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Impractical Jokers
BSL Interpreted Event BSL Interpreters - Tara Asher and Vicky Pannell Age Restrictions: 16+ Suggested (Parental Discretion Advised) The four lifelong friends and comedians whose hidden-camera dares and punishments have created truTV’s and Comedy Central’s longest-running and top-rated original comedies, Impractical Jokers, today announce a huge UK tour starring The Tenderloins, called The Cranjis McBasketball World Comedy Tour. The show will stop at The O2 on Thursday 17 October 2019.
Find out more »The Forward Prizes for Poetry Ceremony
BSL Interpreted Event BSL Interpreters - Paul MIchaels and TBC Part of Poetry International To join the free Access Scheme and book tickets to access the BSL Interpreter, call the Ticket Office on 020 3879 9555 or email accesslist@southbankcentre.co.uk The best poetry being published in the British Isles today is recognised at this ceremony, hosted by jury chair Shahidha Bari and poet Andrew McMillan. Featuring readings from the 15 shortlisted poets, the Forward Prizes rank among the year’s great literary…
Find out more »East West Street: A Song of Good and Evil
BSL Interpreted Event BSL Interpreter - Adam Archer and TBC Part of London Literature Festival To join the free Access Scheme and book tickets to access the BSL Interpreter, call the Ticket Office on 020 3879 9555 or email accesslist@southbankcentre.co.uk A partly staged reading inspired by international human rights lawyer Philippe Sands’ award-winning bestseller about the Nuremberg trials. East West Street explores the origins of ‘genocide’ and ‘crimes against humanity’ and the path to justice. The Ratline, the book’s sequel,…
Find out more »Nikki Giovanni in Conversation
BSL Interpreted Event BSL Interpreters - Ali Gordon and TBC Part of the Poetry International To join the free Access Scheme and book tickets to access the BSL Interpreter, call the Ticket Office on 020 3879 9555 or email accesslist@southbankcentre.co.uk Join world-renowned poet, writer, commentator, activist and educator Nikki Giovanni for an evening of poetry and conversation. Lauded for her honest reflections on everything from race and politics to friendship and sexual desire and motherhood and loneliness, Giovanni joins us…
Find out more »From The Tattooist of Auschwitz to Cilka’s Journey
BSL Interpreted Event BSL Interpreter - Natasha Trantom and Sophie Allen Part of London Literature Festival To join the free Access Scheme and book tickets to access the BSL Interpreters, call our Ticket Office on 020 3879 9555 or email accesslist@southbankcentre.co.uk Find out what happened to The Tattooist of Auschwitz’s Cilka Klein from author Heather Morris as she discusses her latest novel at a London-exclusive event. One of the key characters from The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Cilka Klein is the…
Find out more »I believe in Unicorns
BSL Interpreted Event BSL Interpreter - Adam Archer Part of London Literature Festival To join the free Access Scheme and book tickets to access the BSL Interpreter, call the Ticket Office on 020 3879 9555 or email accesslist@southbankcentre.co.uk Tomas’ world changes the day he meets the Unicorn Lady, in an enchanting show based on Michael Morpurgo’s treasured children's book. This intimate show is set in a library full of books that hold more than stories within their pages. It is…
Find out more »Fiddler on the Roof
BSL Interpreted Event BSL Interpreter - Emma Istead Cranbrook Operatic and Dramatic Society present Fiddler on the Roof. Discounted tickets are available for BSL users - please contact Jo Levett on 07803 585012 or jolevettslt@gmail.com for more information
Find out more »Once Upon Our Times: Fairy Tales Retold
BSL Interpreted Event BSL Interpreter - Paul Michaels Part of London Literature Festival To join the free Access Scheme and book tickets to access the BSL Interpreter, call the Ticket Office on 020 3879 9555 or email accesslist@southbankcentre.co.uk Drawn from oral traditions, fairy tales distil our dreams and fears into stories of magic and transformation. Here five celebrated global authors offer us distinctive retellings of ancient tales that have survived and evolved through the centuries. Listen to an evocative live…
Find out more »Anthony Daniels: My Life as C-3PO
BSL Interpreted Event BSL Interpreters - Adam Archer and Barry Alan Davey Part of London Literature Festival To join the free Access Scheme and book tickets to access the interpreter, call the Ticket Office on 020 3879 9555 or email accesslist@southbankcentre.co.uk Join Star Wars actor Anthony Daniels as he reflects on his time playing one of the most famous droids in cinematic history. Daniels is best known for playing the golden droid C-3PO in all of the Star Wars films.…
Find out more »It’s Not About the Burqa: Essays by Muslim Women
BSL Interpreted Event BSL Interpreters - Sharan Thind and Esther Rose Bevan To join the free Access Scheme and book tickets for this, call the Ticket Office on 020 3879 9555 or email accesslist@southbankcentre.co.uk Hear from writers, poets and activists as they discuss the contemporary Muslim female experience and intersectional feminism. In celebration of the anthology It's Not About the Burqa: Muslim Women on Faith, Feminism, Sexuality and Race, editor and activist Mariam Khan speaks alongside Salma El-Wardany and Nafisa…
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