Unit 1.1- types of creative & media activity

The Southbank Arts Scene

Tate Modern:

London SE1 9TG

020 7887 8888

Tate Modern is a national gallery of international modern art. It is located in London and is one of the family of four Tate galleries that have selections from the Tate collections.

Tate modern was made from a disused power station in the year 2000.

The Hayward Gallery

The Hayward Gallery is an exhibition that has history, cultures, artistic disciplines and media. It is very famous. It is situated on riverside stretch, centrally located just minutes from Trafalgar Square.

This gallery has a lot of wonderful artwork that will take you to another world; to me it is like you are in heaven rather than in the middle of central London. It has a very contemporary space and has a lot of great artists such as Georgia O’Keefe, whose work is there for the public to see.

Address:

South Bank Centre Belvedere Road London SE1 8XZ

0871 663 2500

Performing Arts:

The Globe:

Address:

Shakespeare's Globe 


21 New Globe Walk 


Bankside 


London SE1 9DT

The Globe Theatre is a faithful reconstruction of the open-air playhouse first built in 1599, where Shakespeare worked and for which he wrote many of his greatest plays.

Each year the theatre season runs from April to October with productions of the work by Shakespeare and modern authors, and plays to an audience of 350,000 who experience the ‘wooden O’ sitting in a gallery or standing as a groundling in the yard, just as they would have done 400 years ago.

When I went to the Globe Theatre it absolutely took my breath away to see how large it was. I was also able to see the glorious sky whilst I was being shaded at the same time. There are a lot of people tat can fit inside the Globe Theatre but it is a very peaceful atmosphere and everyone gets along great, there are never any problems, it is like we are a big family enjoying ourselves.

Film:

Imax:

South Bank, Waterloo, 1 Charlie Chaplin Walk,

London SE1 8XR

0870 787 2525

Miss Charlie Roberts

School and group bookings manager

BFI IMAX

The BFI London iMax is situated in the centre of Waterloo, literally in the middle of a huge roundabout. Since it opened in 1999 it has become an iconic building and something of a London landmark and popular tourist attraction. Apart from being a state-of-the-art cinema in which films are shown on the IMAX format, the building itself with its innovative, circular design and glass exterior is worth visiting.

On a windy and wet Friday, my classmates and I took a day trip to South bank IMAX cinema to watch Despicable Me 3D; we were the first people to see the first ever showing at the IMAX and the experience was definitely one to remember. When we arrived at the IMAX we were greeted by a red carpet, which definitely made us feel welcome and special. The atmosphere was very friendly and warm. As soon as I entered the IMAX I thought I was dreaming because the space in the IMAX was so large and had a very high ceiling, it was vey clean and covered with a red carpet.

Although it took a bit long to get our tickets to actually see the film it was all worth it in the end. We were all full of excitement as we were part of the first group of people to see the first 3D showing of the film ever at the IMAX. After we got our tickets we then got a talk from the Head of Education who is also the school and group bookings manager, Charlie Roberts who gave us an overview about the BFI IMAX: The British Film Institute is a charity funded by the government. Last year they made a whooping £2 million. The screen is the same size as 5 double decker buses and films are turned into polarised 3D.After our talk with Charlie Roberts we made our way up the stairs to where we got our popcorn and drinks so we were ready for the show. We then got our tickets checked at the doors and made our way into the cinema room, which was mind-blowing due to the fact that the screen was absolutely huge.

What’s on:

Inception

Toy story 3

Avatar: special edition

Under the sea 3D

BFI:

BFI is the British Film Institute. Our world-renowned archive, cinemas, festivals, films, publications and learning resources are here to inspire you.

Belvedere Road

South Bank

Waterloo

London SE1 8XT

Box Office: +44 (0)20 7928 3232

Switchboard: +44 (0)20 7928 3535

BFI supporters

Public Sector
• Arts Council England
• DCMS
• Heritage Lottery Fund
• Film London
• London Development Agency
• Mayor of London
• The National Lottery
• Skillset
• UK Film Council
•
Trusts and Foundations
• The Albert R & Dana Broccoli Foundation
• The City Bridge Trust
• Community Union
• The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation
• The David Lean Foundation
• The Eric Anker-Petersen Charity
• Europa Cinemas
• The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation
• The Headley Trust
• The Henry Moore Foundation
• The Japan Foundation
• The Philip and Irene Toll Gage Foundation
• The Pilgrim Trust
• The Ratiu Family Charitable Foundation
• The Reuben Foundation
• The Rose Foundation
• Sharegift
•
Individual Supporters
• Daniel & Joanna Friel
• Simon W. Hessel
• Nick Scudamore
• Peter & Nancy Thompson


List of sources:

visiting.modern@tate.org.uk
http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/hayward-gallery
http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/
http://www.bfi.org.uk/
http://www.bfi.org.uk/about/supportus/supporters.html