch and listen more Poets Esme Allman author of Sweet Bone Girl (forthcoming with Broken Sleep Books) and Shanay Neusum-James, author of Surrender Dorothy (Bad Betty Press) discuss how they render desire in their poetry and how popu

Thursday 11 July 2024:
David Olusoga: Black British History and Belonging Thursday 11 July 2024

Thu 11 Jul 2024, 19:30 - Southbank Centre, London
BAFTA-winning historian and filmmaker David Olusoga charts the story of Black British history, bringing to light underrepresented narratives.
Read, watch and listen more Drawing on his acclaimed documentaries including Britain´s Forgotten Slave Owners and his groundbreaking Black and British: A Forgotten History , David Olusoga discusses the overlooked and underappreciated aspects of Black Bri

Saturday 13 July 2024:
SOUNDS LiKE CHAOS: All Routes Lead In Saturday 13 July 2024

Sat 13 Jul 2024, 14:00 - Southbank Centre, London
welcome different audiences and recognise how they want and choose to belong here at the Southbank Centre
Rodgers & Hammerstein´s Carousel: A Concert Saturday 13 July 2024

Sat 13 Jul 2024, 19:00 - Southbank Centre, London
barker Billy Bigelow, alongside Christine Allado as Julie Jordan ( Prince of Egypt , Hamilton ), Rebecca
... Bigelow Christine Allado Julie Jordan Rebecca Caine Nettie Fowler Repertoire Richard Rodgers : Carousel
Strong Like Us: Kelechi Okafor & Friends Saturday 13 July 2024

Sat 13 Jul 2024, 19:30 - Southbank Centre, London
The author is joined by a panel of remarkable women, who discuss life learnings and advocate for the inner child in us all.
Read, watch and listen more Are you sitting comfortably? There´s a treasure trove of wisdom and therapeutic value waiting to be uncovered by adults in the themes woven into children’s picture books.
Embark on an enlightening chapter with author Kelechi Okafor, alongsi

Sunday 14 July 2024:
Sathnam Sanghera: Empireworld Sunday 14 July 2024

Sun 14 Jul 2024, 14:30 - Southbank Centre, London
Drawing on his new book, journalist and author Sathnam Sanghera traces the legacies of the British empire around the world.
Read, watch and listen more 2.6 billion people are inhabitants of former British colonies. The empire´s influence upon the quarter of the planet it occupied, and the world outside it, has been profound: from the spread of Christianity by missionaries, to nearly a third of

Wednesday 17 July 2024:
A Gavin Selerie Celebration Wednesday 17 July 2024

Wed 17 Jul 2024, 20:00 - Southbank Centre, London
Discover the creative world and dynamic work of a poet who refused classification, in this celebration featuring readings and talks from contemporary poets.
Read, watch and listen more Join us for this celebration of one of the most skilful and imaginative exponents of the long poem in English, Gavin Selerie (1949 - 2023), whose work ranged in content from the life of Sheridan Le Fanu, to jazz

Thursday 18 July 2024:
Out-Spoken: July Thursday 18 July 2024

Thu 18 Jul 2024, 19:45 - Southbank Centre, London
, hosted by poet Joelle Taylor.
Read, watch and listen more Out-Spoken is the Southbank Centre’s

Sunday 21 July 2024:
Conversations with Baldwin: Another Country Sunday 21 July 2024

Sun 21 Jul 2024, 12:00 - Southbank Centre, London
Baldwin (1924 - 1987) in a collaboration between creative change agency Words of Colour and the Southbank
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