Art & culture in Southwark
281 exhibitions, screenings and talks in Southwark across 66 local venues. Updated daily from what Southwark's businesses post themselves.
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Paint! Pattern! Print! The Textiles of Susan Collier and Sarah Campbell
Arts & Culture🔁 Tuesdays – Saturdays · 11:00Fashion and Textile Museum£12.65 (Concessions may apply)
Exhibition of textiles and designs by Susan Collier and Sarah Campbell
Book Club
Arts & Culture🔁 Every TuesdayWandsworth
Weekly book club at Wandsworth
The Kiln Rooms – Open Day
Arts & Culture2026-08-04 · 13:00The Kiln RoomsFree
Drop-in open day at new ceramics studio
Nunhead Community Art for Health
Arts & Culture🔁 Alternate Tuesdays · 13:00Ivy Room, The Green£5
Learn new art techniques in friendly environment
Walworth Poetry Group
Arts & Culture🔁 First Tuesday of every month · 16:30Southwark Heritage Centre and Walworth LibraryFree
Poetry group, first Tuesday of every month, 4:30-5:45pm.
Choose What You Pay: A Deeper Love: The Story of Miss Peppermint
Arts & Culture2026-08-04 · 18:45The ArznerChoose What You Pay - 5 price tiers available
Documentary screening about Drag Race star Peppermint's journey with fame, identity, and drag.
The West African Literary Circle: Things Fall Apart
Arts & Culture🔁 Monthly meeting · 19:00SET SocialFree
The West African Literary Circle discussing Things Fall Apart.
A Companion – Edinburgh Fringe Previews
Arts & Culture2026-08-04 · 19:30Canada Water Theatre
A broken man finds his ideal partner is not human.
A Companion
Arts & Culture2026-08-04 · 19:30Canada Water Theatre£10
A darkly comic play about an AI bot providing therapy to a lonely man on suicide watch.
A Companion – Edinburgh Fringe Previews
Arts & Culture2026-08-04 · 19:30Canada Water Theatre
Edinburgh Fringe preview: a broken man finds his ideal partner is not human.
A Companion – Edinburgh Fringe Previews
Arts & Culture2026-08-04 · 19:30Canada Water Theatre
A broken man finds his ideal partner is not human.
Tomorrow
Distillery Tours at Jensen's Bermondsey Gin
Arts & Culture🔁 Every Wednesday & ThursdayJensen's Bermondsey Gin Distillery
Guided tours of the gin distillery in a converted railway arch.
Preview: Love Me Tender + Intro from Gay's the Word
Arts & Culture2026-08-05The Arzner
Screening introduced by Gay's the Word bookshop with copies of the book Love Me Tender available.
Immersive Arts Journey - Summer Edition: Revealing Unseen Layers
Arts & Culture2026-08-05 · 13:00The Africa Centre
Family-friendly immersive exhibition with AR, VR and Mixed Reality featuring five artists.
POV
Arts & Culture2026-08-05 · 13:20Gilded Balloon Patter House
A show about a lassie from Fife performing at Edinburgh Fringe
Highlights Tour: Paint! Pattern! Print! The Textiles of Susan Collier and Sarah Campbell
Arts & Culture2026-08-05 · 15:00Fashion and Textile MuseumFree of charge with paid exhibition tickets
Volunteer-led tour exploring iconic textile designers Susan Collier and Sarah Campbell.
Highlights Tours – Paint! Pattern! Print!
Arts & Culture2026-08-05 · 15:00Fashion and Textile MuseumFree
Guided tour of the Susan Collier and Sarah Campbell exhibition with volunteer guides.
Walworth Poetry Group
Arts & Culture🔁 First Tuesday of every month · 16:30Southwark Heritage Centre and Walworth LibraryFree
Walworth Poetry Group, first Tuesday of every month
Poetic Temple: Open Mic, Live Art & Performance
Arts & Culture2026-08-05 · 18:00The Africa CentreTickets via Down4App
Open mic, live art, sip and paint, live performances with theme RE (Membering)
LUCY'S BOOK CLUB: I WANT YOU TO BE HAPPY BY JEM CALDER
Arts & Culture2026-08-05 · 18:30The Ministry
Book club discussion at The Ministry
THE OFFLINE PROJECT: PHONE FREE CREATIVE NIGHT
Arts & Culture2026-08-05 · 19:00The Ministry
Phone-free creative night at The Ministry
RA Contemporary Art Practice: Elephant
Arts & Culture2026-08-05 · 19:00The Ivy HouseFree
RA contemporary art practice session
ELEPHANT
Arts & Culture2026-08-05 · 19:00The Ivy HouseFree Entry
Readings, performances and CAP-karaoke from RCA Contemporary Art Practice
(Parentheses) in the Park
Arts & Culture2026-08-05 · 19:00Outhouse Gallery, Brunswick ParkFree
Summer reading event with poetry readings
Linked Out the Musical – Edinburgh Fringe Previews
Arts & Culture2026-08-05 · 19:30Canada Water Theatre
The musical that could have been an email.
