Book now! Special events celebrating 30 years at the Southbank Centre and Rich Mix

30th Anniversary Show at Rich Mix, November 2025

This special show at Rich Mix will celebrate 30 years of the Irene Taylor Trust through exhilarating live music performances. Half the show will be curated by our Young Producers, featuring young artists emerging from our Making Tracks projects and former prisoner support musicians from Sounding Out. The other half will include insights and memories of the Irene Taylor Trust’s work over the last 30 years, with images and voices from our exhibition, and more original music from Sounding Out.

For those not able to join us in person, a livestream will be available (same booking link as for in person tickets below).

Date: Friday 28th November 2025
Performance Time: 7pm-9pm
Venue: Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London, E1 6LA (closest station is Shoreditch High Street)
Booking info: Pay what you can afford options ranging £5-£30 – book here

Music from the Criminal Justice System – event with Koestler Arts

Music brings escape in an evening of performances and conversation celebrating work created by people with lived experience in the criminal justice system.

Presented by Koestler Arts and the Irene Taylor Trust, this event features a mixture of live and recorded performances and a Q&A panel discussion, drawing inspiration from the Koestler Arts’ exhibition Night Owls and Abstractions, curated by poet and playwright Inua Ellams.

Marcus Joseph, jazz saxophonist and composer, has worked with the Irene Taylor Trust and the Royal Academy of Music to produce and perform a new piece of music created by people with lived experience of the criminal justice system.

This new creation is directly inspired by some of the artworks on display in the exhibition and is performed live with a string quartet and performers, with images of the artworks shown in the background.

This process of creation reflects Ellams’ desire for people to connect with the exhibition and be creatively inspired by it, the artworks and their stories, beyond its run.

The Irene Taylor Trust is celebrating 30 years of innovative music projects in prisons and beyond, and this new piece of music showcases our mission to support positive change.

Koestler Arts: Night Owls and Abstractions is a free exhibition that features a selection of music, writing, fine art, craft and design by individuals in secure settings. The artworks on display were entered into the 2025 Koestler Awards, the only annual UK-wide arts competition for people in the UK’s criminal justice system. It runs from Friday 31 October until Sunday 14 December in the Spirit Level, Level 1, Royal Festival Hall.

Date: Sunday 30th November 2025
Performance Time: 7pm-9pm
Venue: The Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, London, SE1 8XX
Booking info: Tickets from £12+booking fee – book here