Southbank Centre [London]
Southbank Centre
theatre building, United Kingdom
theater in Lambeth, Verenigd Koninkrijk
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.