Tim Etchells on Kate McIntosh

Tim Etchells, artist, performance maker and artistic director of theatre company Forced Entertainment, has worked with Kate McIntosh, who is coming to Southbank Centre on Thursday 4 March to present her piece All Natural.
On his blog, Tim Etchells talks about Kate McIntosh and says that All Natural is ‘a fascinating piece’ and that you should [...]

Kate McIntosh / Martine Pisani video

Nicky Molloy, Head of Dance & Performance at Southbank Centre, talks about two pieces coming to Southbank Centre this week: Kate McIntosh’s All Natural and Martine Pisani’s sans (without)

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Get to know… Kate McIntosh

Kate McIntosh is a New Zealand-born artist working in theatre, performance and video, now based in Brussels. Originally trained in dance, she has been performing internationally since 1995, working, amongst others, with Wendy Houstoun (UK), Australian Dance Theatre and performance maker Tim Etchells (UK), whose work was seen at Southbank Centre in 2009 as part [...]

Get to know… Martine Pisani

Born in Marseille (France), Martine Pisani started her career in the 1980s as a self-taught dancer. Following a series of fertile encounters with American experimental dance artists David Gordon and Yvonne Rainer, as well as French choreographer Odile Duboc amongst many, she went on to become a national name as a choreographer in the early [...]

Three reasons we love Martine Pisani’s sans

Sans, a piece for three men by French choreographer Martine Pisani, is coming to Southbank Centre on Friday 5 March. Here are three reasons we in the Southbank Centre Dance team like this piece.

The piece makes you smile.
No matter what we say, one thing is for sure: sans is playful and entertaining.
It’s got fantastic performances [...]

The Lost Voice video

The Lost Voice, our beatboxing show, ends on Sunday. If you have kids aged 4 to 8, bring them down to help Whisper find her voice. Find out more about the show in the video below.

Ennio Marchetto: I dreamt of Marilyn Monroe

In this video, Ennio tells us about how it all began: when he dreamt of Marilyn Monroe one night.

21 years and 250+ costumes later, he brings us new characters and old favourites in his special Christmas 2009 show here in the cozy Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall.
A perfect Christmas treat!

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The Lost Voice

This Christmas Southbank Centre is proud to present a new production, The Lost Voice, a beatboxing show for kids aged 4 to 8.
‘A what?’ I hear you ask. Yes, you read well: a beatboxing show for kids. It’s pretty extraordinary what you can do with your voice and a bit of practice, from animal noises [...]

Andrew and Hanna from Strictly Come Dancing

BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing Latin American experts Andrew and Hanna join us this Sunday at The West Side Story Experience: Part 2!

In 2006, Andrew and Hannah were ranked one of the top 25 professional Latin
American couples in the world. You might remember them performing a cha cha with Michael Bublé on [...]