Highlights SEPTEMBER 2017 – DECEMBER 2018
Contents 04 Introduction 06 Queen Elizabeth Hall
and Hayward Gallery Re-open
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Our Artistic Programme
12 Music 18
Visual Arts
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Literature and Spoken Word
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Performance and Dance
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Unlimited Festival
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Nelson Mandela Centenary Exhibition
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Youth Opportunities
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Bernstein Mass
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(B)old
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Our Orchestras
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Broadening Our Audiences
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Nurturing Talent
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Our Supporters
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The 2017/2018 season has been truly transformative for Southbank Centre. We have been overwhelmed with the enthusiasm for the reopenings of some of our most loved spaces – Hayward Gallery and the Queen Elizabeth Hall building and venues, which launched with spectacular performances and shows. We have welcomed over 24 million people to our site, 3.2 million visitors experience cultural activities, and we continue to offer over 50% of our arts activity completely free. We are proud to be one of the most diverse large arts organisations with 21% of our staff from black and minority ethnic backgrounds and a female-led executive, and that the diversity of our audiences is on the rise.
Susan Gilchrist, Chairwoman Elaine Bedell, Chief Executive
We continue to support children and young people – read on and find out more about our work and achievements. Finally, we said goodbye to Jude Kelly who has been a monumental part of the life of Southbank Centre for 12 years. We thank Jude for everything she has done for Southbank Centre and wish her well as she takes Women of the World global.
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Michelle Obama discusses her memoir BECOMING with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in an exclusive UK event in Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in collaboration with Penguin Live on Mon. 3 Dec. 2018.
2.4 million visits made to our venues
1,000 participants performed alongside world-class artists
3,428 events
50% of these were free
Moon Duo
40,000 children attended Creative Learning events
‘Constantly delivering standout performances and unexpected collaborations’ The Daily Telegraph
That Night Follows Day
18,000 members
accessed priority booking for events All annual figures relate to 2017/18 Season
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Let The Light In We reopen Hayward Gallery and Queen Elizabeth Hall
The three buildings comprising Southbank Centre – Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Hayward Gallery – are iconic, being seen by hundreds of thousands of Londoners and tourists every day, and of huge architectural significance, with their pioneering modernist and brutalist designs and innovative use of materials. This year saw the culmination of our Let The Light In programme to refurbish the Hayward Gallery and the Queen Elizabeth Hall building with the aim of improving facilities for our visitors and performers, as well as preserving these structures for generations to come. We created an exciting programme of events to celebrate the completion of Let The Light In. Our efforts paid off with overwhelmingly positive responses from our visitors and from the press. Concrete Dreams was an immersive exhibition that gave audiences a glimpse into our heritage and the intimately connected worlds of art and architecture, buildings and people. Supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, the free guided tours quickly booked up and drew more than 3,100 visitors over 20 days.
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53,000
individuals donated to Let The Light In
10,000 new handmade seat buttons
900
seats restored and reupholstered in Queen Elizabeth Hall
‘The main venues glow with renewed lustre.’ The Observer on the reopening of Queen Elizabeth Hall and Purcell Room 7
REOPENING OF HAYWARD GALLERY AND QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL
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‘The Hayward has had a glorious rebirth’ The Sunday Times on Hayward Gallery
In January 2018, Hayward Gallery opened its doors for the first time following a two-and-a-half year refurbishment programme. This included replacing the 66 glass pyramid rooflights, letting controlled natural light into the upper galleries for the first time. The reopening exhibition was a mid-career retrospective of the German photographer Andreas Gursky – more of which on the following pages. We couldn’t have done it without the generous support of Arts Council England, Heritage Lottery Fund, Anna and Michael Zaoui, trusts and foundations and 53,000 generous individuals supporting the Let The Light In campaign. We thank everyone who has played a part in restoring these much loved buildings for generations to come.
Our artistic programme This is at the heart of everything we do. Our ambition is to create cultural experiences showcasing the best talents and skills of artists from here and abroad. We achieve this with dedicated teams of artistic and festival programmers and by supporting a wide range of artists at different points in their careers. Here are just some of our highlights.