Linked Out the Musical
Arts & Culture2026-08-05 · 19:30Canada Water Theatre
A musical satire about corporate culture, burnout, and walking away from the corporate ladder.
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Arts & Culture2026-08-05 · 19:30Canada Water Theatre£10
A musical that could have been an email - Wed 5 Aug, 7:30pm
Linked Out the Musical – Edinburgh Fringe Previews
Arts & Culture2026-08-05 · 19:30Canada Water Theatre
The musical that could have been an email.
Linked Out the Musical – Edinburgh Fringe Previews
Arts & Culture2026-08-05 · 19:30Canada Water Theatre
Edinburgh Fringe preview: the musical that could have been an email.
Love Me Tender + Intro
Arts & Culture2026-08-05 · 20:00Gay's the Word
Film screening of Love Me Tender with introduction by Gay's the Word
The Sparkle, The Blossom and The Milky Land
Arts & Culture🔁 Wednesday–Sunday, 12–5pm · 12:00Southwark Park Galleries, Lake GalleryFree
DanFong Wang exhibition
some fundamental forces
Arts & Culture🔁 Wednesday–Sunday, 12–5pm · 12:00Southwark Park Galleries, Lake Gallery & Dilston GalleryFree
Isabel Nolan exhibition
Thursday 6 August
Highlights Tour: Paint! Pattern! Print! The Textiles of Susan Collier and Sarah Campbell
Arts & Culture🔁 Selected Wednesdays & Thursdays at 15:00 · 15:00Fashion and Textile MuseumFree of charge with paid exhibition tickets
Volunteer-led tour exploring iconic textile designers Susan Collier and Sarah Campbell.
Highlights Tours – Paint! Pattern! Print!
Arts & Culture🔁 Selected Wednesdays and Thursdays (approximately 45 minutes) · 15:00Fashion and Textile MuseumFree
Guided tour of the Paint! Pattern! Print! exhibition with volunteer guides
Compost What's Left
Arts & Culture2026-08-06Southwark Playhouse Elephant
By Coral Wylie
What Got Me Here - Youth Platform x Arts Week panel talk
Arts & Culture2026-08-06Peckham PlatformFree
Evening conversation with artists, educators and creative professionals sharing their journeys into arts and culture.
The Trans Creative Collective Presents: Tomorrow's Too Late + Q&A & Live Performance
Arts & Culture2026-08-06The Arzner
Final London screening with Q&A hosted by LEXA and live performance from Dylan and the Moon and Iz Hesketh.
Compost What's Left
Arts & Culture2026-08-06Southwark Playhouse Elephant
By Coral Wylie
YOU STRAIGHTS ARE F**KED UP!
Arts & Culture2026-08-06The Queer Comedy Club
International hit comedy show from Turan Ali
Compost What's Left
Arts & Culture2026-08-06Southwark Playhouse Elephant
By Coral Wylie
Queer Diary: Zine-Making Evening
Arts & Culture2026-08-06 · 18:00London LGBTQ+ Community Centre
Zine-making evening with crafting and creative writing activities.
Meet Our Panelists - Arts Week
Arts & Culture2026-08-06 · 18:00UAL The HubFree
Panel conversation with artists, educators and creative professionals sharing their journeys into arts and culture.
The Last Girl There – Edinburgh Fringe Previews
Arts & Culture2026-08-06 · 19:30Canada Water Theatre
Females friendship, murder, and the truth beneath loyalty.
The Last Girl There – Edinburgh Fringe Previews
Arts & Culture2026-08-06 · 19:30Canada Water Theatre
Females friendship, murder, and the truth beneath loyalty.
The Last Girl There
Arts & Culture2026-08-06 · 19:30Canada Water Theatre£10
A psychological thriller about four university students, one night out, and a death by morning.
