Over the dark winter nights, our site is illuminated by outdoor artworks that play with light and colour – explore to discover them all. Each artist uses light and colour in playful ways, at the same ...

Situated in the heart of London, on the banks of the River Thames is the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, a beacon for arts and culture for over 70 years. The 2,700 capacity Royal Festival Hall ...

Awarded annually for the best collection of new verse in English published in the UK or the Republic of Ireland, it was inaugurated in 1993 in celebration of the Poetry Book Society’s 40th birthday, ...

Get ready to feel the reggae rhythm at this free monthly meet-up and daytime dance that’s guaranteed to get all ages moving and grooving. Simmer Down is a home for reggae and revival, happening once a ...

The 40th Anniversary Show continues… Celebrate over 40 fabulous years of uproarious comedy and musical prowess with Britain’s greatest cabaret trio. Combining razor-sharp satire with matchless musical ...

James McVinnie completes his residency in a recital with a difference: a rare chance to hear Bach played on both the piano and the organ by the same performer. The evening begins with one of the ...

Discover the duo’s pictures from the past 25 years, with vibrant, large-scale images that centre the human experience and reflect their motto, ‘Art for All’.

Discover new poets through this free online collection of brilliant, moving, funny and groundbreaking poems curated by our specialist poetry librarians. Search the poems by type or by topic, or use ...

This competition is looking for previously unpublished poems of up to 30 lines, on the theme ‘Treasures of Nature’. There are three age groups: 18+, 12 to 17, and 11 & under. Entry is free for ...

Wolverhampton Literature Festival is open for its seventh poetry competition, for poets from across the globe. This years theme is open, so poets can send work on any subject. Winners will be ...

Open Mic night Poems Not Bombs comes to Walthamstow. This is a poetry open mic night for people of all experiences and levels. Come along and join the audience, or sign up on the day between 6.30-7pm ...

Explore poetry off the page in Astra Papachristodoulou’s debut solo exhibition, where poems exist as sculpture, objects and textiles. Papachristodoulou’s object poems encourage interactive and shared ...