1,343 free events
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Jarvis Cocker
42,714
visits from people living in Lambeth
57,491
visits from people living in Southwark
The Anchoress
I nstallation view of Lee Bul, Via Negativa II, 2014 at Hayward Gallery, 2018 (interior detail) Š Lee Bul 2018
16,952
tickets issued with concessions
273,122 people saw our exhibitions
Music
A R T I ST I C P R O G R A M M E : M U S I C
‘Queen Elizabeth Hall has reopened, looking fresh and classy inside... The eye is on the future and the fastimproving Chineke! might well feel this is home. As the first majority black and minority ethnic orchestra, it has its own eye on change for the next generation.’ Financial Times review of Chineke’s performance at Queen Elizabeth Hall’s reopening
Chineke! Orchestra is the first in Europe
comprised in the majority of Black and minority ethnic musicians, and they are one of our Associate Artists. They made their debut in September 2015 with a concert in Queen Elizabeth Hall – the last to be held before it closed for refurbishment. So it was fitting that we invited them back in April 2018 to be part of the reopening programme. Chineke!’s sellout concert brought the audience to their feet, an artistic, social and political triumph for the musicians, and for everyone who helped make the dream of creating world-class career opportunities for young BME classical musicians a reality. Shortly after, Chineke! Junior Orchestra performed at the celebrations of the newly reopened Queen Elizabeth Hall, on the closing day of the Concrete Dreams weekend. 13
Our four Resident Orchestras – Philharmonia Orchestra, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the London Sinfonietta – continued with their thoughtful, groundbreaking concert series. Among standout events was our collaboration with the English National Opera on Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius, conducted by Simone Young. One of our most ambitious festivals to date, Belief & Beyond Belief, co-presented with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, featured music inspired by faith, religion, science, art and philosophy, along with talks, debates and workshops over a series of themed weekends. The idea was to capture some of humanity’s varied, endless attempts to find meaning – particularly in a world where many people now reject traditional beliefs.
Southbank Centre commissioned over 100 works including Holly Blakey and Mica Levi collaborating on the hugely successful Cowpuncher; Judith Bingham’s new commission and Tyondai Braxton’s Telekinesis all featured as part of the reopening programme. As well as Meltdown, our contemporary music and gigs programme included some truly incredible artists, many of whom sold out in a matter of hours . Highlights included: David Rodigan with Outlook Orchestra, Anna Meredith + Southbank Sinfonia, Moses Sumney, Paul Weller with Orchestra, Florence and the machine and A Change is Gonna Come: Music for Human rights.
A R T I ST I C P R O G R A M M E : M U S I C Vladimir Jurowski from the London Philharmonic Orchestra
Andris Nelsons
ANDRIS NELSONS AND THE GEWANDHAUS ORCHESTER LEIPZIG Andris Nelson made his London debut as Kapellmeister of the Gewandhausorchester in two very special concerts here at Southbank Centre in October 2018.
C O N C R E T E L AT E S Our brand-new club night opened on 13 April 2018 with a packed crowd dancing to music by DJs Pan Daijing, JASSS and Giant Swan. Concrete Lates has been a great success at reaching a different, younger audience drawn by diverse collaborations and progressive electronic music artists – with an emphasis on women. And it’s been a great way to show off the newly refurbished foyer of Queen Elizabeth Hall, with its state-of-the-art sound system and lighting.
Concrete Lates. Hayward x Boiler Room
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Our 25th Meltdown was curated by
The Cure’s Robert Smith and was nothing short of a triumph, with packed concerts every night, a thrilling line-up of up-andcoming performers and a hugely positive reception among audiences and the media. Among the acts to appear were Manic Street Preachers, Nine Inch Nails and Kristen Hirsch.
