Southbank & Waterloo

1 December 2009 to 5 December 2009

Network Theatre SE8 5DJ[map]

The Italian job goes down a storm with the neighbours who keep coming round to inspect la bella Letitzia but few are as keen as Nick, Adele's older brother. With an Anglo-Italian nativity in the making, the Warburtons and Ferraris are brought together at Christmas. A clash of cultural differences fans the fire which burns the turkey in a spectacular show down on Christmas day. Packed with spirit, this is one Christmas you'll never forget.

16 September 2009 to 26 May 2010

Morley College SE1 7HT[map]

This course involves discussion of technique, interpretation of early music and continuo playing. It is suitable for all levels except beginners, and for pianists and organists taking up the harpsichord. See the tutor Bridget Cunningham on the date shown at the beginning of the Music section for approval to join this course.

19 March 2010

Purcell Room SE1 8XX[map]

In June 1730, a newspaper article announced the start of the new season of coffee concerts and the inauguration of a new keyboard instrument, 'the like of which has not been heard.' This was probably Bach's powerful new harpsichord and the one which he used to present his extraordinary harpsichord concerti, works which were to become the model for solo keyboard concertos for the next 200 years. Collegium Musicum 90, under the directorship of Simon Standage, is joined by harpsichord virtuoso Nicholas Parle.

23 November 2009 to 29 November 2009

BFI IMAX SE1 8XR[map]

A stereoscopic 3D movie giving forty minutes of cutting-edge computer graphics animation.

5 December 2009 to 13 December 2009

BFI Southbank SE1 8XT[map]

Classic horror film from 1964 about a haunted house that is being investigated by Professof Markway to prove the existence of ghosts. Staying at the dark and sinister mansion the professor and his three volunteers, including the psychic and insecure Eleanor, soon begin to experience terrifying supernatural events.

21 December 2009 to 29 December 2009

BFI Southbank SE1 8XT[map]

Abdullah returns to Nouhadhibou to visit his mother before setting out to Europe. The town is shown through the lives of some of it's inhabitants.

Daily 9:30 AM - 7:00 PM Closed Christmas Day, Fri

County Hall SE1 7PD[map]

The Dalί Universe, London's permanent Salvador Dalί exhibition, is to host one of the most exciting fashion auctions ever witnessed by the capital. The Dalί Universe displays a selection of the designs from 1st December for the whole of 2009 as part of a worldwide commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the artist's death.

14 January 2010

Purcell Room SE1 8XX[map]

Giles Swayne: Leonardo's dream for saxophone & piano; Michael Berkeley: Keening for saxophone & piano; Nicholas Maw: Personae I - III for piano; Mark-Anthony Turnage: 2 Memorials for solo saxophone; Andy Scott: New work for saxophone & piano (World premiere); Helmut Lachenmann: Serynade for piano.

15 December 2009

BFI Southbank SE1 8XT[map]

A screening of I Am an Ox, I Am a Horse, I Am a Man, I Am a Woman, preceded by a talk by Ian Christie on relations between Soviet and British filmmakers.

19 January 2010 to 6 February 2010

Young Vic Theatre SE1 8LZ[map]

January 1948. Palestine. The British Mandate is ending. The UN is voting on who will control what part of the land. Ali is in love with Nada - but he is in despair. Her father won't let them marry because his brother Yusuf is 'odd' with his own eccentric, child-like point of view. War begins. As the villagers are scattered and become refugees, the secret that's kept Ali and Nada apart is revealed.

28 January 2010 to 31 January 2010

Purcell Room SE1 8XX[map]

Using little more than a few planks, some rope and a fine understanding of mechanics, performers Jonathan Guichard and Fnico Feldmann effortlessly draw us into this acrobatic battle of wits. Winners of the prestigious Jeunes Talents Cirque competition in 2008.

1 April 2009 to 31 December 2009

Mbibe SE1 8ER[map]

Daily 3:30 PM

SEA LIFE London Aquarium SE1 7PB[map]

Sea Life London Aquarium presents indian ocean talk & feed.

4 December 2009 to 10 December 2009

BFI Southbank SE1 8XT[map]

In an unnamed location in an inderterminate time, Jacob von Gunten enrols in a dilapidated school for civil servants. At first he submits to the discipline, but soon begins to dream of liberating the owner's sister from her suffocating existence within the Institute's walls.

16 December 2009 to 10 January 2010

Queen Elizabeth Hall SE1 8XX[map]

An urban spin on Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's darkly humorous musical Into The Woods set to a soundtrack of music by artists including Gorillaz, Basement Jaxx and Kanye West. The story follows two children who are lost in the hood. An evil landlord offers them a room in his on the condition they work for him. Reluctantly the children embark on their mission, which leads them to the flats occupied by Spinderella.

21 December 2009 to 23 December 2009

Southbank Centre SE1 8XX[map]

Join a member of the cast of Into the Hoods as they lead you in a workshop where you will learn a routine from the show. This workshop is suitable for people who have some dance experience.

15 December 2009

BFI Southbank SE1 8XT[map]

Classic Christmas tale is arguably one of the most popular and heartwarming films ever made by director Frank Capra. An elderly angel prevents a man from committing suicide by taking him back through his life and showing him the good he has done.