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Boris Johnson hails South Bank festival for deaf and disabled artists

01.09.11
Boris Johnson today hailed London's annual festival for Deaf and disabled artists which is coming to the South Bank for the first ever time this weekend... more

South Bank harks back to Festival of Britain with a vintage show

06.06.11
Designer Wayne Hemingway is paying tribute to the spirit of the Festival of Britain by bringing his Vintage festival to the South Bank... more

Summer on the South Bank

21.04.11
Laze on a beach by the Thames, take in a free gig - even get married at the Royal Festival Hall. You can do it all at the Festival of Britain 60th anniversary celebrations, says Nick Curtis... more

We're all part of the new British now

04.04.11
Whether it's our values, culture or classic brands, there's a new sense of pride in the national identity. Nick Curtis reports on how we are celebrating our heritage and our icons... more

Arts chiefs demand to meet David Cameron over cuts

25.03.11
Top British arts executives took the unprecedented step of asking to meet the Prime Minister to discuss the future of culture in Britain... more

Refusing visas to artists will kill London's arts

23.11.10
If you thought arriving at Heathrow airport was a misery, spare a thought for the musician who was held there for eight hours of questioning last week, simply because she had brought her cello... more

Culture cuts would cause irreparable damage, say arts chiefs

15.07.10
Arts leaders appeal to David Cameron to spare Britain’s cultural heritage from 'catastrophic' cuts... more

Schools ministers 'must do better at boosting the arts'

02.06.09
A leading education expert has called for a revolution in the role of the arts in schools... more

Southbank lures the young with wolves, female hip-hop ... and 25,000 free tickets

27.02.09
Thousands of free tickets are on offer for a music festival for young people at the Southbank Centre this spring... more

Off the record

19.09.08
From Coldplay to KT Tunstall — charities are finding that enlisting musicians is the ideal way to get their message to a jaded public.... more

Cultural Olympiad is up and running

04.09.08
Olympics chief and former athlete Sebastian Coe is to turn himself into a work of art... more

Wizard of Oz is somewhere over the dog bowl

30.07.08
Toto the terrier saves a dull and overlong stage version of Wizard Of Oz at Royal Festival Hall, says Nicholas de Jongh.... more

Happy 40th to art's concrete bunker

09.07.08
Luminaries of the art world will flock to the South Bank tonight to celebrate an institution they love - even if the paying public has always been more cautious... more

Rattle to conduct every Schumann symphony

18.04.08
Sir Simon Rattle will conduct all Schumann's symphonies and pianist Alfred Brendel will play his final London concert in the new classical music season at the Southbank Centre... more

We’re off to see Oz again

10.04.08
Festival Hall is to premiere the stage version of The Wizard of Oz this summer, following the success of spin-off musical Wicked.... more

Musical fails to inspire

10.09.07
Paco Peña's Requiem for the Earth was worthy and honest but despite the 100-strong choir, the jerky musical journey lost its way.... more

The New Cross brothers' triumph

03.08.07
The revelation of the Festival Hall's Carmen Jones has been that the two singers playing Carmen's love rivals Joe and Husky are, in fact, Jamaican brothers from New Cross.... more

The Carmen touch

03.08.07
Tsakane Valentine Maswanganyi was raised in a 'matchbox' house in Soweto. Now she is one of the hottest talents in London, starring as new Carmen Jones.... more

A sizzling scarlet woman

01.08.07
Artistic director Jude Kelly has taken a brave leap, but her production of Carmen Jones never musters the erotic excitement of the 19th century original.... more

Showtime at the Southbank

18.07.07
Artistic director Jude Kelly's first production, Carmen Jones, is about to be unveiled at the Festival Hall. It's what this place is made for, she says.... more

Time to meet Ms Jones

17.07.07
A new all-black production of Carmen Jones is about to hit the London stage but it's still all about the music, as Warwick Thompson discovers.... more

Rival brothers who sing to win Carmen

16.07.07
Two brothers are taking the lead in a dazzling new production of Carmen Jones at the Royal Festival Hall.... more

Enjoying a renaissance

11.06.07
Warwick Thompson talks to Jude Kelly, the artistic director of the Southbank Centre, about the reopening of the Royal Festival Hall.... more

250,000 welcome back Festival Hall

11.06.07
More than a quarter of a million people flocked to the reopening of the Royal Festival Hall at the weekend.... more

Southbank hosts first festival of literature

17.05.07
Blake Morrison, Mark Thomas, Armando Iannucci and John Hegley have joined the line-up for the first London Literature Festival at the revamped Southbank Centre.... more

There's no ignoring good box office

24.04.07
While there are some problems with On The Town, Nick Kimberley is certain it is a show that will gather momentum.... more

South Bank Centre's summer season unveiled

25.01.07
The refurbishment of the new Royal Festival Hall will open on schedule, it has been announced, as highlights of the South Bank Centre's summer season are unveiled.... more

Winners to be named at London theatre awards

27.11.06
The wait is almost over. Today we will discover who has triumphed in the 52nd Evening Standard Theatre Awards at the Savoy Hotel.... more

It's the Jerry and Bill show

24.11.06
Bill Wyman and Jerry Hall will team up to present the best play prize at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards at the Savoy Hotel.... more

Audience invited to participate in 'virtual' orchestra

18.08.06
Fancy yourself as a bit of a musician? Then why not pop down to the South Bank, where the very first virtual orhestra has just been installed.... more


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