WOW - Women of the World Festival

Women of the World Festival 2012

WOW – Women of the World Festival is a joyous celebration of the formidable strength and inventiveness of women. This annual festival presents, celebrates and recognises women from all walks of life, acting as a conversation space for issues of all kinds. WOW includes three days of talks, debates, markets, workshops, mentoring, WOW Bites as well as a series of evening events. WOW Bites are short and snappy sessions covering a diverse range of fascinating subjects. Lively and eclectic, they give you snapshot of a subject or debate presented by enthusiasts and experts in that field.

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Events in this series

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Members' Bar - level 6

Women of the World Introduction

Tuesday 6 March 2012

Journalist, author and commentator Hannah Pool joins Southbank Centre programme co-ordinator Domino Pateman to discuss the ideas behind this exciting and thought-provoking festival as well as this
Event tags:
Literature & Spoken Word | Talks
Purcell Room

Beside the Sea

Wednesday 7 March 2012 - Thursday 8 March 2012

Beside the Sea is a one-woman play about a mother who is driven to the extremes of mental and physical despair, performed by Lisa Dwan.
Event tags:
Literature | Literature & Spoken Word
Southbank Centre

WOW- Women of the World Festival Day Pass

Friday 9 March 2012

Join inspirational women from all walks of life to explore topics such as politics, arts, education, science, human rights, environment and the economy.
Event tags:
Literature & Spoken Word | Talks & Debate
Southbank Centre

WOW - Women of the World Festival 3 Day Pass

Friday 9 March 2012

Join inspirational women from all walks of life to explore topics such as politics, arts, education, science, human rights, environment and the economy.
Event tags:
Literature & Spoken Word | Talks & Debate
WOW Market

Friday 9 March 2012 - Sunday 11 March 2012

Get your hair done, your finances straightened out and learn how to change a tyre - everything a woman (or man) needs!
Royal Festival Hall

EQUALS LIVE 2012

Friday 9 March 2012

Hosted by Annie Lennox. Katy B, Jess Mills and Emeli Sandé join Annie in a unique night of music that steps up the call for equality.
Event tags:
Music | Rock & Pop
Purcell Room

Birds Eye View Sound & Silents: Mary Pickford Revived

Friday 9 March 2012

Birds Eye View, the UK's leading celebration of women filmmakers, returns with another programme of specially-commissioned live music to silent film.
Event tags:
Literature & Spoken Word | Visual Arts
Central Bar Foyer

DuoDorT: Quantulum

Friday 9 March 2012

Formed in 2003 by pianists Kate Halsall and Semra Kurutaç, duoDorT specialise in contemporary music combining the piano duo, keyboard and electronics.
Event tags:
Electronic | Folk & World | Music
The Clore Ballroom

Sarah Gillespie

Friday 9 March 2012

Performing with her quartet for Women of the World Festival, Gillespie creates a mix of emotive ballads, raucous gypsy swing, blues and vaudeville, not to mention some wild, Arabic-infused flourish
Event tags:
Folk & World | Music
Southbank Centre

WOW- Women of the World Festival Day Pass

Saturday 10 March 2012

Join inspirational women from all walks of life to explore topics such as politics, arts, education, science, human rights, environment and the economy.
Event tags:
Literature & Spoken Word | Talks & Debate
Queen Elizabeth Hall

Sinead O' Connor + support

Saturday 10 March 2012

Irish-born icon and iconoclast, Sinead O'Connor has been making music, rejecting stereotypes and defying expectations for more than a quarter century.
Event tags:
Contemporary | Music
Southbank Centre

WOW- Women of the World Festival Day Pass

Sunday 11 March 2012

Join inspirational women from all walks of life to explore topics such as politics, arts, education, science, human rights, environment and the economy.
Event tags:
Literature & Spoken Word | Talks & Debate
Queen Elizabeth Hall

Emmy the Great + support

Sunday 11 March 2012

Two years after her critically acclaimed debut album First Love, Emmy The Great returns to WOW - Women of the World festival with songs from her new album Virtue.
Event tags:
Contemporary | Music
Royal Festival Hall

Mirth Control, March of the Women 2012

Sunday 11 March 2012

One of the highlights of last year's WOW - Women of the World festival returns.
Event tags:
Music | Orchestral

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