Hide & Seek Weekender 31st July - 2nd August 2009 at the Southbank Centre

"Head down to the Southbank Centre for the Hide&Seek Weekender, two and a half days of free social and pervasive games. Betray, argue and deduce with an evening of social games on Friday night. Film, follow, decipher, hide and hunt all day Saturday. And turn up on Sunday for a day of family-friendly games. We'll be filling the South Bank with argumentative bank robbers, Twittering spies, teleporting enemies, adventurous soft toys, player-generated music, and much more, so do come and play! Visit http://www.hideandseekfest.co.uk/2009programme to read about all the different games."

Spirowonder! Sunday 2nd August 11 - 5

Use the concrete pavements as your canvas around the Southbank Centre to create hypnotic patterns, your tools an ever-so-large spirograph, chalk and your imagination. Draw your own individual pattern or add to a pattern already drawn; see this explode and grow through the day. You can borrow a spirograph individually, but it's more fun and easier if you draw collaboratively.

Life Cycle Garden - wins a Gold medal at RHS Hampton Court Flower Show

photographs by Melanie Hawes