Top ten at the Southbank this week – 27 July to 2nd August

Each week Annie from www.southbanklondon.com picks her top ten things to do on the Southbank.

1. The Sandpit. Southbank Centre. 31st July 7pm, 1st – 2nd Aug 11am

Southbank Centre Sandpit is brought to you by Hide And Seek, London’s social gaming pioneers – a team of artists and game designers who create new, playful experiences. Artists from all disciplines are invited to design and test new games, and anyone can experiment, share ideas and play together. From solo games to huge flash mob collaborations, experience a weekend of creating, exploring, sneaking, cheating (!) and playing. This is for all ages but Sunday the games are specifically family friendly.

2. Macbeth: Who is that Bloodied Man? National Theatre. 30th -31st July 9.30pm

Following their sell-out run at the national last year, Poland’s foremost outdoor theatre company return with their award-winning adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy. This is a powerful production featuring armies on motorbikes, ominous stilt wearing witches and a pyrotechnic climax not to be missed. Part of the National’s second outdoor venue, Square2.

3. Three More Sleepless Nights. National Theatre. 30th July onwards

Caryl Churchill returns to the national with a rare production of her engaging play looking at human relationships and interactions, described as ‘One double bed. Two couples. Three short acts of love-tangled conversation’. The play twists between everything from existential angst to sci-fi films, showing the breadth and complexities of relationships, a must see for Churchill fans and new comers a like.

4. 4:48 psychosis. Young Vic. Ongoing

The last play that controversial 90’s play write Sarah Kane wrote before her tragically young death. The play has often been read as an extended suicide note and charts the journey of a mind and body from darkness into light, from pain into love, from life into death.

5. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, IMAX. Ongoing

Does it need an introduction? See the blockbuster on the biggest screen in the UK.

6. Walking in my Mind, the Hayward Gallery. Ongoing

Exploring the inner workings of the artist’s imagination. The Haward gallery is transformed into a series of gigantic sculptural environments each representing an individual mindscape. Look out for the spotty trees along South Bank too.

7. 30 Years 30 Artists. gallery@oxo. 11am- 6pm daily

Formed in 1979 as a co-operative by the artists themselves, Greenwich Printmakers move up the river to celebrate their thirtieth anniversary.

8. Watch This Space. National Theatre. Ongoing

The National’s free outside events venue continues through the summer with performances at lunch times and evenings on the Astroturf. If it’s sunny, pop down and see what’s on or just sit on the deck chairs and enjoy the weather

9. Andrew Motion and Claire Tomalin on Keats. National Theatre. Wed 29th July

The former poet laureate and Claire Tomalin take to the national’s platform to speak about Keats and answer questions from the floor.

10. Gangsters, Joseph Losey and One Giant leap Seasons. BFI Southbank. Until 31st July

The BFI Southbank’s July seasons continue featuring showings of classics including Bonnie and Clyde, The Lady in Red, Don Giovanni and In the Shadow of the Moon.

For more details on any of the above visit www.southbanklondon.com