A R T I ST I C P R O G R A M M E : M U S I C
Vex Red performing at Robert Smith’s Meltdown
33,414 tickets sold
44%
tickets purchased by Members through priority booking 17
Visual arts
Photographer Andreas Gursky is one of the most important artists of our time, creating pictures which have the power to make us look at the world in new ways. A true innovator engaged in thinking about and picturing the times in which we live, Andreas Gursky was the perfect artist for launching the 50th anniversary year of the Hayward. 18
‘undeniably spectacular ...this is a cracker of a show’ The Daily Telegraph on Andreas Gursky at Southbank Centre
Our exhibition was Gursky’s first major retrospective in a UK institution and we knew it would be a smash hit when an unprecedented 220 journalists turned up for our press day. And so it came to be, with 122,468 people passing through the Hayward’s doors during the first three months of 2018.
Lee Bul Korean artist Lee Bul transformed Hayward Gallery into a spectacular dream-like landscape featuring monstrous bodies, futuristic cyborgs, glittering mirrored environments and an exquisitely surreal monumental foil Zeppelin. Bringing together more than 100 works from the late 1980s to the present day, this exhibition explored the full range of Lee Bul’s pioneering and thought-provoking practice, from provocative early performances to large-scale installations.
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DRAG This free exhibition in the HENI Project Space at the Hayward Gallery featured the work of more than 30 artists who have used drag to explore or question identity, gender, class and politics, from the 1960s to the present day. Alongside key figures such as Pierre Molinier, VALIE EXPORT, Robert Mapplethorpe and Cindy Sherman, the exhibition also included self-portraits by a younger generation of contemporary artists who have recently embraced drag as an art form, including Adam Christensen and Victoria Sin.
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A R T I ST I C P R O G R A M M E : V I S U A L A R T S
221,974
visits to Hayward Gallery exhibitions
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Michelle Obama
Zadie Smith
Kazuo Ishiguro
Hilary Mantel
Tom Hanks
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Hillary Rodham Clinton
200,000
works of poetry in our National Poetry Library
Literature and spoken word 96,163
attendees to literature and talk events
One of the fastest selling events in Southbank Centre’s history was the December 2018 appearance by Michelle Obama discussing her new book Becoming with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. This was the culmination of a great year for literature and talks at Southbank Centre that saw appearances by Tom Hanks, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Sally Fields along with great writers such as Hilary Mantel, Julian Barnes, Zadie Smith, Ben Okri and Kazuo Ishiguro. But our literature programme is about much more than just big names. We were thrilled to host a six-week poetry workshop for young women of colour; another instalment of the Poetry International festival attracted poetry lovers in their droves; the installation Wall of Dreams, featuring the hopes of refugees projected on the wall of Royal Festival Hall, moved hundreds of visitors. 25
Wall of Dreams
featuring the hopes of refugees projected on the wall of Royal Festival Hall
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Performan and Dance Having our Queen Elizabeth Hall venues reopen in April 2018 has meant we can once again offer a truly vibrant performance and dance programme from all over the world.
We also welcomed one of the world’s finest actors, Isabelle Huppert, who performed a scorching and memorable reading of the Marquis de Sade in the same space.
The innovative theatre company Hotel Pro Forma brought us their show NeoArctic, which featured spectacular artistic projections accompanying a performance by the Latvian Radio Choir, one of the greatest in the world. Audiences couldn’t speak highly enough of the National Theatre of Korea’s pansori performance of Trojan Women, adapted by Ong Ken Sen and described by one critic as ‘an epic display of female emotion’.
For a completely different experience, the English National Ballet returned for its 40th anniversary with a fantastic performance of Romeo & Juliet.
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94,164
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English National Ballet
The ever-inventive Klanghaus created an incredible multi-sensory performance/ encounter called 800 Breaths to celebrate our site, leading audiences through hidden spaces back of house. Klanghaus
Equal parts theatrical spectacular and social activism, Hot Brown Honey is a posse of phenomenal women smashing stereotypes. An audacious mash-up of music, dance and burlesque, Hot Brown Honey is unapologetically fierce – defiantly shattering clichÊs in an explosion of colour and culture. Hot Brown Honey
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We are Unlimited Unlimited Festival once again shone a light on extraordinary work by disabled artists. Featuring the British Paraorchestra, writer and comedian Jackie Hagan, sitar master Baluji Shrivastav OBE and many more – diving into dance, performance, comedy, music and art that challenged perceptions and broke down walls. In 2018, the festival had an abundance of free events, plus relaxed performances and BSLintegrated events, so there was even more reason to get involved.
