Arts & culture

Cinemas

Bermondsey Square cinema: planners force climbdown on change of use

A planning application to convert the former Kino cinema at Bermondsey Square into alternative commercial use has been withdrawn after Southwark Council advised it was unlikely to be approved.

City of London

Call for drone display to replace cancelled Lord Mayor’s Show fireworks

A member of the City of London's ruling body has called for the corporation to consider staging a drone display on the evening of the Lord Mayor's Show to replace the traditional fireworks that were abolished in 2017.

Education

Waterloo kids' Winter Windows light up South Bank this Christmas

A light installation featuring designs by pupils at Waterloo's Oasis Academy Johanna primary school is brightening up the Queen Elizabeth Hall this winter.

Cinemas

Bermondsey Square cinema could become gym or restaurant

The landords of the former Kino cinema at Bermondsey Square have applied for planning permission to allow alternative uses of the empty unit.

Planning & Development

South Bank comedy club is no laughing matter, say neighbours

Plans for a new comedy club on the South Bank have been approved by Southwark councillors.

Planning & Development

Former gay sauna to become 'immersive spaceship experience'

Proposals for an 'immersive spaceship experience' in Vauxhall railway arches previously occupied by a gay sauna have been submitted to Lambeth Council.

Planning & Development

Artist’s house in a skip could face council enforcement action

An artist who has taken up residence in a skip on a patch of waste ground in Mandela Way could face enforcement action from Southwark Council for failing to obtain planning permission.

Arts & culture

Supreme Court: Tate Modern visitors did cause nuisance to Neo Bankside flats

The presence of thousands of Tate Modern Visitors looking into the glass-walled homes of Neo Bankside residents from the art gallery's top-floor viewing platform did constitute a nuisance in law, the Supreme Court has ruled.

Arts & culture

Bermondsey Square's Kino cinema is closing down

The Kino Bermondsey cinema is closing down this week, marking the end of a decade and a half of movie screenings at Bermondsey Square.

Arts & culture

Channel 4 to make reality TV show in South Bank Tower penthouse

Three unoccupied penthouse apartments at the top of a South Bank skyscraper could be the setting for a new Channel 4 Big Brother-style reality TV show next spring.

Arts & culture

Shakespeare’s Globe drops Sackler name from rehearsal studios

Shakespeare's Globe has renamed its education and rehearsal building on Bear Gardens, dropping its association with the controversial Sackler family.

Lambeth

South Bank music 'so loud that neighbours could Shazam tracks'

A South Bank festival was so loud a local man could use a music identification app to look up tracks from his bedroom in a nearby 10th floor flat, Lambeth councillors were told on Tuesday night.

Bankside

Tate Modern chimney: ‘remedial works’ under way

Tate Modern's chimney is being covered in scaffolding and netting for 'remedial works' that are expected to take 'a number of years' to complete.

Lambeth

Major office block planned for BFI IMAX site at Waterloo

Two years after Lambeth Council and TfL spent £500,000 exploring proposals to redevelop the BFI IMAX cinema site at Waterloo, the council is set to allocate a further £150,000 for a feasibility study for an 'office-led' scheme.

Arts & culture

Mark Ball named as Southbank Centre artistic director

Mark Ball has been appointed as artistic director of the Southbank Centre with responsibility for the Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Hayward Gallery.

Transport

Visitor information kiosk opened at London Bridge Station

For the first time in more than a decade visitors to SE1 can find out about local attractions and services at a fixed information point with the launch of a new kiosk at London Bridge Station.