The Last Girl There – Edinburgh Fringe Previews
Arts & Culture2026-08-06 · 19:30Canada Water Theatre
Edinburgh Fringe preview: female friendship, murder, and truth beneath loyalty.
Friday 7 August
Guided Tour: Sailors Stories
Arts & Culture🔁 Every other FridayHMS BelfastAdults from £23.45 – members and under fives free
Guided tour of HMS Belfast focusing on sailors' stories
Frida Fridays
Arts & Culture🔁 Every Friday in AugustTate ModernFree
Tate Collective exclusive viewing of Frida: The Making of an Icon during Friday late openings
Love Me Tender
Arts & Culture2026-08-07The Arzner
Film screening: Clémence, a lawyer, leaves her marriage to embrace her true self.
Dear Kaffy: Diary of a Single Woman — London Debut
Arts & Culture2026-08-07Shaw Theatre
BAP Productions' acclaimed play about modern womanhood at Shaw Theatre.
7th Aug 7PM Calder (Work in Progress sharing)
Arts & Culture2026-08-07 · 19:00Calder Bookshop & Theatre
Work-in-progress theatre sharing with new edits, partial scripts, calm version.
Black Burns Fast – Preview + Director Q&A
Arts & Culture2026-08-07 · 20:30The Arzner
Early preview screening of Black Burns Fast with live Q&A from writer & director Sandulela Asanda
Drowned Annihilation (regular opening)
Arts & Culture🔁 Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays · 12:00Outhouse Gallery
Exhibition open Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays
Saturday 8 August
Guided Tour – Thames Tunnel
Arts & Culture🔁 Every Saturday & Sunday · 12:30The Brunel Museum Thames TunnelIncluded with museum admission
Guided tour of the Thames Tunnel engineering history
Saving Violetta by Rogue Opera
Arts & Culture2026-08-08Royal Trinity Hospice
Original opera production in the garden
Summer Edition exhibition featuring Jason Line NEAC
Arts & Culture🔁 Saturdays & Sundays · 12:00155a Gallery
Exhibition of oil paintings including 'July Window' by Jason Line NEAC
Redline Collection: A Staged Reading
Arts & Culture2026-08-08 · 18:30The Calder Bookshop and Theatre
Staged reading of Redline Collection by KJ Cuitiño Bjorge, directed by Sara Harrak
Sunday 9 August
Body-Snatching & Surgery in Southwark Walking Tour
Arts & Culture2026-08-09Old Operating Theatre Museum
Guided walking tour exploring the history of medicine, surgery and body-snatching in Southwark.
The Arzner: Cinema in the Square
Arts & Culture2026-08-09Bermondsey Square£10 (child £7 for family screenings)
Outdoor cinema with 28 queer & queer-adjacent films across last 3 weekends of August
Body-Snatchers of Southwark: Walking Tour
Arts & Culture2026-08-09Old Operating Theatre Museum£20-£25
Walking tour following historic figures and body-snatchers around Southwark.
Feminist Reading Group
Arts & Culture2026-08-09 · 14:00SET SocialFree
Feminist Reading Group meeting.
Kiki + Ballroom
Arts & Culture2026-08-09 · 16:45The Arzner
Film screening of Kiki followed by ballroom event
Monday 10 August
Middle Earth Mondays
Arts & Culture🔁 Every MondayBad Moon Cafe Borough
Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game play at Bad Moon Cafe Borough
Pints of Knowledge Founder Pub Talk
Arts & Culture2026-08-10Corner CornerTickets available
Founder talk at Corner Corner hosted by Pints of Knowledge
Book a Vertical Farm Tour
Arts & Culture🔁 Weekly, 11am-12pm · 11:00Corner Corner
Guided tour of London's biggest commercial indoor vertical farm
Tuesday 11 August
Black History Walk in Bankside
Arts & Culture🔁 Monthly (also 7 Oct)Bankside Space
Walking tour exploring Black History in Bankside.
Practical Magic + Intro
Arts & Culture2026-08-11 · 20:30The Arzner
Screening of Practical Magic with prerecorded cast introduction and special announcement
Wednesday 12 August
Bury the Hatchet
Arts & Culture2026-08-12Southwark Playhouse Borough
By Sasha Wilson
Bury the Hatchet
Arts & Culture2026-08-12Southwark Playhouse Borough
Theatre production at Southwark Playhouse Borough
Bury the Hatchet
Arts & Culture2026-08-12Southwark Playhouse Borough
By Sasha Wilson
Artist Talk and Craft Demonstration: Traditional Japanese Wheel Throwing from Hasami
Arts & Culture2026-08-12 · 10:00The Kiln Rooms, Copeland ParkFree, ticketed
Artist talk and craft demonstration by Kenichiro Watajima on traditional Japanese wheel throwing
Highlights Tour: Paint! Pattern! Print! The Textiles of Susan Collier and Sarah Campbell
Arts & Culture2026-08-12 · 15:00Fashion and Textile MuseumFree of charge with paid exhibition tickets
Volunteer-led tour exploring iconic textile designers Susan Collier and Sarah Campbell.
