The incredibly influential feminist author Jeanette Winterson is giving a lecture tomorrow to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit. Her work famously fusing art with science whilst pushing the boundaries of gender and sexual identity fits rather well with the currently celebration of the Royal Society happening at the Southbank.
Punk poet John Cooper Clarke is bringing is quickfire spoken word to the Southbank; we're never really ones to focus on spoken word here, but this is a rare treat you probably won't get a chance to see again, and with collaborations under his belt with the likes of Joy Division and The Sex Pistols this will be a particularly exciting show to see.
The controversial master and literary icon Bret Easton Ellis is giving a reading to launch his new novel Imperial Bedrooms, taking the characters from Less Than Zero watching them confront middle age in contemporary Los Angeles in typical grisly Easton Ellis style. He will not only be talking about his writing but taking questions from the audience, so take your pens and paper with you. I have a sneaky suspicion this could be sold out, but if you can get a ticket by hook or by crook, by goodness do it.
Irish theatre group Gare St Lazare present a minimalist performance, without set or props, of Herman Melville's classic Moby Dick. This really is going to be something special their version of The Beckett Trilogy is renowned for being simply fantastic and seeing what they've done with this classic piece of literature is going to be really interesting, get tickets if you can!
American Feminist classic The Yellow Wallpaper is being brought to life in a site specific piece by theatre group Donkey Work. This promises to be a real treat, last year in Edinburgh I saw an incredible production which took major influence from the text, by the ShadyJane Theatre Company. This text is so rich it will be really interesting to see how this company develop on the text, and how it fairs being site specific.
So yeah, these are some highlights, but there is about a billion other things going on, head on over to the website for full details, or head in to the Southbank and pick up the brochure; either way, don't let this incredible month pass you by without seeing any of these incredible things!