Top ten at the Southbank this week
Each week Annie from www.southbanklondon.com picks her top ten things to do on the Southbank.
1. Up. BFI IMAX. Tues. 1.45pm
A hilarious journey in a lost world filled with danger and surprise from Disney-Pixar in 3D!
2. The Pains of Youth. National Theatre. Mon-Thurs 7.30pm
A discontented post-war generation diagnose youth to be their sickness and do their best to destroy it. A shocking, erotically charged play
3. Halloween Flight. London Eye. All Week.
Take a Trick or Treat Flight with your witchy host, or hear spooky stories on a Tale of Two Witches river cruise.
4. 36 Pieces of Jade. gallery@oxo. Wed-Sat. 11am – 6pm.
A free exhibition of floral forms commissioned by P&O Cruises for the superliner “Azura”.
5. Halloween Slow Food Market. Southbank Centre Square. Fri – Sun. 11am – 6pm
Trick or treat… It’s time for apple-bobbing, pumpkins, tasty slow-cooked casseroles and sweet indulgences.
6. Everything to Declare: Celebrating 25 Years of Wasafiri. Southbank Centre. Sat.
The Magazine of International Contemporary Writing has charted a wave of writing that has changed the face of literature, publishing some of the world’s most distinguished writers and most exciting voices in contemporary writing. Hear key figures talk at Southbank Centre.
7. The twenty-four hour plays celebrity gala. The Old Vic. Sun.
40 acclaimed actors, directors and writers join forces to write, rehearse and perform six short plays in just 24 hours. It’s the ultimate theatrical challenge, culminating in a unique evening played out on one of the world’s most celebrated stages.
8. ScreenPlay in The Clore Ballroom. Southbank Centre. Sat.
Southbank Centre are offering you the chance to hear a performance of this sold-out concert featuring London Sinfonietta, Bang On A Can, Synergy Vocals and Steve Reich live on ScreenPlay
9. Citizen Kane. BFI Southbank. Fri 2.30pm
Welles’ monumental achievement famously views the controversial life of a media tycoon.
10. Porgy & Bess. Southbank Centre. Mon. 7pm.
This unforgettable work is given here as a concert performance by the remarkable Cape Town Opera company. ‘Cape Town Opera’s singers perform with pulsating energy and a supple naturalness’ (Der Tagesspiegel, Berlin).
For more details on any of the above visit www.southbanklondon.com