The Historical Representation of Women in Mathematics @ MathsWorld Lates
Arts & Culture2026-08-12 · 18:15MathsWorld
Evening event exploring the history of women in mathematics
Life Drawing
Arts & Culture🔁 Second Wednesday of the month · 19:00The Roebuck
Life drawing session
Your Place in the Work Place
Arts & Culture2026-08-12 · 19:30Canada Water Theatre£10
Preview - Wed 12 Aug, 7:30pm
Beth and Ben: Your Place in the Workplace – Edinburgh Fringe Previews
Arts & Culture2026-08-12 · 19:30Canada Water Theatre
A chaotic corporate comedy about AI, ambition, and murder.
Beth and Ben: Your Place in the Workplace – Edinburgh Fringe Previews
Arts & Culture2026-08-12 · 19:30Canada Water Theatre
Edinburgh Fringe preview: chaotic corporate comedy about AI, ambition, and murder.
Beth and Ben: Your Place in the Workplace – Edinburgh Fringe Previews
Arts & Culture2026-08-12 · 19:30Canada Water Theatre
A chaotic corporate comedy about AI, ambition, and murder.
Lesbian Talk Issues
Arts & Culture🔁 Monthly on second Wednesday · 19:30The Old Nun's HeadPay what you can
Queer reading group discussion
Thursday 13 August
Relaxed Hours Late Opening
Arts & Culture2026-08-13IWM North
Late opening at IWM North
Adrian Thatcher | Ending Abusive Theologies
Arts & Culture2026-08-13 · 18:30Southwark Cathedral Library£5
Prof. Adrian Thatcher discusses his book on theology and church abuse.
Adrian Thatcher | Ending Abusive Theologies: Beginning again with Love
Arts & Culture2026-08-13 · 18:30Southwark Cathedral£5
Talk on Christian theology and love by Prof. Adrian Thatcher
LITTLE MISS POMP
Arts & Culture2026-08-13 · 19:00SET Social£7 – £10
Performance event
Friday 14 August
As You Like It
Arts & Culture2026-08-14Shakespeare's Globe
Co-directed bold new production of As You Like It with live music
some fundamental forces
Arts & Culture2026-08-14 · 18:00Southwark Park Galleries, Lake GalleryFree
Isabel Nolan solo exhibition preview and opening
Isabel Nolan: some fundamental forces – Opening
Arts & Culture2026-08-14 · 18:00Lake & Dilston Gallery
Opening of Isabel Nolan's first UK solo exhibition across Lake & Dilston Gallery.
The Sparkle, The Blossom and The Milky Land
Arts & Culture2026-08-14 · 18:00Southwark Park Galleries, Lake GalleryFree
DanFong Wang solo exhibition preview and opening
BOOKS presents: readings
Arts & Culture2026-08-14 · 18:30Outhouse Gallery
Poetry readings featuring Ron Seal, Dorothy Spencer & Matthias Connor
The Terribly Credible Definitely Edible Tale of the Town of Cropshire – Edinburgh Fringe Previews 2026
Arts & Culture2026-08-14 · 19:30Canada Water Theatre
Edinburgh Fringe preview: absurdist metatheatrical fable about rise of right-wing populism.
The Terribly Credible Definitely Edible Tale of the Town of Cropshire – Edinburgh Fringe Previews 2026
Arts & Culture2026-08-14 · 19:30Canada Water Theatre
An absurdist metatheatrical fable about the rise of right-wing populism.
The Terribly Credible Definitely Edible Tale of the Town of Cropshire – Edinburgh Fringe Previews 2026
Arts & Culture2026-08-14 · 19:30Canada Water Theatre
An absurdist metatheatrical fable about the rise of right-wing populism.