20%
of audiences said they were limited by a health problem or disability
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Nelson Mandela 1918 – 2013
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We were honoured to have the exhibition officially opened to the public by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
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Our youth and schools programming reaches thousands of children every year across our whole range of artistic endeavours, from National Poetry Library workshops to classical concerts on the stage of Royal Festival Hall. Whether it is helping a child develop personal confidence or inspiring the next Sheku Kanneh-Mason, this is some of our most important work. It is crucial – perhaps now more than ever – that young people are given meaningful opportunities for self-expression, with the arts being absolutely vital to developing imagination and creativity. This applies even more to children who are less socially mobile, and one of our chief goals is to ensure we access these audiences.
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Movement
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Dedicated schools days for our Alchemy festival, schools takeovers at Hayward Gallery, gamelan and poetry workshops
Confidence building Turning children into a festival team at Imagine; a residential course for young activists; mentoring on the London Eye for International Day of the Girl
Sing, sing, sing Multiple opportunities for children to learn and perform songs, including our revival of Leonard Bernstein’s MASS and Come and sing with the RFH Organ events
Jazz music Working with Tomorrow’s Warriors, Kinetika Bloco and Southwark schools
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Classical music Working with Lambeth and Southwark Music Services to create 20 public performances.
Bursaries We make places available at events and on workshops especially for schools whose students would otherwise miss out
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‘Our girls had a brilliant day. We had two girls who were shaking with nerves before the networking event and one of them took the microphone at the end of the day to say how inspired she felt. This was unprecedented!’ Victoria Griffin, assistant principal, on International Day of the Girl
‘The Schools Day is an invaluable experience for the children. They learn a vast number of new skills and gain so much confidence. We couldn’t offer an opportunity like this without the support of Hayward Gallery.’ Emily Harvey, teacher, on Schools Takeover Day at Hayward Gallery
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We wanted to create an exciting, participatory experience for a high number of children and young people while maintaining artistic excellence. So we decided to mount a large-scale production of Leonard Bernstein’s MASS. MASS is a landmark 20th-century musical theatre piece. Staging it is a vast undertaking, but at the same time it is a fantastically accessible work, providing excellent opportunities for amateur (but ambitious) performers and presenting political concerns that are as relevant today as they were at the time of its premiere in 1971.
Bernstein Mass We were thrilled when the conductor Marin Alsop, a protegé of Bernstein’s and one of our Associate Artists – agreed to conduct. Our Public Programming team connected with local schools and community groups to pull together the 500 performers and give them access to professional tutors. The project culminated with two performances in Royal Festival Hall in April 2018, with ticket prices kept low to make it as accessible as possible. It was a sell-out and received overwhelmingly positive feedback on social media, and from audiences and participants alike. With Thanks to Susie Thomson, Luke & Liz Mayhew and Alexander Graham for supporting this project.
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500
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100 yrs
young people and community participants took part
professional soloists in the cast
since the birth of MASS composer Leonard Bernstein
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(B)old We want to ensure that older creative professionals are well represented in our artistic programme, and at the same time we were wondering how we could contribute to tackling the epidemic of social isolation among the elderly. So we created a festival dedicated to older performers and designed to appeal to mature audiences. (B)old took place over seven days in May, thanks in no small part to the support of the Baring Foundation. and Rothschild Foundation. It featured an incredible line-up of participants aged 65 and up presenting poetry, literature, dance, theatre, music, visual art, drag and comedy. Along with performances by the likes of jazz legend Cleo Laine, dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson and Senegalese dancer Germaine Acogny, there were plenty of chances for
‘(B)old refreshingly sets out another point of view: that artists past middle age are just as capable of creating art that is rebellious, turbulent, passionate, and full of struggle.’ The Daily Telegraph on (B)old
Zandra Rhodes
audiences to get involved – including Christopher Green’s immersive Welcome to the Home, which was commissioned especially for the festival. This was our first festival of this kind and we are delighted with its success – especially with 74% of attendees saying it had boosted their sense of happiness. As a result, we have renewed our commitment to including older performers and participants across our whole artistic programme we have introduced (B)old Words, a poetry course for people with a dementia diagnosis, and (B)old Moves, a dance course for people with a dementia diagnosis.
