Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The Southbank Centre will host a series of events celebrating youth culturePublished18 September 2025 Shirley Bassey, Anish Kapoor and Lemn Sissay are among the big names being celebrated in events at the Southbank Centre next year as part of a celebration of British youth culture.
Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle and Goalhanger, the podcast producer behind The Rest Is History, The Rest Is Politics and The Rest Is Entertainment, will also take part in the arts venue's programme for 2026.
Boyle, who won Best Director in 2009 for his film Slumdog Millionaire, said the Southbank Centre was "for everyone, like the NHS – a dose of culture, like a vitamin injection, it lifts you". The programme of events will coincide with the 75th anniversary of the Festival of Britain.
The Royal Festival Hall opened in 1951 and is now part of the Southbank Centre The festival was a national exhibition to promote the country's art, design, technology and science and uplift the public after the Second World War.
Published: September 18, 2025 6:01 pm
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