The Barbican Centre

barbican late night: 10 oct

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Don't go home, stay late and enjoy the Barbican.
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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