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Don't go home, stay late and enjoy the Barbican.
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LATES highlights include
LATES Lounge 6pm - midnight, Fountain Room Visit the LATES lounge and enjoy a drink and live music before and after your event. Don't forget that our foyers and bars are open till late.
Dido and Aeneas 9pm Barbican Hall Join us for a special late-night performance of Purcell’s sublime chamber opera Dido and Aeneas performed by renowned French Baroque ensemble Les Arts Florissants. Book tickets http://www.barbican.org.uk/music/event-detail.asp?ID=8519
Other highlights: Henry Purcell: England, My England (12A) 3pm, Cinema 2 To complement Les Arts Florissants and William Christie’s performances of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas in Barbican Hall, we present a special screening of Tony Palmer’s acclaimed film about the life of the 17th Century English composer.
Puccini's Tosca 6pm, Cinema 1 Met Opera Live The opera tells the story of three people - a famous opera singer, a free-thinking painter, and a sadistic chief of police - caught in a net of love and politics. Soprano Karita Mattila sings the title role for the first time outside her native Finland.
Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan Wind Shadow 7.45pm, Barbican Theatre Choreographic genius Lin Hwai-Min has created a contemporary dance work that makes shadows come alive. Joining forces with leading Chinese visual artist Cai Guo-Qiang, Wind Shadow is a study of motion created through the monochromatic palettes of black and white and the use of light and shade.
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