6,000 people attended (B)old
26.4% attendees were aged 65 and over
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flags designed by Zandra Rhodes, flew on 43 flag poles across the site for the summer
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Our Resident Orchestras London Philharmonic Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra London Sinfonietta Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Associate Orchestras National Youth Orchestra Chineke! Orchestra BBC Concert Orchestra Aurora Orchestra
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new artistic works commissioned in the last three years
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Tea dances Every month we hold a afternoon’s free tea dance, which draws a diverse crowd of visitors – including many older people. It’s a great way to meet others and to take part in two-and-a-half hours of music, socialising and fun. Every month we have between 250 and 400 dancers take part.
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Southbank Skate Space/Long Live Southbank The space under Queen Elizabeth Hall is popular with skaters and BMXers. Now Southbank Centre is supporting the grassroots organisation Long Live Southbank to raise money to restore and open up sections which have been untouched since 2004.
The Koestler Trust
Grounded EcoTherapy
One of our most popular free exhibitions each year is the Koestler Trust’s Art by Offenders. In 2017 this was curated by the world-famous sculptor Antony Gormley with the theme Inside. 21,313 visitors came to see the show.
The team of gardeners who keep the Queen Elizabeth Hall Roof Garden looking so beautiful includes a number of individuals who’ve experienced homelessness, addiction or mental health issues. They’re supported by our partner Providence Row Housing Association in their work, which has a tremendously positive effect on their outlook on life. With thanks to the Roger and Ingrid Pilkington Trust
Nurturing talent Supporting artists of the future is part of Southbank Centre’s DNA – but our strategies for supporting personal development go much deeper than that. We’re committed to ensuring that underrepresented groups are given as many opportunities as possible. We are also making sure our own people have chances to build their skills through Accelerate, which supports people from Black and minority ethnic backgrounds in progressing in artist management; LEAP, which helps our Visitor Experience team members develop business acumen; and Bring Out Potential.
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Case-study: Obi Chiejina Obi Chiejina joined Southbank Centre in 2014 as part of our Visitor Experience team. She quickly became a valued member of staff and spent two years as one of our hosts, who make sure Southbank Centre is a safe, well-run space that is welcoming for everyone. In 2015, Obi took part in our Bring Out the Potential (BOP) training programme studying transactional analysis, financial management, project management, presentation, coaching and mentoring, and in August 2016 we were proud to welcome Obi to our Digital Business Solutions team, where she is a Programme Support Officer. ‘If you’d asked me a few years ago if I had a future working in an IT team, I’d have said “no way”, but being part of BOP revealed a career that is both at the cutting edge of technical and user experience innovation as well as developing existing skills I needed to make it a reality,’ Obi says.
Women’s Conducting Masterclass with Marin Alsop Women conductors still make far too rare appearances on international concert podiums. We are working with Marin Alsop to rectify this by offering a Women’s Conducting Masterclass led by Marin, and with the BBC Concert Orchestra. This year five talented candidates were chosen from 128 applications coming from all over the world, giving them an incredible opportunity to work with Marin and then conduct in front of an audience in Royal Festival Hall. Those taking part had only positive things to say – and excitingly one of this year’s participants, Chloé van Soeterstède, was signed by an agent following her involvement. 49
N U R T U R I N G TA L E N T
Tomorrow’s Warriors In 2018 Tomorrow’s Warriors took up residence in our Community Cube, giving their diverse jazz musicians space to play together. We are delighted to feature them in dozens of incredible performances in our artistic programme over the year.
Women for Refugee Women
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This grassroots organisation challenges the injustices experienced by women who seek asylum in the UK. We support their work with workshop spaces and by hosting their performances, including consecutive appearances at WOW – Women of the World.
