Top ten at the Southbank this week – 1st September to 6th September

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

1. Katrina. Bargehouse. All Week.

Jericho House’s new play uses survivor testimonies and the rich musical tradition of New Orleans to tell the story of the immediate aftermath of the hurricane, this is a promenade performance at the Bargehouse near OXO Tower.

2. Life Drawing Workshop. Topolski Century. Tues 1st. 7-9pm

Improve your drawing skills in the inspiring setting of Topolski Century with Life Drawing classes. Price is £15 per session.

3. Robyn Hitchcock and his Friends. Southbank Centre. Fri 4th.

Robyn Hitchcock and his friends play a selection of his own and other insect-related songs with added sound effects, including clicks, rubbings and hisses. Part of Pestival, a festival celebrating millions of years of insects.

4. Thomas Truax. Southbank Centre. Fri 4th.

A nominee for Britain’s 2008 Indy Music Award for best live act, Truax is making a name for himself by building his own instruments from gramophone horns and pull-string toys. Watch this free performance in the Southbank centre’s front room.

5. Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!. BFI Southbank. Sat 5th, 8.45pm

As part of BFI Southbank’s sexploitation season, catch one of three screenings of this classic cult flick. A true battle of the sexes.

6. In the realm of the Sense. BFI Southbank. Thurs 4th. 8.50pm

Probably the most famous erotic film ever made, Nagisa Oshima’s masterpiece yields a fascinating conundrum: it’s sexually explicit, but is finally more about the mind than the body.

7. The Pitman Painters. National Theatre. Wed- Sun.

Winner of Best Play, Evening Standard Awards. A deeply moving and timely look at art, class and politics, Lee Hall’s The Pitmen Painter’s returns to the National following sell-out seasons.

8. Pestival Slow Food Market. Southbank Centre Square. 4-5th Sept. 11am-6pm

Pestival brings in the harvest with Slow Food London and celebrates the pollinators who make it possible. Raise a glass for the little creatures and join some of the best producers of food and drink around.

9. The Hellstrom Chronicle. Southbank Centre. Sat 6th. 5pm

A rare screening of the scarily convincing 1971 Oscar-winning cult classic Hellstrom Chronicle. Shocking, beautiful, deadly… and in the end only the insects will survive

10. 3D Films for Families. BFI IMAX. All week. Afternoon showings only.

Featuring Under the Sea, Dinosaurs 3D, Bugs 3D and Harry Potter and more, treat the family to some 3D action!

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