Southbank Centre [London]
type: Item
label: Southbank Centre
description: theatre building, United Kingdom
description: theater in Lambeth, Verenigd Koninkrijk @nl
Flanders Arts Institute venue ID: 134169
Wikidata source: Q2339207
Field: architecture
Type of information: Performance venue
Importance: Not rated
Country: United Kingdom
City: London
GPS: Point(-0.1168 51.5057)
Web: www.southbankcentre.co.uk
city section: Lambeth
Wikidata instance: Q570116
Wikidata instance: Q2190251
opening date: 1951-01-01T00:00:00Z
Kunstenpunt Wiki Qid: Q190475
Carthalia ID: 6923
Note: Arts complex with various venues: Royal Festival Hall Queen Elizabeth Hall and Purcell Room / Hayward Gallery Royal Festival Hall was the first part of the Southbank Centre to be opened in 1951. Other concert halls, theatres, and museums like Queen Elizabeth Hall (917 seats), Purcell Room (370 seats), National Film Theatre, Hayward Gallery, Museum of the Moving Image, and Saison Poetry Library followed, making Southbank Centre one of the largest cultural centres in the world. The Royal National Theatre is adjacent to the site, but not operated as part of Southbank Centre.