Southbank Centre featured events week commencing 18th March
These are some of the selected free events taking place at The Southbank Centre from Monday 18th March to Sunday 24th March 2019
Lambeth Sounds Music Festival
Enjoy a series of event organised for the Lambeth Sounds Music Festival. It captures the energy, passion and focus of young musicians and celebrates the achievements of a musical community. The Festival also provides a platform for new young composers and creates links between schools and music hub partners as they share the experience of performing together.
Some events run times may vary, find out more
Lambeth Sounds Music Festival: Lambeth Voices
Monday 18th March 2019| aprox. 75 min run time | Queen Elizabeth Hall | Free but ticketed
Pupils from local schools raise the roof with a programme of classical, gospel and popular songs
Lambeth Sounds Music Festival: Orchestral Sounds
Wednesday 20th March 2019| aprox. 60 min run time | Queen Elizabeth Hall | Free but ticketed
Celebrate the sound of Lambeth at orchestral performances by pupils from local schools
Kader Attia: Landing Strip Book Launch
Wednesday 20th March 2019| 7pm | Hayward Gallery Foyer | Free, but ticketed
Join in for the launch of the artist’s new photobook. Part of Kader Attia: The Museum of Emotion.
It documents the lives of a group of Algerian transgender sex workers living in Paris in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Taken over a period of roughly two years, the images focus on the group’s shared intimacy, and depict ‘moments of joy, of happiness, of hope’.
The publication includes more than 140 illustrations, as well as an essay by Tarek El-Ariss, Associate Professor and Chair of Middle Eastern Studies at Dartmouth University.
This event includes a book signing.
Lambeth Sounds Music Festival: Schools’ Singing Concerts
Wednesday 20th March 2019 | 7pm | Hayward Gallery Foyer | Free but ticketed
Hear the magnificent sound of more than 1,800 local infant and junior pupils joined in song
Friday Lunch: Opera Hour by Streetwise Opera
Friday 22nd March 2019| 1pm | Royal Festival Hall, The Clore Ballroom, Level 2 | Free but ticketed
Think opera is not for you? Give Streetwise Opera an hour and they might just change your mind.
The award-winning opera company for people affected by homelessness is back, with a joyful and inspiring performance at Southbank Centre.
Discover that opera is about raw and authentic passion, and the epic emotions of everyday life.
Proving that opera is for everyone, Streetwise Opera presents a joyful and refreshing performance
Friday Tonic: Duncan Eagles
Friday 22nd March 2019| 5.30pm | Royal Festival Hall, The Clore Ballroom, Level 2 | Free
Be entertained by ‘one of the most exciting players emerging on the UK jazz scene’ (JazzWise) Part of Friday Tonic
Duncan Eagles presents his debut album Citizen, following a string of releases with UK group Partikel – ‘one of the most exciting trios in improvised music’ (Jazz Podium).
Mobile Film-making and Photography Course
Various times | 3rd to 24th of March 2019|Various times| Royal Festival Hall Sunley Pavilion, Level 3
Learn how to make film with your smartphone on a short course with Skin Deep and Blackcurrent
Learn from top film-makers how to make your own video work on your smartphone in a short course for ages 18 – 25 with Skin Deep and Blackcurrent.
Responding to Hayward Gallery exhibition Kader Attia: The Museum of Emotion and its themes of identity, borders, migration, race and housing, this course gives an introduction to making film and week-by-week hands-on guidance from experienced film-makers and industry leaders.
Over the course, you are guided to create a narrative, plan and develop your visual idea, collaborate with other participants, and learn how to use a phone to its full potential. At the end there is a Violet Nights event at Hayward Gallery, showcasing the work created.
Part of Kader Attia: The Museum of Emotion
Disclaimer: WISE16 publish public notices from London Borough of Southwark with the aim to encourage participation. Please visit Southwark Council’s website for further in