Streetwise Opera People who have a history of homelessness get the chance to express themselves through the work of Streetwise Opera, with whom we have a long relationship. In 2018, participants performed at the reopening of Queen Elizabeth Hall, as well as in Bernstein’s MASS.
Kinetika Bloco This carnival arts group do a fantastic job reaching children and young people from across South London, nurturing exciting young musicians and dancers. Their summer school here at Southbank Centre saw 150 young people learning new instruments and dance moves, culminating in a show seen by an audience of hundreds.
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Elaine Bedell Chief Executive
Image credits Front Hayward Gallery Roof Lights © Morley von Sternberg P 02 Elaine Bedell and Susan Gilchrist © Mike@mikemike.co.uk Michelle Obama © Miller Mobley P 03 Fountain © Cesare De Giglio Moon Duo perform in Southbank Centre’s Purcell Room as part of Robert Smith’s Meltdown © Caitlin Mogridge Children rehearsing for That Night Follows Day ©Hugo Glendinning P 05 – 6 Queen Elizabeth Hall and Hayward Gallery © Morley Von Sternberg P 08 Jarvis Cocker © Jean-Baptiste Mondino P 09 The Anchoress perform in Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall at Robert Smith’s Meltdown © Victor Frankowski Installation view of Lee Bul, Via Negativa II, 2014 at Hayward Gallery, 2018 (interior detail) © Lee Bul 2018 Photo: Mark Blower P 10 –11 Chineke! Orchestra © Mark Allan P12 Vladimir Jurowski from the London Philharmonic Orchestra © Benjamin Ealovega P13 Andris Nelsons@ Gert Mothes Concrete Lates. Hayward x Boiler Room @ Cesare De Giglio P 14 – 15 Vex Red performing at Robert Smith’s Meltdown © Victor Frankowski P 16– 17 Installation view, Andreas Gursky, Hayward Gallery. Photo: Mark Blower P18 Installation view of Lee Bul, Willing To Be Vulnerable - Metalized Balloon, 2015-16 at Hayward Gallery, 2018. © Lee Bul, Photo: Linda Nylind P19 Victoria Sin, Cthulhu Through the Looking Glass, 2017, film still. Courtesy: the artist P20 – 21 Richard Wilson, 20:50, 1987. Installation view, Space Shifters, Hayward Gallery, London, 2018. © and courtesy the artist. Photo: Mark Blower. P 22 – 23 Hilary Mantel ©Els Zweerink, Hillary Clinton © Barbara Kinney for Hillary for America Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie © Dawani Olatunde / Wani Olatunde Photography Zadie Smith © Dominique Nabokov Kazuo Ishiguro © Jeff Cottenden Tom Hanks
P 24 Wall of dreams © Caspar Stevens P 26 Neo Arctic © Andreas Sommer P 27 Hot Brown Honey © Briefs Factory - Dylan Evans Klanghaus © Dave Guttridge The Photographic Unit English National Ballet © Bill Cooper P 30 House of Krip / Unlimited © Matt Wreford Nelson Mandela visited Franschoek © Louise Gubb P 33 Duke And Duchess of Sussex open Nelson Mandela Centenary Exhibition At Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall © Alice Boagey P 34 Lambeth Music Festival © Chris Huning Photography P 36 International Day of the Girl © Belinda Lawley P37 Andreas Gursky - Schools Takeover Day © Pete Woodhead P38 – 39 Dame Zandra Rhodes unveils the designs of her flags for Southbank Centre’s (B)old festival © Pete Woodhead P 40 Bernstein MASS © Mark Allan P 42 Noémie Goudal Station II, 2015 Waterloo Billboard Commission P 45 Anthony Gormley © Pete Woodhead Southbank Skate Space© India RoperEvans P 46 Obi Chiejina, Visitor Experience Host at the Royal festival Hall © India RoperEvans P 46 Tomorrow’s Warriors © Picasa Streetwise Opera © Belinda Lawley Kinetika Bloco © Pete Woodhead P 47 Marin Alsop Women’s Conducting Masterclass © Belinda Lawley