Situated in the heart of London, on the banks of the River Thames is the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, a beacon for arts and culture for over 70 years. The 2,700 capacity Royal Festival Hall ...

An event celebrating the Poetry Business 2024 International Book & Pamphlet Competition, with readings by the two winners Caroline Bracken and Jen Feroze. Hosted by Michael McGregor, Director of the ...

Discover Poetry is a monthly session hosted by Polly Atkin for Wordsworth Grasmere where poets are invited to join online to talk about all things poetry. During these sessions you will be invited to ...

Mendelssohn first performed Bach’s St Matthew Passion in 1829, so it is perhaps no surprise that the symphony he began shortly after, and which opens this event, is steeped in the atmosphere of the ...

The Queen Elizabeth Hall is a leading London venue showcasing world-class talks, gigs, dance, performance and classical music. Originally opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in 1967, our Queen ...

The magisterial Mitsuko Uchida is known for her interpretation of Viennese composers: hear her perform some of their greatest late works for piano. Among today’s most profoundly admired pianists, ...

Royal Holloway Small Press Takeover, hosted by Pamenar Press is launching Laynie Browne’s new collection Everyone and Her Resemblances. Browne is visiting from the US, where she teaches at the ...

Poet Michael Rosen presents his new one-person show Getting Through It, formed of a double-bill of monologues: The Death of Eddie and Many Kinds of Love. In The Death of Eddie, Michael recounts the ...

To Benjamin Appl, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau was not only a legendary singer, but a mentor and close friend. This unique tribute from Appl and pianist James Baillieu tells his life story through some of ...

Beyond Text is a three-day online festival celebrating innovative and experimental poetry, with a programme of readings, performances, expert panels and poetry workshops that participants can join ...

Haydn blows the roof off with one of his most explosive symphonies, the teenage Mahler gets seriously emotional in a rarely-heard early gem, and Tchaikovsky’s hugely popular Violin Concerto has never ...

‘If art is to make a contribution to a better world, art needs to be able to deal with reality,’ says George the Poet, who, at 34, marks this point in his career as a transition from ‘intuiting’ the ...