The Terribly Credible Defamation Trial of Cropshire
Arts & Culture2026-08-14 · 19:30Canada Water Theatre£10
Fri 14 Aug, 7:30pm
Stop! That! Train! (Preview Screening)
Arts & Culture2026-08-14 · 20:45UK's first & only LGBTQ+ cinemaMembers priority booking open now; general tickets open Sunday 13:30
Preview screening of Stop! That! Train! at London's LGBTQ+ cinema
Saturday 15 August
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Arts & Culture2026-08-15Globe Theatre£5 Rush
Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Globe Theatre with Michael Grady-Hall as Puck
MRS. DOUBTFIRE
Arts & Culture2026-08-15The Arzner: Cinema in the Square£10
Mrs. Doubtfire film screening
BOTTOMS
Arts & Culture2026-08-15The Arzner: Cinema in the Square£10
Bottoms film screening
NIMONA
Arts & Culture2026-08-15The Arzner: Cinema in the Square£10
Nimona animated film screening
K-POP DEMON HUNTERS: A SING-A-LONG EVENT
Arts & Culture2026-08-15The Arzner: Cinema in the Square£10
K-pop sing-a-long screening event
Guided Tour of Southwark Cathedral
Arts & Culture2026-08-15 · 11:00Southwark Cathedral£9
Discover over 900 years of cathedral history
The Sparkle, The Blossom and The Milky Land
Arts & Culture2026-08-15 · 12:00Southwark Park Galleries, Lake GalleryFree
DanFong Wang exhibition
some fundamental forces
Arts & Culture2026-08-15 · 12:00Southwark Park GalleriesFree
First comprehensive solo UK exhibition of Isabel Nolan's work spanning 2005–2025, including painting, sculpture, installation, and more.
Cinema in the Square: Nimona
Arts & Culture2026-08-15 · 12:30The Arzner / Bermondsey Square£7 for children aged 12 and under
Outdoor queer cinema event with 28 films across last three weekends of August
Cinema in the Square: Mrs. Doubtfire
Arts & Culture2026-08-15 · 14:45Bermondsey Square£7 for children aged 12 and under; standard tickets available
Outdoor screening of Mrs. Doubtfire at Bermondsey Square
Cinema in the Square: K-Pop Demon Hunters Sing-A-Long
Arts & Culture2026-08-15 · 17:30Cinema in the Square, The ArznerTickets available on website
K-Pop Demon Hunters sing-a-long screening at outdoor cinema in Bermondsey Square.
Cinema in the Square: Bottoms
Arts & Culture2026-08-15 · 20:30The Arzner, Bermondsey Square
Outdoor screening of Bottoms at Cinema in the Square, Bermondsey Square
Sunday 16 August
THE BIRDCAGE - 30TH ANNIVERSARY
Arts & Culture2026-08-16The Arzner: Cinema in the Square£10
The Birdcage 30th anniversary screening
SCOOBY-DOO 2: MONSTERS UNLEASHED
Arts & Culture2026-08-16The Arzner: Cinema in the Square£10
Scooby-Doo 2 film screening
HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH - 25TH ANNIVERSARY
Arts & Culture2026-08-16The Arzner: Cinema in the Square£10
Hedwig and the Angry Inch 25th anniversary screening
MARY POPPINS
Arts & Culture2026-08-16The Arzner: Cinema in the Square£10
Mary Poppins film screening
Poverty and Pestilence: Public Health and the Victorian Slum
Arts & Culture2026-08-16The Old Operating Theatre Museum£20-£25
Talk exploring public health and Victorian slum life, from workhouses to body-snatchers.
Cinema in the Square: Dog-Friendly Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
Arts & Culture2026-08-16 · 12:30Cinema in the Square, Bermondsey SquareTickets available online
Dog-friendly outdoor screening of Scooby-Doo 2 at Cinema in the Square
BSL tour of Encantados and Sacred Groves
Arts & Culture2026-08-16 · 13:00South London GalleryFree
BSL-interpreted tour of current exhibitions
Monday 17 August
Tales from the Thames: FREE Drama Project for 13–17s
Arts & Culture2026-08-17 · 11:00London Bubble TheatreFree
One-week drama project: create & perform an original play inspired by the River Thames.
Take Part: Tales From The Thames
Arts & Culture2026-08-17 · 11:00London Bubble TheatreFree
One-week drama project for young people creating an original show inspired by the River Thames.
Pools (UK Premiere w/ Director Q&A)
Arts & Culture2026-08-17 · 20:00The Ivy HouseFree Entry
UK premiere of 'Pools' with writer/director Sam Hayes Q&A